Accent meme
What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net
Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).
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posted by Sarah Goss at 9:55 AM
6 Comments:
I got a mixed answer. The first was Midland: "Midland (please don't confuse with "Midwest") itself is the neutral zone between the North and South. But just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from there. Since it is considered a neutral, default, "non-regional" accent you could easily be from someplace without its own accent, like Florida, or a big city in the South like Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta." Ummm ...
The second was Northern, like you, which kinda makes sense given my Wisconsin roots--but it doesn't account for the bit of California Valley (*blushes*) in my voice.
And do people REALLY say "vague" like "bag"??
And, on an only somewhat related note--how do you say "dour"?
I don't know how accurate this meme was because it gave me a bizarre response: it said I was from New York City. Huh?
Is Michigan warping me?
Born in TX, raised in TX/CA
Heh! Funny how far off it was for Melissa.
Mita, I paused on that one, too, but I think it's that people say "bag" like "vague," not "vague" like "bag"--if that makes any sense. They say "baig" for "bag." I have heard that before. I have heard all these things-- "fill" for "feel," and "pin" for "pen"-- but I never know where the accent comes from!
Heh! Funny how far off it was for Melissa.
Mita, I paused on that one, too, but I think it's that people say "bag" like "vague," not "vague" like "bag"--if that makes any sense. They say "baig" for "bag." I have heard that before. I have heard all these things-- "fill" for "feel," and "pin" for "pen"-- but I never know where the accent comes from!
Oh-- and I am not sure, but I always say "dour" like "sour." I don't know if that's right, but wouldn't it be weird if it was more like "poor"? And that's the only other option I can think of.
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I gots Eastern New England and Western mixed -- how about that? Bicoastal...
I think it's BS -- I speak pure Paul Stanley -- aawwwhhhh yeah, Ace Frehlae lead gee-taw!
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