What American accent do you have? | Comments

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

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 ;>

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

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.

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.

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

your test was completly wrong.I am a Bostonian.

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.

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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?

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!

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

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.

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.

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....

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....