Your Result: You're a banana because you don't reside in America!
FD, then you'll have to be a dancing banana!
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What American accent do you have? (follow link from beginning of thread)
- Thread starter Terpsichorean Clod
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FD, then you'll have to be a dancing banana!
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LucyDiamond
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The west. No surprise since I grew up in Denver.
Yippee, another Westerner! I noticed that in the questions where they asked if you thought two words sounded alike, it seemed to be a trait of those from the West to say "Yes". Am I right, people who've taken the test from the West?
Now, those from the Northeast, did you find that you pronounce "Don" and "Dawn" differently? Something like "dwahn"? My inquiring mind just wants to know...
I think the Northeast and other accents sound interesting, because the accent from the West sounds so "neutral" and kind of non-descript--save for the surfer "dewds", as the quiz points out...
wonderwoman
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It didn't ask anything Pittsburghese related.. but I don't have it.
Yinz guys wanna go dahntahn, see them Stillers, go eat at Primanti's n'at?
Yinz guys wanna go dahntahn, see them Stillers, go eat at Primanti's n'at?
WW, how do you pronounce Penguins and Pirates in Pittsburghese? (Pitt is the only city where the major sports teams all have the same colors--black and gold/yellow.)
jerseydancer
Active Member
russian with a british flare (as i was told)
Wow, the quiz narrowed it down to that for you?
How did Philadelphia develop into such a linguistic "island" like that? From the Pennsylvania Dutch? And is that the accent that Philadelphia-born Grace Kelly spoke with?
Nope. Philly's not PA Dutch -- PA Dutch descendants sound more like the Pittsburgh-ese that WW described, IME. I heard lots of Pittsburgh-sounding stuff, n'at, in the Lehigh Valley, about an hour north of Philly. Night and day to language and pronunciation where I grew up.
Philly's a melting pot town, or at least it used to be -- lots of Italian in the mix, plus many, many other cultures -- Eastern European communities, well-heeled descendants of the founding fathers, you name it. So it only makes sense to me that a unique ethnic mix would yield a unique way of using the language.
But that's just my opinion. Who knows?
Philly's a melting pot town, or at least it used to be -- lots of Italian in the mix, plus many, many other cultures -- Eastern European communities, well-heeled descendants of the founding fathers, you name it. So it only makes sense to me that a unique ethnic mix would yield a unique way of using the language.
But that's just my opinion. Who knows?
emeralddancer
Active Member
Mines Philly to .... could be because I AM from Jersey and NOW live in Bmore. LoL.
So spot on!
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hiladelphia
Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
With the NE running a very close 2nd. hm.....
So spot on!
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hiladelphiaYour accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
With the NE running a very close 2nd. hm.....
Yeah, it's amazing how different an accent can be within a state. People from New York state closer to Buffalo can sometimes sound like Canadians--even though, when you first hear "I'm from New York", you're expecting someone to talk like DeNiro, Pacino, or Scorsese!
Thanks for your insights into the Philly way of talking American English...
emeralddancer said:
Mmm. Hmm. South Jersey accents ARE Philly. Not like the exaggerated Joisey accents people often mimic. Heck. I guess they should be. South Philly and South Jersey are just one bridge apart. Right?
And while we're (OK I'm) talking Philly, let me get it out there. Cheesesteaks are Italian food, created in South Philly. If it's not on a hard Italian roll, it's NOT a cheesesteak!!!
Whew! I feel better having gotten that off my chest.
Pygmalian and Emerald Dancer: I found this online... "How to speak Philadelphian"...
http://philadelphia.about.com/library/howto/htfluffyan.htm
That's hilarious and leaning heavily toward South Philly Italian, IMO.
And, just for the record, they got the definition of Downashore wrong. It's where everybody SAYS they're going for summer vacation, whether they actually get to go or not. lol.
At www.pbs.org, I found the following page with links to "American Varieties" of English, including Pittsburghese!
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/
I enjoyed reading what I've seen so far, like for "Texan"...
I'm going to read all of them, including for "Californian"...
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/
I enjoyed reading what I've seen so far, like for "Texan"...
I'm going to read all of them, including for "Californian"...