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[meganlynn09]

Saw this on my flist and thought it looked interesting.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The West Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.
The Midland
North Central
Boston
The South
The Northeast
The Inland North
Philadelphia
What American accent do you have?

Well, I am from Florida, so that's cool.  But I figured I'd get The Midland because both my parents were born and raised in Iowa/Nebraska.

Then again, my dad got Inland North.

Interesting part of today?  I got to see my uncle (my dad's twin brother) and his two sons, Daniel and Jordan.  They seem to be doing well.  They kept mentioning Taylor (their brother who past away this past May) and it was a little disconcerting, but all and all they're okay.

I wouldn't mind seeing my cousins more often, but the less I see of my uncle, Dave, the better.  I could do without his snide remarks towards my dad.  Although, he gives as good as he gets, and he has Dave's sons on his side.

Plus?  My dad's the good twin.

Comments

[speckleberry.livejournal.com]

I did that quiz, even though i'm Australian and therefore anything i answered would be a little off. and i got Northeast.

hehehe, i don't even know if that's a good or bad thing.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...that's an interesting result. I don't think I'd mistake anyone from the Northeast as Australian. Heh.

[romanticizing.livejournal.com]

I got Midland, which I guess is just a generic accent. (They don't include Iowa or Nebraska in their description of the Midland.) I sound the same as everyone from home, so whatever. Except my mom, but she's from the South.

Gosh, that sounds kind of awkward about your uncle. I would get mad if someone insulted my dad, even someone in the family.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

(They don't include Iowa or Nebraska in their description of the Midland.)

Looking at the titles of the regions, Nebraska and Iowa fits best with Midland, I assumed it was another way of saying Midwest, many people from there have generic accents.

It's always been a little awkward around my uncle. He's just like that with my dad, some jabs are just intended for fun and some just aren't cool.

[romanticizing.livejournal.com]

Well, here is what they said about the Midland:



What's the difference between North Central and Inland North? I feel like they might've left out some regions there..

They might've asked if we say pop or soda, since I say the latter but it seems most people from the Midwest say the former.

Was your uncle visiting from Iowa?

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I may have gotten turned around and not paid attention. I'm trying to figure out what would consist of Iowa and Nebraska.

My dad says pop all the time.

It's hard sometimes to pinpoint where my uncle lives. Originally, Lincoln, NE, and then Arizona. I think he came over from Arizona.

[romanticizing.livejournal.com]

I'm now convinced that this quiz sucks. Why do Philadelphia and Boston get their own categories? I would add New York, for one. Even in the South, there's such a variety of accents, and not just between, say, North Carolina and Texas. In North Carolina alone you've got the plantation accent and the working class accent, plus Westerners who live in the mountains.

My friend pointed out that you say "cream soda" and not "cream pop" so therefore everyone should say soda. I think it's cute when people say pop, though, haha!

Wow, Arizona is quite a change from the Midwest. Another place I would like to see someday.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Have you ever heard a Kentucky accent? They also deserve their own category.

My grandpa used to say pop all the time as well.

My cousins got used to the no humidity thing, and today they were complaining about it. It's like, hey, you're in Florida the land of humidity.

[romanticizing.livejournal.com]

I haven't! I'll have to hear one, though. I'm a nerd so I find accents and stuff interesting.

Haha, that is kind of funny about the humidity. I think humidity year-round would bother me. I never realized how bad it was in DC till this past summer.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

It's a very interesting accent, it doesn't even sound southern. Then again, I once thought for a second someone from...Georgia(?) was British. I bet Southeners could do excellant British accents.

I wish I could stab humidity and make it go away.

[romanticizing.livejournal.com]

I found this amazing web site called International Dialects of English: http://web.ku.edu/idea/index.htm

I'm listening to the Kentucky one now. It's interesting, it sounds like a mix between my accent and my mom's or something. This web site is so cool. They have all sorts. I'm going to listen to Welsh next.

I bet Southeners could do excellant British accents.

Hmmm, I will have to ask my mom, haha.


I wish I could stab humidity and make it go away.

Haha, that just perfectly expresses my sentiments toward humidity, too.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that site! I'll be listening to it all tomorrow now.

[romanticizing.livejournal.com]

Isn't it great? I was delighted to find it. I'm kind of annoyed that they don't have a DC accent, but the Northern MD accent sounds pretty close to it. Yeah, I am going to waste too much time on this web site..

I rather like Kentucky Eight as it sounds like one of my high school teachers and is quite comforting.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

The two Wales accents quite amused me, and it's really fun listening to all the English accents.

Kentucky One sounds like the girl from Kentucky I knew.

[romanticizing.livejournal.com]

Haha, wasn't that a weird story Wales Two told? The English accents are so cool. My accent sounds all boring now in comparison! England One is just beautiful. And I love how the Southern accents are so expressive.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't listen to the whole things, I just listened for barely a minute. I loved listening to all the English ones. Well, a lot of them, definitely not all.