What American accent do you have?

[Halla74]

The USA has been the largest economy in the world for more than one hundred years. And is the second largest economy in the world today.

So when we hear the American accent we think of money and God.

And you constantly remind us, for you have written on the Reserve Currency of the World, the US Dollar, the words, "In God We Trust".

If you don't like it, then don't spend it!

 

[demimondaine]

Ha, I was just thinking "I don't have a Boston accent." Even though I was born and raised in Boston. My accent seems nonexistent compared to other Bostonians; I thought I'd gotten rid of it... maybe not.

same! and it knew!

 

[ragashree]

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The 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.
Result Breakdown:
88% The Northeast
81% The Inland North
73% Philadelphia
50% The South
40% The Midland
31% Boston
15% North Central
6% The West

:yim_rolling_on_the_

*recovers breath somewhat*

Ok, I think it's official. The test criteria fail for non-Americans. Obviously I don't have an American accent, but I would have thought it would have come up with the one that sounds closest to the way I actually DO speak. If anything does, I don't think it's this one. I find that North-Eastern, Ny-ish accent quite entertaining, but the mutual incomprehension is considerable, even allowing for transatlantic differences. Sometimes my American ex's NY-bred parents and I could barely understand a word the other was saying, especially on their side (I suppose we're more used to hearing Americans speak than the converse).

 

[Amalie]

Your Result: 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."
Result Breakdown:
89% The Inland North
73% Philadelphia
73% The Northeast
62% The South
50% The Midland
22% North Central
14% The West
13% Boston

Uh.. I think I speak more British than American anyway, but interesting to see...

 

[Xenon]

I don't think anyone else has gotten this result yet...I am Canadian though, not mistaken for one. I had no idea this was the 'Minnesota accent' in the states.


What American accent do you have?
Your Result: North Central
"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.
Result Breakdown:
100% North Central
69% The West
55% The Midland
50% Boston
30% The Inland North
8% The South
0% Philadelphia
0% The Northeast
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[Atomic Fiend]

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.

 

[pure_mercury]

There is no such thing as "you don't have an accent." Even the accent in the general Omaha, NE area (which was the most common for broadcast journalism) has certain aspects that are unique. The Inland accent has some quirks about it (like the Mary-marry-merry merger). And, of course, having a less obvious accent doesn't mean you "have a good voice for TV and radio." That is just silly.

It's quite funny for me with these quizzes. I ALWAYS get Philadelphia accent, and I am a native Philadelphian, but almost no one in Los Angeles can guess where I grew up. If you know how Philadelphians pronounce certain words (like frog and dog NOT rhyming), you might be able to decipher it, but no one notices with me. My Philadelphian friends think I have no accent at all, but I do. We all do. I have actually had a few people in L.A. say that I have a slight British twinge to my accent, which is very interesting. I've spent a grand total of ten days in the United Kingdom in my life.

 

[pure_mercury]

Whenever I hear anyone say "pop", I feel like I'm in the 1950s in the corner soda fountain. It just feels so anachronistic. But apparently it's the word used in a good part of the country.

In some parts of the South, they use "coke" for all sodas. Like,

Q: "Would you like a coke?"

A: "Yes, a ginger ale, please."

 

[lunalum]

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.

Hmm... I am not from any of those places. I have lived in California my whole life, so I suppose that could be considered a neutral accent too. But I do slip into a valley girl-ish accent sometimes (even though I am not from the valley) that might roughly give away where I am from.

 

[Falcarius]

Apparently (but Falcarius would not know the difference between any American accent as he is not American);

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: 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."

 

[BRMC117]

The South

 

[theadoor]

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The 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.

I'm not American

 

[man]

I'm the midland accent

 

[Amphion]

The Inland North (which I've also heard described as the Upper-Mid-West).

 

[Amethyst]

Midland, not too surprising, since I live there, although there are so many people in Pennsylvania with 'hick' accents, but that wasn't a category.

 

[KDude]

What American accent do you have?
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.

The West
Boston
North Central
The South
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast

 

[Speed Gavroche]

I'm french, not american, but:

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: 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."
Result Breakdown:
85% The Inland North
70% The Northeast
63% Philadelphia
61% The Midland
47% The South
26% Boston
26% North Central
19% The West

 

[Kasper]

The 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."

Apparently Northeasterners sound the most Australian of the American accents. Must be because they sound the most British?

Apparently so, that's the result I got too.

The Northeast 88%
Philadelphia 73%
The Inland North 70%
The Midland 55%
The South 54%
Boston 31%
The West 14%
North Central 0%

 

[LucrativeSid]

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."

That's pretty good because I live between Chicago and Wisconsin and I do, of course, call carbonated beverages "pop".

 

[Donna Cecilia]

Just for curiosity. I see all non-Americans (like me) who posted so far got this result.

Your Result: 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."