okay, this will prove where you're from

[roguedog]

HEY! You're IN the Okanagan Valley!

[bmccasland]

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?"

[IFjane]

currently[/COLOR] 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".

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

According to the survey, I have a midland accent - or lack thereof!

[Haudlady]

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?"

[eofelis]

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?"

As a native New Englander (Ipswich, MA), I got the same result.

[7rider]

As a native New Englander (Ipswich, MA), I got the same result.

I finally did this test. I got "Inland North" and never set foot in Chicago (well, I've sat in their airports a time or two waiting for connections, but that's it) or come remotely close to Wisconsin. I was born and raised in New England (Connecticut - although I did live for a time in Ipswich, MA - and Gloucester!). When I first moved to Gloucester from CT, folks asked me if I was from New York, as I have - to their ears - more of a New York accent. Maybe it was just my attitude as I think the comment usually came after I yelled at the Gloucester drivers!

[LBTC]

HEY! You're IN the Okanagan Valley!

And so am I! about a half hour further north than kelowna

Let us know when you're coming to visit!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~