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[p00kster]

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

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Fun!

[fabtasticfoo]

I found that way more fun than most Web quizzes.

I got 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.

I was expecting to get the West. I mean, I *am* from the West, and I thought west coast accents were pretty much the same across the 49th. Maybe my parents' old world influences made the different.

I'm very curious what distinguishes these two accents now. Do you remember what your answers were? Here's what I said...

3. "cot" v. "caught": same
4. "don" v. "dawn": same
5. "stock" v. "stalk": almost, but not quite the same
6. "collar" v. "coller": almost, but not quite the same
7. "on" rhymes with "dawn" v. "don": both
8. "mary" v. "merry" v. "marry": mary and merry same, but marry different
9. first vowel in "horrible": like "whore"
10. "pen" v. "pin": different
11. "feel" v. "fill": different
12. "about" like "loud": yes
13. "bag" rhymes with "vague": no (wtf?!)

Re: Fun!

[p00kster]

Our answers were pretty much the same... I've put it in CAPS where our answers differed.

I'm also bothered by the fact that I did not grow up on the West Coast (how DARE they?!) I had a friend who did this and was told that her accent might be mistaken for that of a Canadian. Maybe she answered ABOUT differently?

I did some reflection and the only explanation I could think of for my "accent" is that I went to an American school as a child. For example, I say SORRY as "SAR-ry" instead of the "Canadian" "SORE-ry" (a word, we Canadians, like to use)

3. "cot" v. "caught": same
4. "don" v. "dawn": same
5. "stock" v. "stalk": SAME
6. "collar" v. "coller": SAME
7. "on" rhymes with "dawn" v. "don": both
8. "mary" v. "merry" v. "marry": ALL SAME
9. first vowel in "horrible": like "whore"
10. "pen" v. "pin": different
11. "feel" v. "fill": different
12. "about" like "loud": yes
13. "bag" rhymes with "vague": no (wtf?!)