What American accent do you have? | Comments

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..

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?

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.

"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. ;-) )

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!!!!

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.

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.

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."

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

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

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.

""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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Too right! Philadelphia it is.

this quiz sucks!!

This survey said that i was a "SoCAL surfer"?....

But i was born and raised in OHIO!!!

"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.