So, where in America is your accent from?

[Oban]

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?obj_id=9827

I am "neutral"

You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

[Trippy]

Which American accent do you have?

My Results:


Western Western is kind of neutral, but not quite since it`s still possible to tell where you`re from.  So you might not actually be from the West (but you probably are).  If you really want to sound "neutral," learn how to say "stock" and "stalk" differently.

[stu]

Western New England. Nifty.

[Samwise]

I got "neutral," despite saying "stock" and "stalk" the same way.  Was that even a question?

[Trippy]

No it wasn't and I say them differently but I still got Western Western.

[Nebu]

Northern here.  Damn childhhood in Minneapolis ruined me.

[K9]

If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?

The fuck?



This is what a British Accent gets you (private school-estuary mix)

[Samwise]

If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?

The fuck?

Yeah, I couldn't picture what accent that might go with.  Martian?

[JWIV]

Which American accent do you have?

Neutral

You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

Since their little map runs right into Maryland and I've lived here for over three decades, I'm not surprised.

[Merusk]

Yeah I figured that's exactly what I'd get.. and I did. Though I've had other tests call it "Midwestern" eschewing "Neutral" in favor of the idea that none of us speak English properly in the first place.  Which is more correct.

[Hindenburg]

If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?

The fuck?

<northeastern pic>

This is what a British Accent gets you (private school-estuary mix)

Same as my horrendously accented english, curiously enough.

[pants]

Interesting.

Which American accent do you have?
Northeastern

This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn't sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn't mean you don`t pronounce R's.(People in Jersey don`t call their state "Joisey" in real life)


Considering I'm Australian, does that mean some type of common British/English roots?  Guess so...

EDIT: Missed K9's comment.  So there ya go, its consistent!

[hal]

It saw me as Midwestern (why isn't Ohio mid eastern?) But in truth I can do southern Ohio and Tennessee (I'm from Dayton but lived in or around Nashville for 23 years).

[Hawkbit]

Came up Northern, grew up in Toledo Ohio which is right on that map!  Pretty cool stuff. 

Have lived in Columbus for 15 years though, must be close enough.

[Amarr HM]

Got Northeastern which is messed up cause I'm Irish  

In a crazy way it was right, but I'm extremely Northeastern.

[Tale]

This is what a British Accent gets you (private school-estuary mix)

Aussie accent (Sydney) gets me the same as you.

If I still had my original childhood accent (Scottish - Edinburgh) most of my answers would have been opposite. Not doing it all again to find out what that gives me.

[Engels]

I got neutral. Not surprising, considering I'm from all over the place.

The 'bag' and 'vague' thing is pronouncing 'bag' like most folks pronounce 'vauge'. I think its a deep south thing.

[MahrinSkel]

Neutral here as well.  Once upon a time I had an accent that is nearly indescribable (a combination of a twang and a brogue, unique to Butte MT).  But that faded to a generalized western twang, and then into Broadcast American (which is midwestern in origin, thanks to Murrow and Cronkite).

British/Aussie accent coming out as Northeastern in a US dialect test doesn't surprise me, an Irish brogue probably would as well.

--Dave

[Grimwell]

Which American accent do you have?

My Results:


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.

Dead on, I grew up in MI and lived for 7 years in Chicagoland. NOt bad.

[schild]

Mine could not have been more wrong.

I got the same as Grimwell, but I don't even say Chicago the same way people in Chicago say Chicago.

K9 and Tale are obviously douches.

[NiX]

I got neutral. I expected as such.

[FatuousTwat]

I'm supposedly neutral, but I wish they would ask how I say creek and wash.

[Strazos]

I got Neutral as well....born in CA, grew up in NJ, but I HATE the way people speak in NJ.

[Arnold]

I got neutral.  Born in Louisiana to Californian parents, moved to California at age two and have been there ever since.

I grew up in a hick town, and when in the company of hicks, my accent can sometimes change to slight drawl.

[Nevermore]

If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?

The fuck?

Yeah, I couldn't picture what accent that might go with.  Martian?

I knew someone from Minnesota who pronounced it that way.

I got neutral.

[Abagadro]

Neutral. But there were no questions regarding the dropping of g's which would have helped peg me a bit. I remember back in college I said that I was going home because "I'm gonna go huntin" and people legitimately couldn't' figure out what I was saying.

[Yegolev]

Ah great, this is on FaceBook and now F13.  Is there so sanctuary?!

[Engels]

Yegolev, will you accept this gift of flowers to celebrate internetz group grope day? [Accept] [Decline]

[Tannhauser]

I am Neutral.  Which makes sense because although I grew up in Tennessee, I moved around out west and in the military.  I sound like I'm from Ohio :(

[Sky]

Northern, but not the midwestern part. It's odd because the midwestern parts (Buffalo west) are very different than the adirondack accent I have. I hear lots of canada when I visit Buffalo and lots of New England when I visit the Adirondacks. My family is from Maine and Mississippi so I guess it's all over the place in reality, and I can understand both well (both branches have deep accents of each region).

Also, there is one occasion when I pronounce bag as vague: Douchebag. So it would be a fitting jersey accent 

[Signe]

Which American accent do you have?

My Results:


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

Strazos made me cry.

[Strazos]

You don't even count really, being a foreign national and all.

[Xuri]

I got Northeastern as result. Fits with being the nearest part of the US to Norway, I guess ;P

[Endie]

Same here.. I got the nearest approximation to Scotland:

Which American accent do you have?
Northeast New England

The kind of accent they have in Boston. There is more to it than just r`s. Like, you say "don" and "dawn" the same while the people down in NYC don`t.

[tazelbain]

Neutral Pride!