OT Accent Quiz

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.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote in news:Ufhfh.6528
:

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.

--
Scott
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote ...
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_america...nt_do_you_have


"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?" Chances are you
call carbonated drinks "pop.""
Hmmm... it seems the quizzers pegged me pretty accurately.

Dan

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
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.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Way off. Had me as Midland too?

Op --Southern White Trash Cracker Redneck, according to Kenny's test--

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

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
. 1.4...
Ken Fortenberry wrote in news:Ufhfh.6528
:

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

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.

Waffling? Or just bad code?

/daytripper (definitely *not* from "the Midland"...)

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.

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


Chuck Vance (just goes to show you ... something)

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:49:06 -0500, daytripper
wrote:

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

Waffling? Or just bad code?

/daytripper (definitely *not* from "the Midland"...)

It said I sound like I'm from Fargo, eh.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

On Dec 11, 2:23 pm, Charlie Choc
wrote:
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:49:06 -0500, daytripper
wrote:

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

Waffling? Or just bad code?

/daytripper (definitely *not* from "the Midland"...)It said I sound like I'm from Fargo, eh.
--
Charlie...http://www.chocphoto.com

Boston, Maine, or New Hampshire, but it shows Midland at the top of the
bah chaht.