HEY! You're IN the Okanagan Valley!
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HEY! You're IN the Okanagan Valley!
This is too funny!
My results:
"Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard."
I was born in Philadelphia and raised in the Philly suburbs. Until moving to southern California less than 2 years ago, I had never left the area except for vacations.
Another down under girl who would be from the North East if I was American.
I remember a few years ago i was on a club med holiday and went for the morning power walk. I got talking to an Australian guy in his 50s who after about five minutes said to me 'I haven't figured out if you are a kiwi or an aussie because we haven't talked about sex' yet
If you understand how Kiwis and Aussies tease each other that was actually pretty funny - even funnier when the next day i found out he was a priest
The thing said i'm from the Inland North...ok..
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Hey tehj--I got the same response you did:
Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
Well, it's close anyway. I did grow up in New Jersey, but in Newark, closer to NY, not south Jersey. Maybe what the thing is hearing is the influence of my having grown up with grandparents from Georgia, and oh yeah, the last 20+ years I've spent living in the south!:D
That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.
Just because I'm currently living in the southern US, the locals would beg to differ on my accent, they say I have a midwestern accent. For me mary and marry are the same but merry is different, and I wasn't given that option.
I love taking these things 'cause I was raised in the military. Always have problems with the "where are you from?" question. Do they mean where do I currently live, where did I live last, or where did I grow up? I usually answer, "the Air Force".
As for local vernicular - in New Orleans one "makes groceries" instead of going grocery shopping. Sort of a direct translation of the french. The other that just grates my nerves - people "axe" questions. As in "can I axe you something?"
And so am I! about a half hour further north than kelownaQuote:
Originally Posted by roguedog
Let us know when you're coming to visit!
Hugs and butterflies,
~T~
bmccasland - I have always had the same problem. I was born, raised & still live in VA - raised by a mother who was from South Carolina. However, my whole life people have asked if I am from Philadelphia! Mom says it was because I grew up outside a military base & was taught by Navy wives - most of whom, according to Mom, were Yankees :eek: :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland;167339
Just because I'm [COLOR="darkorchid"
According to the survey, I have a midland accent - or lack thereof!
This explains it!
My result? "The Midland."
I am born, bred, and raised in New England... both of my parents are also native New Englanders...
Yet, somehow, people say I don't sound like I'm from here... or they say "no, really, where are you from originally?"
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Originally Posted by mimitabby
It says I have a midland voice. Which includes southern ohio and missouri. I lived in Cincinnati (s. ohio) from the time I was 5 to college age. I'm origially from Kansas
Nope, wahter. I think the reason they didn't peg me as a southerner is because I was taught by both my parents (who were well traveled, and my mother a trained actor) to enunciate, and the difference between "pen" and "pin" and "Ben" and "been", which a lot of southerners don't get. I guess the Philly thing came in because I say "Mary" and "merry" the same but "marry" slightly differently. I definitely don't sound like a Philly/south Jersey-ite, though, not in any way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimmyt
Emily
small farm town called mukwonago. though currently its not as small. the farm is no longer there and neither is the house i grew up in. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by PABadger
this is why i like you so much! you might not be from there, but you fit in with us well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
[QUOTE=chickwhorips;167405]small farm town called mukwonago. though currently its not as small. the farm is no longer there and neither is the house i grew up in. :(
I know mukwonago... I grew up in Wales before moving to MN! Gotta love being in the kindergarden and having to learn to spell your address when you live on Caernarvon Rd!
I am sure people are reading some of these WI town names and going mukw..ana...what!?! :-)
i told someone that i work with where i was from, and he said where? mukwonago? where? mukwonago. where? muk-won-a-go. hmmm must be native american. yep!
my address i had to learn was S93W27390 Edgewood Ave, mukwonago, wi 53149
i could say the whole thing in one breath too! i was so proud. wow i still can too!
I was born and raised in California. Never lived out of it. I took the quiz and it first said North East... huh? No way. Tried it again and got North Central like Minnesota... huh? Although close second was West. Does a California accent ( or lack of any thereof) sounds anything like a Minnesota "Don' ya know..." Fargo like accent?
I think not!