Eh?!?Originally Posted by Beirut
What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
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People from outside North America probably think you're from the States, but over here we wouldn't make such a mistake.
Ha!
Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Eh?!?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!
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
lmao!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!
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
There's a surprise, I get a Northern accent. So a northener in both countries!
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Ah, but do you sound like a northwesterner from your birth and childhood, or have you adopted the northeastern accent of those foreigners across the hills?There's a surprise, I get a Northern accent. So a northener in both countries!
Re: original subject. I sound like a northeasterner.
Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Well:
My Results:
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.
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It's interesting that you should bring that up. Now and again I say something which is picked up on by a resident tyke and they say to me, "Thas not from 'round these parts are thee lad?"
Then if I go to Manchester and I say summat they say "Yous not from these parts are you bud?"
My English accent is a mess really. Bit Yorky, bit Manc, bit Lancastrian. Though all the kids talk like Yorkshiremen, because they all are, they don't seem to notice my accent at all. Having said that, the ex-wife still talks like Jane Horrocks, she must practise every day in front of the mirror.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
My Results:
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.
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Expected, having grown up in Detroit, though I thought I'd adopted some Southern and Western influences in my travels. Not enough, I guess.
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Funny that the Euro's here come up "Northern".
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
I took the quiz twice. First is the way I normally talk when I'm calmly discussing things at work or hanging out with friends. Midlands.
Then I took it the way I do when I agitated, I'm over tired, I'm drunk or I'm around my family. Northeastern, basically allowing the 'inner me' to come out.
This makes perfect sense. I lived right outside Boston till I was 7. When we moved to Connecticut, I got teased relentlessly for the way I talked, so I developed a more neutral accent (Connecticut tends to be more New York than Northeastern). My wife says I don't even have to raise my voice for speak more quickly, just having that accent creep in sends warning signals off for her. Funny thing is, I'm never aware of it when I'm doing it.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Another Midland.I guess i have neutral accent since i dont have american accent.
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.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
dead on, I live outside of Boston now and have all my life although I have been blessed to travel a lot.Northeast New England
The kind of accent they have in Boston. There is more to it than just r's.
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Damn I tried to get "southern" by choosing "SAME" on all questions, but I got "western"
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I'm originally a Southerner but it appears that I now have a midland accent. Thank God I'm still having sex with my sister, I'd hate to loose all my Southerness.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Midlands.
Which is strange because I have never lived in any of those states.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
But I'm not from there :/North Central
What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before.
Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Sorry, only those of us that have been through the initiation ritual know the secret to the accent.Hah! For fun, I tried to see if I could imitate different American accents. I tried 'Southern' and:
This is brilliant fun! I'm now going to try out New Jersey / NY...
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
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.
Interesting. So the northeners have a close to British accent?
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
My result was: Northeastern!
I'm from
Is there a similar test for british accents?
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Midland...
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Northern.
Understandable, i suppose.
Although i can't talk when it comes to accents - i have no accent at all. Just my bland monotonous voice.
Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Eh yup lad, I bet tha duz havvan accent. In fact it sounds like a Kirklees accent to me.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
For some reason I don't have a Welsh accent in the slightest. I've always been somewhat puzzled by it, as I've lived in Wales all of my life and my dad's from Pontypridd, but there you go.[No Welsh accent, then?]
I sound generically British more than anything else, really.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Here is my result (as English is not my first language):
But most people would probably -- when they hear me -- think it's all a mix of everything. Some have said it's a lot New-Yorkish, but "Midland" is probably correct. I occasionally imitate the accent of Southern folks for fun or apply heavy use of "ain't" with a "New-Yorkish" touch when speaking casually.What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
My Results:
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.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
As a guy from the Isle of Man I managed to get a Northern accent. yay! My mom is from Chicago and my dad has a Northern accent and those are the only places I've been in the USA.
Did you get this from here by any chance? I just thought it was a weird coincidence.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
agreedI'm originally a Southerner but it appears that I now have a midland accent. Thank God I'm still having sex with my sister, I'd hate to loose all my Southerness.
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Good thing I don't have images of you or your sister.
Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Northeastern.
I'm too British to qualify for it, though.
I've a slightly pseudo Brit-upper-class accent normally.
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Neutral midland for me. I wonder how many different results they have and what all the options are. Southern Utah certainly has its own accent (which my family never really picked up).
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
I got a midland, which is pretty much what I expected to get, considering I'm basically right on the border of those areas.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Well it said I have a Midland accent, somewhat to my surprise (I'm a Minnesotan born and raised). Most people tell me I have enough of a Minnesota accent to be noticable, but not so much that it causes them to snicker behind my back.
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Re: What American Accent Do You Have?
Midland, but I'm asian!! It does make some sense though.
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