# Take the online accent quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344 "2012-02-29T14:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/1 "2012-02-29T14:52:00Z")
What part of and where in the U.S. is your accent from? [http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/american-accent-quiz.html](http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/american-accent-quiz.html) It correctly pegged me as being from the Midlands (Midwest). ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/2 "2012-02-29T15:00:04Z")
I got Inland North. But I’ve never been accused of being “from Wisconsin or Chicago”. But I do call soda “pop”. Northeast Ohio born and raised. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/3 "2012-02-29T15:14:56Z")
Apparently I have a Boston accent (although I may be from New Hampshire or Maine.) I’ve lived in PA my whole life 😕 Now if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go pawk the caw. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/4 "2012-02-29T15:22:21Z")
I got Inland North, but I grew up in Virginia and live in Washington. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/5 "2012-02-29T15:23:02Z")
Apparently, I’m from the Northeast, which is actually correct. North East _England_, that is. But still… heh. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/6 "2012-02-29T15:28:07Z")
Inland north, which is surprising being from Holland and all 😛 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/7 "2012-02-29T15:28:23Z")
Inland … Wisconsin or Chicago 😕 It seems to be missing the identifier for the broad Rochester ‘a’ I guess 😕 ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/8 "2012-02-29T15:29:22Z")
My accent is generic. The results said most people would say I have no accent, and from my experience, that’s true. I was born and learned to speak in Texas, but I’ve lost the accent over the years. My vocal cords have retained the ability though because it comes right back if I spend any significant time with my Texas relatives. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/9 "2012-02-29T15:30:02Z")
Philadelphia or thereabouts, which would be a surprise to that guy who wanted to teach me Philadelphia English 'cos he didn’t like the heavy Hispanic aksent I had after a 14h day, of which the last 3h had been spent on the phone with people from Italy, France, Spain and Latin America… Mind you, I can’t promise that I pronounce things how I think they should be pronounced, all I can say is how I think they should be pronounced. It seemed to be mostly about vowels. Some of the things which I think should be different use the same (or about) vowel, but longer or shorter; this may be an artifact of having to Pronounce Clearly, Damnit so the teachers could tell whether we were saying “feel” or “fill”. I know that many of my coworkers pronounced many of those “different” pairs the same as far as I could tell. ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/10 "2012-02-29T15:33:47Z")
I’m from the West and I sound like it. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/11 "2012-02-29T15:39:13Z")
I got “Midland” which is probably right. I was raised in the South, but I don’t have much of an accent in my daily speech. Very cool test. I have to get my uber Southern boyfriend to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/12 "2012-02-29T15:42:13Z")
My result was Philadelphia, and I spent the first 45 years of my life 90 miles down the road in Baltimore, so it did pretty well on fairly meager evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/13 "2012-02-29T15:43:51Z")
The Inland North which works since that is where I was born, raised and live now. And yes, soda is pop. ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/14 "2012-02-29T15:45:34Z")
The quiz correctly pegged me as being from the Philadelphia area, and even mentioned South Jersey as a possibility. Not bad! ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/15 "2012-02-29T15:47:18Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > My result was Philadelphia, and I spent the first 45 years of my life 90 miles down the road in Baltimore, so it did pretty well on fairly meager evidence. There are a lot of similarities between those two accents, so I can see why the quiz lumps them together. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/16 "2012-02-29T15:50:12Z")
It says I’m from the “inland north” which would be mostly correct. Born in WI and grew up in FL. My husband (born and raised on Long Island) get in to the Mary, marry, merry argument every now and then. He likes to chastise me about my accent. Which is hilarious and ironic to say the least. I regret that I have not yet been able to properly mimic a Long Island R sound. My Rs always sound like Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/17 "2012-02-29T16:06:24Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > I got “Midland” which is probably right. I was raised in the South, but I don’t have much of an accent in my daily speech. Very cool test. I have to get my uber Southern boyfriend to try it. I got “Midland”, the same as **Brynda** , which makes sense since we were raised in the same house. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/18 "2012-02-29T16:09:57Z")
Placed me in Philly also, with the disclaimer that included Baltimore, which is where I learned to speak. I don’t have a Bawlmer accent, however, and I think I have a generically vanilla accent. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/19 "2012-02-29T16:12:49Z")
English, quiz pegged me as NE American ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/20 "2012-02-29T16:13:45Z")
Mine came up as “Midland.” It did come up with “the west”, which I’m from, as #2, and “Boston”, which my father is from and people say I sound like I’m from, as #3. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344.md?page=2)