# Which American accent do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850 "2013-05-20T18:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/41 "2013-05-20T21:08:15Z")
Northern: grew up in the Chicago burbs. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/42 "2013-05-20T21:10:08Z")
I got neutral. šŸ˜• Damned odd, since I speak with a thickish texas drawl. Not at all shocking considering I was born and raised here. Something ainā€™t right with that quiz there. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/43 "2013-05-20T21:12:54Z")
Neutral. Not unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/44 "2013-05-20T21:13:09Z")
Western, which is spot on. Iā€™ve lived in California almost all my life, and have a distinctive Northern California accent. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/45 "2013-05-20T21:27:14Z")
Western, but Iā€™m from East TN. Question 12 asked if all four words were pronounced the same (prize, pride etc.) which I do, but it didnā€™t take into account that they all sound more like ā€œratā€ than using an ā€œiā€ sound. šŸ˜› I think **tdn** is rightā€¦how many syllables in each word affects the sound, too. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/46 "2013-05-20T21:31:30Z")
I took the test. I got ā€œCanadian.ā€ And I am Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/47 "2013-05-20T21:31:53Z")
Got Northeastern. I didnā€™t grow up there but my parents were from Long Island and Newark. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/48 "2013-05-20T21:32:56Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I took the test. > > I got ā€œCanadian.ā€ > > And I am Canadian. eh? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/49 "2013-05-20T21:33:36Z")
Neutral (or Midlands, which is what similar tests usually give me). I grew up in a rural Louisiana town, as did my parents. Even when I was a kid, though, people there thought I ā€œtalked funnyā€. I suspect that my accent is actually a mishmash, and just doesnā€™t score very high in any particular regional accent, so I wind up with a sort of default answer. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/50 "2013-05-20T21:39:06Z")
Neutral, which seems to be from Kansas to Pittsburgh. (Not really sure why that is, as Iā€™ve never been there) ---
**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:** [May 20, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/51 "2013-05-20T21:42:43Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Neutral. Born and raised in Montgomery County, MD (suburbs of DC). Me too. Where at? I lived in Maplewood in Bethesda, and Lux Manor in Rockville. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/52 "2013-05-20T21:43:02Z")
Northern. Born and raised in suburban Chicago until age 10, then moved to the Southā€¦ late enough to fend off a Southern accent, it seems. My younger brother was not as lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/53 "2013-05-20T21:49:11Z")
Western. Lived in California all my life, so that fits. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/54 "2013-05-20T22:10:36Z")
Neutral, which I expected since Iā€™ve lived in Indiana all my life. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/55 "2013-05-20T22:17:45Z")
Neutral. With just a hint of Norwegian as most everyone who lived in the little town where I was raised does. Iā€™ve more than once been asked if Iā€™m from Norway. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/56 "2013-05-20T22:19:50Z")
Northeastern. Iā€™m from the southeast corner of the great southern land, so Iā€™ll give it a half-right šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/57 "2013-05-20T22:46:35Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Ditto, Labdad. > > Now, to be fair many Southerners get all up in my shit because my mom is from Pittsburgh and they say I canā€™t be from around here. These are people who have never heard me drunk. Yeah. Iā€™m TN raised, but time in Maine, Ohio and Arizona softened some of my southern, enough that others in the south think I sound from away, but non-southerners hear the accent for what it is. And alcohol or family time will kick it right up. Neutral accent my ass šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/58 "2013-05-20T22:50:43Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > And alcohol or family time Thereā€™s a difference? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/59 "2013-05-20T22:59:04Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Thereā€™s a difference? I assume there is in some families, which is why I separated them. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850/60 "2013-05-20T23:28:23Z")
Neutral. The area it covers does in fact include all the places Iā€™ve lived for my whole life. I spent twenty years near the northern border of it, though, and there are certainly people just north of there with a different accent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-american-accent-do-you-have/658850.md?page=4)