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Which American accent do you have?

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.
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I'm a ****ing cake of originality and cuteness.
 
Western, apparently.

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.
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I'm from Minnesota, so not quite right. But that's not surprising. The two are quite similar, and my accent never entirely went back to normal after I came back to the US. It's re-Americanized for sure, but it's... different, somehow. People do tend to guess I'm from California or something.
 
dont need to take the quiz t know to know i have a southern drawl made up of a combination of accents from virginia northern florida west viginia kentucky and central california(yes a good portion of tulare county has a heavy southern accent)
 
Neutral.

However, I do know that when I get excited about something or when talking to someone from my family, my southern accent does show up in at least some of my words. It is more noticeable (so I have been told) because normally I talk without much of an accent at all.

BTW, I am not from that area presented with "neutral" from the test. That's actually an area I haven't lived in.
 
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anyone here say coffee like " Cwaufee"..?... if so, don't ever say coffee, you make my ears bleed.. TIA.
 
Western, but damnit, they didn't include "Texan" in the options. ;)
 
I thought no better thread than this to announce that the ultimate of all ultimate dictionaries is in completion - Volume 6 is in press now: Dictionry of American Regional English

The purpose of the dictionary is to categorize and reference all terms and words that are used across America for their various items, people, activties - etc. . .they've researched for decades to gather all the needed definitions and references for the dictionary series.

The following example of an entry provides an explanation of the features in a typical treatment of a word or phrase in DARE. While not every entry will include each of the features which this one, dropped egg, does, they will include all those justified by the evidence available to the Editors. Click on the links after each asterisk for an explanation of the feature.

*dropped egg *n Also *drop egg *[Prob from Scots dial; cf SND drap v. 5. (2) (b) 1824->] *chiefly NEng *See Map *somewhat old-fash

*A poached egg.

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*1884 *Harper's New Mth. Mag. 69.306/1 *MA, Martha was . . eating her toast and a dropped egg. 1896 (c1973) Farmer Orig. Cook Book 93, Dropped Eggs (Poached). 1933 Hanley Disks neMA, Dropped egg—take and put a pan of milk on the stove and boil and drop the egg in and let it cook. 1941 LANE Map 295 (Poached Eggs), throughout NEng, Dropped eggs. . .1 inf, ceVT, Drop eggs. 1948 Peattie Berkshires 323 wMA, In Berkshire . . you could not get a poached egg, but you could get a "dropped" egg, which was the same thing. 1965 PADS 43.24 seMA, 6 [infs] poached eggs, 4 [infs] dropped eggs, 1 [inf] dropped egg on toast. 1965-70 DARE (Qu. H35, *When eggs are taken out of the shell and cooked in boiling water, you call them ______ eggs) 40 Infs, *chiefly NEng, Dropped; *NH15, Dropped egg on toast. *[33 of 41 Infs old] 1975 Gould ME Lingo 82, Dropped egg—Maine for poached egg, usually on toast. 1977 Yankee Jan 73 Isleboro ME, The people on Isleboro eat dropped eggs instead of poached.
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I can't wait to give it a peek!
 
Not to many pacific northwesterners have what I'd call an accent. Maybe some of the central californians have a bit of a drawl, because during the dust bowl, lots of families from Oklahoma, Texas, etc. migrated there. My mom's family were all from Texas, but did not have strong accents. No-one was allowed to say "aint" and a lot of other slang words in Grandpa's house.
 
Neutral for me.
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.

The bolded part explains it. I was a military brat. We moved about every 2-3 years.
 
It says I have a "Western" accent.

---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.
 
North Central

What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before.
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Hogwash...........
 
Which American accent do you have?

My Results: 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)
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I do speak like I'm from the Northeast, although it's more mild.
 
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People often think I'm from Europe. I'm like noooooo I'm from Texas born and raised.
 
Western, but I know from experience I have traces of Texas. There's usually traces of northern Germany, but that's an affectation.
 
Which American accent do you have?

My Results:


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.

I suppose I should not be surprised that I evened out. I grew up in downstate NY and had a strong accent, lived upstate when I was a teen then Maine and then NC. Now I am in Wisconsin. When I get angry my younger voice comes out and you can tell where I was born!
 
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