SpeedRacer 1 #51 November 1, 2006 some people from South California talk sloooww and draaaag out the last word in the sentence, you knooooooow?????? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
selbbub78 0 #52 November 1, 2006 Quote"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."" that's me (including the 'pop') Except everyone asks if i'm from Ohio bizarre... CReW Skies, bubbles"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone "The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote) "The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #53 November 1, 2006 QuoteYour Result: The West 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.Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #54 November 1, 2006 QuoteNo one's laughed at your post yet? Pity. What? I don't have an accent!!Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxx 1 #55 November 1, 2006 What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "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. Not bad for a German! max Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #56 November 1, 2006 QuoteI grew up in Georgia.. Its Coke!! All of it. Typical conversation.. Person 1. Get me a Coke?? Person 2. Sure.. What kind?? Person 1. Umm. Sprite. Person 2. Ok.. Here you go. I love to watch the Yankees try to figure that one out. Yes, I've read about this plenty but never witnessed this nonesense in practice. This is the most retarded thing ever. You southerners need to be re-edgumucated or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #57 November 1, 2006 I don't have an accent, but I already knew this. I'm from Kansas. Where news casters go to work on their "non-regional diction". and yes, the quiz guessed I was from "the midlands" so even though it didn't mention KS, I'll say it was right. what they didn't ask though is whether or not you call it pop, soda, soda water, or coke (even if it's not coke (tm))-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #58 November 1, 2006 It said my Accent comes from the chair in the Oval Office. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #59 November 1, 2006 Appalachian."No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #60 November 1, 2006 QuoteI tend to modulate to match the person I'm talking to - in dialect, cadence, even mannerisms sometimes. It's one of those unconscious things until someone points it out. I think it's because I'm relating to them. Or maybe I'm weird. Not weird; you're adjusting to suit your audience.I sometimes do so, as well. I know Billy has several Spanish-only speaking employees that work for him. His employees over time have learned to understand various things he says in English, but he always speaks to them in English with a Spanish accent; particularly if it's over the phone. I asked him once, having heard his phone conversation, why he did that: Was it on purpose or was he picking up on his employee's accent during conversation. He said he does so on purpose b/c his employees tell him they actually understand him better when he says the English word in a Spanish accent. I think it's cool. Makes sense.Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #61 November 1, 2006 "Inland North", not at all accurate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #62 November 1, 2006 it tells me I'm from "the inland north" but um I'm calling bs cause I have never in my life had someone call declare I was from Chicago or Wisconsin... that and I've lived too many different places I call carbonated beverages by, Coke, Soda, Cola, or more often then not just call them by the actual item: i.e. give me a mountain dew... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #63 November 1, 2006 Quote"Inland North", not at all accurate. That is because the program is still trying to figure out what the hell a "Cocktillio" is... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quack 0 #64 November 1, 2006 Midland. I guess that'd be the closest to western Canada. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aheavenlytiger 0 #65 November 1, 2006 It got me pretty dead on- I'm a Long Island girl, and sound like it, I guess. Damn New York accent! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apollard24 0 #66 November 1, 2006 I have no idea how I got North Inland....Im not from the north... And I dont speak like it either...Breathe out so I can breathe you in... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #67 November 1, 2006 Southern Florida is The North. (All them damn Snowbirds Might as well be in New Jersey!!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apollard24 0 #68 November 1, 2006 QuoteSouthern Florida is The North. (All them damn Snowbirds Might as well be in New Jersey!!) __________________________________________________ Bawahahahahaha! Andy_Copland swears I sound like Im from New York (because he's heard the accent on TV) LOL! I dont hear it at all! Edit: Rocky can tell you that I have NO accent.Breathe out so I can breathe you in... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver51 0 #69 November 1, 2006 Yeah mine said something about no accent also. But I've been told I have have a country accent. Go figure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustChuteMeNow 0 #70 November 1, 2006 OK, it guessed me from the midlands and I did grow up in Iowa so at least for me it pegged me pretty close. Now I did have to do it four times before it got me right because it kept thinking I was a southern boy. Think of how stupid the average person is and realize that statistically half of them are stupider than that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #71 November 1, 2006 It said I had a Midland or no accent.I think thats pretty off seeing as how every one of my friends from other states love picking on me about my TX accent.Although its not as "Southern" as the thick Southern accents from say Georgia or South Carolina and Louisana has its own mix of southern/cajun accent going.But its still noticable enough to get razzed about it.So,I guess I dont have a 'southern' accent..I have a Texas accent. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #72 November 1, 2006 The West. Of course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #73 November 1, 2006 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. Philadelphia The Inland North and yet I'm an Aussie and sound NOTHING like a NYerYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #74 November 1, 2006 And yet if I had to pick an American accent that sounded closest to an Aussie accent, it'd be northeast. Granted, on a scale of 1-100 of "like Aussie accent" a southern accent would be about a .5 and a northeast accent would be about a 2, but still, it's closer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #75 November 1, 2006 QuoteI don't have an accent. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
