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Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 09:45 PM

Jan 2012

... although I have lived in the mid west for more than 20 years. Few people here seem to notice my accent anymore, but I still notice theirs.

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Website to guess your accent: [View all] MiddleFingerMom Jan 2012 OP

Me too on "Midland" n/t MicaelS Jan 2012 #1

I got Midland but they did say I could be Atlanta, which is correct. CurtEastPoint Jan 2012 #2

The Inland North! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #3

Me too! See #44 Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #45

Very cool, my dear Xipe Totec! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #47

I am a chameleon Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #48

Maybe you would have made an excellent spy...;) CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #49

What makes you think I'm not?.... Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #51

LOL! EEK! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #54

Oh Charlemagne Jan 2012 #50

I'm not sure my "A"'s are all that nasal, lol! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #53

Yep, there ya go. Charlemagne Jan 2012 #55

Ah, no worries...I"m not offended! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #56

That's mine, too. murielm99 Jan 2012 #57

I got this too...and in my case it's just flat wrong. Chan790 Jan 2012 #67

Maybe your parents had that accent? CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #71

Nah. Both townies from Southern New England. Chan790 Jan 2012 #76

Me too. I've lived my whole life in Los Angeles. trackfan Jan 2012 #70

Then you almost certainly got it from listening to them... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #72

You are probably too old to have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, though. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #81

Of course carbonated soft drinks are called "pop". baldguy Jan 2012 #82

Sez I'm from fookin' BOSTON. cliffordu Jan 2012 #4

no shit, it pegged me as Boston too. Maine-ah Jan 2012 #11

Same here Angleae Jan 2012 #14

The Midland. ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #5

It was correct for me. Thanks for the link, MFM, it was fun Denninmi Jan 2012 #6

Not bad - it guessed "Phili" but I grew up in Merland. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #7

Northern Midland sarge43 Jan 2012 #8

The Inland North frogmarch Jan 2012 #9

It didn't work for me. I'm a hillbilly, from the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia, but Glorfindel Jan 2012 #10

Test said I am "midland" but I live in the South dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #79

Philly. And that's pretty close. I'm from South Jersey, amyrose2712 Jan 2012 #12

I lived 20 mi NNW of Philly for 20 years and South Philly sounded like Joisy to me. MiddleFingerMom Jan 2012 #19

I am inland north! mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #13

"The South", but that's WAY too general. trof Jan 2012 #15

The site got my accent 100% correct/ RebelOne Jan 2012 #16

Inland North. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #17

North Central Vanje Jan 2012 #18

It's because the PacNW accent is very similar to North Central. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #83

I guess that explains Sarah Palin's accent. Vanje Jan 2012 #85

Also, there is an enclave of North Central speakers in the Wasalia area. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #89

Interesting...It says I have a Philly Accent yet I live in Western PA and was born in Nev and NEVER Justice wanted Jan 2012 #20

Said "Midland" for me as well. Born in Baltimore, Raised in Cali, with 5 years in London! pink-o Jan 2012 #21

"That's a Southern accent you've got there." dawg Jan 2012 #22

I have no clue who does that Charlemagne Jan 2012 #52

That's a distinctive feature of the Upper Midwest and Pacific NW Odin2005 Jan 2012 #84

Philadelphia? Bwahahahahahahaaaa!! nolabear Jan 2012 #23

The North East ... surrealAmerican Jan 2012 #24

"The West"??? femmocrat Jan 2012 #25

Trade ya quakerboy Jan 2012 #58

Northeast meow2u3 Jan 2012 #26

Got me, Northeast, more Philadelphia than Inland, elleng Jan 2012 #27

That is one seriously screwed up site. GoneOffShore Jan 2012 #28

said midland. but had the west highest percentage. AZ and CALIF. mary merry marry seabeyond Jan 2012 #29

Yup quakerboy Jan 2012 #59

Got me right on the button. Archae Jan 2012 #30

Called me "Inland North," too, but could be from my reading aloud as a kid UTUSN Jan 2012 #31

Wiki says Chet was from Montana. Btw, I'm not "from" Inland North!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2012 #33

Same results snacker Jan 2012 #36

Called me Boston.. well.. I grew up in the suburbs of bean town, annabanana Jan 2012 #32

heh, the west. shanti Jan 2012 #34

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It got mine correct: the South. pacalo Jan 2012 #37

The Midland sakabatou Jan 2012 #38

The midland Melissa G Jan 2012 #39

Your Result: Philadelphia (Wrong!) Solly Mack Jan 2012 #40

Mine came out Midland also but I have lived in Florida all my life csziggy Jan 2012 #41

Said I was Northeastern. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2012 #42

North Central pokerfan Jan 2012 #43

Inland North... Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #44

The Northeast Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #46

the West dana_b Jan 2012 #60

That's cool. polly7 Jan 2012 #61

I came out Midland...totally inaccurate. TheCruces Jan 2012 #62

I came out as Northeast--and my accent is blatantly Southern! nt raccoon Jan 2012 #63

Inland North ------- which is correct Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #64

Suburban DC mia Jan 2012 #65

The Inland North, makes sense, both my parents, as well as my Brothers and I were born in Gary, IN Burma Jones Jan 2012 #66

Inland North MorningGlow Jan 2012 #68

Philadelphia. Wrong. rrneck Jan 2012 #69

Boston wovenpaint Jan 2012 #73

Philly for me... one_voice Jan 2012 #74

Wrong itsrobert Jan 2012 #75

The Inland North n/t OhioChick Jan 2012 #77

Yup, the south, y'all. RushIsRot Jan 2012 #78

North Central, which makes since because I'm from the Fargo area. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #80

Sometime, we should swap Tuna Hot dish recipes Vanje Jan 2012 #87

Here's a huge map of American English dialects: Odin2005 Jan 2012 #86

I found a map that seems to correspond with the quiz: baldguy Jan 2012 #88

Needed Horse and harse, and are Herb and Erb different. RedCloud Jan 2012 #90

This is awesome BlueDemOhio Jan 2012 #91

Midland North!!! Wait Wut Jan 2012 #92

"Midland" despite being a Native Texan kentauros Jan 2012 #93

Got mine right Renew Deal Jan 2012 #94