Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Fun Thing The Accent Quiz

Since many of us are podcasting and recording our voices, I thought this would be of interest.  Child_Lit has been discussing and laughing about accents and pronunciation, so I thought I'd share the "quiz" and  the analysis of my voice. Although I grew up in New England, I spent 11 years in the Tennessee and Virginia, and 18 in Texas. Many people can't identify the origination of my accent, and they'll often  say Chicago.  I don't call soda "pop", but I have to really concentrate to enunciate a middle T, like in "cotton" or "mitten", and that is a Boston trait. I only lived there 3 years. 

What American accent do you have?
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."

The Midland
 
The Northeast
 
Philadelphia
 
The South
 
The West
 
Boston
 
North Central
 
What American accent do you have?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

2 comments:

Infomaniac said...

This was great. Thank you for sharing. I bookmarked this. I think some of my teachers will enjoy the site. I plan to put the link in my newsletter.

Blue Eyes blogging said...

Glad you enjoyed it. I don't know how reliable it is but it is fun.