[c=#BF0080]http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=9827 [/c] My results:
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This is interesting. According to the quiz, I have a "neutral" accent, which is associated with the lower Midwest, Pennsylvania, western Maryland, and northern West Virginia. I have never lived in this area, but the description does say I could just as easily be from somewhere else and that I may have moved around quite a bit as a child, which is true. But I challenge the notion that people from this part of the country don't have a regional accent. Many folks from the region, especially its southernmost reaches, speak with what sounds to me like a slight southern accent.
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I want to check this out, too. I know what type of accent I [b]think[/b] I have, but it would be interesting to see what the quiz says. I would classify your accent as neutral from having heard your voice. 😄
@bijouxbroussard Neutral, aka, bland. Both Selah and Stark think I sound like a TV weatherman. 😅
I'm not sure how I would classify your accent. The word "continental" comes to mind, as you sound faintly European to me, but I don't think that's a category on the quiz. Lol.
@bijouxbroussard That is interesting. Do you think it's accurate or do you think your accent should have been classified as something else? Of course it might be difficult to know how it should have been classified without knowing all the different categories on the quiz.
@Rutterman I think I sound like a Westerner, although there are some specific words I pronounce differently (like “ahnt” for aunt). I spent some time taking classes in New Haven, Ct and noticed that accent is probably closest to a San Franciscan accent.
