Double Meme!
This is the first such quiz that correctly places my origins in the West, as opposed to the mid-west. It's hard to tell where I'm from by my accent, but still, the only flawless USian accent I've ever had was my original Californian one, as opposed to the more unplaceable mongrel accent I've developed over the years. I think I only ever met one
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Funny enough.. Language has always been interesting to me and I tend to pick up the accents of people around me.
when I was 2, living in So. Cal. My 2 best friends were these little boys, one from Texas and one from England. Well, I guess I started to elongate all my ar, or, er, and ir vowel sounds. When I moved to Missouri for 2 years, the kids taunted me for my accent and teased me to no end. I had no idea I had an accent (that was 2nd and 3rd grade) We moved back to Ca. this time the Bay Area, and apparently my accent was so bad, they stuck me in speech therapy for the entire year. There are still some words that I struggle with (Breakfast the biggie) but if I find a word that I think I will pronounce funny, I usually find another word to replace it.
Yeah.. that was a long explanation to say .. that quiz is pretty accurate.
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Canada. You probably get irritated when British people and Europeans think you're from the States, but over here we wouldn't make a mistake like that.
If you're not Canadian, you're either a Minnesotan, or you're a Westerner who over-thought some of the questions on the quiz.
And I am Canadian.
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