Meme Spek Amurcan Gud

[billroper]

Via weirdsister, the latest American accent quiz:

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Midland. The Midland (please don't confuse with "Midwest") itself is the neutral zone between the North and South. But just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from there. Since it is considered a neutral, default, "non-regional" accent you could easily be from someplace without its own accent, like Florida, or a big city in the South like Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same Different Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different...

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And in a total shocker...

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

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.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Different

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

I got a rock...No, I mean, I got Inland Northern, which is, well, where I was brung up.

[rono-60103.livejournal.com]

I came up as "Western," which makes sense for someone raised in Albuquerque. I wonder how the distinguish "Western" and "Midland" however, since I can't tell the difference in word sounds -- as near as I can tell "Midland" people don't believe that the preposition "with" requires an object if that object would normally be a first person pronoun, whereas "Western" speakers do.

[daisy-knotwise.livejournal.com]

What,you don't want to come with?
Party Pooper.

GHR

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

I tested out as "Western", and I know I have a Southern Ontario Drawl. ;/

I'm waiting for one of these tests to actually ask me if "bury" sounds the same as "berry" (it does to me). 8D

[tryphina13.livejournal.com]

Western, which is funny since I was born in MA and raised in ME and NH and have lived in IN for 17 years.

I am, however, an accent chameleon, a family trait. When I visit home (New England) I get the New England twang. Hang out with Team Eh and I get the Canadian tinge with "about" and "house." I fall into semi-southern when in Indiana, particularly south of I-70. And I even pick up the black and "gay" accent if imbedded long enough.

My great aunt was giving a lecture in London once. She was some sort of educational ambassador. She didn't realise she'd picked up the London accent until she was mid-phrase in the middle of her speech.

I also spell Canadian/British. We think it was originally from getting a Canadian text in ME. Then I got in a head to head battle with my English teacher in 8th grade. I hate being told I'm incorrect when I'm not really incorrect. So he said spell all American or all Brit. So guess which way I went?

I also have a few words that will pop out NH/MA from time to time but not EVERY time. Every once in awhile words like "umbrella" and "China" will get a mysterious "r" at the end. It's quite embarassing to me :-)

And I say "berry" for "bury", too.