Just don't ask me to say coffee...
I'm one of those people that gets asked "Where are you from?" Quite a bit. No one can quite place it, unless I really pour on the NY accent (which I have been known to do!). It's one of the amusements that comes from having a mother from Ireland, and being overeducated.
I think it's really funny when I say certain words or phrases, and people look at me as if I've got a million eyeballs. It depends on what I'm saying, (and if I've got some alcohol in me )--but the questions are usually something like "Are you originally from the UK, or Ireland?" And then if I say "coffee," "mirror", "quarter", people automatically think Boston. Which I answer with my "push play" routine. "No. In Boston they 'Pahack the caah.' In NY we 'Pahwrk da cahwr.'"
On a lark (and I was a little bored) I took this quiz:
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.
If you are not from here, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Philadelphian who can't stand the way other Philadelphians say "on";
(b) A Yat from New Orleans; or
(c) Someone from England, Australia, or New Zealand, in which case why are you doing this quiz in the first place?
Take this quiz now - it's easy!
I think it's really funny when I say certain words or phrases, and people look at me as if I've got a million eyeballs. It depends on what I'm saying, (and if I've got some alcohol in me )--but the questions are usually something like "Are you originally from the UK, or Ireland?" And then if I say "coffee," "mirror", "quarter", people automatically think Boston. Which I answer with my "push play" routine. "No. In Boston they 'Pahack the caah.' In NY we 'Pahwrk da cahwr.'"
On a lark (and I was a little bored) I took this quiz:
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.
If you are not from here, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Philadelphian who can't stand the way other Philadelphians say "on";
(b) A Yat from New Orleans; or
(c) Someone from England, Australia, or New Zealand, in which case why are you doing this quiz in the first place?
Take this quiz now - it's easy!