What accent do you have?

Way wrong for me...Minnesota? I'm pretty Southern...

Amazing.

quote:

Originally posted by GWTW62:
Way wrong for me...Minnesota? I'm pretty Southern...

Do you say 'pop' or 'soda'?

Midland...

Good one Antz. It nailed me as a Philly guy.

Perfect for me, lol!

Midland, which is partly described as from Southern Illinois.

I live 4 miles south of I-80, which to all Chicago people IS Southern Illinois!

Wow Surprisingly accurate

quote:

Originally posted by AntzDad:

quote:

Originally posted by GWTW62:
Way wrong for me...Minnesota? I'm pretty Southern...

Do you say 'pop' or 'soda'?

I grew up in upstate NY so at the time I said "pop".

But I've lived in VA for nearly 40 years and now say "soda".

The "test" results said "The Inland North". Go figure.

quote:

Midland, which is partly described as from Southern Illinois.

I live 4 miles south of I-80, which to all Chicago people IS Southern Illinois!

LOL and what's funny is people from Southern Illinois claim that people from my area aren't from "southern Illinois"

Midland...I'll bet if I went back home for a while (Kentucky) and then took the test again it would change?

quote:

Originally posted by Bulldog 19:
LOL and what's funny is people from Southern Illinois claim that people from my area aren't from "southern Illinois"

Southern Illinois is almost in Kentucky. Waterloo is not just close to Missouri, it's actually in Missouri.

At least that was the perspective I got while living in Champaign.

.

Wow! I've been in the Chicago area for nearly 30 years, but the quiz results puts my accent solidly in 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.

I was born and raised in Oregon. I resided there for 28 years before moving to the Chicago area. It would be interesting to see what the results would be for our four children.

"So what type of accent do you think I have dear?"......"None, take out the trash."

.

That was hilarious. I laughed out loud.....I can't understand the woodman when he refers to my cousin Dawn as "Don". Too funny. I thought it was just HIM!

When I lived in Minnesota, people thought I was from New York. This quiz says I'm from the Inland North.

My daughter Molly didn't think she had an accent. She goes to school in Kentucky and is a freshman. During orientation, a girl from way eastern Tennessee said to her, Are you "Maul-ly". She very innocently said "My name is Molly" you know, very nasally Molly...put her hands over her mouth and screamed. Yes, she does have a midwest accent.

Dangit, how did they guess?

It got it right without the "R's" being part of the test. But my accent is Boston Brahmin, not Boston Yankee. Boston Yankee is what you would typically associate with Boston.

Inland North...not bad for someone coming from Far East Asia..

quote:

Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Midland, which is partly described as from Southern Illinois.

I live 4 miles south of I-80, which to all Chicago people IS Southern Illinois!

I-80? You're way up north!

AntzDad,

Down here we don't use pop or soda, we say "I want a coke". The seller then asks "What kind of coke?" And often we'll say "Oh, a Dr. Pepper will be fine." The word coke is used generically for any type of soft drink.

.

When you order a coke in our old neighborhood Three Bagger they will send you this...





.

soda.....

Bituminous...

quote:

Originally posted by Three Bagger:
AntzDad,

Down here we don't use pop or soda, we say "I want a coke". The seller then asks "What kind of coke?" And often we'll say "Oh, a Dr. Pepper will be fine." The word coke is used generically for any type of soft drink.

It's funny to think back on this growing up in Texas, where a Pepsi is the generic coke.

The survey misses the clues for many Texans. "On" rhymes with bone and the first vowel sound in "horrible" is ar. And a truck has to have more than six tires.

Pretty hard on the feelings of a Texan.

quote:

Originally posted by Three Bagger:
AntzDad,

Down here we don't use pop or soda, we say "I want a coke". The seller then asks "What kind of coke?" And often we'll say "Oh, a Dr. Pepper will be fine." The word coke is used generically for any type of soft drink.

Same here. Well, until the influx of the nice people from up north. Now I even have have to tell what I want, or specifically ask for sweet tea! As if any other kind should be served in the South!

ink pen, because a straight pin just won't do

Midland,

But I'm from Texas and don't have an accent

Y'all have a great day!

quote:

Originally posted by Three Bagger:
AntzDad,

Down here we don't use pop or soda, we say "I want a coke". The seller then asks "What kind of coke?" And often we'll say "Oh, a Dr. Pepper will be fine." The word coke is used generically for any type of soft drink.

Had to explain this to my friend from Michigan when he was here a couple of weeks ago.

Years ago, I worked with a lovely girl, Cheryl, from Appalachian Virginia. Well, Cheryl's name was actually 'Shirl' (don't call me Shirley).

One day, at lunch, Shirl was eating some potatoes that looked really good.

"How did you cook those, Shirl?"

"Bowl 'em in water and poultry seasoning."

OK, I'm thinking. Like a casserole. Must be what they call it down South.

"How long?"

"'Bout 20 minutes."

"What temperature?"

"Ya bowl 'em."

"Yeah, what temperature?"

"Just put 'em in bowlin' water."

"Ohhhhh...."

And, I had to think for a few seconds the time she told me her husband gave her 'flares' for Valentine's Day. Those two were really fun.

What's wrong with the Appalachian school system? Everyone knows water bowls at 212 degrees.

Got mine technically correct (midland - S. IL), even though I lived in SC for 4 years and TX for 12 now.

Woody, what is that yicky looking stuff? Just kidding I actually worked in a coal fired power plant thirty something years ago but that's the only time I've been around the stuff.

nailed me with a Philly accent.... except for wooder (water) I didn't think we had a accent

my my....my alabama relatives will be shocked and dismayed at my "boston"??? accent????

Fit me perfectly (which is why they all think I talk funny here in the South). That Chicago suburban non-accent comes through loud and clear.

quote:

Originally posted by VaRHPmom:
Fit me perfectly (which is why they all think I talk funny here in the South). That Chicago suburban non-accent comes through loud and clear.

Southern folks think I talk funny too. I just have an exceptionally non-accent, accent.

Spot on for me!

I took the test and they pegged me as Northern Midlands.

Here is a true story.

A few years back I had a car load of hungry players and we were looking for a good place to eat somewhere in Kentucky (maybe it was Tennessee)

I pulled into a gas station and asked the girl behind the counter if there was a real good place to eat close by. She pointed down the road and said the best place was Ron's Steak House. I thanked her and we drove down the road looking for Ron's Steak House. We saw all kinds of restaurants and the guys were yelling that they were hungry and please stop. I said, no that girl told me the best place was Ron's Steak House and that is where we are going. After a couple miles and no more business in site we turned around. Once again we passed all the restaurants and ended up back at the gas station. I went back in and asked the same girl, exactly where is Ron's Steak House? She said something like go to the second stop light and it is right on the corner on the left side. So I took off again went to the second stop light and turned right into RYAN's Steak House which we had passed twice along the way.

I don't always understand southern talk. But the worst ever was somewhere in the eastern Smokey Mountains. Again at a gas station I asked a question. The answer was such that I never understood a single word. I think it was some type of hill billy language that no one could decipher unless you were a hill billy.

One time I was in southern VA (south of Richmond) on business looking for Beale Street. I finally gave up and called my appointment for directions. After receiving directions I asked how the street is spelled. The response ... "B-I-L-L, Beale."

Nailed me as the midwesterner I am...

Similar funny story...

On our way to FLA one year we stopped at a Starbucks I think in GA and I ordered my coffee and the barista asks me "whassize" which I hear as "with sauce?" and after asking her to repeat herself three times my wife whispers from behind me, "what size?"

It pegged me as Midland despite being born, raised and living most of my life in California. I did pick up y'all somehow while spending 6 mo. in Illinois in the service being trained with southerners. I never did pick up sawr despite 3 years in the northeast and wicked came along after I left.

What would result in a California/Western accent? Other than the occasional valley or surfer influenced words I always thought of SoCal as not having an accent.