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Ibby	03-22-2012 08:36 PM

Accent-o-meter

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http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com...nt-do-you.html

its just a dumb online quiz but I've heard it's pretty accurate. It got me wrong but to be fair, my accent is a little... scattered. Southern parents, maryland upbringing, new england lately, grew up in asia...
How does it fare for you?

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Ibby	03-22-2012 08:36 PM

I'm also totally curious what it does for foreigners. Brits! Aussies! try it!

wolf	03-22-2012 08:48 PM

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dead on.

I remember doing one of these years ago here, but it was much longer than 13 questions.

monster

03-22-2012 08:56 PM

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.

hahaha

Lamplighter

03-22-2012 08:56 PM

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Childhood in LA, with parents from KY and TN,
adult times in IN, TX, MA, NY, OR.

maineiac04631

03-22-2012 09:03 PM

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How does it know? It's like a god or something!

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you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine

I swear I am the only person in Ohio that can properly pronounce sc-ALL-ops.

piercehawkeye45

03-22-2012 09:22 PM

Dead on.

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What American accent do you have?
Your Result: North Central

"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.

BigV	03-22-2012 10:38 PM

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Got my "accent" right.

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Clodfobble

03-22-2012 10:39 PM

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"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.

Goddamn right I do.

BigV	03-22-2012 10:44 PM

and for dessert, I took the "how Washington State are you?" quiz.

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You are 100% Washington State!

Are you a tour guide? High-five, man! I see SOMEBODY paid attention in their history classes. You obviously know Washington well. That's awesome.

Sundae

03-23-2012 02:38 AM

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Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.

Nope. I'm from England.
(yes I know it's specifically American)

Aliantha

03-23-2012 03:13 AM

Apparently I'm from the North East.

ZenGum

03-23-2012 04:28 AM

I got Northeast, with the same text as Sundae, eh?

fargon

03-23-2012 04:57 AM

My accent is western, but if you were to hear me talk for a few seconds you would know that.

Griff

03-23-2012 05:38 AM

Inland North?

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