What Do You Sound Like?

[russa11]

Give it a shot!

Select the link:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

I took the quiz and it came back with a dead on answer.

 

[KeyGrip]

Apparently I have a "Midland" accent. Few thousand miles off, but it told me I have a good voice for tv and radio so I don't mind. Fun test.

 

[dhermann1]

Northeast

Yup, Northeast.

 

[russa11]

This is what it said about me. (oh and it was right on the money)

You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine.

 

[Audrey Horne]

I have the Midland too. I was born in Florida, raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now live in Southern California. KeyGrip, I wonder what kept us from being "The West?"

 

[Twilight]

It says I have a Midland accent. :]

 

[Helysoune]

Midland here, too, and I am from Pennsylvania. Oddly enough, I really am on the radio.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Midland as well.

 

[scotrace]

I got north inland.

Ha!

 

[retrogirl1941]

I also got Midlands.

Samantha

 

[ADHD librarian]

Northeast

Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island.

Am I?
As an Englishman (whose father has a large dose of a Scots accent, mother has a mix of Oxford and Sheffield) who has lived in Australia for many years I am quite sure that someone from Connecticut would be unlikely to think I was from their home town.

Although, stranger things have happened.
I was mistaken for a South African when I was in Aberdeen recently.

 

[Dinerman]

Midland.

Things I say that aren't on there-
Egg rhymes with vague.
Crayon rhymes with ran.

 

[LizzieMaine]

No'theast. Yessah!

 

[alexandra]

Good job test!


"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.

 

[Jack Scorpion]

The West. Easy enough when you answer every question with "They sound the same."

 

[Nathan Flowers]

There is no way I sound like a Philadelphian.

 

[scotrace]

Vouch /\ .

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Hmm,.."Inland North"

Midland followed by a touch of Northeast, then some Philadelphia, and South (?) [huh]This quote from the page sums it up nicely I think and even predicts my surprise at the results.

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."
Uncanny! I do call it pop. lol

 

[John in Covina]

North East! 22 miles from NYC!

 

[freebird]

<table style="width: 320px; border: 1px solid gray; font: normal 12px arial, verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><tr><td colspan="2" style="background: white; color: black; padding: 5px;"><b style="font: bold 20px 'Times New Roman', serif; display: block; margin-bottom: 8px;">What American accent do you have?</b> <div style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4px;">Your Result: <b>The West</b></div><div style="width: 200px; background: white; border: 1px solid black;"><div style="width: 96%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div><p style="margin: 10px; border: none; background: white; color: black;">Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.</p></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">The Midland</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 85%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Boston</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 50%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">North Central</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 46%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">The South</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 46%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">The Inland North</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 4%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Philadelphia</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 0%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">The Northeast</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 0%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding: 8px;"><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have"><b>What American accent do you have?</b></a><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/">Quiz Created on GoToQuiz</a></td></tr></table>