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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Jan. 2007 ~ Mar. 2007: Analyze This: Online Quizzes: What Kind of American Accent Do You Have?: Archive through January 10, 2007 users admin

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Retired
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07-11-2001

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Sorry to our Canadian friends.

This seems pretty accurate.

I'm in Central NJ and it said I had a Northeastern accent.

I sent it to Granny and it said she had a Southern accent! Can you imagine?

Have fun with it!


Click here: What American accent do you have?

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
retired, there is no link.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Sorry about that (didn't know how to edit it). Here's the link.

LINK

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
I have a midland accent! LOL..."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.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
oops

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Your Result: The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I'm almost 100% midland accent. My area has a lot of people from the midwest, so it makes sense that I sound that way..LOL
They didn't ask if I used the word ya'all or not. That would have given me away.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
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."

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Yes, I am from Chicago and I do drink pop. (Not Soda!)

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
it lied! i do NOT have a Southern accent. no way, now how! LOL it pegged that meter almost alll the way across.

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The South

That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Your Result: The Northeast

Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.

All I have to do is say hello and people know

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
I've alway told folks that I don't have no accent. Now here's the proof and I ain't never been to none of them places.

"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.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Wow, it was right on. The West.

"Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta."

Why is my accent the lowest common demoninator of American speech? What do they mean by that?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL – Even though I am Canadian, I thought I'd try anyway to see what it would say.

"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.

Interesting, but not surprising to me.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Scoots and Jimmer have a common denominator! Imagine that!

Hey I could be Canadian :-)

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Inland North. I blame it on my Catholic school education.

Lateeda
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12-01-2006

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lateeda a private message Print Post    
What American accent do you have?
"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 or radio.
Yep, born and bred in Ohio and now living in metro Atlanta! Somebody get me some voiceover work, pronto! LOL

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
Inland North. I blame it on being from Wisconsin. Or, as some people think I pronounce it (but I don't...)- Wis-can-sin.


But I don't drink "pop" and my water is from a fountain, not a bubbler. That I blame on an early childhood in Arizona and Oregon.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
North Central, (Professional Linguists call it a Minnesotta Accent???) 'Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.' <Well, duh! LOL>

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 4:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
You certainly could be Scooter!!!

Could I be a Californian?!?!?!? I love the ocean and swimming, though I've done it all in the Atlantic Ocean so far.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Jimmer...maybe we were twins separated at birth!!!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Wow!!! I took this quiz a few days ago from another website, and I came up with a Midland accent. I am from the midwest, have lived all over the country, lived in California and then Washington state most recently.

I wasn't surprised at my accent, but I am rather surprised at the way it is accurately pegging all the people here.

By rights, I should speak just like Julieboo since I grew up in Illinois, and once I left the midwest, people were always commenting on my Midwest "twang." Haven't heard that in years, though. And of course, people in Chicago and lower Wisconsin do have their own accents, not the same as central Illinois.

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
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."

I don't know HOW the hell that worked! I don't have a freakin' accent! Just ask Karuuna... she's heard me talk and it's perfect non accented english...

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
Your Result: >Boston

Yes i am :-) I did a similar quiz a few weeks ago and i was north central go figure LO

Littlebreeze
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02-18-2001

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Littlebreeze a private message Print Post    
Your result: Boston. You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't.

Right on the money.