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Nice little quiz I found, should be amusing for the American Orgahs. And come to think of it, might be a good way for the English as a 2nd language Orgahs to find out which accent they're using ...
Test.
It says the lemur has a "midlands" accent, which makes sense, since most people say I have no discernible accent at all.
I have a Northeastern accent, which probably makes sense. Although I imagine I don't sound like someone from the North-eastern US in the slightest, it seems like one of the ones relatively close to a British accent.
Mid Atlantic
Also known as a "Philadelphia accent" but also heard in south Jersey, Baltimore, and thereabouts.
Makes sense.
Minnesota Accent
Makes Sense.
I, too have the Midlands accent. Althogh, its a general combo of suthern', western, and the midwest. Im a mess...
For some reason the link wont work for me. However being from New York of course I have no accent :laugh4: As anyone who has heard me on TS or vent can attest to.
Midland.
In real life, though, some people say I have, of all things, Irish accents, and others just say I have my own incomprehensibleugh accent. I don't buy the Irish one because I think that's just a British slip especially considering I've never been to Ireland my whole life. :dizzy2:
I ain't dat Yankee, right bro?
Northern which makes sense since I grew up in Wisconsin.
northeastern, to be expected, at least not too jersey-ish.
Well I got it to work
http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/full_230021243.jpg
Look how far off it was.
:laugh4:
Midland. Which makes sense because my parents both had a Pittsburgh accent, and I lived in Pittsburgh for about 6 years.
What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
My Results:
http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/full_428371978.jpg
Midland
("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.
Hella. Can anyone pin point where this word originated from :juggle2:
[No Welsh accent, then?]Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
My result was Midland. Was finding it difficult to immitate some of the
pronunciations. My American accents just aren't up to scratch anymore.
Born in Kansas raised in Texas and I get
What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before.
Midland:dizzy2:
Ha I took it once and got midland. Which is probably good for me as my accent only slips on a few words:laugh4:
Australian!
Oh no wait...
Well I took it and I came up as Northeasten.
I got a north central accent just as I suspected. It's funny I've been in the Marine Corps for two years now and when I first got in people made fun of my Wisconsin accent, now whenever I call home my family tells me I have a California accent.
Probably due to simular reasons, the English you learn in school is British English and then you have that Swedish accent thingy, that might be close to Northeastern for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
And source and sauce does have the same vovel pronounciation. :beam:
It says:
http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/full_428371978.jpg
But in reality I don't have an American accent, I have an English one. But I guess if there's any American accent that's mostly the same I gues it'd be this one.
Perhaps I watched too much US news :shifty:Quote:
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
My Dutch-German accent seems to sound most like a Northeastern accent
I apparently have a Midlands accent which suprised me until I read that it's a fairly neutral accent that many people outside of the region have.
I got...
Northern. Chicago sort of area mine said. Though my said I sounded like a Buffalo... hm?
Thank god, Midland. Grew up in central Indiana, but have been living in North Carolina for about 6 years now. There's enough dislocated yanks like me in Raleigh though that I'm not around people enough to pick up an accent (which I've conciously attempted NOT to), and honestly not too many natives down here that have one have it really thick. My wife on the other hand... :dizzy2: Normally she's not bad, but when she's around a few of her deep south "southern belle" friends she tends tew start tawkin lahk theis.
Edit - What makes that even funnier w/my wife is that she is from the Chicago area and up until we moved here had a pretty thick Chicago accent as well. My mother in law and I always get a huge kick out of that.
And I don't even get American news networks on TV here.:dizzy2:Quote:
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
All us foreigners seem to end up with a Northern / Northeastern accent. It does make sense, as that is pretty much considered a standard pronounciation. And closest to British English.Quote:
My Results:
http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/full_537664926.jpg
Northern
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
In reality though, I don't sound anything like a native speaker at all. It's comprehensible, but with a thick foreign accent. I write English much better than I can speak it.
What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
Canadian
People from outside North America probably think you're from the States, but over here we wouldn't make such a mistake.
Ha! :canada:
Put me down for Midland. Though in actuality, I speak perfectly normal. It's the rest of youse guys that talk funny.~;)
Hah! For fun, I tried to see if I could imitate different American accents. I tried 'Southern' and:
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http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/full_754912005.jpg
Southern
People used to hate Southern accents but now everyone wants one.
This is brilliant fun! I'm now going to try out New Jersey / NY...