# Take the online accent quiz

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344>\
**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:** 4\
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**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:** [March 16, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/161 "2012-03-16T19:24:47Z")

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A very interesting clickable map of American dialects: [American English Dialects](http://aschmann.net/AmEng/)

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/162 "2012-03-16T22:17:32Z")

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It said “Inland North. Are you from Wisconsin?”

Yes, yes I am. Very much so.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/163 "2012-03-16T22:26:50Z")

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The only word on the test that I may not pronounce properly is ‘on’. I pronounce it more like ‘dawn’ than ‘don’. I’ll retake the test with that change and see what it says.

ETA: That didn’t take long. Pronouncing ‘on’ like ‘don’ puts me a little further north.

> [@The Test](#):
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> Your Result: The Northeast
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> Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.

Okay, so what’s the matter with the rest of the country? Don’t you know how words are pronounced?

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**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344/164 "2012-03-16T22:53:04Z")

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The Midland, which is true only as a center of mass - I was born in Cincinnati, grew up in California, and spent 17 years in Boston as a young adult.

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