Accent Test

[PamB]

Northeastern. Grew up in RI, now live in CT. It was right on.

 

[gritsar]

I think a better test would be what phrases you use. I don't order tea at a restaurant, I order "sweet tea". Took me several years of living in Arkansas to learn what "out of pocket" meant.

 

[KristyHall]

it says I have a southern accent. Which is funny because everyone around here says i don't talk like a southerner even though I was born and raised in Alabama

 

[ChikeeMomma]

Northern accent -- Michigan here.

 

[aoxa]

I'm Canadian

Hahaha It even predicted the correct part of the country I live in! :O Wow...

 

[kellieg1]

Neutral

You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

Figures since I'm in Missouri! But, I just love the southern drawww!

 

[Orchid]

I got Neutral. Somewhat surprising because I'm from Minnesota - moreso surprising because I thought everyone in Missouri sounded funny when I was there.

 

[country lady]

Speckledhen, you are right about ON and OWN. That is also an accent around the Knoxville area. My neighbor was born and raised around Knoxville and he says OWN for ON. I also hear other Tennesseans from Knoxville say it the same way.

My dad always pronounced Chicago as "Chicargo." His father pronounced Michigan as "Mitch-i-gain" (as in again). Where they got that, I have no idea. I do know that my mother and I mispronounce words because we either aren't interested or don't listen carefully. For example, my mother would say for BROKAW "Brokoff." Those aren't southern, just family traits, I suppose. These were smart people so it doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.

I used to hear some Jersey people say for idea "idear," and southerners would say "idee"-- as in "I have no idee." I find it interesting--I love language.

Edited because this poster can't spell, apparently. Should be "Chicago" and not Cdhicago.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Born in the south, raised in the south and have a neutral accent.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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