What Kind of American Accent Do You Have?

The Economic Policy Journal ^ | 11-24-2011 | By Xavier Kun

[EnquiringMind]

North Jersey....they got it right.

[cripplecreek]

I’m Canadian, what’s this all aboot, eh?

Well if you folks were using the letter "U" correctly you wouldn't have to use it to spell "color" correctly and wouldn't have to rip off the word "about".

[EnquiringMind]

North Jersey....they got it right.

[Cyber Liberty]

One thing I’ve noticed here in Michigan is that here in the south we say “up north” but up there a lot of people use the term “downstate”.

I've had Yoopers call me a Troll....

[Cyber Liberty]

Just goes to show: The proper term is “NeHi.”

[dubyagee]

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 )

[svcw]

I am born and raised in California I don’t have an accent, everyone else does whoever.

[cripplecreek]

I've had Yoopers call me a Troll....

Yup, trolls from under the bridge.

[Sparky1776]

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

[etabeta]

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.

[visualops]

I always notice that when Perry (and Bush did too for that matter) says I’m from Tex’s.

[Cyber Liberty]

Yeah. The bridge WE built.

[Sparky1776]

“They ought to ask if you call softdrinks “pop,” soda” or “coke.” :)”

You mean tonic right?

[yarddog]

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.

[Tramonto]

I got Midland which is kind of close.

Im from North NJ where water, butter, utter, and udder all rhyme perfectly.

[cripplecreek]

Built the hell out of it.

[LibWhacker]

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!

[Nowhere Man]

My results:

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.

I live near Pittsburgh so it is very accurate to me.

[Tramonto]

How do you say ruined? Is it one, or two, syllables?

one

How do you say corner?

[Revolting cat!]

I gots me Philly axsent, though I nevah been there!