Once again, I'm boring

[klwilliams]

Since I've lived in Arizona, Idaho, Texas, Alabama, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and California, and traveled all over the place, this isn't terribly surprising.

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Neutral. Not Northern, Southern, or Western, just American. Your national American identity is more important to you than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity to begin with.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Same Different

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I'm even MORE Boring.

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

I have the Midlands Standard thing going -- the one in the Northeast-through-Great Lakes.

And what trips some listeners up (or, if they're aware of regional dialects, tells them exactly where I'm from) is the 'Flat-A' I have/use. I'm not generally aware of it, but I've seen people get flustered when I'm speaking and say something that uses the 'Flat-A'.

Weird.

http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2007-04-10/haynie-vowelshift
http://tinyurl.com/4bh6e4