okay, this will prove where you're from

[East Hill]

Born in Swinton, Lancashire. Dragged to the United States at a young age (10 months!). Started off in Norwalk, California. Up to San Jose, California by age 11. Shook the adobe off my heels around age 20 for the slightly greener hills of Santa Rosa, California.

After the week when the temperature NEVER got below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, I decided it was time to move on. Have lived in Puget Sound since 1980.

Quiz told me I was from the Northeast.

Could it be the British parents, who influenced my speech patterns until I started attending school?

East Hill

[Crankin]

Well, about the giving directions according to be what USED to be there. I had not run into that before, and I grew up in Newton and I lived in Tyngsborough and Boxborough before moving to Concord last year. I discovered that in my neighborhood, your house is referred to by the name of the original owner! So, according to them, I live in the "Jone's" house. Now this neighborhood is not a bunch of old Victorians from the 1700s. They are all contemporary houses built in the 70s. I got really mad at a woman at a neighborhood meeting when she asked which house I lived in. When she said "Oh the Jone's house," I replied, no I live in MY house.

[HillSlugger]

The quiz told me I have an "Inland North" accent, but anyone who knows me can peg that I'm from Long Island (and no, I don't pronounce that as Lawn Gyland) even though I swear I don't have a Long Island accent.