What Kind of American Accent do you have?

'Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop." '

Here is a little lesson in Chicagospeak; it's true! The only thing it's missing is "carkies" which you put into the door to unlock, and the ignition to start your automobile.
http://www.seanparnell.com/Chicago/Chicagoese.htm

Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

I have learned to speak a little of the local dialect here in SoCal (have eliminated "pop" as reference to....well pop...) but I slipped the other day. Lost once again, I stopped at a gas station and asked about the "espressway." "What's an expressway???" was the answer. (of course with the traffic here it is easy to understand why the term isn't used.)

And Cassie...that Chicago dictionary is also missing "by" as in...I went by my mother's house last night. (Non-Chicagoans would say I went to my mother's house...)

Inland North!!

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Originally Posted by Pembroke_Corgi

I have a midland accent:

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland

"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.

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Same here. I was born in Indianapolis. :) I have been told I have a southern accent, but I don't think so. Southern Indiana maybe. :)

Mine is midwestern which is really strange since I'm from Tennessee and moved to Florida when I was nine. Wonder why?

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Originally Posted by Miss Z

Ha ha, I did this purely out of interest to see what a Lancastrian accent would sound like with an Ameican twang!

I got a Northeastern accent, cool!

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Me too! I didn't even know how to pronounce most of the words. lol that's probably why... :p

Funny... Québec/russian wasn't an option. haha. :p

Zara... I did it for the exact same reason. lol!

Inland North.

I got North Central and I'm from Minnesota. Thats so cool.

http://gotoquiz.com/how_pa_are_you


for everyone thats from Pa. or even if your not from pa....

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Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

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Pretty close, I grew up in upstate New York.

My result: The inland north.

Yes, I DO drink pop, but so does everyone in Fort Wayne, and they do in Western Nebraska, too.

Spinoff post to follow!

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

Your Result: The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

Makes sense, since I have lived in Wyoming or Colorado almost all my life.

The West. Hmmm... well I live in the west right now... but everyone here tells me my accent is definatly northern. Maybe a little of both?

:) For sure "Taxiin" {texcan} with of Course Southern hospitality.. :D