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[Quiz] American accent quiz

posted by [personal profile] mylescorcoran at 09:09am on 02/11/2006 under , ,
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: 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."

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Some of you may know that I did grow up (a bit) in the US, half San Francisco, half Chicago, so there may be some merit to this result. On the other hand I bet my accent is a lot more "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" than most Great Lakes folk, and I never call carbonated beverages "pop". They're minerals, silly. Or possibily "fizzy drinks" when I wish to communicate with my wife.
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 09:46am on 02/11/2006
Me too!
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posted by [identity profile] corylus-unbound.livejournal.com at 10:51am on 02/11/2006
Somewhat amusingly I apparently have a Northeastern accent despite having never lived in the US and am fairly confident that I sound very different from natives of the regions listed below.

"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."

and I never call carbonated beverages "pop". They're minerals, silly. Or possibily "fizzy drinks" when I wish to communicate with my wife.

Oh and they're definitely fizzy drinks'...
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posted by [personal profile] mylescorcoran at 11:50am on 02/11/2006
"Fizzy drinks" works with my wife because she's originally from Rochdale, oop north. "Minerals" works with all the Dublin-reared people I know, as it's a common term for any fizzy soft drink in Dublin. Curiously it's never used for actual mineral water.
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posted by [identity profile] brianrogers.livejournal.com at 12:01am on 03/11/2006
Speaking as someone who lives in Connecticut and has spoken to you, no, you don't. Not even a little bit.

And they're sodas, silly.
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