What American accent do you have? (follow link from beginning of thread)

What American accent do you have?

  • Boston

    Votes: 3 8.8%

  • The Inland North

    Votes: 3 8.8%

  • The Midland

    Votes: 8 23.5%

  • North Central

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • The Northeast

    Votes: 9 26.5%

  • Philadelphia

    Votes: 2 5.9%

  • The South

    Votes: 3 8.8%

  • The West

    Votes: 6 17.6%
  • Total voters
    34
Larinda McRaven said:
Midland
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio."

I got my BFA in Theatre and Stage Performance so pretty much my accent (if I even had any) was striped away by my voice coaches. Also the best news casting training facilities are located close to my home. Most news casters get their start there because of the neutral accent.
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Larinda, to my ear, this accent is the most pleasant one. And perfect for newscasters. It sounds very even and "all-American". I work with many people with your accent.

Incidentally, Walter Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, Missouri--leaving before his teenage years, but his accent was doubtless influenced by his environment as well as his communications training. In his Wikipedia biography, it says, "Cronkite trained himself to speak at a rate of 124 words per minute in his newscasts, so that viewers could clearly understand him. In contrast, Americans average about 165, and fast, difficult-to-understand talkers speak close to 200 words per minute."
 
Wow, I ended up with a Boston accent (with The West being a close second). I've never gone anywhere beyond the west coast. :confused:
 
Surprise for me; almost all my life in the deep south and I get Midland from the quiz.

But then that's the quiz. In real life I might sound weird to ya'll; hearing impaired so I don't hear difference in words the way normal people do. 'Peak' and 'pink'? Same word. It was reassuring that the quiz suggest 'merry', 'marry', and "Mary' could all be pronouce the same, so I won't get obsessed with hearing the difference.

I may have the Midland bias for American English from being raised on Army posts; while my family are all southerners, the military is a true melting pot. In fact, after I lived three years in Germany from age 4 to 7, my aunts tells me for a year or two after they thought I had the funnest Yankee accent they ever heard.
 
I took it twice to account for how I sometimes pronounce words, and how I usually pronounce words.

The West - no surprise here
The Midlands - probably shouldn't be surprised because my grandfather was from Missouri and my grandmother from Colorado.
 
Hmmm, my bad, picked before taking the quiz, I selected Northeast-which was a close second-but apparently I have a philli accent.... they really should get a lawng Island one though :)
 
I had a strong upstate new york accent before I moved to FLorida. At Work people could tell by my accent where I was from. Now after being in Fl for 4 years I think I have lost it. lol Took the quizz and I got Philly :p
 
I suppose. I really dont know. lol I know Its a lot less heavy than NYC and the vowels are announced differently from NJ.
 
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."


Hum... This is fairly accurate for me with the exception of the word pop.. I call it soda...
 
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DanceAngel said:
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."


Hum... This is fairly accurate for me with the exception of the word pop.. I call it soda...
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I've never called soda "pop" before in my life--as I'm from the West. But I like it when Midwestern's say it...
 
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