What type of American accent do you have?

[snowwhite]

New York City. You are most definitely from New York City. Not New Jersey, not Connecticut. If you are from Jersey then you can probably get into New York City in 10 minutes or less.

freeshells.ch/~xavier/accentmap/pageone.htm

Lmao.
Apart from the fact that im british

[stratlady]

Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).

If you are not from the North, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Southerner who hates Southern accents and tries really hard to "talk right"; or
(b) A New Yorker or New Jerseyan who doesn't have the full accent

[Devilfish]

New York City. You are most definitely from New York City. Not New Jersey, not Connecticut. If you are from Jersey then you can probably get into New York City in 10 minutes or less.

yup.... new york has the most normal accent im guessing.

[Robynn]

devilfish said:

New York City. You are most definitely from New York City. Not New Jersey, not Connecticut. If you are from Jersey then you can probably get into New York City in 10 minutes or less.

yup.... new york has the most normal accent im guessing.

no they don't. it's the US equivelant to hockney English.

I'm Western....wonder why.

Western. Like Midland, Western is another accent that people consider neutral. So, you might not actually be from the Western half of the country, but you definitely sound like it.

And if you're not from the West, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Pittsburgher - the quiz can't tell the difference;
(b) Someone from Canada (probably southern Ontario) who doesn't have a Canadian accent;
(c) Someone from northern New England who doesn't have a New England accent; or
(d) Someone from Texas or the Heartland who was born after 1980.
You are definitely not from New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, the Deep South, etc

[Vanessa]

Canada. You probably get irritated when British people and Europeans think you're from the States, but over here we wouldn't make a mistake like that.

If you're not Canadian, you're either a Minnesotan, or you're a Westerner who over-thought some of the questions on the quiz.

[EvenInDeath46]

Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).

If you are not from the North, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Southerner who hates Southern accents and tries really hard to "talk right"; or
(b) A New Yorker or New Jerseyan who doesn't have the full accent

[unicorn07]

Western. Like Midland, Western is another accent that people consider neutral. So, you might not actually be from the Western half of the country, but you definitely sound like it.

And if you're not from the West, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Pittsburgher - the quiz can't tell the difference;
(b) Someone from Canada (probably southern Ontario) who doesn't have a Canadian accent;
(c) Someone from northern New England who doesn't have a New England accent; or
(d) Someone from Texas or the Heartland who was born after 1980.
You are definitely not from New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, the Deep South, etc.

Late. but whatever.
I'm not originally from the west, but I guess I've lived here long enough?

[imaginarywhisper]

I guess Seattle has its own accent? So that one.

[Rebecca]

My result: The Northeast.
I remember me doing this in another forum last year, I think, and I remember I got Philadelphia at second place and at third place, Boston.

I don't know how true they are, but I would like to know the so-called "accent" I do have... xD

...and btw, I don't think the link in the first post works anymore.

[Robynn]

Jan 27, 2010 15:38:23 GMT Rebecca said:

My result: The Northeast.
I remember me doing this in another forum last year, I think, and I remember I got Philadelphia at second place and at third place, Boston.

I don't know how true they are, but I would like to know the so-called "accent" I do have... xD

...and btw, I don't think the link in the first post works anymore.

probably not..... Philly and Boston are in the Northeast, so the tests are consistent. I could tell you what accent you really had, if I heard you talk.

[snowwhite]

I'm rubbish at telling apart different American accents...
Then again it takes me a while to tell work out if a person is talking in a Geordie accent or a Scottish accent. And they're really very different.