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

Comments

[acanthusleaf.livejournal.com]

You must have your cable back! Yay!

[janni.livejournal.com]

Very, very few of their words sounded even remotely alike to me. :-)

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

Mid-Atlantic. This is what everyone calls a Philadelphia accent although it's also the accent of south Jersey, Baltimore, and Wilmington. Well, everyone that lives near there, that is. Outsiders can tell you talk differently from them even though they can't tell what your accent is.

If you are not from there, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A New Yorker who, unlike most New Yorkers, rhymes "on" with "dawn"; or
(b) A Yat from New Orleans.
You are probably not from Eastern New England or the Great Lakes area, and certainly not from anywhere in the West or Canada.

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

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

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Well just for a lark: I appear to be...

Northeastern.
You're probably from somewhere near New York City, possibly north Jersey, or Connecticut or Rhode Island. If you are from New York City you may be one of the types who people never believe when you say you're from New York.

If you are not from here, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Philadelphian who can't stand the way other Philadelphians say "on";
(b) A Yat from New Orleans; or
(c) Someone from England, Australia, or New Zealand, in which case why are you doing this quiz in the first place?

They caught me out with (C)!

[darcyjavanne.livejournal.com]

These American accent things always place me incorrectly. I have never been to the Northeastern part of this country, and I don't sound as if I come from there... Clearly I'm doing something wrong!