I Took the American Accent Quiz

Which American accent do you have?

Quick, easy quiz. 17 questions.

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=9827

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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basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

Not American, but it says I'd be Northern.

bijouxbroussard · F

@basilfawlty89 There are some Northern and Northeastern U.S. accents that sound almost British.

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@bijouxbroussard well I live in South Africa, but my family is Mexican and Irish, and was raised mainly by the Irish side.

bijouxbroussard · F

@basilfawlty89 Yes, I remembered. Do you have a South African or Irish accent ? These tests tend to read that as "British" English.

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@bijouxbroussard I mean South African accents differ depending on region and like with everywhere, by ethnic group.

bijouxbroussard · F

@basilfawlty89 As do British and U.S. accents, in fact. But point taken.

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@bijouxbroussard yeah, they actually did a survey on New York accents in a video and showed ethnic group had much more similarity than borough. Like Irish in Manhattan and Irish in Brooklyn sound more similar than they do with say Polish or Italians in their same borough.