Originally posted by Brooke
Regarding accents, here is an amusing site that seems quite good (based on about 10 simple questions, based on things like "Do 'cot' and 'caught' sound the same to you?") picking out where you are from in the US and classifying your accent.
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
It would be funny to see if someone from the UK took it where it thinks you are from in the US.
Your Result: The Northeast
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.It pinned me right on, with a full red bar to boot. The one thing that's missing from this is a tonal standpoint. As I pay close attention to pronunciation, people say I have a "very nasal" voice, and often ask if I'm from Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc... However, the way I form the words is distinctly Northeastern (Mary, Merry, and Marry being the key on this particular quiz).
I guess it comes from where I grew up, and the people I spent time with. Most of them were from New England and the upper Midwest (many from Michigan), and nobody
ever even thinks that I'm from
any part of the South, Southwest, or even California. And wouldn't you know it, I'm from Texas.
Port Aransas, the North of the South. If any of you guys ever go there, you'll understand.
