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Mickey Richaud

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Accent Quiz tells you where you're from.

Pretty accurate, but, as I said, also pretty inane.
 
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Well, mine said that I'm from "Midland" America, which means I could be from the Midwest, or Pennsylvania, or any number of places, because, as it stated, I don't have any particular accent.

Which is accurate.

Even more so, as I was born in MIDLAND, Texas!

How did it know? :whistle:
 
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Nope....pegged me for Boston or Maine...Pittsburgh, PA, thank you very much. :smile:
 
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"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.

Horse Manure. Never been to Illinois, passed through Mississippi a couple of times in the 70's, same with Pennsylvania. Atlanta and Dallas, airline stopovers, never been to Ohio or Indiana, closest they come is 3-1/2 years in Charleston.
 
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You and I must have answered the same way!
 
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Got mine right...NJ,NY,CT,RI...I'm from Long Island.
 
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Midland, I think it just means that we pronounce words correctly
 
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Inland north. Nope... I am a native San Franciscan. 5th gen.
 
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Midland it is. might have pegged it closer if it asked for words like "yinz" or "your'n"
 
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Had it spot on for me... it said Northeast. Born and raised in Long Island. Can you hear my accent when I type? :smirk:
 
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DNK said:
Midland, I think it just means that we pronounce words correctly
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Midland here also, which means that Americans who pronounce words correctly sound Canadian.
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Pretty cool! Spot on for me, born and raised in North Jersey. :thumbsup:

"What American accent do you have?
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"
 
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Mickey Richaud said:
Well, mine said that I'm from "Midland" America, which means I could be from the Midwest, or Pennsylvania, or any number of places, because, as it stated, I don't have any particular accent.

Which is accurate.

Even more so, as I was born in MIDLAND, Texas!

How did it know? :whistle:
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Midland Texas? Cousin Mick!

I was born in Fort Worth. And the test said I had a "midland" (mid-western) accent too.

Mickey - my parents came to Texas after WW2, and we lived in a neighborhood where most of the other residents moved to, after the war. So, we didn't have many "Texan" neighbors.

Same for you?

Tom
 
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NutmegCT said:
Midland Texas? Cousin Mick!

I was born in Fort Worth. And the test said I had a "midland" (mid-western) accent too.

Mickey - my parents came to Texas after WW2, and we lived in a neighborhood where most of the other residents moved to, after the war. So, we didn't have many "Texan" neighbors.

Same for you?

Tom
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Dad was born and raised in New Orleans. Mom was born in Illinois, raised in S. Texas. After the war, Dad took a job with Atlantic Oil as a landman, and worked first in Dallas, then transferred to Midland. He was transferred to Shreveport shortly after I was born.
 
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Basil said:
I thought your Dad was born in N'awlins?
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Hey! You're from Tazmania; what would YOU know about it?
 
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I got Northeast, but second was Philadelphia, which is a hour from my home. I am about 2 hours from NYC, so it seems to be pretty accurate. But 40 years ago the PA Dutch sound was so prevalent here, and I don't think that is one of the choices they had in this survey, don't ja see naw wonst!
 
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Spot on here, Northeast. Born and raised in Rhode Island, though I don't have much of that in my speech anymore.
 
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Well,Mickey,I have a Boston accent.And as you know I'm not from anywhere near there.Hoots mon!! it's enough to go "hae a dram!! :devilgrin: :jester:
It is rather inane.

Stuart. :cheers:
 
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Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're 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.
 
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TOC said:
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent."
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They often say that those of use from the Pacific Northwest don't have one... and I came in with a "Midland." Hmmm.
 
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