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Odin2005

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

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 08:25 PM

Jan 2012

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

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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

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #35

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