whats your accent?

[Det-riot]

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&quiz_id=9827


im neutral, how do your results on this quiz relate to real life?


Mine seem correct, i am from South-east Michigan, and i have always been told that the Michigan accent is the one that news anchors and other public speakers strive for.

[James_Potter]

Neutral

You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

[UniTyler]

Western.

[Matt_V]

North Central

My accent is what people call the "Minnesota accent." It sounds almost Canadian. I may have even been asked if I was from Canada before.

[amanda.gallacher]

Northeastern

This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn't sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn't mean you don't pronounce R's.(People in Jersey don't call their state "Joisey" in real life)



Kevin M has tried to teach my to say my R's a few times. It never works, but I don't say "Joisey" and I'm not even American.

[habbywall]

One time, I met these girls from california, and they could tell I was from Michigan.
But I have a northeren accent.

[JJtheunicycle]

Western is kind of neutral, but not quite since it's still possible to tell where you're from. So you might not actually be from the West (but you probably are). If you really want to sound "neutral," learn how to say "stock" and "stalk" differently

[Gumba23]

Northeastern

This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn't sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn't mean you don't pronounce R's.(People in Jersey don't call their state "Joisey" in real life)



Kevin M has tried to teach my to say my R's a few times. It never works, but I don't say "Joisey" and I'm not even American.
I got exactly the same and i am English to, coincidence?

[NKahler]

Western

I'm from oregon :D

[thejdw]

Northern

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.

Ha no east rubbish for me, not unless I'm in the awsome south east!

[oneisenough]

wow..thats pretty cool.

im a notherner:o but i wish i had a bit, not a full blown, but a but of a southern accent

[harper]

Jovian. Perfectly accurate.

[kington99]

northeastern

of course this doesn't really apply to Uk residents

[forrestunifreak]

Neutral

You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.



Well I've always said I don't have an accent....

[kerosian]

Neutral, it suits my location, central illinois

[surfer1024]

Neutral, Western. im in Chicago

[manon1wheel]

neutral. im in arizona

[Joe2005]

Nuetral.

I was told by a Newzelander that I have an accent so I guess I'm not as nuetral as I thought I was.

[mattsmith]

northeastern

of course this doesn't really apply to Uk residents
It reckoned I'm North Eastern too.
Which is odd 'cos I'm a lapsed Geordie (NE England for them that divn knaa).

I was a bit confused by
"If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?"
Does anyone out there say "bāg" (bayg) or "văg" (vag)?

[The UniSLAB]

Huh. I've lived in Texas my whole life and I have a neutral accent....?

Awesome

[Joe2005]

It reckoned I'm North Eastern too.
Which is odd 'cos I'm a lapsed Geordie (NE England for them that divn knaa).

I was a bit confused by
"If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?"
Does anyone out there say "bāg" (bayg) or "văg" (vag)?

I've never heard any educated person speak that way.

[jamessd]

northeastern

of course this doesn't really apply to Uk residents
No, but so far it's shown that we all have the same accents as northeasten americans :eek: (or is that just the closest to our accent?)

I'd be interested in an english version of this, as there are so many different and mixed accents all over the place!

[Beaver1]

My accent is what people call the "Minnesota accent." It sounds almost Canadian. I may have even been asked if I was from Canada before.

Funny, I got the same thing...weird.

[Buddy]

Neutral.


:D

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Neutral! (Milk Hotel?)

[Borgschulze]

Western.

[isaac steiner]

Neutral

[UniBrier]

It said I was North Central. I find that surprising. I must be mis-reading something in the questions.

How do you score a Western accent?

[Det-riot]

I was a bit confused by
"If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE?"
Does anyone out there say "bāg" (bayg) or "văg" (vag)?
thats how i say bag and vague

[forrestunifreak]

I find that surprising. I must be mis-reading something in the questions.


For me there was a couple questions were I could have gone either way, because the answers didn't really seem to fit or they were too close to tell.

[Det-riot]

thats how i say bag and vague
to expand


i say bayyygg and vayyyggg with very little accent on the G, as in its almost an after thought.



What are some quirks of your guys' local dilaect?

in SE michigan we have a tendancy to add an "S" to the end of places.

so i got to Tagrets not target

[mr_charm]

Northeastern

This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn't sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn't mean you don't pronounce R's.(People in Jersey don't call their state "Joisey" in real life)

but im an aussie? maybe us ozzies are more similar to the english who seem to be getting this a lot too?

[wickedbob]

Around here instead of saying you guys we say 'yins'. You say it just like it is spelled. I here people from Pittsburgh(pa) have a strange accent, who knows.

[Hazmat]

:confused: I'm Northeastern, is that a good thing or a bad thing??? :confused:

[Naomi]

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&quiz_id=9827


im neutral, how do your results on this quiz relate to real life?





I can't really see how ANYONE in the US could possibly have a neutral accent.

Nao

[Hazmat]

I can't really see how ANYONE in the US could possibly have a neutral accent.

Nao
Easy, they're not GOOD or EVIL. They're just........NEUTRAL

[wobbling bear]

NorthEastern!
(since I am French this is yet another proof of continents drift!)

[Pdougherty]

it says neutral but that doesn't seem to add up. Lots of people tell me I have Boston accent. Some think it's heavy and others don't, but it's always Boston.

[ivan]

Northeastern

This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn't sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn't mean you don't pronounce R's.(People in Jersey don't call their state "Joisey" in real life).

I've never even been to America.

Edit: they're right about the rs, though. I barely ever say them.

[ntappin]

I got Canadian, what a surprise.

[ntappin]

I can't really see how ANYONE in the US could possibly have a neutral accent.

Nao

So then who would you say does have a neutral accent?

[johnfoss]

Fascinating little survey! I got Neutral, which would seem to fit as I've moved twice to different parts of the country and tried to "neutralize" the accents that gave me away there.

When I moved to NY at age 22, I probably had a Midwestern accent that could be noticed (though New York has such a wide-range of its own local accents you'd have to really pay attention). When I moved to CA in 1994, I remember lots of people telling me they "could hear that New York accent!" Which I hated, so I worked to abolish it. Now I'm back to "neutral," though I've never lived in any of the areas colored on that map. I'm from the Detroit suburbs.

To all you English and Aussie quiz-takers, your bewilderment seems justified. I think the quiz was just designed to spot North American accents. They really should mention that if they're using the word "English," don't you think?

i have always been told that the Michigan accent is the one that news anchors and other public speakers strive for.Probably told by other people from Michigan? Michigan has a bit of an accent as well, which i guess applies to people north of the area indicated as "neutral" on their map. It gets much more "pronounced" on the other side of Lake Michigan though; especially in Minnesota. :)

Other reasons for odd results on your quiz; if you weren't honest or accurate in the choices you indicated. I really had to think about some of them and say the words out loud several times to see which sounded like my most common way of saying them.

[joe]

I have a weak Geordie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie) accent, although to a non-Geordie, it may sound strong.

I found these, which are actually quite funny.
http://www.wikihow.com/Talk-Like-a-Geordie
http://www.bobjude.co.uk/bobjude/geordie/geordie.htm

I love the sound of the Geordie accent, when talking to a fellow Geordie. Poor imitation 'Geordie accents' in films etc really annoy me!

Gan' canny,


Joe,

[kington99]

although to a non-Geordie, it may sound strong.



he ain't kidding

[Émile5]

Even if I'm from Québec, (My first language learned is French) I tried it:

"What American accent do you have? (Best version so far) (http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&quiz_id=9827)

My Results:


http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/full_537664926.jpg (http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&quiz_id=9827)


Northern

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for."

[Naomi]

So then who would you say does have a neutral accent?


Some of the UK newsreaders have what I would call a neutral accent. Probably a fair number of other English do as well, although the Uk has a lot of bith regional accentation and ethnic accents.
In the US you have some variant of an American accent.


Nao

[yatsey]

North Eastern, apparently....being from England all I get from the discription is that I sound like I'm from a 40's gangster film =P

But I actually speak with a rather RP acent with hint of Prestonian. I don't know many people who can place where I come from from how I speak.

[forrestunifreak]

I have a weak Geordie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie) accent, although to a non-Geordie, it may sound strong.


Yes, I would say you have a strong accent! At FLUCK I was able to understand all the other English accents pretty well, but your's really had me lost most the time.

[ivan]

Yes, I would say you have a strong accent! At FLUCK I was able to understand all the other English accents pretty well, but your's really had me lost most the time.
It's not about the accent, you just need to drink some beer to get on the same wavelength first. Then you're good.

[dan de man]

Ne

[joe]

DarkTom, now thats an accent and a half :D

[gkmac]

although to a non-Geordie, it may sound strong.he ain't kiddingObviously kington99 has never heard Jimmy Nail talking, nor has he seen "Auf Wiedersehen Pet".

[ntappin]

Has anyone else gotten Canadian?

[Into the blue]

Northeastern.

Northeastern Welsh that is.

[Borges]

It looks like the entire non-US world get northeastern.

Edit:
Except of course the Canadians. Sorry.

[ivan]

What about Indians, Pakis and them lot? Africans? Also, is there some sort of a red indian accent that's present in America? Like, if you bumped into Chief Machtunga, would you know he was one, even if he was wearing gangsta attire? What if his tomahawk was made to look like an iPod?

[kington99]

Obviously kington99 has never heard Jimmy Nail talking, nor has he seen "Auf Wiedersehen Pet".


wait, he was speaking english?

[Spoonthumb]

northern

[joe]

wait, he was speaking english?

Jimmy Nail, AWP (http://youtube.com/watch?v=2FS0YrTHaEI&feature=related)
*Warning, does contain nudity*

haha

what accents really get on your nerves? I cant stand the broad scouse accent - sorry! Whats the worst Amercian accent?


Joe,

[mattsmith]

what accents really get on your nerves? I cant stand the broad scouse accent - sorry! Whats the worst Amercian accent?


Joe,
IMO whichever American accent uses the pronounces processor as präs'ĕs'ər (prarcesserr). Maybe they all do. It totally grates on my nerves. Almost as much as people saying ŏn'və-lōp' (onvelope) when they mean ĕn'və-lōp' (envelope). I'm not saying it's wrong; I just think it sounds horrible.

Brummie is my most disliked British accent. I think it's harder to pick an absolute favourite. Maybe Yorkshire.

[Det-riot]

Whats the worst Amercian accent?


Joe,
in my opinion either a super nasally new york accent, or a very strong Georgian accent

[Unitik908]

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
Neutral

You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

but i talk almost, i donno...
californian?
i don't want to say like the stereotypical surfer talk.
cause that makes me sound lame
but i kinda do.

Chase

[AVRAM]

I'm right there with you Unitik908--just plain American, oh, correction, the "BEST VERSION."

[sutton629]

north central

[wheres_your_other_wheel]

Southern
:confused:

[Unitik908]

Southern
:confused:

I'm sorry..

Chase

[tayler m]

Apparently I have a western/neutral accent(?)....but I am from Georgia.

I could never hear my southern accent until a bunch of Canadians pointed it out to me, so now I am painfully aware of how incredibly stupid I sound all of the time. Thanks a lot guys...