Lindercles 0 #26 November 1, 2006 I do the same thing, which could cause some interesting results were we ever to have a conversation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #27 November 1, 2006 I grew up in Georgia.. Its Coke!! All of it. Typical conversation.. Person 1. Get me a Coke?? Person 2. Sure.. What kind?? Person 1. Umm. Sprite. Person 2. Ok.. Here you go. I love to watch the Yankees try to figure that one out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #28 November 1, 2006 ""You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio." Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #29 November 1, 2006 QuoteQuote"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio. Kinda hard to be wrong with that one. I got the same thing, and I think it's correct... No one ever believes me when I tell them I'm from Texas. Even though I lived there until I was 29, I don't think I ever had a Texas accent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #30 November 1, 2006 Quote""You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio." People who live south of the midsection of Illinois sound nothing like those of us up North. To Chicagoans, southern Illinois folk might as well be from south Georgia...Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tempretired 0 #31 November 1, 2006 I was a direct hit for me. Philadelphia (or close. such as south jersey) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #32 November 1, 2006 QuoteQuote""You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio." People who live south of the midsection of Illinois sound nothing like those of us up North. To Chicagoans, southern Illinois folk might as well be from south Georgia... Think the difference might be why they specified "southern" Illinois? Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #33 November 1, 2006 QuoteQuote""You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio." People who live south of the midsection of Illinois sound nothing like those of us up North. To Chicagoans, southern Illinois folk might as well be from south Georgia... Isn't that what it says? ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildfan75 1 #34 November 1, 2006 Quote"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot. Dead on for me, although I don't agree with the Fargo comment. There are different thinknesses of the MN accent. Those lunatics from Fargo sound like they never left the Range ever in their life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #35 November 1, 2006 the quiz was OK, but it did miss some subtelties. I have cousins from Binghamton in southern NY. The pronounce "frog" as "frag". I remember my Uncle from there talking to his baby granddaughter & quizzing her about what noises different animals make. At one point he asked her, "And what noise does a fraggie make?" (I'm thinking, WTF is a fraggie?) and I have cousins from Northern PA who will tell you it's noyn O-clock. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #36 November 1, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuote""You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio." People who live south of the midsection of Illinois sound nothing like those of us up North. To Chicagoans, southern Illinois folk might as well be from south Georgia... Think the difference might be why they specified "southern" Illinois? Blues, Dave Touche'. Law school has my brain puree'ed and stir-fried...Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brierebecca 0 #37 November 1, 2006 I don't have one. Which is weird, because I used to have friends from the Northern US make fun of some of the things I say - they all thought I was a southern girl. Brie"Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #38 November 1, 2006 QuoteQuoteThe midland non-accent. I have a good public-speaking accent. I've confused northerners with a good southern accent and vice versa, and I tend to modulate to match the person I'm talking to - in dialect, cadence, even mannerisms sometimes. It's one of those unconscious things until someone points it out. I think it's because I'm relating to them. Or maybe I'm weird. Or both. I do the same but I contribute it to having moved around a lot as a child and doing whatever I can to fit in. I'm weird too but that's a whole different story. I moved around a lot too. It's definitely a fitting-in thing for me, and it works. It's not contrived at all (as was suggested to me once), it's just another way to communicate clearly with my audience. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #39 November 1, 2006 Quote"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio. I used to have a southern accent (grew up in Louisiana) but since i moved to Socal i don't really have an accent. Unless i'm around someone from the south or I'm drunk. lolI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #40 November 1, 2006 QuoteThere are different thinknesses of the MN accent. Eh? Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #41 November 1, 2006 QuoteI do the same thing, which could cause some interesting results were we ever to have a conversation. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #42 November 1, 2006 What American accent do you have? Your Result: North Central North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot But I thought I spoke 'Sconsin?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seejanefall 0 #43 November 1, 2006 The West. Imagine that. . . _____________ PMS #394 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #44 November 1, 2006 No one's laughed at your post yet? Pity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #45 November 1, 2006 Quote I used to have a southern accent (grew up in Louisiana) A southern accent and a Louisiana accent are two TOTALLY different things. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #46 November 1, 2006 The West - No accent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #47 November 1, 2006 My result was Midland. I agree with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheStepchild 0 #48 November 1, 2006 The West I don't have an accent, woohoo!Why can't pirates and cowboys co-exist in perfect harmony? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #49 November 1, 2006 QuoteThe West - No accent. Same here. I'm originally from So Cal, where people don't have accents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #50 November 1, 2006 OMG - it was right on. I'm kinda freaked out by it. judyBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
