What American accent do you have?

Below are comments submitted by GoToQuiz.com users for the quiz What American accent do you have? -- comments appear in reverse chronological order, newest on top.

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WildFan said:
May 11 '08, 10:10AM

When i took it it said northcentral (minnesotan to be exact)
And im from Minnesota!

Pwahahaha said:
May 10 '08, 11:31PM

Wow, my result was Northeastern accent, and I live in California.

Rawk Lobstyr said:
May 10 '08, 1:42PM

Totally wrong. I'm from the southwest and I pronounce words as it says to do so in the dictionary. Also I say soda pop. Inland North, Schminland Schmorth. Damn, now I gotta clean my mouth out! Honey, where's the soap?

broadwaybound55 said:
May 8 '08, 8:13PM

and i say pop not soda!!

broadwaybound55 said:
May 8 '08, 8:12PM

what is inland north....because i am from N.Y.!!

Dickie said:
May 8 '08, 11:56AM

Hi

I'm from Boston and the test agreed. By the way if you're from Boston you don't say soda, cola, or pop, you call it
"tonic".

The Masked Flaming Homo said:
May 6 '08, 11:39AM

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matthew said:
May 5 '08, 12:27PM

i like balls

maya said:
May 4 '08, 11:58PM

I'm from New York but I scored the Midland (no distinct accent - could be from anywhere). The last line said that this accent would be good for radio & TV, which made me laugh because I spent four years in college studying Radio / TV and announcing (and now work in the field) - working hard to lose that distinct New Yawk accent. ;-D

hejnakvna said:
May 4 '08, 10:59PM

totally right. I got a 100% inland north. I was born & raised in Chicago, and I only say pop.

Jomama said:
May 1 '08, 9:09PM

Jizz on Chin.

Jomama said:
May 1 '08, 4:58PM

And the point of this quiz is not to tell you what accent you SHOULD have like most of you losers think. No one cares if anyone has a British accent or a Boston accent. It takes how you say certain words and tells you what you have not where you're from.

Jomama said:
May 1 '08, 4:56PM

Inland north. I'm a Clevelander. And I do say "pop".

miserableoath777 said:
Apr 30 '08, 10:57AM

but i got the inland north

miserableoath777 said:
Apr 30 '08, 10:56AM

i speak british

Bud said:
Apr 29 '08, 6:21PM

What American Accent Do You Have?

Took the quiz and the results were 1/2 way across the nation.....stating my accent was North Central/Minnesotan, when in actuality it's a BOSTON accent!

tomwizz said:
Apr 29 '08, 10:34AM

Wow! It could not have been more perfect. It said I have a Philly accent, or it could be from Jersey, Baktimore, or Wilmington. I was born and raised in Wilmington!

WZF said:
Apr 29 '08, 9:27AM

Nope.......Ya'll missed it entirely....the quiz indicates that I am probably from the Northeast ......... Wrong! ........ I am from South Carolina.....which goes to show that we are not all uneducated yokels down here! Southerners do know how to speak and properly enunciate. Mispronouncing words doesn't have a thing to do with where you live, nor does it have anything to do with a person's accent. Anyone can learn correct pronunciations of words. Inflection is a different thing altogether. Incidentally, I am proud of my southern drawl.

shokan said:
Apr 27 '08, 10:36PM

Canadians call it 'pop', not 'soda'.

DirtyBillionaire said:
Apr 27 '08, 7:09PM

Your Result: The Midland


"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.


Thats right i'm from columbus

nuke said:
Apr 27 '08, 2:18PM

"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.




It is pretty accurate. I am from Indionapolis. Not exactly Southern Indiana, but close.

cobird2 said:
Apr 27 '08, 7:15AM

Mine is really off too...not a inland north...never use the word pop except when talking about Rice Krispies...in fact, find the typical Wisconsin "accent" quite grating.

jackie said:
Apr 26 '08, 11:41PM

wow off by a long shot!
I don't say pop i say freakin soda. Who calls it pop.
Ima cali girl.
Btw calis. aren't valley girls. They don't say like after and before every word.
Cause omg like he was like and i was like woah. Dude he was like totally hott like.
Not ever. Idiots!

lolcats said:
Apr 26 '08, 10:21PM

I got the west.

I'm frome New England, and have a Canadian accent. This is crap lol. Mainers sound nothing like Oklahomans (where I am now).

aherb said:
Apr 26 '08, 11:57AM

North Central? I can live with that, but I don't live up by Minnesota. I live in Kansas. This quiz is wrong, it treats me like crap!

RedHead said:
Apr 25 '08, 1:40PM

My result was Philadelphia... I've lived in Milwaukee, WI all of my life.

magda said:
Apr 25 '08, 6:23AM

I ended up with The Inland North. "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.""

I'm Norwegian and I have never been to the States! Haha..

shokan said:
Apr 24 '08, 11:07PM

I lived in Western Mass (Greenfield, Charlemont, Rowe) for many years. I now live in Toronto, Canada. The accent here is very similar if not the same as Greenfield. Does anyone know why people from Greenfield/South deerfield often say "hey" at the end of sentences?

N S said:
Apr 24 '08, 10:24AM

Wow, this quiz is pretty accurate. I got the result midland accent, and I do live in Indiana, so that's evidence that this quiz is spot on.

owascolg said:
Apr 22 '08, 2:17PM

"You can take the girl out of Western New York State, but you can't take Western New York out of the girl." It all makes perfect sense if you grant that premise. I've lived in the South since 1957, but not a smidgen of the accent has rubbed off. (Except, of course, if I say "bah-payess" for effect. ;-) )

canadian_chameleon said:
Apr 22 '08, 9:32AM

I thought this quiz was pretty funny. It said i have a northeastern accent and that i get mistaken for a canadian which is funny because i am canadian!!!!

Vanessa said:
Apr 22 '08, 2:06AM

This is hilarious. I have a chameleon accent - I sound like the people I'm around. This test claim I'm Northeastern. Very funny since I'm a serious southern girl, born and raised in North Carolina.

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Apr 20 '08, 10:22AM

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mat9234 said:
Apr 19 '08, 8:17PM

Wow, they are right, I am from the Chicago suburbs. I never really thought of myself actually having accent so its kind of interesting. I always kinda thought I just talked like people on TV.

Kathy said:
Apr 18 '08, 2:19PM

That's funny, I'm from Miami, Fl, and I'm not a transplant so I didn't think I had any accent at all. I've never been to the midwest so I'm curious as to how they speak, other than the obvious Wisconsin or Michigan accents. I don't call beverages "pop" like the quiz said I should. I call them "soda."

kataang4ever said:
Apr 17 '08, 8:08PM

but i don't call "carbonated drinks" pop. they must be talking about soda.

kataang4ever said:
Apr 17 '08, 8:07PM

i...i guess this would be right. i AM from WI...so, i guess it's right.

Nirvanafan said:
Apr 17 '08, 4:10PM

well if you are 60 you should know that the proper grammar is "should have" rather than "should of"....I've only been living in america for 12 years and I'm 16. congratulations an immigrant that learned English in kindergarten has better grammar than blahblahyoyouihuih.

blahblahyoyouihuih said:
Apr 17 '08, 3:35PM

WHAT? I DONT HAVE AN ACCENT? THIS IS VERY DISSAPOITING, IM 60, THIS SHOULD OF BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE!!! IM FROM BOSTON BISH!!!

Mikkel said:
Apr 17 '08, 6:39AM

""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."

Good thing, too. I am Canadian.

mizz_shillz said:
Apr 17 '08, 12:18AM

dude this is so right. i am from misourri. this is cool. im planning to go into tv too. thats pretty cool. the only thing that sucks, is that i cant understand any kind of accent at all. only people that talk like me, and since i live in the south its hard to find that.

peobrach said:
Apr 16 '08, 8:15PM

Must've mixed us up Relita. I'm from the North West and it said I was from Boston. Definately needs to study up on it's dialect knowledge.

relita said:
Apr 16 '08, 8:03PM

Not even close! I got West and I'm from Boston, born and bred!

Jane said:
Apr 16 '08, 3:28PM

Stupid! I got Inland North. I'm from Southern California!

StephenK1000 said:
Apr 15 '08, 9:45PM

I Have A Minland Accent. It Toatly Screwed Up My Location. Im In NY!!!!!

cutetexaslez said:
Apr 15 '08, 9:35PM

TOTALLY wrong...i'm from South Texas...no where near where it says...that is way off!

speechie said:
Apr 13 '08, 9:03PM

I'm wit Lpup-NEast here, not West and ALSO a speech path!!!

Lpup said:
Apr 13 '08, 12:13AM

Totally WRONG! Northeast--no way, CA all my life! Just happen to be a speech pathologist.

NJFatBoy said:
Apr 12 '08, 3:44AM

So far so good...I'm 100% biker and 100% north Jersey!

phillygirl said:
Apr 11 '08, 7:05PM

Too right! Philadelphia it is.

threedaysgrace09 said:
Apr 10 '08, 7:06PM

this quiz sucks!!

soljaboy said:
Apr 10 '08, 9:26AM

This survey said that i was a "SoCAL surfer"?....
But i was born and raised in OHIO!!!

Em24 said:
Apr 9 '08, 8:16PM

"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.

Lmao! I am Canadian.

collinskeely said:
Apr 8 '08, 3:09AM

hahaha right on ... it told me i was from boston ... born and raised ;)

jds2113 said:
Apr 7 '08, 8:44PM

Right The South

sarahah said:
Apr 7 '08, 2:48PM

I'm from the deep south and It stated North East for me.

samsamsam said:
Apr 7 '08, 10:50AM

dead on this dudes stalking me

xoishyox said:
Apr 6 '08, 11:55PM

The Inland North. EXACTLY RIGHT. haha, seeing as I'm from the great lakes region.

jerseygirl32822 said:
Apr 6 '08, 5:26PM

Mine said Northeast! Right on.

Seriously said:
Apr 6 '08, 10:16AM

HMMM......Raised on gulf coast of mississippi and moved to S.E. Georgia 20 years ago. Midland? I don't think so. Bless their little hearts.

peternorris64 said:
Apr 5 '08, 7:56PM

Philadelphia? HA. I live in ALASKA.

semiblonde123 said:
Apr 5 '08, 7:13PM

Wow.... this thing guessed that i lived in the east and it was right! i never guessed that i had an accent like that though

pucky said:
Apr 5 '08, 4:39PM

I've been asked if I'm from Texas more than once...strange how this associates me with Philadelphia......

broadwaybound55 said:
Apr 5 '08, 3:40PM

i got the inland north whatever that is supposed to mean!!

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Apr 4 '08, 10:11PM

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Loraxx753 said:
Apr 4 '08, 12:13PM

I got North Central, but I was born and grew up in Florida....weird

debbie said:
Apr 3 '08, 1:23PM

Well, it said I have a Midland accent. I was born and raised in western Massachusetts (Northampton) and did not leave that area until 1992 (I was 38). But I also thought western MA folks sounded normal (unlike those from Boston)

wanderyonder said:
Apr 3 '08, 4:00AM

I got Midland. I'm from New Jersey, currently living in south Florida, and I always hear that I don't sound like I'm a Jersey girl...until I get mad, at least.

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Tomaniac2 said:
Apr 1 '08, 8:32PM

Awsome! I got Inland North.. It was completely right.. Im from Wisconsin =)

ohsoMarli said:
Apr 1 '08, 3:19PM

ahah it says i might be mistaken by a canadian !!
but gues what i am a canadain!! ahha

Lustre29 said:
Apr 1 '08, 12:34PM

This quiz was right on the money for me!
Good job!

EvilGenius311 said:
Mar 31 '08, 5:34AM

random!!!!!!!!!!im not even from america though.......

lazlong3 said:
Mar 30 '08, 10:30PM

Despite being from southern New England (CT) I apparently have no accent. Could be because I was taught to speak in NYC, raised partially in the Mid West, and spents years in the military living on each coast and HI. Still, it is disappointing being told I have a "Midlander" asccent!

NorthernGirl said:
Mar 30 '08, 5:11PM

Very interesting, but wrong. The quiz said I'm from "North Central". I was born and raised in Western Washington and have spent the last 20 years in Alaska. I'm about as northern as they come, but not Central. It's a fun quis, though. The only think I can figure is that my mother is from North Dakota and I must have picked it up from her roots.???

correy_vee said:
Mar 30 '08, 3:23PM

I got "Midland West" or something, which is exactly where im from, southern ohio.. aint it a odd bird that coulda guessed that since i have a southerner twang

cybil66 said:
Mar 29 '08, 9:57PM

The quiz said my accent is as Philly as the cheesesteak. Right on!

deew said:
Mar 28 '08, 1:16PM

The quiz placed me as "inland north" which is right where I am, but get this--I've been profoundly deaf since birth!

jimmypharr said:
Mar 28 '08, 1:03AM

I've lived in NC most all my life. It had me wayyyy southern which is true. Very good test. "I'm a North Carolinean by choice, but SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD"!
(And we really dont mind northerners from coming down, just dont tell us how to talk, drive, or eat. And you can still retain your identity; remember, just because you birth your children here,doesn't make them any more a southerner, than a cat having her kittens in the oven makes them buiscuits! Bless your pea-pickin' hearts, we know you got here quick as you could - As Brother Dave Gardner said, "Have you ever heard of anyone retirin' to the NORTH?"
PS "pop" or "soda"? In NC it's neither; it's "Soft Drink" or "Coke"(no matter which type you like - hey, dont ask me why,I dont know, its just what we call it ; my daddy used to call it "a bottle of dope").

james junior said:
Mar 27 '08, 3:14PM

I was said to be from the north central area. I now live in South Dakota, spent over a decade in Indiana, but grew up near Boston. Pretty close I would say if not right on.

mompea said:
Mar 27 '08, 2:54PM

It guessed Philadelphia-I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult. I was born in Detroit (please note how close Canada is and it has a very obvious effect on my spech), spent 6 months of every year from age 10 on in Hemel Hempstead, England. (approx 40 miles north, sl. west of London) My mother was a Geordie and mt father was educated in Paris.

LalaKat said:
Mar 25 '08, 12:22AM

jerseyjim~ We call it soda now ^_^ lol, that was like, from awhile ago. Some older people call it tonic, but then most others are like: What?

jerseyjim said:
Mar 24 '08, 6:11PM

About 50 years ago I spent one summer with my grandmother in New England. At that time they called soda- "tonic" as in, What kind of tonic do you want with your hamburger. Just wondering, do New Englanders still refer to soda as "tonic" ?

Noof said:
Mar 23 '08, 5:13PM

It say i have boston accent. Im from asia

danitassin said:
Mar 23 '08, 12:15AM

ok so it said that i have a chicago or wisconsin accent and i was born and raised in Carleston, SC weird

jtruant said:
Mar 20 '08, 10:54PM

I have a pennsylvania Dutch accent but I confused the quiz

:-P

fairywaif said:
Mar 20 '08, 5:52PM

I'm form the midwest (Michigan) although it didn't exactly have Michigan..
Anyways, they should have had a question about pop. I mean really, that's one of the clearest indicators of accent!

malancoly said:
Mar 20 '08, 3:53PM

wow dat was totaly dumb

annoyed said:
Mar 19 '08, 2:06PM

southern accents sound so stupid...long drawn out words..nasally...ex. office is not oufece...day is not die....haul is not howl...U SOUND DUMB

femcop said:
Mar 18 '08, 1:11PM

Martin, you are from England and your closest U.S. accent was from the northeast. Thats because this country was settled there and the language is the least diluted. In particular the upper mid-atlantic and the nyc, connecticut and new jersey area have residents that are mostly still big users of consonants.
Of course there are many accents in England but as in the US clarity is more necessary when the population is large and diverse.

Martin5023 said:
Mar 18 '08, 12:56PM

I'm from London England but it said I was from the Northeast NY/Boston I guess that's close enough?

tlh878 said:
Mar 17 '08, 4:28PM

It said I was from North Central, and that I would often be confused with Canadians, which is bang on, because I am actually a Canadian. It was fun.

melvin said:
Mar 17 '08, 12:31PM

Pretty close - mine said Inland North, but the South (which is correct) was second in my list. After changing item 11, it correctly identified me as from the South.

And for the record, it's not pop; it's not soda; it's COKE - no matter what fizzy drink you're talking about! :) "Do you want a Coke?" "Yeah, get me a Sprite, please."

xxdawnxx said:
Mar 17 '08, 10:21AM

haha....The midland....I live in the south....lol
:)

haleakila said:
Mar 16 '08, 8:40PM

midland? im from the west. >:(

shimmer said:
Mar 16 '08, 1:57PM

Wow, this quiz is accurate! I knew that I have a Boston accent, and I took this quiz to see if it would get it right and it did! Wow!

iPopcicleStix said:
Mar 16 '08, 12:39PM

Midland accent. That's pretty accurate for me.

thesudden said:
Mar 14 '08, 5:44PM

completely innaccurate. Do you even know what the different accents are? apparenly not. i am from NE and got that as my last one

bizech7 said:
Mar 14 '08, 4:16PM

You people that are not from the US, use your goddam brain - this isn't what ENGLISH accent do you have - it's what US accent do you have. It's going to pick the closest thing, you morons, even if you can't appreciate all our American accents.

aliboydi said:
Mar 11 '08, 4:52PM

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potterfan said:
Mar 11 '08, 10:19AM

"Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard."

I'm not even american and English is my second language???

emjay said:
Mar 10 '08, 10:14AM

Comment was on target. I'm from the Philadelphia suburbs.

Jon said:
Mar 7 '08, 8:21PM

OOPS! I meant to say "pegged" not "pecked" from earlier post.

EdBloomfield said:
Mar 6 '08, 10:35PM

"Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak!"

Right on... I grew up about 8 miles from Philly in Delaware County, PA.

Jon said:
Mar 6 '08, 8:56PM

It got me pecked as from Chicago, it was 100% correct.And I always thought, only "other people" had accents.

ridgely said:
Mar 6 '08, 3:40PM

I'm from South Carolina...

I would never say "pop", it's called "soda".

Steph said:
Mar 5 '08, 9:59PM

That's interesting. It said "Inland North." I'm a Southerner, but my mother, who'd lost her accent to further her law career, started working on mine when I was but a wee child. I get a lot of comments from other Southerners asking if I'm a Yankee, and from confused Northerners asking me to explain where I'm from.

jomay said:
Mar 5 '08, 4:36PM

total crap. I'm from northwest Oregon, nowhere near the midwest. i've never even been to ohio.

Lozze said:
Mar 5 '08, 3:35PM

That Quiz Was Rubbish Sorry Only Telling The Truth Lolz

wb

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Kakashi said:
Mar 5 '08, 7:36AM

Lol Iland North, i'm not even from america :P
i should have an western accent i thought, but that's score is the lowest..

sairduh said:
Mar 4 '08, 6:13PM

hey this was actually right. im from ohio.hmm good job

sansan said:
Mar 4 '08, 5:41PM

I also call it soda - not pop. The only people that I know that call it pop are from the south. No one ever asked me if I was from any Midwestern state. Lived most of my life in California. Someone did ask if I was English because I was taught to say "twenty" and "twunty" and a "hundred," not "hunnert."

miznikolzon said:
Feb 29 '08, 8:08PM

Um u 4got the northwest u know Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Northern Caili,ect..

Nyeb said:
Feb 28 '08, 10:10PM

Heh, it got it right on the money! People DO usually think I'm Canadian. Good quiz, man.

Gail said:
Feb 28 '08, 3:35PM

'm from the Northeast - Connecticut and I certainly do not call soda "pop", it's soda. I don't know why I'd be categorized as the Inland North - maybe because I lived in Indiana for a year?

larsonya said:
Feb 28 '08, 3:23PM

Soda? What kind? I always say pop, but I am from Chicago and this was perfect

peggyg said:
Feb 28 '08, 10:49AM

Not even close! The inland north? Chicago? I'm from the northeast, New York, and I certainly do not call carbonated drinks pop! Everyone knows they're called soda!

Pheorach said:
Feb 28 '08, 2:00AM

Shananigins;
The quiz is named ; What AMERICAN accent do you have?
It's slightly obvious it wouldn't apply to an English accent.

JET said:
Feb 27 '08, 10:56PM

Ya'll are kinda' close. I was brought up in southwest Virginia. But, I was born in Indianapolis. Go figure.

camplady said:
Feb 27 '08, 12:43PM

I'm from NC and it said I'm from the south...most of the time people think I'm from GA. There's different southern accents ya know. Does anyone beside southerners know that I wonder.

shananigins said:
Feb 27 '08, 12:14PM

I liked taking the quiz. But I fooled it, I'm British so the accent it said I had was wrong.

Jay said:
Feb 26 '08, 9:03PM

Good quiz, and very close to perfect!

Southie said:
Feb 26 '08, 6:29PM

I come from South Boston and you hit it right on.....

slapdookie said:
Feb 26 '08, 11:24AM

born and raised in philly, perfect quiz b----es

weasalwolf809 said:
Feb 25 '08, 9:14PM

It says I'm from the midlands, or the south...I from the north, way north! Near canada!

Janel said:
Feb 25 '08, 5:42PM

I'm country as a turnip green with an accent thicker than cornbread batter and this quiz said I have the "no accent accent". Malarky!

The Paul said:
Feb 23 '08, 9:31AM

You do know that Florida is a hogpodge of accents. Hardly anyone is originally from here.

seagull314 said:
Feb 21 '08, 9:22PM

boring, boring, boring, stupid, stupid, stupid, useless, useless, useless

hotcuban224 said:
Feb 21 '08, 6:30PM

i guess i took the test wrong! I was raised and born in queens and it says im from midland!!!! wow....i must have some diffrent accent then my relatives!!!! Lol!

RogerH4667 said:
Feb 21 '08, 2:28PM

I was born and raised in the Appalachians in Southwest Virginia and I have a hillbilly twang. I took the test and the results said I have a Midwestern accent. That is so far from the truth!!@!!!!!

1234567 said:
Feb 20 '08, 7:17PM

why is this quiz always #1

craftyeve said:
Feb 20 '08, 2:46PM

I am from philly, currently living in NJ, so the quiz worked for me.

numberguy said:
Feb 18 '08, 12:26AM

im north central..............teehee........yay..........what does north central ppl sound like?

LooknUp said:
Feb 17 '08, 2:05AM

YES! I am originally from the WEST, grew up in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest and don`t think I have an accent. However, after living in Hawaii, HI for 35+ years, when I go back to the mainland folks do think I talk funny ;>

crazyinlove2010 said:
Feb 16 '08, 12:59PM

Midland! I'm from West Texas,born and raised!

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Feb 16 '08, 10:35AM

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flutterbyx3 said:
Feb 15 '08, 7:00PM

er...philly? think the quiz maker has been hittin the sauce a little bit hard. People from philly cant even understans the southern in my voice.

klh719 said:
Feb 14 '08, 9:51AM

i was born in tennesse and i still hold a lot of those southern vowels. but i've lived all around the u.s. (in pennsylvania the longest) and my mom is from the midwest.... i probably grew up talking a lot like her. it said philly? which is very close to where i grew up.

ezeb82 said:
Feb 13 '08, 10:16AM

from the west...a so cal surfer.i am a rebel flaggin toting redneck from the hills of tennesee you dumb f---

mss said:
Feb 13 '08, 9:37AM

your test was completly wrong.I am a Bostonian.

CT Talk said:
Feb 13 '08, 8:31AM

Inland north accent? uh....no. I work with people from Wisconsin, and, believe me....I sound nothing like them. (I'm from Connecticut). Their accent sounds something like a cross between nails on a chalkboard and a cat in a blender....on the other hand, my new haven area accent can sometimes slip into a light James Gandolfini a la sopranos type sound....so, I think this test needs some tweeking.

tmejfan said:
Feb 12 '08, 11:41PM

Born, raised and still living in Alabama, and I have a Philadelphia accent? No way. This quiz needs fixin.

welchgh said:
Feb 12 '08, 9:44PM

Wrong, wrong, and wrong (rhymes with Gong).

I sound more like Reba McIntire, and I'm a native of Middle Tennessee. Philadelphia, my foot.

Write another test.

SaorEire said:
Feb 11 '08, 3:19PM

Naw, this is rather poor. Why does it have Boston but not Pittsburgh when the latter is recognized as a legitimately separate dialect? I definitely speak a weak form of Pittsburghese, but it says I'm from the West...

Melissa55 said:
Feb 11 '08, 12:49AM

Uh, I was born & raised in Georgia by New Yorkers, but I supposedly have a Boston accent according to the quiz. I HATE Boston accents. Yuck. If anything, I have a southern accent. Most people say I have none at all.

pinkylee_2001 said:
Feb 10 '08, 9:14PM

Wow. Not at all! I grew up in CA, I certainly don't have a Southern accent!

fartfartfart said:
Feb 9 '08, 5:37PM

yes, as a matter of fact, i am from dallas.

COXSWAIN said:
Feb 8 '08, 1:09PM

VERY CLEVER ,I HAVE A PHILADELPHIA ACCENT,BUT LIVING IN FLA . AND THE ONE ITEM HERE IN FLA IS THE BREAD HERE IS POOR QUALITY. I MISS THE CHEESESTEAK. I PURCHASE MY STEAK MEAT AND FIRST CLASS PRODUCT,THE BREAD IS MUSHEY. GREAT SITE ALITTLE OFF SUBJECT BUT ITS ALL FUN AND TRUTH AWESOME JERRY

aunttravelingmatt said:
Feb 8 '08, 7:51AM

I got the Inland North (Great Lakes) accent, which seems about right because I *am* from WI (Appleton, which is kind of near Green Bay). But I don't use the word "pop"; I say "soda". And could someone please explain to me the difference between the Inland North accent and the North Central (Upper Midwestern) accent? I'm really curious. WI has both and I honestly can't tell them apart.

katiek said:
Feb 7 '08, 1:05AM

Well it nailed me. Inland north, even mentioned my home state, Wisconsin. Weird.

LadyHarmony said:
Feb 7 '08, 12:31AM

This said Northeast and I certainly do, still sound like I'm from North Jersey, even though I have lived in Virginia for almost ten years. You will almost certainly sound like your parents since these are the people who taught you how to speak.

Alexandra Elizabeth said:
Feb 6 '08, 8:44PM

The West! I guess that's pretty accurate considering it said that "outsiders probably mistake you for a canadian"! Well that's good considering I am one! And proud of it! But I guess this quiz really isn't made for anyone outside of the US...what's new. A little inclusion would be nice every once in a while. Honestly we're just like you, we just spell a few words like the British! We don't live in igloos, eat blubber, and say eh all the time up here!








































































TjT said:
Feb 6 '08, 5:54PM

I got Northeast which is completely wrong, except that the quiz asks "Which 'American' accent do you have".
Well if Northeast American sounds the same as Australian then maybe it's correct? (I think you fellers swear a lot more than we do though hey? ;-)
I'm seventh generation Aussie and have been told I have a "country" (Australian) accent but I think this quiz is really specifically for Americans.
To be international it'd need to be considerably more in depth, so perhaps I'm butting in where I shouldn't?

Lost_Treasure said:
Feb 6 '08, 9:11AM

According to this quiz I am Inland North... which is really interesting for an English woman who has lived in Perth, Western Australia for the past thirty two years and has English rellies who tell her she has a dinky di Aussie twang!

Nowhereman55 said:
Feb 4 '08, 9:19PM

sweet i got southern and i am frome Texeas...

No longer in Illinois said:
Feb 4 '08, 11:24AM

While I agree with the result, I take issue with some of the explanation. The quiz includes "southern Illinois" in the Midland. I suspect they mean downstate Illinois, i.e. not Chicago. In southern Illinois, speech is less Midland and more leaning towards a Southern accent.

keru said:
Feb 1 '08, 7:47PM

Okay, i think most of the people who are either from another country or who say they have "X type" accent are not reading the questions right. IF YOU ARE CORRECTLY DOING THE QUESTIONS, IT WILL COME UP RIGHT. Say the freaking word out loud if you have to. you can't ever really hear your own accent, so you can't say "Ah, yes, I TOTALLY have a **** accent." you can't have an accent to yourself. ONLY TO OTHER PEOPLE.

foywallace said:
Feb 1 '08, 12:23PM

Ok, I keep reading the comments and now I have something else to say. Another way I know I'm from the deep south is I call a refrigerator an "ice box" which goes back to what it was called originally. I warsh (wash) clothes and I wrench (rinse)em out when I'm done. I try to mask my southern accent a little but when I'm talking about things that are predominently southern it becomes more prominent. Like southern fried food or any of that good southern food, my grandma (because she's the epitomy of the southern lady), my mama (cuz we all love our mama's and yes, we call them mama not mom or ma or any of that) or Gawd (God) because I grew up in the Bible Belt--there are more churches in my town than ppl just about....

foywallace said:
Feb 1 '08, 12:14PM

Also, I say soda because I got tired of ppl actually giving me "Coke" when I said "coke". They were suppose to ask me what kind..duh?!? lol. You know it's funny. Wherever you go, ppl judge you by what you call soda, pop, coke, or any carbonated beverage. It's a common difference when discussing locals....

foywallace said:
Feb 1 '08, 12:09PM

Well this was spot-on. I'm from Texas and it said I have a southern accent all the way. I live in Wyoming now and ppl are always asking me where I'm from because they say it's obvious that I'm not from here....but I don't think I sound that different...

RogerWSimpson said:
Jan 31 '08, 9:16AM

Who the heck rhymes "bag" with "vague"??? And when they do, which "a" sound do they use? For me (a California), the "a" sound in "bag" is the same as in "cat," while the "a" in "vague" rhymes with "date."

rebel said:
Jan 31 '08, 8:28AM

ya know..i think this thing is lyin, cuz i have a southern accent and the results were midland...which is weird..because i know alot of people in the midwest and they are two completely different accents...

roxie08 said:
Jan 30 '08, 9:53AM

its said i have a New York accent, I'm not even from America, i'm british, i only did this quiz because i was bored!

Tonette said:
Jan 30 '08, 12:09AM

Whoa! In my case this quiz was totally inaccurate, in that I'm a native Californian. Never even visited Philidelphia or the Mid-American states; although I have lived in other countries.

foxtrot said:
Jan 29 '08, 4:13PM

New York it is then but i moved a while ago to Virginia....Still the north east huh.....accurate quiz for me!

2012disco said:
Jan 28 '08, 5:52PM

Oo I got North Central...makes sense I do live near Canada o_O

Darex said:
Jan 28 '08, 4:53PM

Seems to me that:

a) many here are unable to honestly assess their own accents. They'd be better off letting someone else evaluate how they pronouce the question words for them.

b) this quiz is aimed at Americans. It's misapplied if used by English or Australian or other people. You probably are incapable of distinguishing from amongst various American accents, just as most Americans are only able to distinguish between Scottish and English and Irish accents, if that, when English people know that there are scores of different "English accents". As for non-English speaking people, it's even worse. In France, I'm asked "Are you British, American or Australian?". This question is so ridiculous to anyone actually from any of these countries because their accents are so different, yet to a Frenchman, they are all similar.

The quiz is fairly accurate if answered honestly and without embellishment. I'm a Canadian, but scored as "West", BUT that's accurate, because I live in the USA and I have an extremely generic accent now, i.e. "West". Philly, NYC, and others have certain very specific traits, and thus are readily identified as such.

js202020 said:
Jan 28 '08, 2:20PM

M from Australia, but from this quiz it says i might b from new york city wow wat can i say............."Gooda nya mate"

Grey_xx said:
Jan 28 '08, 8:19AM

Lol, I'm from Australia and it says I have a Northern Accent.

That's nice...

Fireember said:
Jan 27 '08, 11:36PM

ha it says i have no accent. im from texas hell i have an accent.... :)

mo da bo said:
Jan 27 '08, 5:59PM

The West. Well I'm from California, is that near the west?

freckles99 said:
Jan 27 '08, 7:37AM

IM FROM THE NORTH EAST cool whats for lunch?

kiminsj said:
Jan 26 '08, 9:29PM

I left Chicago 17 years ago meandering East until settling in South Jersey for the last 8 years and just the other day a clerk said "You're not from around here are you?" Happens at least once a week.

Olysia said:
Jan 26 '08, 4:25PM

oh well that's really nice

freckles99 said:
Jan 25 '08, 3:27PM

u r f---ers

DollyHaze said:
Jan 25 '08, 12:47AM

Well, I suppose my result was accurate (Midlands), as I am indeed from Pennsylvania, but what does it mean when it says it's "just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." I mean, doesn't everyone have an accent? In any case, I always had this vague hope that I sounded really exotic to other people, haha...

Fuyu said:
Jan 24 '08, 11:27PM

Spot on! It said I was from Southern Ohio (midland accent), and...well...yeah. I kinda am. So that's that. =D

kilcliff said:
Jan 23 '08, 3:48PM

im from jersey and it says i have a new yorker accent that bull

AkielaXal said:
Jan 22 '08, 12:04AM

I was born in Eastern Pennsylvania, but grew up an Air Force Brat. I pick up accents easily - to immitate, but honestly don't really have one. I find it amusing that this quiz put me squarely in the "Midland" category which included Pennsylvania... but I sound nothing like my relatives!!!

Kikitoria said:
Jan 21 '08, 1:38PM

Born in Hawaii but I've lived in Texas since I was 3. It makes since I dont have an accent. But dude, if I were ever to live in California or florida, I'd die! I love the hill country to much to live in a god danm city.

capricorn197926 said:
Jan 20 '08, 9:58PM

It said I had an inland Philadelphia accent, granted I am from Philly or atleast born there and stayed until I was in the 6th grade then moved next store to Maple Shade NJ. So I would say this is correct.

wyogirl said:
Jan 20 '08, 12:04PM

it says im from Minnesota,but thats my mom. I am from Wyoming not Minnesota

sarah12345 said:
Jan 19 '08, 10:16PM

I'm from Texas born and raised country.. and it says i have practically no accent or i could have one from Florida or California... :-(

Jess said:
Jan 19 '08, 3:40PM

I'm born & raised in NC but I have a Inland North accent??

riiiggghhhttt....

fantazygirl said:
Jan 18 '08, 7:19PM

people!!!boot this quiz out of the number one spot! im tired of seeing it!!

rguitar said:
Jan 17 '08, 4:51PM

i am midland no accent--sounds like me!

dude awesome quiz

Hoailona said:
Jan 17 '08, 2:52PM

I've lived in Hawaii for 26 years and grew up in North Carolina... But I have a Philly accent?

Roxtar42 said:
Jan 16 '08, 7:57PM

omgosh this is stupid...i got the right one but it is boring...how did it get 2 #1???

Tony Montana said:
Jan 16 '08, 7:44PM

I'm from Georgia, and this test claims I have a Midland accent. I'd say it's pretty true, considering I grew up with a father from England and a mother from Arkansas, getting a mix between the two extremes.

Hedarth said:
Jan 16 '08, 1:22AM

Omg it was crazy accurate.

o_0 said:
Jan 15 '08, 5:50PM

I am from the Great Lakes, so those annoying questions are usually answered "Yes."

Faerie said:
Jan 14 '08, 9:19PM

LOL, thats so acurate Im not american and the quiz says most people would probably mistaken you for a canadian which is what I am !!

lilmama said:
Jan 14 '08, 12:38AM

Wow, Exactly right. I am from the south and I realize my heavy southern accent so I know others can. I currently live far east but I am not ashamed though. I love my uniqueness here.

Merry said:
Jan 13 '08, 5:14AM

I would like to sayyy it was correct as to the region I live in, although I would also like to point out that I referr to soda both as pop and soda. usually pop b/c thats what is common and people give me weird looks when I sayy soda. but its weird sayiing pop b/c thats what I refer to my father as. XD

kacka said:
Jan 12 '08, 10:12PM

The Midlands? But I'm Australian!

Uncle Al said:
Jan 12 '08, 3:34PM

I'm an Iowa boy living in South Dakota and It said Midlands. Tom Brokaw is from SD. And by the way, carbonated drinks are properly soda pop, so either is correct.

mamadog said:
Jan 12 '08, 2:41PM

I clearly have a Texas accent... and this stupid thing said I was Midland and obviously they didn't mean Midland, TX.
Oh and btw, we rednecks don't say "soda" either, we call everything Coke. Like in... "Do y'all want a Coke?"
"Yeah"
"What kind?"
"Dr Pepper?"
Only the idiot yankees say "pop" which sounds so stupid to us southerners.

xrayage said:
Jan 12 '08, 11:28AM

Missed my clear NY accent-Oh well...

Endlesdusk said:
Jan 12 '08, 9:37AM

Well I got Boston and that was right. My husband is from New Orleans and got Philadelphia. And I agree that New Orleans accents sound like a Philly or Brooklyn accent. Many people said he sounded like he was from Brooklyn when he came to Boston for the first time.

Jsol said:
Jan 12 '08, 8:04AM

I'm from Cleveland born and raised and I got the inland north which is dead on...us kids from Cleveland like to pronounce our vowels...and for the dick that said "pop" is red neck...you can piss off..."soda" is what the hill jacks say!

Sesche said:
Jan 11 '08, 2:29PM

Says midland...

Does Maryland count as the midland? I dont know...

Whatever haha

livinlaughinlovintillidie said:
Jan 10 '08, 7:49PM

said im midwest but really i live in ny (not the city)...hmm...

schlep said:
Jan 10 '08, 7:46PM

Pegged me from the Great Lakes region. I lived in Chicago as a little kid- age 1-6, but have lived most of my life on the West Coast (L.A. with a few years in Seattle). Very odd that it outed me.

orange peal said:
Jan 9 '08, 11:24PM

Born and lived in Milwaukee, WI until age 28; then lived in Chicago until age 61; then moved to Florida (68 now). Quiz said I may be asked: "Am I from Wisconsin?" or "Am I from Chicago?"

canadianchic112 said:
Jan 9 '08, 8:47PM

haha i AM canadian.

marcikins1027 said:
Jan 9 '08, 4:51PM

im from delco pa, like 10 mins from philadelphia, and i got a "philadelhia" accent for my answers...guess this thing is sorta accurate LOL

servious22 said:
Jan 9 '08, 4:45PM

I dont call carbonated drinks, pop. omfg. thats so redneck. I call it soda.

goodgirl said:
Jan 8 '08, 2:05PM

i am cerrtany not from the north.lol. I AM FROM ENGLAND!

goodgirl said:
Jan 8 '08, 1:59PM

i thout twas confusing but loved the merry one.

epballinwolfex31 said:
Jan 7 '08, 10:19AM

im the midland which means no accent :] this quiz is sooo accurate!

~ballin

i love quizzes said:
Jan 6 '08, 11:16PM

im "the west" what a popular quiz!

Ree_Ree said:
Jan 3 '08, 7:14AM

i from australia n i got a west accent, wat does a west accent even sound like??? i have a strong aussie accent most of the time. :D

Excalibur said:
Jan 2 '08, 8:23PM

wow, i am from Missouri! but changing one answer gives me a wisconsin accent??? whatever. ^_^

yogiandgang said:
Jan 1 '08, 2:33AM

sm4him is very right. I was born and raised in upstate South Carolina and yet according to this I have a midland accent. I have two NJ teachers for grandparents and a proper speaking Southern Mama. I don't have an accent per say because they all made sure that I spoke proper (American) English - the second dead language.

sm4him said:
Dec 31 '07, 11:57PM

Midland?!? I was born and raised in the South...the REAL south, not like Maryland... :-) I've lived in TN and GA my entire life--I've only been west of the Mississippi twice in 40-something years!! There's not much "Midland" about me.
I think this test sometimes is more a test of whether you learned diction...my father (a Yankee) and my mother (lifelong Southerner) were also both extremely intelligent and well-spoken, and they did not allow their five children to learn or engage in sloppy speaking habits...

partykitty said:
Dec 31 '07, 3:17AM

the west
lol
i live in hawaii

fantazygirl said:
Dec 30 '07, 8:16PM

go 2 da what hairstyle should u try quiz!its funny!

Nevermore said:
Dec 30 '07, 5:13AM

Those who complain about the quiz being wrong when they live in England, Australia, or Singapore (etc.) should focus on another activity than learning which *American* accent they have. Like learning how to read for instance.

Now I'm not sure the test actually is right either. It seems like it often comes out wrong and I don't think I have an "Inland" accent... But how the hell would I know: I am French and I have never been to the US...

albus4ever said:
Dec 29 '07, 9:34PM

West accent. Yep.

wwme377 said:
Dec 29 '07, 11:55AM

Born and bred Bostonian (I pahk my cah in Havhahd yahd and calf=cahf, path=pahth, laugh=lahff, half=hahf, after=ahftah) and yet I came out WEST????
I was once told by a linguist who was doing his doctoral thesis on accents that New Englander's vowel sounds were the most phonetically correct. THAT was a surprise, since a lot of people make fun of the Bostonian accent.

emmz0r said:
Dec 29 '07, 8:42AM

I got inland North, Yet Im from the North East of England.Yey me?

echizzie said:
Dec 28 '07, 11:21PM

HAHA I got inland north, and I'm from Singapore. :o Ah well. I have no idea what someone from inland north america sounds like anyway, so... geez what was the point of taking this quiz?

Lem said:
Dec 28 '07, 2:38PM

Xavier Kun did well with the American Accent Quiz. I got "North Central" - the one where "...outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian..."

Well, I AM a Canadian. I'm in Toronto.

karaokegirl96 said:
Dec 28 '07, 2:34PM

Wow that was 100% correct i grew up in paducah KY

DeanSingle said:
Dec 27 '07, 3:59PM

Northeast...not a chance. I was born and grew up just an hour from Charleston, SC. Have always loved hearing others speak and have an M.Ed. plus 30 hours from U. of SC in English Education and Educational Adm. Know I have a slight souther accent because others can pick it up, but many times get questioned about where I am from originally.

nicegurli94 said:
Dec 27 '07, 3:07PM

I have a western accent! wierd...i was born in MI but live in SC for half of my life. Now i obviously talk like so cals..cool.

SarahJane said:
Dec 26 '07, 4:48PM

Southern Ohio? ugh, PAH-LEASE! NORTHERN OHIO! JEEZE!

(By the way, that was a joke -_-)

Sallyway said:
Dec 26 '07, 4:12PM

wat i've never even been to phily??

funny said:
Dec 25 '07, 4:17PM

i like da quis its funny

tonksrocks said:
Dec 23 '07, 6:57PM

this is total rubbish i am from london, england

2204227 said:
Dec 23 '07, 7:22AM

This is a rubbish quiz! Iam from England! Not NEW YORK!!!!!!

wkelly said:
Dec 22 '07, 8:21PM

I'm not sure that there's enough information here to really tell in many cases. I've only lived in Ohio for 6 years (lived in Atlanta, Pensacola, and Maryland as well)but my 'accent' comes up as Midwestern. 13 questions aren't enough.

Irish_Willow said:
Dec 22 '07, 3:53PM

Just because you don't live or ever visited whatever region you got as a result, doesn't mean it's impossible for you to have that accent (or whatever you want to name it -- regionalisms and whatnot). What matters is the people with whom you have most contact and hear talking most often.

dragongrl61 said:
Dec 22 '07, 10:40AM

I am indeed from Boston and It said I had a boston accent!

dreamrsldy said:
Dec 21 '07, 12:20AM

well i was born in ny grew up in ma and now i live in so cal and the quiz said i had no accent (west coast) lol

KaileeA42 said:
Dec 20 '07, 11:14PM

Wow, i was born in texas and have since lived in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and this quiz said I have a Inland north accent. But both of my parents grew up in Wisconsin and my ENTIRE family lives there. People are always noticing that when I say sorry I say Sore-ee instead of Sar-ee, which is what people say where i live. So really this quiz was right on track!

andybobandy said:
Dec 20 '07, 1:02PM

Most people don't think they have an accent because all the people around them talk like they do. I've lived in a few states and accents can change from city to city not just region or state. A lot of times in bigger cites you can tell if someone grew up in the north, south, east, west or central part of that city by their accent. So, for the people that are saying that Americans all talk the same except Southerners, you are very wrong. There are thousands of accents in the US, you just have to listen.

Viv said:
Dec 19 '07, 7:35PM

Inland North! And I'm a standard middle-class Queen's-English-speaking Brit from southern England. Couldn't resist this - found the link on 'Geoffrey Chaucer hath a Blog'. Chaucer's Inland North too. Hurrah. Hope I visit the I.N. one day and see if I pass the intelligibility test. (Shall learn to say 'pop' first). Fun quiz.

rosegum said:
Dec 19 '07, 2:55AM

im from Philadelphia and it was right on that I'm from 100% from Philly!

colorado cowgirl said:
Dec 18 '07, 5:16PM

Born and raised Colorado, also pegged with Midlands accent ... uh, and by the way, we don't have a region in the US called the Midlands, that's a British thing.

Worthless quiz.

via85 said:
Dec 17 '07, 9:41PM

I'm from Orygn (Oregon) and it said I've got a midland accent ...

ellemath said:
Dec 16 '07, 2:34PM

Not from the US nor do I live it (I live in Canada), but apparently I have a western accent. Well, actually I don't.

Robeon said:
Dec 15 '07, 5:19PM

Even though I'm a Canadian, My accent is from West philly

Born and raised, In the playground is where i spend most of my days
Chillin' all out, Relaxing all cool, and shooting some b-ball outside of the school........

samanthaharling said:
Dec 14 '07, 4:56PM

OK Y do i have a southern accent i never even thought i had an accent LOL

FEIR said:
Dec 13 '07, 6:11PM

well for me it a plus!!!! since am not from the U.S. but i got to have an accent. as to my result: Philadelphia which means having a northeastern accent.... well its just an accent but it does not affect my personality at all its on how you bring out your attitude.... still... everyone can change their accent... PRACTICE! learning and adopting these accent... accent is just a twang... as long as you understand each other great!

arizona07 said:
Dec 13 '07, 2:45PM

It said I had a north cantral accent and that I probably sound canadian...I was born and raised in California and Arizona...

ernie said:
Dec 13 '07, 6:03AM

I should have not taken the quiz in the first place, as I am neither an American nor a resident of the US. I was just intrigued as to what my accent usually is when I speak English. I do not know whether the quiz was accurate but it said I have a Philadelphian accent. Well, I would not know the real score. I am from the Philippines and I have never been to the US in fact.

Johnny said:
Dec 11 '07, 10:27PM

The answer to the quiz says that I am from Philadelphia or nearby New Jersey. Well, I am from New Orleans. New Orleans natives, especially those over 40, have an accent similar to New Jersey or Brooklyn. People born and raised in New Orleans do not have a southern accent like people from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and northern Louisiana. We have a unique accent that is similar to that of New Jersey natives.

yeoldfart9 said:
Dec 10 '07, 3:31PM

lol it said that i had north central. i live in SC but i was born in canada. it was kinda right!

titanmydog said:
Dec 10 '07, 1:27PM

dude, I do not have a boston accent!!!!


Rawr

sylwerneck said:
Dec 10 '07, 8:00AM

Result - the west. I'm actually Brazilian, but it's interesting to find out what accent influenced me the most when I was learning the language!

snookaysnook said:
Dec 9 '07, 9:57PM

I AM FROM BOSTON! IT WAS RIGHT!

Sye216 said:
Dec 9 '07, 6:55PM

Inland North All the way!

kayleyvicious said:
Dec 9 '07, 5:57PM

great work!!! i'm a wisconsinite. lol.

namel3ss said:
Dec 9 '07, 12:15PM

Your Result: North Central

"Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot."

lol I am Canadian good job

Schmusername said:
Dec 8 '07, 11:36PM

I actually took this quiz a while back and it said I had a Western accent. I've no clue what those sound like, though. Meh, like I said before, all Americans sound the same, with the exception of the ones with thick Southern accents. From another person's point of view, what do North Floridian accents sound like? Central Floridian? I've heard they differ, which I find a bit odd.

Schmusername said:
Dec 8 '07, 11:30PM

I have a Minnesota accent though I grew up in the deep South? Hm. All Americans sound alike, with the exception of the thick Southern accents which are easy to distinguish from the rest.

the_lala said:
Dec 8 '07, 12:28AM

oops i meant SINGAPOREAN

the_lala said:
Dec 8 '07, 12:28AM

I have no accent huh..?
Well, I'm ASIAN! SIONGAPOREAN!
what no accent?
i just dont sound english or austrailian or american!

DJLost said:
Dec 6 '07, 10:43AM

Now I understand why everyone around me thinks I'm from somewhere else. All my life people have asked where I grew up, or where I was born. Well to set the record straight, I was born, raised, and still live in Kokomo, Indiana. Yet I have always been asked if I was from somewhere else... I guess a bit of it is that I call a Carbonated Drink, a Beverage. Not "Soda, Pop, or Coke." However, when talking to someone, I find myself adapting my accent to match theirs. I have actually fooled a English chap into believing I was from Wales!

Well Cheers!
DJ Lost

Melissa56 said:
Dec 4 '07, 10:41AM

When I took the quiz I really concentraded on the question at hand and souned eack of the answers by repeating eack of the words a few times ( yes I was bored and took alot of time with it but, they're determanation of where I was from was 100 percent correct. I was from Ohio and we did call it POP...Since I've lived in Florida 27 years now I started calling it SODA... I never noticed it till I was back in Ohio visiting years ago and my sister said pop and it made me laugh. Other than that It's the only thing the quiz came up with that placed me in Florida( and or ) a few other southern regions and I have lived 1/2 my life younger years in Ohio and now 27 years later Soda... is the only thing that my speech placing me here now. It sure would be nice if you came up with a Quiz similar but add in where the person is living now if it's been long enough to pick up they're regional speech patterns or ACCENTS!!! LOL... But it was fun to do and read everyone comments or opinions some were quite funny howmad some people got. It was just a quiz for fun and enjoyment I'm sure they didn't set out to offend some people. Smile, be happy, life is wonderful... :)

Ladyboru said:
Dec 4 '07, 7:21AM

lived/roamed all over the USA....Boston never left my blood, or my speech pattern!!!

nb619 said:
Dec 3 '07, 4:34PM

I think this quiz is a bit remiss in not classifying Southern California and culturally similar areas of the Southwest, like Vegas and Phoenix, as having its own pattern of speech.

I'm a lifelong San Diegan, and when I travel, most people in the Midwest, and especially in the South, guess that I'm from Southern California from my speech alone.

Some of my friends from around the country have found me unintelligible at times =)... like when I referred to a certain highway in Indianapolis as "the 70 freeway" and told a friend to "flip a b----" when we got lost.

only_the_lonely said:
Dec 1 '07, 7:55PM

I live in Winnipeg, Canada about 4 hours north of Fargo.

Now I understand why everyone in the States is baffled by how I speak. I thought I sounded 'normal' this whole time. =)

leecross said:
Nov 30 '07, 12:23PM

Lee1940---Even after 43 years in California it appears that I still have my Minnesota accent!!

mickers412 said:
Nov 29 '07, 10:55PM

this quiz got my accent perfectly!! i'm proud of my Minnesota accent! They are right about people mistaking me for a Canadian, but they also mistake me as being from Wisconsin! People! Jeeze? don't you know a Minnesotan accent when u hear one? :-P lol

aflingy said:
Nov 29 '07, 6:58AM

Interesting quiz... also interesting how many seem to be somehow offended by the results they got. Come on people - lighten up. "It's jes' fer grins, anyway."

roeisner said:
Nov 28 '07, 8:56PM

I was born in Germany I have on accent, but according to the Quiz I have none.

Frank said:
Nov 28 '07, 2:38PM

I'm from ENGLAND!!!! =D

Randomizer said:
Nov 27 '07, 8:34PM

I love some of the comments. Come on people, this is a fun quiz. My favorite comments are the, "this quiz was wrong, I pride myself on not having any accent and only speaking perfect English!" My next favorite are the, "where I'm from, people don't have accents. Absolutely everyone says so, we are all newscasters here. People say that all the time about where I live."
This quiz completely nailed me. It was surprisingly accurate for only a dozen or so questions.

Regional variations are fun, don't be all pricky about it.

Hattie said:
Nov 27 '07, 4:13PM

That was pretty cool. According to that quiz I'm from the NorthEast. I am actually from Australia though it was a COOL quiz to take!

physix said:
Nov 26 '07, 1:23AM

Anyone who says that Southern Indiana is the 'midland' accent (or nondescript, as it were) has never been to southern Indiana.

physix said:
Nov 26 '07, 1:22AM

anyone who says 'midland accent' or the 'nondescript accent' is probably from Southern Indiana has probably never been to Southern Indiana.

geegollygosh said:
Nov 25 '07, 8:51PM

Haha, my result was the place I'd lived longest, and my next two results were the other places I've lived. Pretty good!

2cents said:
Nov 25 '07, 1:54PM

This is not a quiz about accents, this is a quiz about pronunciation. An accent is an audial experience for the listener, not an interpretation of the speaker. Most people are surprised when they hear a recording of themselves & usually make the comment, "that's me?".

nanc speaks said:
Nov 25 '07, 12:40AM

I am an SLP (Speech Language Pathologist) and although your test pointed me out and Inland New England I pride myself as having Standard American English (like at Northwestern University that standardize the American English pronunciation.By the way Tom Brokaw has a horrible /l/ pronunciation-called a dark /l/. You can hear it in all /l/ words, initial, medial and final and all /l/ blends. It is very hard for me to listen to him or Barbara Walters. They are articulation errors, lack of tongue tip alveolar ridge contact or specific retractions and compressions of the tongue.

heyo said:
Nov 24 '07, 3:41PM

HEYO
I'M CANADIAN

popeye83mn said:
Nov 24 '07, 3:21AM

Holy Sh_t, Pretty friggen close!

greg said:
Nov 23 '07, 9:27PM

fuggers

jade said:
Nov 23 '07, 11:47AM

honestly, i got to disagree with the outcome of the quiz that i got. it said people mistaken me for being from Wisconsin or Chicago... most people generally have no idea where I'm from and say i have one of the most neutralist accents ever. the only accents i have ever been mistaken for was a Connecticut accent... which is understandable since i am from there. but truly, that has only happened once, a majority of the time people can not even guess where i'm from... so yeah...

silkensuede said:
Nov 21 '07, 10:43AM

I am often mistaken for a Northeasterner, as the test analysis suggest, however, I am a born-and-raised Texan, having lived a year as a six-year old in LA, CA as my only out-of-state living experience. I suspect that comes from having attended schools where the instructors were Irish nuns who taught us to carefully and correctly enunciate our words (in the Irish vernacular). Couple that with parents who did the same (as well as limited our socializing to a select group during our younger years – for me through age 15), and the personal desire to speak as distinctly and as nearly correct as possible.

scaldisnoel said:
Nov 21 '07, 8:26AM

It seems that many people don't think this quiz is accurate. However, I think that in many cases, they are answering the questions (at least a couple questions) based on what they know is the "correct" dictionary pronunciation, not the way they actually speak. Considering that there are only 13 questions, 11 of which ask about specific linguistic differences, it is actually pretty good. It is interesting that some have such hostile responses when their accent is idenified as being something other than their "home".

One thing that I have noticed while traveling throughout the US is that there is a very broad area surrounding the Great Lakes that has much in common with a Canadian accent. There are certainly smaller areas within this broad area that have unique peculiarities (upstate New York, Illonois, Minnesota and Michigan come to mind). However, I would put all of them in a larger Great Lakes region. This is similar to a Southern or Northeast accent, each of which have unique subregions. There is also a tendency in big cities of the west (and to a lesser extent, all "growth" cities) to have a homogenizing effect on people's speech patterns because of so much migration to those areas over the past several decades. So, I hypothsize that the more homogenized a city has become, the more likely it is that a person's accent will be misidentified as being from a completely different location.

geedee said:
Nov 21 '07, 1:44AM

Someone has no doubt already mentioned this but what about these:

1) do you pronounce coupon as 'coopon' or 'q-pon'?
2) do you pronounce vase as 'vahz', 'vaze' or 'vace'?
3) do you pronounce aunt as 'ant' or 'awnt'?
4) do you pronounce creek as like 'Greek' and 'peek' or 'crick'?

Carebearz said:
Nov 21 '07, 1:41AM

Did you know Tom Brokaw is from South Dakota, so maybe if people watch the news a lot they catch on to the North Central accent?

Carebearz said:
Nov 21 '07, 1:38AM

I am from North Dakota and it was right on that I have the North Central Accent. Hee Hee

Lammo said:
Nov 20 '07, 5:53PM

Yup, the West, as in the Pacific Northwest - - land of no identifiable accent.

urbancenturion said:
Nov 20 '07, 2:54PM

Sorry, completely wrong. I was said to be from Inland North but I grew up in Texas, and have been here most of my life. I just try to speak with care, and always have. In fact, I don't think on rhymes with dawn OR don.

DaremoKamen said:
Nov 20 '07, 11:23AM

It says I'm midland and since I'm a lifelong Iowan that sounds close enough, but if a midland accent is no accent how come when I do laundry I "warsh cloze"?

llanning said:
Nov 20 '07, 9:26AM

It came out as Midland but I'm born and bred Colorado, never lived anywhere else

melijoy91 said:
Nov 19 '07, 4:18PM

it said i'm from minnisota or chicago and i'm from new york

geilesau said:
Nov 18 '07, 9:42AM

ya know it pretty true i have totally accepted myself as a minnesnowtan; even though i am from germany eh.

cac011 said:
Nov 18 '07, 2:34AM

it said boston...and i'm totally from houston, tx...and i basically have no accent whatsoever...

barbie_gangster said:
Nov 16 '07, 12:06PM

haha its right i am from ohio

Lola said:
Nov 15 '07, 4:26PM

It's got me pegged to within a few miles of where I grew up. Northeast says Northern Jersey first, and I spent 36 years living in Central Jersey! I've since moved to MA and te local accent is driving me insane! Where else do they say "Aunt" to not rhyme with "Ant"? I swear I'm going to shoot the next person that dares to "correct" me.

BrightAsAnAngel said:
Nov 14 '07, 11:19PM

This is so true...I'm from michigan haha

xopurx14 said:
Nov 14 '07, 8:03PM

... i am canadian so i guess this quiz is right

canuck said:
Nov 14 '07, 1:03PM

lol the end of my quiz results said "people probabally mistake you for a canadian" good thing i am a canadian and damn proud of it...

bleed said:
Nov 14 '07, 9:24AM

funny im asian hehehe

rkymtnspkr said:
Nov 13 '07, 8:28AM

You should add Colorado (and surrounding states) to your list of Midland accent areas. We don't have any appreciable accent here. In fact, I often hear other people refer to Colorado as the "state where they all sound like newscasters."

goeagles said:
Nov 11 '07, 8:51PM

Philly all the way!! My quiz was right on the money!

sxygapeach said:
Nov 11 '07, 8:29PM

lol sooo funny, it said I have a "midland" accent. Very funny since I'm from the DEEP south. ATL baby!

starchaser said:
Nov 11 '07, 6:43PM

Well, ya'll it sho nuff hit me on the head. It said, south..........ROTFL.

I am afraid it was correct...

pimpdaddykev said:
Nov 11 '07, 2:26PM

this is full of crap, I do live in NY but I do not have a NY accent at all, I just moved here from Florida, and everyone up here says I have a slight southern accent!

keintuckyboi said:
Nov 10 '07, 9:44PM

kentuckyboi
you missed all the way around not even close with your quiz

manuzombie said:
Nov 9 '07, 6:56AM

Cool! I'm from Brazil, I haven't no idea how my english sounded like!

jcook002 said:
Nov 8 '07, 7:57AM

red_sonia said:
Nov 6 '07, 2:55AM

well, im not from any part of united states because im from asia but im well oriented with american accent which is why i seem to sound like them. you should hear me talk! :)

MaiThaix0 said:
Nov 3 '07, 3:12PM

this thing is perfect for me ! it said i have a southern accent, and i used to have a very strong one, then i moved where ppl don't have one...but i can still kinda have it. also, it says that my voice is good for tv and radio, and im an aspiring actress! ho cool is that!?

Chiksita said:
Nov 3 '07, 10:27AM

You hit the nail on the head! Though a lot of people think that we who live along the northern side of the Ohio River sound southern, as long as we live in a rural area and own a lot of land, for some reason. That could be because a lot of our ancestors came from down south before the Civil War and it made us "talk funny" to these Johnny-Come Latelys from the big cities around here nowadays. But I do know my genealogy and the "place sounds" that you identified in my voice ARE where my forebears lived at one time or another. I also think that having Native American roots makes us sound very mimicky, thus our BUFF sound ;-)

musicwonder said:
Nov 2 '07, 6:03PM

According to the quiz results, I'm "Inland North," but I was born an grew up in northern Virginia, and all my ancestors are traced back to the earliest of Viginia. I have been told a couple times that I sound somewhat English.

Susanne said:
Nov 2 '07, 6:45AM

If your test shows you're from "Inland North" and you're not, double check your respose to Question 9. I'm from NJ and I originally answered that "horrible" sounded like "whore" and came up as Inland Noorth. I reality, I pronounce horrible more like the a in hard wheich would result in responce "neither". By correcting that response, I came back Northeast - !00% correct. Think the wrong results are mostly from inaccurate responses....

klhudd said:
Oct 29 '07, 2:45PM

I agree! The test is stupid! Where the heck is Inland North? Born in Upstate NY, lived 30+ yrs in SO. CA (& have Never dropped my ending consonants-??), school teacher 10yrs. I like the fact that they futher insult me by saying: "You may think you speak standard English straight out of the Dictionary.." blah, blah.. yet, I can pick out an accent within 5 minutes of talking to someone. "Pop"? I don't think I've ever used that word except in the song...huh...I guess accents should be left for what you use to decorate your house with.

biscuit said:
Oct 29 '07, 1:02AM

Mine came out as inland north--a few hundred miles off in latitude, since I was born and grew up in Oklahoma. I had trouble with the merry, marry, mary question, since marry and mary sound alike and merry different to me. No answer allowed that choice. I have to admit that my fellow rural Okies used to accuse me of sounding like a New Yorker, although I had never heard one to compare with at the time. (This was before we got our first TV, so I didn't hear much in the way of samples of other region's speech.)
Still, the quiz was fun.

parrot7792 said:
Oct 28 '07, 8:37PM

I have a western accent

Ken said:
Oct 28 '07, 7:07PM

Does upstate New York Count as Inland North?

snapelady said:
Oct 27 '07, 12:02AM

This quiz is utter BS. I was born in Los Angeles, and raised in the San Fernando Valley - near thirty years of my life. I am now in MI (have been for a couple years now), and people here tell me *ALL* the time that I have an "accent" that sounds vaguely "surfer". This quiz just said I have a Midland accent. That's utter BS. 1 star out of 10. :o(

coolen said:
Oct 26 '07, 2:00AM

"If you're from anywhere in the USA you have an accent (which may or may not be the accent of the place you're from)."
So those other 6 and a half billion or so people...they don't count.
Just thought this sentence could use some rewording :P

totalmentechido said:
Oct 23 '07, 2:15PM

So NewYorkJulie and Speaks - are you saying that the quiz accurately rates you according to your perceived voice or speaking voice? I was ranked as Inland North (Chicago/Great Lakes), but I am from the DEEP South; the furthest South you can go in the US without entering Mexico. In addition, I have never lived in any state other than Texas.

firesyst said:
Oct 23 '07, 10:40AM

inland north, wisconsin.....wait im from california!??!?

NewYorkJulie said:
Oct 22 '07, 9:43AM

I wholeheartedly agree with Speaks, the SLPA. If the questions were answered correctly, the test is very accurate. It's difficult for the average person to perceive their own subtle vowel distortions, but we Speech & Language people have been transcribing the sounds for years. My test results said Inland-North and had me pegged on the Great Lakes. Right on! When we tell people in other parts of the country that we are from NY, they can't believe it. Most think the NYC city twang of "Noo Yawkahs" is typical for all of us, but it's those regionalisms again! And yes, we do drink "pop."

Prinzessin_Clara said:
Oct 22 '07, 7:57AM

I must say, I've never even been to America, so i was interested to see what it would say. I got New York/Jersey and i guess they would have the most normal sounding accents, so yeh. unlike all those other weird american freaks lol, no offense.

vfvfv said:
Oct 22 '07, 1:01AM

incorrect, i definatly have a northeast accent and was considered as an inland north

numblina said:
Oct 21 '07, 4:56PM

Way off, says I've got a Jersey or New York accent. I'm from the Oregon coast. Lived here all my life to, lol. Though I visited the East for 8 days last summer...

potolife said:
Oct 20 '07, 4:13PM

i got exactly where i live, great lakes area
i'm always asked if i'm from chicago, which i am.

gianniangel1 said:
Oct 17 '07, 2:20AM

My results were really interesting to me. I was pegged as being from Philadelphia or nearby southern environs -South Jersey, Baltimore, Wilmington. Technically, it's incorrect. However, the interesting thing is that I was born and raised in a town 95 miles northwest of Philly. My hometown closely identified with the Philly area and we only ever received the 3 network TV stations from Philadelphia. I learned and talked the way I heard people on TV - from Philadelphia.

Saline said:
Oct 16 '07, 8:24PM

I have lived in SoCal all my life and it says I sounds like I'm out of Fargo...or Minnesota. =/ Maybe North Central and California regionalisms sounds similar?

CakesOfBunnies said:
Oct 14 '07, 2:52PM

Aww...I am a SoCal surfer...lol

purpleluva said:
Oct 14 '07, 12:47PM

i'm from california where we don't prononce our consinents at the end of words and i know i do that but this quiz said i was from the mideastern US

Speaks said:
Oct 14 '07, 12:13AM

Hi Danny et al,
Yes, the Brits do have an accent, as do we from their perspective, but when you're comparing regions of the USA, they are called regionalisms. "Accents" usually identify Italians, French, Germans, Brits, etc. I don't know why this hasn't become more popular knowledge, but it hasn't. By the same token, just FYI, most newscasters speak in "Standard American English" which makes it almost impossible to tell from which area of the country they have been raised.

danny said:
Oct 13 '07, 4:18PM

Speaks, i dont think i completey agree with you. english is native to britain and we still say that so and so has brit accent. in the same way we have american accent. ask any brit if he agrees with ya.

Speaks said:
Oct 13 '07, 1:13AM

I hate to correct ALL of you guys, but we don't have "accents," we have "regionalisms." Foreign people have accents. Now, for those of you who don't think that you "sound" like the quiz says you do, you are probably not quite able to answer these questions with real accuracy because you think that you pronounce words in a different manner.For example, don't we all HATE how we sound on a taped message of ourselves????? We NEVER sound like that..... Our perceptions of ourselves can sometimes be quite different. Sorry to bore you, but I have a Master's Degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology. SUNY Albany, '76. Yup--upstate New York--and the quiz nailed it.

froggie1231 said:
Oct 11 '07, 9:00PM

It hit it right on the spot! S-Cali...love ya!

shirljane said:
Oct 11 '07, 11:47AM

Got the area right - Minnesota. But we do NOT sound like the actors in FARGO or Canada for that matter eh, I don't know anyone here in Northern MN that talks like the Movie Fargo, and I am pretty far north. Maybe you are thinking of North Dakota as Fargo is not in Minnesota.

BooKworm said:
Oct 9 '07, 8:13AM

Did this quiz because I was home sick and bored. I had same result as English-bloke on here. Said I must be North East of States and am actually in England (North-West to be precise). North West English accents are VERY different from those who live in the North East lol. Even some English people have trouble telling what Geordies (NE people) are saying!

dwhollrah said:
Oct 8 '07, 10:30PM

Interesting quiz. A good start but not quit there. I'm about as far north in Minnesota as you can get and the quiz put me in SoCal, Florida or Texas in a big city. I'm a country boy although I did spend twenty years in Minneapolis.

I was in Wyoming and folks there pegged me as a Canadian so I do have an accent even though the quiz says I probably don't.

EuphoricSubstances said:
Oct 8 '07, 3:17PM

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.

Hahah. I am Canadian. X]

Sarry777 said:
Oct 7 '07, 4:21AM

Got it right, certainly. I am a Boston gal ;)

English_bloke said:
Oct 4 '07, 8:31PM

"They be able to tell that I'm from (South-East) England!"

I sound like a bloody pirate! Harharrrr!

THEY'D BE ABLE TO...(!)

English_bloke said:
Oct 4 '07, 8:07PM

Result : NORTHEAST

"Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak."

They be able to tell that I'm from (South-East) England!

EmoSolider said:
Oct 4 '07, 4:20PM

I live in the mid-west and apparently I sound Canadian, thats a bold faced lie, I ve heard Canadians, I know a Canadian and I dont like that, f---a you. 1 outta 10 b----...

lil miss whitney said:
Oct 3 '07, 10:27AM

Well, it hit right on target for me! I've lived my whole life in the North West Georgia area!! But I tend to be a little propper at times! My finace calls me his "City-Country Girl"..lol.

WeeHez90 said:
Oct 3 '07, 8:46AM

lmao it said i have a boston accent...im from Scotland, Glasgow UK pmsl!

lainybabig2003 said:
Oct 1 '07, 9:17PM

haha, this made me laugh, it says i have a philly accent. im not from philly myself, but my dad's whole side of the family is, and im very close to my dad, so i have been asked a million times if im from philly! i live about 60 miles away from there in reading, so its kinda funny.

Judy said:
Oct 1 '07, 6:25PM

Wow!....this quiz is right on target. Not only am I from the midwest but I grew up in Wisconsin. I've lived in Atlanta for the last 40 years but never aquired a southern accent.

kowai_yokan said:
Oct 1 '07, 1:40AM

Wtf Midwest? o_O I have the heaviest Brooklyn accent out of anyone I know (who was born after 1960).

sebastienne sykes said:
Sep 30 '07, 9:15PM

why is this quiz always number 1?

arahcaroline said:
Sep 30 '07, 1:56PM

Philadelphia! Ha! I am from central Georgia but I have lived in Texas and the mid-west years and years ago. Ha! I do know people frpm Philadelphia and we don't sound alike at all.


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