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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Quiz: What American accent do you have?
A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have The American accent that is closest to mine, according to this quiz, is "North Central". It says this is the Minnesota accent and that '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.' I saw Fargo and definitely thought the characters talked funny. However, I am a Canadian (southwestern Ontario), so I don't expect it to apply for me. Funny, though, that it said people "probably mistake me for a Canadian a lot." > A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > to apply for me. Funny, though, that it said people "probably mistake > me for a Canadian a lot." Check out the "how American are you. th proofreeder should be fired. "How in DEPT are you? and slodiers. Your question just ask for america ? "thirty-seven 写道： " > A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > to apply for me. Funny, though, that it said people "probably mistake > me for a Canadian a lot." > A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out > of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.' I'm, "Inland North", which, as I'm from Chicago, is spot on, though I'd thought I'd lost more of it than that. Lynn >A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to >you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have This was mentioned here a few months ago. I went through it again, just to see if the author has improved it. He hasn't; the quiz still thinks I'm from Chicawgo, which is not even close. -GAWollman  SignatureGarrett A. Wollman | The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are wollman@csail.mit.edu| nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry Opinions not those | grants to rare events of meanness such power to shape of MIT or CSAIL. | our history. - S.J. Gould, Ten Thousand Acts of Kindness > >A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > >you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have > > This was mentioned here a few months ago. I went through it again, > just to see if the author has improved it. He hasn't; the quiz still > thinks I'm from Chicawgo, which is not even close. Apparently, I'm most probably from Philadelphia. TOF >>> A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to >>> you: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Apparently, I'm most probably from Philadelphia. That's me too. I have been on business there, but only for a few days at a time. All I can say is that I try to enunciate words clearly. Is that something Philadelphians do? Not according to the latest Carl's Jr. commercials for Philly Cheesesteak Burger http://www.carlsjr.com/ontv SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ > > A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > > you: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > just to see if the author has improved it. He hasn't; the quiz still > thinks I'm from Chicawgo, which is not even close. It still tells me I'm Inland North. I think we had discussion last time about St. Louis swinging towards Inland North away from Midlands or some such thing. I just think the quiz lacks some tell-tale vowel checks. Brian SignatureIf televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) > A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have > > <snip> Born in Arizona, raised in Southern California, and have lived most of my life in the San Francisco area, yet the quiz says I'm from the Inland North! What a waste of time (mine and the author's). --mirage The thirty-seven entity posted thusly: >A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to >you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >to apply for me. Funny, though, that it said people "probably mistake >me for a Canadian a lot." I often mistake Ontarians for fellow countrymen. A lot of us in western Canada do this. > The thirty-seven entity posted thusly: > >> A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to >> you: >> http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [The Myth of the Canadian Accent] > I often mistake Ontarians for fellow countrymen. Actually, only about half of us are. >A lot of us in western Canada do this. It's all that squinting at the horizon. Ruins your eyes. > The thirty-seven entity posted thusly: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I often mistake Ontarians for fellow countrymen. A lot of us in > western Canada do this. How humilliating. John Kane Kingsont ON Canada > A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > to apply for me. Funny, though, that it said people "probably mistake > me for a Canadian a lot." I have an Australian American accent. Stupot > A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to > you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > to apply for me. Funny, though, that it said people "probably mistake > me for a Canadian a lot." I pronounce the "ou" in "about" and "loud" differently, but only in that the "ou" in "about" is shorter than in "loud". (Same is true with the "igh" sound in "high school" versus "high times".) So it categorizes me as "Minnesotan", in which region the vowel differs not only in length but in actual vowel sound. If I change that answer, it places me correctly was a West coaster. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com The Peacenik entity posted thusly: >> A short quiz, mostly based on what words rhyme or sound the same to >> you: http://www.gotoquiz.com/results/what_american_accent_do_you_have [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >If I change that answer, it places me correctly was a West coaster. Apparently, my accent tells the quizmaster that I "definitely have a Boston Accent". I'm from Western Canada. > I pronounce the "ou" in "about" and "loud" differently, but only in that the > "ou" in "about" is shorter than in "loud". (Same is true with the "igh" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > If I change that answer, it places me correctly was a West coaster. Are you from the Pacific Northwest BAC? SignatureSalvatore Volatile > > I pronounce the "ou" in "about" and "loud" differently, but only in that the > > "ou" in "about" is shorter than in "loud". (Same is true with the "igh" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Are you from the Pacific Northwest BAC? San Francisco Bay Area. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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