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What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Western. Like Midland, Western is another accent that people consider neutral. So, you might not actually be from the Western half of the country, but you definitely sound like it.
And if you're not from the West, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Pittsburgher - the quiz can't tell the difference;
(b) Someone from Canada (probably southern Ontario) who doesn't have a Canadian accent;
(c) Someone from northern New England who doesn't have a New England accent; or
(d) Someone from Texas or the Heartland who was born after 1980.
You are definitely not from New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, the Deep South, etc.</font>
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Date: 25 Feb 2011 04:35 (UTC)Created by Xavier (http://freeshells.ch/~xavier/survey.html) on Memegen.net (http://memegen.net/)
Eastern New England. Whether or not you pronounce r's, you have the sound of Boston, New Hampshire, and Maine about you. You do think "don" sounds like "dawn" even though the people down in New York City don't.
If you are not from this region, you probably were thinking too hard about one of the questions.
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Date: 25 Feb 2011 05:37 (UTC)no subject
Date: 25 Feb 2011 07:24 (UTC)Grew up watching Brit & Canadian TV
5 years in the military.
2 years in australia.
The test says I'm a southerner or I over analyzed the questions.
I have confused real language experts, especially when I've switched accents mid-stream....
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Date: 25 Feb 2011 08:19 (UTC)Neutral. Not Northern, Southern, or Western, just American. Your national American identity is more important to you than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity to begin with.
Which is probably not that off-mark, as English is my second foreign language... I was of course taught RP but the American culture has probably affected my accent. :)
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Date: 25 Feb 2011 17:45 (UTC)no subject
Date: 25 Feb 2011 17:52 (UTC)