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Interesting, this . . .


I did another little online meme thing not long ago that was supposed to determine your accent from a number of questions that had fewer questions but seemed to come up with a more accurate breakdown. Here's the one I just got from mcbrennan:

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Same Different

I once was stunned when I met a young woman, who was working on a show at The Piano Store, about whom it was said that she could peg where anyone was born after hearing them speak a short time. Thinking I'd stump her, I asked her to guess at mine, and she said, "South Jersey or Philadelphia."

I was born just outside Philly. We moved when I was four. I was stunned, as I always thought of myself as having the exact accent described above in the meme-thing.

I probably got some Philly just from listening to my parents later. According to the other questionnaire - wish I could remember where it was - I was indeed primarily a Yankee, with touches of the Philly area, the Chicago area (an Indiana leftover?), and the West Virginia area (my great-grandmother, apparently). Odd how few questions can peg this . . .

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What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Northeastern.
You're probably from somewhere near New York City, possibly north Jersey, or Connecticut or Rhode Island. If you are from New York City you may be one of the types who people never believe when you say you're from New York.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Different Same

Holy God, this pegged me...

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Good there, but Berit emailed to tell me it labelled her accent "Western," which, um . . . no, not at all.

So, there are cracks in this thing.

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I'm mostly surprised because I had a speech teacher who insisted the "General American Stage Accent" was based on the way people in Connecticut talked "because it's not really an accent, it's just very bland." Speaking from experience, "bland" suits the whole damn state, so I was darkly amused.

So I've just been used to thinking I have a non-accent of sorts.

accent

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I'm a "northern" too! CK