Thread: American Accent Quiz

No sorry MeeMock that was for the Zipster, who said our accents were similar to New Yorkers.

Interesting. It said I was from the Inland North.

I lived most of my life in Florida, but was born in the North East. My mother was from the Inland North (North Dakota), though.

Originally Posted by MeMock

So your an aussie as well tony?

No Cuban

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

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.

I work with two Americans and one day one of them said, after a student commented on his accent, 'But I don't have an accent'.

We told him, yes he did; he had an American accent and the other American said 'No, he doesn't have an accent, he sounds like me.'

They wouldn't have it, even though, of the rest of the ten people in the room , there were five different accents, that they had one.

That is so classic of Americans.

They are the centre of the world and therefore everyobe else has an accent.

Originally Posted by MeMock

Americans.

They are the centre of the world and therefore everyobe else has an accent.

Good to see you're finally figuring that out

^Good comeback!

The cnut who dreamed up this quiz is probably from Caulifornia.

Most American accents are derived from the Jocks mangled version of God's own language (apparently).

I didn't lower myself to do the test.

Originally Posted by Lily

No sorry MeeMock that was for the Zipster, who said our accents were similar to New Yorkers.

Madame you wish..!!!
it aint only the accent

fair dinkum.. now that shore got a twang to it...

Q] From Stephen Wan, Australia: “I’m looking for the origins of the Australian slang phrase fair dinkum, which I’m told originates from Chinese. It means real, and is used to allay any potential disbelief about some claim the speaker is making. Apparently, Chinese gold miners in the nineteenth century would tell others of any discoveries of gold using the phrase din gum meaning ‘real gold’ in Chinese.” [A] It’s an excellent story, and for all I know the Chinese words do really mean that. I’ve encountered the story before: it’s recorded in a 1984 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald, no doubt among many other places. It’s just another example, I’m afraid, of folk etymology—a well-meaning attempt to clarify the puzzling and explain the obscure.
Most dictionaries published outside Australia and New Zealand are unhelpful, just saying “origin unknown”.



from chinese ??????


you folk down thar under are an unending barrel of

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Most American accents are derived from the Jocks mangled version of God's own language (apparently).

I didn't lower myself to do the test.

can't bend over anymore,
beer gut gets in da way huh?

Originally Posted by in4zip

you folk down thar under are an unending barrel of

Well, we can but try!

Originally Posted by Lily

Originally Posted by in4zip

you folk down thar under are an unending barrel of

Well, we can but try!

and successfully at that :-)

Here's the key: Listen to popular music. You'll find that no matter where the singer is from they sing with a California accent. In other words, with no accent at all. A good example is the Beatles. Watch the movie "Hard Day's Night". When they're talking they're practically unintelligible, but when they're singing all the words are perfectly clear. They even pronounce the "r's"; a sound they seem to completely forget when speaking normally.

Originally Posted by buadhai

In other words, with no accent at all.

Not to another American.

Originally Posted by buadhai

. When they're talking they're practically unintelligible....

anything out of Liverpool is unintelligible and unintelligent...
except when it sings

Her Majesty is the only person without an accent. The rest of us are merely poor copies.

That website sucks, it said i was the bastard son of my uncle Billy and his sister Rene form Houma La.

Originally Posted by Milkman

I have a "Midland" accent.

Cool OP, njdesi.

Most folks from the PNW have a "flat" accent, if that's how you can describe it.

It's funny. I lived in the South most of my life (various states) but somehow never picked up an accent. People for the most part don't believe that because I have no regional accent to my voice....living here in the PNW annoys me due to the shrill high pitched accent typical of the West coast (CA's not as bad).

Now when I hear a Southerner speak I want to cringe.

Apparently us Chermans sound like New Yorkers...

I usually hear it pronounced like 'New Yhawk' or 'New Yoik' but I say it like 'New Yoork' to rhyme with 'door.'

I am a seppo of the North eastern variety

The quiz was rather flawed. Midlands is some place where they play footie for some queen.

I talk normal!

However, I can tell where you come from in within the states in about 5 minutes or so.

I'll have to post a WAV file and see if you can guess.