Sunday, December 10, 2006

Are you from Wisconsin?

Apparently my 18 years in the Midwest have only a marginal lead in my speech over my 6 years in the Northeast, at least according to this quiz.

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

The Midland
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The South
The West
Boston
North Central
What American accent do you have?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

1 comment:

reno mac said...

to the surprise of no one, my scores were pretty much identical to yours.

whodathunkit?!

nfgrkhne... never before has a word-verification contained so few vowels...

nevermind, I apparently failed that one. On to dzroyg.