SO Pegged!

[saavedra77]

I'm always amazed that anyone can tell that I'm from the Deleware Valley, because I spent my entire childhood trying to sound unlike the people I grew up with. Also, I haven't lived there in over twenty years!

What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
The Midland
The Northeast
The South
Boston
The Inland North
The West
North Central
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[hippybngstockng.livejournal.com]

Yeah, not shockingly I seem to be from Connecticut. Who knew!

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

In college, did you ever have any dealings with the professor (Steve something ...?) who said he could peg your accent to within 50 miles of where you grew up within the first 5 minutes after meeting you? This test totally reminds me of him.

[delerium69.livejournal.com]

My result was so spot on being from Boston that it was frightening, especially since my accent isn't nearly as thick compared to so many others from there.

[pescana.livejournal.com]

I got "the Midland" meaning either "Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri" or "you don't have an accent." Apparently this is good for television or radio work. This test did not catch the New York in my speech pattern that I think is pretty clear, but it really only hits certain words ("yeah" being the most obvious). And it is a speech pattern rather than an accent.

I grew up all over, so I guess it all blended quite well. You do sound like an East Coaster to me, maybe because that's where I'm from too.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

I guess that the "midlands" accent was what I was going for, when I was growing up--trying to sound "like people on TV." I evidently wasn't successful, though: blueraccoon knew I was from NJ the first time that she heard me speak. Not that I mind so much, any more--it's just surprising.

BTW, I never thanked you for the p'card: I really appreciated that. I'm gonna have to travel up there, myself, one of these days ....

[(Anonymous)]

I got Midlands, which I suppose makes sense as I spent my early years in Chicago.
I once had a customer at the bookstore who talked to me for just a couple of minutes and then proceeded to tell me all the places I had lived. He was spot on. Crazy.

you do sound east coast, but not, you know, television new jersey.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

"Television New Jersey" ... like Christopher Mostisanti? Or are we talkin' more Springsteen? :)

[jmargethe.livejournal.com]

(that was me. but you knew that.)

television new jersey - yeah - like alice, or ralph macchio in the karate kid.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figured that was you. :)

Alice & Ralph were ... definitely not what I was trying to sound like, ever. If anything, I was going for that Network News Anchor accent: y'know, Peter fuckin' Jennings.

No disrepsect intended to the late Canadian expatriate newsman, of course. I just thought he tauked smooth ...