Which American Accent?

[Labtec600]

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=9827


Which American accent do you have?

Northern

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.


Yep.

Are your results correct?

Also curious as to what the non-americans (USA) get.

 

[Core Imposter]

Ah get Army of Northern Virginia.

 

[Harv]

Which American accent do you have?
Canadian

People from outside North America probably think you`re from the States, but over here we wouldn't make such a mistake.

Busted. Years of living in the USA have not changed this, even if people try to tell me I am picking up an accent.

 

[ywhtptgtfo]

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=9827


Which American accent do you have?

Northern

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.


Yep.

Are your results correct?

Also curious as to what the non-americans (USA) get.

You have a Chicaegao accent

 

[onejayhawk]

Oddly, the genuine accent, ie the Hollywood accent, is found in the farm belt: Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa. There are a large number of telemarketing centers in that part of the country for that reason.

J

 

[Goodfella]

Western accent which is what I expected.

Also, this came up in a similar thread and here's what my results were from the New York Times quiz:

Spoiler :

NYT Link

 

[Winner]

The Czech one.

 

[BirraImperial]

Neutral, which is not surprising since I'm not a native speaker.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Which American accent do you have?

My Results:


Canadian People from outside North America probably think you`re from the States, but over here we wouldn't make such a mistake.


I am relieved that my life-long exposure to American television (and in recent years, online videos) have not damaged my Western Canadian accent.


But it's still NOT an "American" accent.

 

[Perfection]

North Central

What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before.

 

[ummmm........]

Southern. Yay me!

Who the hell rhymes 'BAG' with 'VAGUE' . . ?

EDIT: I've got to say I was a little bit disappointed in this test. I thought it was going to listen to me read aloud

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Northeastern.

Must be from listening to Bruins games' home commentary.

 

[Tahuti]

Northern

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Mid Atlantic

Also known as a "Philadelphia accent" but also heard in south Jersey, Baltimore, and thereabouts.

I don't know if this is good or not.

Anyway, people say some of these things the same? This one was the most perplexing to me:

If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?

How in the hell could these two words ever rhyme?

NYT Link

Question 7 of 25

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
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sunshower
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the wolf is giving birth
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the devil is beating his wife
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monkey's wedding
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fox's wedding
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pineapple rain
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liquid sun
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I have no term or expression for this
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other

Okay, now I'm fully convinced some of these questions are just jokes.

It's also telling me I have an Amarillo or Lubbock accent because I use the term "access road".

 

[ummmm........]

Who the hell rhymes 'BAG' with 'VAGUE' . . ?

How in the hell could these two words ever rhyme?

After I posted that, I tried to think of Sean Penn in Mystic River saying them, and I could kind of see it. Kind of . . .

 

[really]

I have a Boston accent according to a similar quiz I once did - which is unsurprising considering how much family I have there.

 

[ArguCa]

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.

 

[Harv]

Neutral, which is not surprising since I'm not a native speaker.

I thought about this one. I think the intent is to distinguish people from different parts of Canada and the USA. I suspect it will not work for a native English speaker from England or Australia, either.

How in the hell could these two words ever rhyme?

They do for me.

I am relieved that my life-long exposure to American television (and in recent years, online videos) have not damaged my Western Canadian accent.

But it's still NOT an "American" accent.

It is a part of English-speaking North America.

People from outside North America probably think you're from the States, but over here we wouldn't make such a mistake.

Either a Canadian made this questionnaire or (s)he got the comment from a Canadian speaker. See the first part of the quote I put in bold. Who else in the world refers to the USA as "the States." The second part in bold says "we."

Let's face it: You know an American accent when you hear one. However, if you are in the USA and talking to an American, (s)he is likely to assume you are from another part of the USA, unless (s)he has worked with a lot of Canadians and is therefore familiar with the accent. The oots and aboots are a dead giveaway.

Now say Saskatoon, Saskatchewan three times fast!

 

[classical_hero]

Like most tests I get North-eastern, since they actually speak properly unlike most of the US.

 

[Farm Boy]

Boring old Midwestern standard. So, you know, the one everyone understands while I wind up repeating, ''what?'' like an idiot over and over again.