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What accent do you have when speaking English?

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From the quizz:

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."
 
Originally posted by: dennilfloss
From the quizz:

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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Lol. Aren't you Canadian? Though I guess that would be the closest American accent.
 
I sound like newscasters. Absolutely no accent. Lived all my life in NW Ohio. We don't have an accent around here, though in the grand scheme of things it's the "neutral American" accent, if you will. Other countries will be able to identify it as an American accent since it's not their accent.

But obviously, we are right, and all you other people are wrong. Talk like newscasters, and all is right. 🙂
 
I grew up in Atlantic Canada. It's still all there. A mixture of straight Canadian and Grand Manan, fisherman might be more generic term for it. I live in the south now, I still say "pop", I hear I say words like "bagels" and "pasta" strange. And "eh" is a very common expression for me.
 
Originally posted by: Firsttime
I grew up in Atlantic Canada. It's still all there. A mixture of straight Canadian and Grand Manan, fisherman might be more generic term for it. I live in the south now, I still say "pop", I hear I say words like "bagels" and "pasta" strange. And "eh" is a very common expression for me.
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I'm not even a canuck and I say "eh" on occasion. I just like it.

I also say "y'all", hell, I even type it quite often. I like it. 🙂 That I picked up from vacationing in Myrtle Beach a lot. I like Southern speech sometimes, so inviting and friendly sounding. 🙂

Oh, and never knew "pop" was also a Canuck thing. Here in Ohio people say everything, seems to be preference more than location based, but in Toledo it's most commonly pop, with some choosing to say otherwise. I use pop, but recognize it as a strange noun for describing soda beverages.
 
I wouldn't want to sound like a newscaster. They all sound fake.
(yes, I know you guys mean just in terms of accented/unaccented speech 😛)
 
I lived in several different regions of the US while growing up which has caused me to have a varied accent.

While normally talking I've been told its closest to something from the pacific northwest. Not sure if that's really an accent.

When I dip I talk with a real hickish accent.
 
Coloradan... or basically no accent at all.

The only discernable trait we have is we say 'moun-un' instead of 'mounTain'. They're the Rocky 'Moun-uns'
 
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