What's you American Accent? (quiz! :D)

[vj288]

I found this quiz surfing the interwebs, so what's yours?

What American accent do you have?



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.
Result Breakdown:
85% The Midland
81% Boston
80% The West
59% North Central
39% The Northeast
33% Philadelphia
33% The Inland North
27% The South

 

[1BlackSheep]

Haha, the quiz is right!

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.

 

[MoonBoom]

Your Result: The Midland

100%
"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.

85%The South
60%Philadelphia
56%The Inland North
53%The West
39%The Northeast
19%Boston
15%North Central

Yes, I could be from Dallas. Yes indeed, I could.

 

[vj288]

What American accent do you have?
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.
Result Breakdown:
96% The Northeast
87% Philadelphia
85% The Inland North
60% The Midland
58% The South
38% Boston
18% The West
2% North Central
1% An obscure little island off the coast of Australia

Quiz URL: What American accent do you have?

I've lived in the North Eastern part of the US my entire life, yet the guy from an obscure little island off the coast of Australia is the one who has the northeastern accent, interesting :thinking: I guess I did get high on Boston which is down the street (or like, 3 long, highway streets) from me ::

 

[Psychedelicious]

Hih

"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.

The Midland - 88%
The West - 88%
Boston- 55%
The South- 46%
North Central - 32%
The Northeast - 23%
Philadelphia - 14%
The Inland North - 12%

I got 88% for both west and Midland but I guess it chose Midland

 

[coyote]

living in the Inland North, people often comment on what they think is an accent

 

[Dark angel]

What American accent do you have?

Your Result: The Midland
83%
"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.

76% The West
69% Boston
44% Philadelphia
43% North Central
42% The South
36% The Northeast
29% The Inland North

 

[Lonely_Guy28]

I got inland north

 

[Phoenixx]

This was neat! Although question 7 really tripped me up because sometimes I pronounce "on" both ways they suggested. It's weird, but I do that with a lot of other words too, like "route" for instance. Sometimes I will say it like "root," but sometimes route.

Anyway, my first results were:
The Midland
100%

"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.

80%Philadelphia
78%The Inland North
77%The South
58%The Northeast
41%The West
25%Boston
22%North Central


When I changed number 7, I got this result:
The Inland North
93%

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."

80%The Midland
70%The Northeast
67%Philadelphia
62%The South
41%The West
25%Boston
22%North Central


So I guess overall, I have a slight accent, but hardly at all? :idontknow:

 

[Solitudes_Grace]

I couldn't finish the quiz because the answers for question 8 are not exhaustive. I think "Mary" and "marry" sound the same but think "merry" sounds different from them. The question didn't have that as an answer though.

And a midland American accent is still an accent. Just because a Midland American accent is the most consistent with Standard English does not make it any less of an accent. All Americans have accents. The people who made the quiz are idiots.

 

[Opaline]

Your Result: The Midland
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent."

I would definitely consider Pennsylvanians to have an accent - Western PA, anyway. I lived there and there was a distinct sound to their words that we don't have up here in New England.

I'm sure Ohio, Indiana and all those sound different, too. I don't know what that quiz is talking about >:l

 

[Hellhound]

I've got 91% Philadelphia.

Where's the Engrish in this quiz?

 

[Nathália]

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

93%

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.



LMAO. Howdy yall!!!. I think I have a mixed accent because country people think that I speak really proper. I had to take speech classes for 8 years in school just so that people in Missouri could understand me.

 

[truffleshuffle]

Your Result: The Midland

100%
"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.

85%The South
60%Philadelphia
56%The Inland North
53%The West
39%The Northeast
19%Boston
15%North Central

Yes, I could be from Dallas. Yes indeed, I could.

i got the same

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.





78%
The South
72%
The West
43%
North Central
41%
The Inland North
18%
Philadelphia
18%
Boston
12%

 

[spider04]

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

80%
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.

80%Philadelphia

74%The Inland North

64%The South

61%The Midland

42%Boston

32%North Central

24%The West

 

[GhastlyCC]

I.......what?

 

[Opaline]

"Your Result: Boston 100%

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.

80%
The West
75%
The Midland
59%
North Central
45%
The Northeast
40%
Philadelphia
19%
The Inland North
15%
The South"


YEEEAAAHHHHH, spot on. And yes, I am from New Hampshire Spent my childhood there.

I lied, I like you after all, quiz. Even if you lied about Pennsylvania.

 

[Lea]

I was cheeky and did the test too, although I am not a native English speaker, let alone American, haha. I got

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

85%

"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.

64%
The Northeast

63%
The Inland North

60%
Philadelphia

56%
Boston

54%
The South

49%
The West

32%
North Central

 

[Starry]

Despite being English, I though I'd take the test...

Your Result: The Northeast 100%

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.

Philadelphia 87%
The Inland North 85%
The Midland 60%
The South 54%
Boston 44%
The West 18%
North Central 2%

Now, I'm not very knowledgeable of American accents... But, is it my imagination or should a New York City accent not sound anything like an English accent? lol

 

[Opaline]

Now, I'm not very knowledgeable of American accents... But, is it my imagination or should a New York City accent not sound anything like an English accent? lol

True, but the English accent seems to have a soft "r" (some of them anyway, not sure if they all do), and New Yorkers don't pronounce that "r" either - at least not the way we pronounce it in New England (and California, and elsewhere in the USA...).

Probably other letters that are similar too, the "r" just sprang to mind.

Anyway, I'm babbling.