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I Took the American Accent Quiz

[b]Which American accent do you have?[/b]

Quick, easy quiz. 17 questions.

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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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TexChikF
Like you ... I鈥檓 neutral. 馃榿
Ambroseguy8051-55, M
@TexChik how can a Texas cowgirl be Neutral??? I cry foul. 馃槅
TexChikF
@Ambroseguy80 they didn鈥檛 ask any southern questions! The test was unfair ... no [b]Texan[/b] questions whatsoever ! 馃檨
sarabee199526-30, F
@TexChik Well the test was for English speakers only. It's hard to call what y'all speak "English"!!! 馃槈
TexChikF
@sarabee1995 it ain鈥檛! It鈥檚 Texican 馃
sarabee199526-30, F
Ambroseguy8051-55, M
@TexChik I agree. They didn鈥檛 even ask any of the words we notoriously say around here, but they somehow got it right
Rutterman46-50, M
@TexChik I lived in Texas for seven years and I actually did know some native Texans who spoke with a "neutral" accent.
TexChikF
@Rutterman 馃槷 where at ? I only throw in the drawl when I get around my husband鈥檚 cousins at the farm... so they can understand me 馃槈.
Rutterman46-50, M
@TexChik Lol. I definitely noticed a difference between the way country folks talked versus those from the big cities. I lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
TexChikF
@Rutterman well so do I...it鈥檚 a big area !!! can鈥檛 be specific... ?