Monday, November 27, 2006

Quiz: You speak like a ...

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: North Central

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

The West

The Midland

The Inland North

Boston

The Northeast

The South

Philadelphia

What American accent do you have?
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My result is not a big surprise, considering my mom's parents were from Canada. I was sometimes thought to have come from elsewhere rather than being the 2nd generation Bay Area Californian that I am. I like to imitate the speech patterns and accents of the people I meet here in upstate New York and worry that I'm adopting their sounds into my speech.

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