Posted on 11/25/2011 4:19:03 PM PST by blam
Barry, is that you?
I have switched from “POP” to “soda” in my almost 5 years in Maryland. Yet, not everyone here says soda, either.
What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia
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. |
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What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop." |
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Pop is totally different than soda. Soda is carbonation of some sort or something with. soda in it such as soda crackers. You misinformed eastern nuts."
I'm with you. Scotch & soda or a bottle of pop. A bottle of pop was sometimes referred as a soda pop.
I remember a soda was made by a soda jerk in a soda-fountain, which was a place in a drug store back in the day. If a soda jerk didn't make it and it was in a bottle it was pop. Everybody else just doesn't get it right.
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop." |
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LOLOLOL! I've lived in WI for more than 25 years, although I was born and raised in CA. I know that I have an ear that picks up other accents easily and unconsiously. You should have heard me when I lived in TX for 10 years!
Funny thing, I could hear a definite Wisconsin accent when I first moved here. I don't hear it any more.
Canal Zone.
Yes, I’ve always heard it and pronounced it in 2 syllables roo-inned. But, a couple of weeks ago I heard Gretchen Carlson (from MN and on Fox and Friends) pronounce it as ONE syllable — “rooned”. She said it twice. Since then, I’ve heard a couple of other people pronounce it that way on TV.
Odd, isn’t it? It must be a Minnesota thing.
You were just trying too hard to provide the "right" answers to the questions. It's that perfection thing you've got going for you, and it muddled your test results. LOL!
The South, no surprise there!
My sons (growing up in TX) attended a Jesuit High School where all the priests were from New Orleans. They all sounded more like they were from Brooklyn, NY than from the South. I was told that the Brooklyn sound was the true New Orleans accent from a certain section.
cor-ner. Is there any other way?
I got “the West”. Lowest score was “The Northeast”. I have lived in Vermont my entire life.
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop." |
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I think I have heard sodeewater, too. Yes..LOL..colBEER!
Agreed, Bendy.
Here I am in Alabama, and it says I’m an “Inland North”, too.
I took it honestly, and it gave me “inland north” which impressed me since I’ve spent 30 years since quickly unlearning an Minnesota accent. It gave me a response having to do with people thinking I’m from Wisconsin.
Then, I tried answering the exact OPPOSITE of all of my answers, and it told me I was “North Central” which is the Minnesota (”Fargo” movie) accent.
(I’m less impressed now that I know the test thinks Wisconsin is the exact opposite of Minnesota. Basically, it just tells me I don’t have the key indicators of a southern or eastern accent.)
I should have more of a drawl, being born in AL, and living most of my life in TX. However, I concentrated on learning correct pronunciation while growing up. I was a theater major in college, and did some community theater work; so I have a pretty good ear for accents. However, I’m sure I have some regional habits of which I’m not aware.
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