OT Accent Quiz

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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Ken Fortenberry wrote in news:Ufhfh.6528
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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.


Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City,
Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City
(and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they
actually heard you speak."

Well, I guess it might have localized me correctly, to Brooklyn. I
suppose
some of this comes down to what I say, not how I say it.

"You may think you speak 'Standard English straight out of the dictionary'
[actually, I've known better for virtually all of my life.....but, DO go on]
but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions
like 'Are you from Wisconsin?' [it's not annoying, but yep] or 'Are you from
Chicago?' [very rarely] Chances are you call carbonated drinks 'pop.'"
[nope, not anymore]

A mere 13 questions. Interesting how little it takes to pin (rhymes with
gin) someone down to a particular geographical region. I wonder how many it
would take to map my genome.

Wolfgang