accent quiz

[flea]

This is fascinating me, because it is pegging people really well (except arliss!), and this type of quiz is usually a lot vaguer. I think of myself as speaking pretty standard American english, partly because this is where I've lived: 0-3 Cincinnati, 4-6 outside of Pittburgh, 6-10 rural Maine, 10-13, suburban Boston, 14-18 suburban CT, 19-22 suburban Philadelphia, 23-28 Cincinnati, 28-30 rural CT, 30-34 triangle NC; also sojourns in Athens Greece and Washington DC. You can't even go by my parents, really, since my father was raised in Cincinnati by a mother from Boston and a father from Pittsburgh, and my mother was a navy brat (Annapolis, Boston, Cincinnati, DC) with a mother from Annapolis and a father from Boston.

(Relatedly, it occurred to me last night that I have never lived in the US outside of the EST zone, and to do so would kind of freak me out! Weird TV! Other people awake in the mornings before me!)

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Northeastern.
You're probably from somewhere near New York City, possibly north Jersey, or Connecticut or Rhode Island. If you are from New York City you may be one of the types who people never believe when you say you're from New York.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Different

Comments

[mightyurchin.livejournal.com]

I came up as Midland, i.e., the border land between north and south. The summary pointed out that this doesn't necessarily mean you're from the Midland - just from somewhere with both northern and southern influences. From that perspective, it seems accurate for me.