What's your american accent?

[MagisterCultuum]

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.

The South
The Inland North
The Northeast
The West
Philadelphia
Boston
North Central

 

[Cato the Elder]

Northeast.

I lived in California for 5 years and Texas for 2. I guess it's probably the Britishness that's seeped into my English, seeing how the Brits on this forum are also supposed Northeasterners.

 

[Trafalgar]

NorthEast. I have an English/Canadian/New Jersey accent and most people think I'm Australian.

 

[Rashiminos]

Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.

The Midland
The Inland North, The South, The Northeast
Boston
The West
North Central

 

[Slaughter]

I'm not American (I'm Brazilian, with a Paraense accent, but that's another topic), my accent is from Teh South and The Inland North, The Northeast and Philadelphia come close.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Does Boston really have a different accent apart from the rest of New England?

Yes, and the North and South shores of Boston have different accents from the rest of Massachusetts.

"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.

Bah, Atlanta has an accent.

Mine is getting there.

Hm, according to this, my accent is Midland with Boston a close second. South was last.

Anyone who hears me talk will say that this is simply not the case.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

I got the Northeast. Good thing too, since I'm from there and I talk like it.

 

[Quintillus]

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.

The Midland
Boston
The West
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast
The South

What people usually say in real life, though, is that I have a British accent. Not sure how close that is to Minnesota or Canada.

I'm from Ohio, by the way. No, I have no idea how I would have either a British or Minnesota accent, but at least the British one apparently is true as often as I get comments about it.

Mary sounds different from merry but not different from marry. They don't have an option for me!

Me too! Merry is close to Mary/marry, but not the same!

 

[Cutlass]

Several similar tests have told me I'm from the upper midwest. An area I've spent 3 weeks total of my life in

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

They tell me "Inland North" - I suppose Rochester NY may count (it is on the Great Lakes and all) and my dad is from Ohio anyways.

 

[CaptainF]

The West, to be specific, the North West.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

This test is mental. I have a Maryland accent (a mix of Southern and Pennsylvanian), but it says I have Western? I've heard Western people talk, and I don't sound like them.

 

[eastsidebagel]

The Inland North. Is that good?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

The Inland North. Is that good?

It means you basically sound like Sarah Palin.

 

[QuoVadisNation]

That's weird. I'm from Jersey and I got pegged for the Midland. In fact, "Northeast" was dead last. Either central Jersey is just different or I've already forgotten how to speak like a true new jerseyian. (which is possible I imagine)

Spoiler :

I hate my represe'a'ive goverment!

 

[eastsidebagel]

It means you basically sound like Sarah Palin.

Not bad at all. So I sound like an Alaskian? When I move to Canada, will people think I'm a professional seal clubber?

 

[Kerozine]

'The West' despite being ~4000km from the Pacific Ocean in frigid, francophone Canada.

 

[Earthling]

Got Midland here (west was second) - but I never spent all my time growing up in one area so I guess that's to be expected. The test seems really too brief to determine anything meaningful too - just 14 questions or so. One thing I'm quite a bit surprised by, though, is that non-Americans aren't getting the accents I would expect (but of course if English isn't your native language the test is probably worthless). I would have guessed off the top of my head that UKers/Europeans would be pegged in the Northeast, Midland (which is kinda "unaccented) second, but that's not what we're seeing. Any thoughts on what's up with "The West"?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Not bad at all. So I sound like an Alaskian? When I move to Canada, will people think I'm a professional seal clubber?

No, they'll think you're from Minnesota.

 

[King of Town]

the south. I really sound pretty country, it puts people at ease. Chicks love it