OT Accent Quiz

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_america...nt_do_you_have

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I'm pretty amazed.

Your result : Philadelphia
" You're as Philadelphian as cheesesteak..."

Born in Philly, lived there until I was 5, raised in Bucks County (50 mi. N
of Philly). Yet I sound nothing like my cousins who were raised IN Philly.

Didn't do quite as well on my wife - born & raised in Oregon. However, her
parents and grandparents, aunts & uncles were all raised in Wisconsin &
Minnesota from Scandinavian & German stock.

Your result: Inland North

And all in only 13 questions.

Bob Weinberger - La Grande, OR

"Conan The Librarian" wrote

And I got the same result, even though I grew up in Tennessee and have
lived the past 26+ years in Texas.

the south. thay got thayut rat.

yfitons
wayno

daytripper wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_america...nt_do_you_have

So it concludes "the Midland" blah blah blah, but the bar charts have Boston
on top.

Waffling? Or just bad code?

I'd say it's a pretty accurate diagnosis, amazingly normal with
heavy Boston overtones.

;-)

My top bar chart was Southern, ouch.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I must have missed the top bar the first time around. I couldn't figure out
why it was getting everyone else, so I tried again, using the same responses
as the first time and got this:

"That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate
it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it."

Oh well.

Op

"Opus" wrote in message
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I must have missed the top bar the first time around. I couldn't figure
out why it was getting everyone else, so I tried again, using the same
responses as the first time and got this:

"That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate
it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear
it."

Oh well.

Op

I'm not pretty either!

"You FAILED. You need to make make-up a part of your everyday life. I'm not
sure that that will help. I'm glad I don't have to look at you."

I scored 64%

That hurt!

Op

Ken Fortenberry typed:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_america...nt_do_you_have

How about that. This quiz got me right, I grew up in southern
Illinois.
Your Result: The 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.

" "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."

Hmmmm. . . This is what happens when you relocate from California to
Massachusetts. I'm obviously stuck in limbo.
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TL,
Tim
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daytripper typed:
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:16:20 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_america...nt_do_you_have

How about that. This quiz got me right, I grew up in southern
Illinois.

Your Result: The 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.

So it concludes "the Midland" blah blah blah, but the bar charts have
Boston on top.

Well, my chart *did* have Western on top, so maybe it's not all *that* far
off.
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TL,
Tim
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Quiz said I was from Philadelphia.
So they missed by 50 miles too far west
and a little bit too far south.

.........I once bid a job to add an addition
on a house. The woman said "what part of the east
are you from?"

I said: "I'm from New Jersey. What part of Philadelphia
are you from?"

"How did you know that?" she asked.

.........it was the way she pronounced the word road:
as "raewd"

A mere 13 questions. Interesting how little it takes to pin (rhymes with
gin) someone down to a particular geographical region.

Many years ago, probably during the '60s, Garry Moore (remember him?)
had a linguist as a guest on his show. The linguist had a blackboard
with about 20 lines of words on it.

He asked a lady volunteer from the audience to pronouce the first
line: greasy."

Then she pronounced the second line: Mary, marry, merry.

The linguist said, "You grew up in St. Louis."

The lady shrieked and said "You're right!"

Took only four words.

But I don't think much of this test. I grew up in SW PA. My accent
is very different from that of an aunt who grew up in southern
Indiana and that of a cousin who grew up in Ohio. Those areas can't
be lumped together.

vince

this test

On 11 Dec 2006 10:31:56 -0800, "
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_america...nt_do_you_have

How about that. This quiz got me right, I grew up in southern Illinois.

Not bad. Born in Mississippi, but grew up in Chicago.

'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?"
'
- Ken

I got inland north, too. Followed by Atlanta. Last in line was north
central. Hmmm. Din't hardly never get nowheres outen Minnysoda, dere
in my whole dang life.
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