What Kind of American Accent Do You Have?

[The Equivocate]

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.

Nailed it... I'm from Chicago.

 

[Humdizzy]

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.

 

[RegFee]

Great quiz. I lived in AZ for 18 years, then moved to the East Coast. I never thought Arizonans had an accent, but apparently we do, since people always asked me where I was from.

The quiz said I have a midland accent,

("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.

 

[Rom]

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.

 

[.X.]

Texas- Southern

 

[Epic]

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.

 

[klm390]

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.




I'm from Pa Dutch County and have some backwoods country boy/coal miner. I think if they would have asked some different words and terms, I would have failed this test :p


I hear things like this every day:
pilla = pillow
dontcha = don't you
wontcha = won't you
whatcha = what are you...whatcha doing or what do you... whatcha want
thunk = thought
coontcha = couldn't you
blowed ... the building was blowed up with tnt
bet ...he bet him up yesterday or he bet em up yesterday
yella = yellow
arntcha ... arntcha coming
futher = farther ... I live futher down the road. This does not apply to the word further

I guess this is more dialect than accent, but just imagine the accent that goes with it.












%%-

 

[Ixix]

Hey, I'm from Arizona too, but grew up in Houston tx.... some how i lucked out and escaped that whiny Texas accent... phew!

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.

 

[Epic]

Everyone's getting midland :o

 

[The Equivocate]

Everyone's getting Midland because its a "neutral accent," so when someone has that accent its hard to tell what specific area they're from, unlike other accents which have a specific region.

 

[{insert name here}]

Oh how wrong they are, lol.

I got:
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.

I am from Washington/Idaho, lived here my whole life.

I have tried many combos on the quiz but there appear to be only three answers, and all three are east coast.

 

[BinderGang]

This quiz is accurate for me. New York City born and bred.

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

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Northeastern

Most people don't know it but this is actually what dictionaries are based on. If you don't believe me, pick up any American dictionary and look up "source" and "sauce" and you'll see they are written with the same vowel pronunciation.

 

[commes]

My Canadian accent is most like the American Midland accent:p

-Commes

 

[athletec64]

Midland accent? But I live in Southern Cali, lol

 

[Ixix]

i've always wondered about the 'accents ' most american actors/actresses had back in the early days of TV and film. The way they spoke is clearly different than the way we talk today.

 

[SJM211]

Guess it's cheating as I'm English but:

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

My Results:





Northeastern

Most people don't know it but this is actually what dictionaries are based on. If you don't believe me, pick up any American dictionary and look up "source" and "sauce" and you'll see they are written with the same vowel pronunciation.

 

[hanz]

This is what I got, I am from Estonia

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

My Results:





Northeastern

Most people don't know it but this is actually what dictionaries are based on. If you don't believe me, pick up any American dictionary and look up "source" and "sauce" and you'll see they are written with the same vowel pronunciation.

 

[Morph]

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

My Results:





Northeastern

Most people don't know it but this is actually what dictionaries are based on. If you don't believe me, pick up any American dictionary and look up "source" and "sauce" and you'll see they are written with the same vowel pronunciation.

I'm British :gl:

 

[Eric]

Close, but no cigar.

("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.

<= South Eastern Kentucky

 

[shockie]

hahahahaha they got mine right. i'm from canada and was wondering which american accent i had. couldn't fool them though... :tu:

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.