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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.

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.

YAY I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS

I got 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.

Well, I'm from Michigan. Good quiz!

That's very interesting. I'm a Scots (not Scotch!) teacher interested in the English language and linguistics and I'm looking into how immigration affected the formation of accents in the US. My accent is closest to the Boston accent - as could be expected from the number of Scots/Irish immigrants to that area a couple of centuries back.

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

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

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..

"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???

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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... :)

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!

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.

This quiz was quite accurate I do have an excellent voice that could be a host on the TV show or radio I am actually from Michigan but it said I had a Midland voice and it had every other state but Michigan walking there but my heart is in Dallas so I'll take it that's where I'll live one day anyway. Hopefully 2023 I will be a Texas resident

I was born and raised in Boston, but isn't weird that I got Midland? I know many friends that have a Boston accent. I normally adapt to an accent when I move. I guess it is true. It's strange that many people think this quiz is highly unaccurate.

The Midland
79% The Northeast
73% The South
70% The Inland North
31% Boston
18% The West
2% North Central

Briefly I grew up in Washington DC w southern accent. I lived in Penn for 7 years as a young adult and worked hard to change my accent. So I believe this is correct. I moved to the west coast, Oregon and been here over 20 yrs.

The result was that I have a Midland accent, or none. Thank you. I am Dutch and was taught to use the British pronunciation and later working at NASA Liaison office in the Netherlands was influenced by my N.American co-workers.

Still I think this test has no value, because you cannot hear how I speak.

I live 80 or so miles from Philly and do not share their accent. Terry I pronounce to rhyme with air, hair. They pronounce it to rhyme with curry, hurry. Completely different and distinct. If I have any accent it is PA Dutch, which does not sound like a German speaking English. That accent I accept because it is my heritage.

"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.

My result was 93% Inland North. I was born in Milwaukee! We don't call that carbonated beverage "pop," but use the word "soda." When we moved to Colorado, my new pals thought I had an accent, but my teachers felt that I spoke much more clearly and enunciated better than most of the "locals."

I am another person from Connecticut and like many, the quiz reckons I'm from the area near Wisconsin. What can a northeast accent mean when New York doesnt sound like Connecticut which doesnt sound like Rhode Island which IS similar to Massachusetts but different from Vermont, New Hampshire which are different from Maine...

Goodness. I just moved back to the USA - Connecticut more precisely - after 30+ years in Europe (France)where I taught English using British classroom materials... But I was not raised in CT, I was born in AZ, raised in TN - my dad was from there and my mom was from OH. I never did have - and I have listened to recordings of myself many times - a "southern" accent, either. (and no I do not say "pop" for Cocola... hee hee. ) Purrhapz eet eez ay rizeeduelle beet of ze Fronsch akzent? Or maybe the Connecticut accent is creeping in already... haha... go figure... :) But it was fun to play this game...