accent quiz (u.s.-centric)

[firecat]

I learned a long time ago not to call carbonated drinks "pop." But otherwise spot-on.
(Scene: A deli in Connecticut.
Me: [orders sandwich] "...oh, and a pop."
Clerk: "What?"
Me: "Pop."
Clerk: "What?"
Me: "Diet Coke.")

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the

Comments

[sistercoyote]

I call it pop.

What American accent do you have?
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.
Boston

The West

North Central

Philadelphia

The Northeast

The Inland North

The South

What American accent do you have?
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What amuses me about this is that the furthest east I've ever lived (including where I live now) is Los Angeles. It seems rather northeast-centric.

[dr_brat]

It's tonic.

(although, to be honest, I call it soda)

[bastette_joyce]

I took this quiz a few months ago, and I was quite impressed! It correctly told me I was from eastern Massachusetts.

[dr_brat]

Mine told me that I was somewhere between northern Jersey and Rhode Island, which isn't bad, considering I split my childhood between Delaware and eastern Massachusetts.

[jinian]

"Pop" is a perfectly good word. I use it to screen for asshats, then snarl at them.

[beaq]

Just pop 'em one.

[pyrzqxgl]

Every couple months or so (like last night) I meet some random local who says I have an accent and asks where I am from. Perhaps my speech patterns (or whatever) unconsciously change in different circumstances, or perhaps I just have an odd voice. Anyway, my results here were close to yours (same "Result" but some variation in the exact order of regions).