[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

.......and I still say George Warshington.

Is there any other way, Chuck?

It had me pegged - Ahia. But I'd have to disagree with their overall "Midland accent" description - having 'you don't have an accent' in the same statement as 'you could be from.....one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas' doesn't make sense to me!

Bill

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Not even close. Says Inland North (where in heck is that???). Most of my accent is a mix if there's an accent at all -- Western with a touch of New York/Jersey and the deep South.

Originally Posted by faithfulfrank

It told me I was "Inland North". I'm from western NY most all of my life. I've worked as a narrator in the past an am told by many I have a "radio voice".

I'm not sure where "inland north" is, but if that is western NY, Buffalo/Rochester area, they got it right.

Frank

I said the same thing in that "what the heck is Inland North" and above it:

Inland North was: 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.

Does that make more sense to you?

[rubicon]

Inland north appears to mean inland north as opposed to along the north east coast or the New England States.

My wife also took the quiz and they pegged her too. i am satisified that the quiz was spot on. Inland northerns make better TV and radio coomentators

[skyguy79]

My accent's from another planet? Really!

[jojo]

Wow - interesting to read the responses. Had me pegged - midland - Ohio. Thanks for sharing.

[quirky3]

Originally Posted by faithfulfrank

It told me I was "Inland North". I'm from western NY most all of my life. I've worked as a narrator in the past an am told by many I have a "radio voice".

I'm not sure where "inland north" is, but if that is western NY, Buffalo/Rochester area, they got it right.

Frank

It correctly labeled me as Inland North - when you look around their site, that is associated with the Great Lakes region. (Western NY is definitely in there!)

[Barefoot]

This is amazing!! I'm Canadian, I thought I'd take the quiz anyway. The result was that I have a North Central/Minnesota accent which is often mistaken for Canadian.

[wendyquat]

Right on the money for me! Born and bred in the South! I do sound a lot like Paula Deen. Didn't hurt her one tiny bit!

[wendyquat]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Born in California, there is the NO accent!....Most of my time in Florida and NC....Guess I should be glad that I got out of NC without picking up the Weeu-ins and You-ins!

iMHO my y'all isn't any worse than all the "youse guys" I hear a lot of here!

[aljetmet]

The test results indicates that I'm probably from NYC.

Didn't say I was from Brooklyn though.

[jblum315]

Completely wrong about me. Said Philadelphia. I was raised and went to college in the South, lived in NY for 40 years, where does Philly come into it?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by red tail

What Kind of American Accent Do You Have? by Xavier Kun

I want to thank you for posting this interesting website. Isn't the Internet marvelous?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Completely wrong about me. Said Philadelphia. I was raised and went to college in the South, lived in NY for 40 years, where does Philly come into it?

Maybe one of your parents was from the Philly area?

[TrudyM]

That thing says I am also midland or no accent however everyone pegs me as being from northern New England. I am from New Hampshire mostly. That said you never will hear me say “You can’t get therr frm here nope" or aeyhaa.

I am one of those people who has lived all over and I have the tendency to pick up accents and if someone I am talking to is from the south I am You'alling in no time (lived in North Florida and went to boarding school in Orlando with roommates from the deep south).
It makes me sound kind of phony. I don’t even realize I am doing it.
I pronounce all Hawaii related words like a native as that is how I learned them when I lived there.

So do any of you find you have a chameleon accent or am I just wierd?

Trudy

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Maybe one of your parents was from the Philly area?

Nope. Mother from Louisiana, father Virginia.