Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Accent Quiz

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Accent Quiz

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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."
The Midland
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The South
The West
Boston
North Central
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7 comments:

AnnoyedOne said...: Your Result: The Inland North

Boy, are they a long way off! ;-); 11/11/06, 4:31 PM
Anonymous said...: Hm... I got the Midlands, which it said 'Basically means you have no accent. A good voice for television.'

I once had a professional try to identify where I came from with my voice. He was able to get it within the county I lived, and said 'if I had to, we could probably refine that even to your home neighborhood.' Given that, this doesn't seem all THAT precise.; 11/11/06, 4:42 PM
Josh Fahrni-Barn Army Dog Catcher said...: They said North Central for me...Which is completely wrong. I've talked to Southerner, North easterners...they say I got no accent, soooo. Blegh...I probly took it wrong.; 11/11/06, 5:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Pegged me for Northeast...and I've NEVER lived in any of the areas or cities they listed! The fact that I live in the Southwest and the only accent I really have much of is Southern, leads me to call this test "Crap".

C; 11/11/06, 8:40 PM
Anonymous said...: It said I was Southern.

Born in South Carolina and living in Georgia.

Pretty good by my estimation.; 11/11/06, 9:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Interesting. It's AMERICA. Seems to me that whichever locale we are from, the influx of migrants contributes to our overall communication styles and accent(uations). Midlands here as a Cali native. hmmm? Juice; 11/11/06, 10:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Yep nailed me as a southerner. Neat.; 11/12/06, 4:53 AM

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Accent Quiz

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