British father, Midwestern mother, years spent in the South. My accent is American Weird.

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What American accent do you have?
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>

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Different Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Same

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[murphymom.livejournal.com]

are pretty much on target:

What American accent do you have?
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.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

[netquiddler.livejournal.com]

No surprise, I graded out Mid-Atlantic.

[johno.livejournal.com]

Grew up in Michigan, which is midwestern with a yooper twist.
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....

[mikkop.livejournal.com]

I get

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. :)

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I tested as Southern/overanalyzed, despite having been born and raised in Northern California, but it's not that surprising, given that I was raised by my grandparents who moved out here from Arkansas in the 1930s. And I have the potential for a backwoods accent that I can turn on and off at a whim.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Took this already. Got Western, aka "the non accent." (We do have one, but late settlement + the rise of recording and then telecommunications means we didn't get as much of a chance to isolate and diverge.)