Posted on 11/25/2011 4:19:03 PM PST by blam
What Kind of American Accent Do You Have?
November 24, 2011
Xavier Kun
To most Americans, an accent is something that only other people have, those other people usually being in New York, Boston, and the South. And of those other people, half of the ones you meet will swear they "don't have an accent."
Well, strictly speaking, the only way to not have an accent is to not speak. If you're from anywhere in the USA you have an accent (which may or may not be the accent of the place you're from). Go through this short quiz and you'll find out just which accent that is.
1. What is your age? Under 18 Years Old 18 to 24 Years Old 25 to 30 Years Old 31 to 40 Years Old 41 to 50 Years Old 51 to 60 Years Old Over 60 Years Old 2. What is your gender? Male Female
3. We're going to start with two ordinary words, "cot" and "caught." Do you think those words sound the same or different? Same Different Same, no wait I mean different, well, I don't know...
4. What about "don" and "dawn"? Same Different Same...ish. Maybe a little different.
5. OK, what about "stock" and "stalk"? Same Different Almost, but not quite, the same
6. Now then how do "collar" and "caller" sound? Same Different Almost, but not quite, the same
7. Do you think the word "on" rhymes with "dawn" or with "don"? dawn don Well, I don't think don and dawn sound any different in the first place so on would obviously rhyme with both
8. Moving on, what do you think about "Mary," "merry," and "marry"? All 3 sound different Mary and merry sound the same but marry is different from them All 3 sound the same
9. Our next word is "horrible." How does that first vowel sound? It's just like in the word "whore." It's the same "o" sound as in "hot." Neither one
10. Now for "pen" and "pin." Don't worry about what others say is correct, just tell us how they come out in an ordinary conversation. Same Different Close. Pen sounds almost, but not quite, like pin.
11. What about "feel" and "fill"? Same Different Well, I think they're different even though they sound very, very similar almost to the point of being the same
12. When you say "about," does the "ou" sound like the "ou" in "loud"? No Yes
13. Last question. When you say "bag" does it rhyme with "vague"? Yes No
North Jersey....they got it right.
North Jersey....they got it right.
I've had Yoopers call me a Troll....
Just goes to show: The proper term is “NeHi.”
I’m from VA. We called soft drinks “drinks”. When my upstate NY boyfriend who was 16 at the time was asked by my mother if he’d like a drink, he thought she was really cool and told her he’d take a bourbon and coke. He got a coke. 8 )
I am born and raised in California I don’t have an accent, everyone else does whoever.
Exactly the same Rockabyebaby!
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: Boston
You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don’t. Of course, that doesn’t mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine.
Result Breakdown:
88% Boston
73% North Central
69% The West
55% The Midland
33% The Northeast
27% Philadelphia
15% The Inland North
12% The South
Quiz URL: http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
The quiz says I am “Midland”. Born in Italy, came to this Country in my very early twenties (Thank You God!). I have a strong accent and absolutely cannot pronounce short vowels. A voice made for radio or television? Ahahahahahah.... When I go back to visit my natal country, they tell me I have an accent, that I speak like a foreigner fluent in italian.
I always notice that when Perry (and Bush did too for that matter) says I’m from Tex’s.
Yeah. The bridge WE built.
“They ought to ask if you call softdrinks “pop,” soda” or “coke.” :)”
You mean tonic right?
That is interesting. I typically use the term coke for all soft drinks. I had actually forgotten the term “cold drinks” until I read your reply but that was a very common term when I was growing up n NW Florida.
That was in the 50s and 60s. I haven’t heard it in a long time tho. Every now and then someone would use the term Soda but it was not common. I never heard the term “Pop” until I lived in Oklahoma.
I got Midland which is kind of close.
Im from North NJ where water, butter, utter, and udder all rhyme perfectly.
Born in New York. Raised in Kansas. When in New York, my relatives there say I sound like a hillbilly. When I’m in Kansas, they tell me I sound like a New Yorker. There’s such a thing as not fitting in anywhere!
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How do you say corner?
I gots me Philly axsent, though I nevah been there!
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