They pegged me!
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin?” or “Are you from Chicago?” Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop.” |
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Like it says, I think I speak English right out of the dictionary. And I’m an English major, so I was afraid that would affect my ability to represent my area, but they somehow figured me out.
I use “soda”, “pop” and “soda pop” interchangeably. I’ve never really been clear on which one is correct for my part of the country.
Here’s an oddity. I grew up calling water fountains “bubblers”. I picked it up from other kids. Then I’d move and sometimes people looked at me like I’d made up an alien term. But I was just moving back and forth in Wisconsin/Iowa/Minnesota. It’s not like I was going to Texas and Alaska! Wish I knew what the linguistic map is for use of that word.
2 responses to “Quiz: Find your American accent”
Ha HA, Mikey. I got the result you wanted:
” “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, too speak english as correctly as possible. But a dash of southern never hurt anybody. I did have an issue with #8 as I think “Mary” and “marry” sount the same but “merry” sounds different. I didn’t get that option.
And “bubbler” is Wisconsin. And they’re all Coke.
I got midland also, I’m from Vigina, spent most of my life in the Shenandoah Valley area.
I didn’t get a question about soda.