okay, this will prove where you're from

[Velobambina]

I grew up in Pittsburgh - got the midland accent too - but we always called soda - pop, never soda, heck I think I used to wonder how soda was different from pop. Of course we had a whole lot of very, very regional words that no one else knew anyway - chipped ham anyone? Not to be "nebby" but btw - what's a bubbler??? - one thing I never picked up though was the habit of saying yins (short for you-all, equivalent to yall in the south)

found a good website www.pittsburghese.com
should be a hoot if you didn't grow up there - may just make me nostalgic

I love you, Eden. I was born and raised in "the Burgh," too. Miss it a lot. How about a hoagie and an ice cold IC? Now yinz go and redd up your room.

[DrBadger]

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."

dang and i thought i got rid of the accent. see what happens when you live with a yooper! i don't call my carbonated drinks "pop". my grandma did and i thought it was funny. always called it soda. though does anyone know where the bubbler is?

dontcha knowder ey?

Got the same one :-) Guess it was that growing up near Milwaukee... have picked up a little bit of the MN O after going to high school there, but not enough to be a true Minnesooootan.

Didn't call it Pop either, I think that southern WI always called it soda. As for the bubbler... I remeber the looks I got the first time I asked for it in MN.... whoops, guess it is called a drinking fountain

Chick: where in WI are you originally from? I was born in Milwaukee and grew up in the 'burbs near Waukesha.

[Trekhawk]

Got the same one :-) Guess it was that growing up near Milwaukee... have picked up a little bit of the MN O after going to high school there, but not enough to be a true Minnesooootan.

Didn't call it Pop either, I think that southern WI always called it soda. As for the bubbler... I remeber the looks I got the first time I asked for it in MN.... whoops, guess it is called a drinking fountain

Chick: where in WI are you originally from? I was born in Milwaukee and grew up in the 'burbs near Waukesha.

We called them bubblers at school when I was growing up and Im from a little further afield.

[java]

"The West - Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you are a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta."

I tried, and for the life of me, cannot imagine how Mary, merry, and marry sound different. But then I was born here in Seattle, so I guess it fits.

[mimitabby]

"The West - Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you are a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta."

I tried, and for the life of me, cannot imagine how Mary, merry, and marry sound different. But then I was born here in Seattle, so I guess it fits.

Java, IM me and I'll call you. I live in Seattle and pronounce them all differently.

[Pax]

"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.

Guess that's about right. I grew up all over the place but have lived in Central IL a long time (and my Mom is from Southern IL).

[wannaduacentury]

Mine said I was from the midwest. Nothing wrong with that except I was born in bred in Ga and have never lived anywhere else. It did say I had a voice for broadcasting. I don't agree. That was a neat quiz. Thanks for sharing. Jennifer

[tehj]

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.

[kiwi girl]

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

[crazycanuck]

The thing said i'm from the Inland North...ok..

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[Bad JuJu]

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!

[chickwhorips]

Chick: where in WI are you originally from? I was born in Milwaukee and grew up in the 'burbs near Waukesha.

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.

The thing said i'm from the Inland North...ok..

this is why i like you so much! you might not be from there, but you fit in with us well.

[DrBadger]

[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!?! :-)

[spokewench]

http://gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have


here's what I got:
what did you get?

Your Result: The Northeast

Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.

(born and raised in NJ left when i was 18)

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

[singletrackmind]

If I've got this midland thing going on as stated then why do people always ask if I'm from Canada, Michigan or the Northeast?
(From Maine, living in the midwest)