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Oot and Aboot
I'm rarely into these blog quizzes and other gags, but once in a while they capture my attention. And this one did so because I thought it really worked. Now you'll know a little bit more about the way I talk. Just imagine asking me this question, "Are you Canadian?" And I answer, "No. But I wish I had that accent."
However, I thought the Fargo accents were about the most ridiculous I've ever heard. In fact, I do use intonation, which goes a long way toward changing the accent (and also screws up my Czech). I very rarely say "oot and aboot" (the quiz didn't ask that directly), but occasionally I do. But all things considered, the quiz was pretty good.
Thankes to Geoffrey Chaucer fare the tippe.
| 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. | |
| The West | |
| The Midland | |
| Boston | |
| The Inland North | |
| The South | |
| Philadelphia | |
| The Northeast | |
| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz | |
However, I thought the Fargo accents were about the most ridiculous I've ever heard. In fact, I do use intonation, which goes a long way toward changing the accent (and also screws up my Czech). I very rarely say "oot and aboot" (the quiz didn't ask that directly), but occasionally I do. But all things considered, the quiz was pretty good.
Thankes to Geoffrey Chaucer fare the tippe.
Posted 08 December 2006 at 01:53.
A graduate student in music and anthropology writing a dissertation about music in Moravia, the eastern third of the Czech Republic. At some point, the Czech Republic's "second city" (that would be Brno) captured my attention, and I've since been blogging about events, arts, music, and other stuff—basically whatever interests me in and around the cityscape. I'm not living in Brno now, but I keep up with the cultural pulse from afar as best I can.
Comments:
I come up strong for the West and the South (stronger for West), which makes sense, because I grew up thinking the big cats were called "taggers"; getting beat up after we moved to California did wonders for getting rid of most of the accent, but it will insist on popping up from time to time (like pen/pin).
Fun test.
8:37 AM, December 08, 2006
I got Inland North, which is reasonable. I don't know where the pen/pin confusion is based since I heard people pronounce pen as pin in both Illinois and California. It's pretty irritating to try to find a pin for someone and then discover that they only wanted a pen.
8:55 PM, December 09, 2006
I apparently have the Midland North accent which "is just another way to say you don't have an accent". I am NOT from the North, but interestingly, they also list Florida and larger Southern cities under this. Very fun test. Thanks for that! And, Karla, I pronounce pen and pin differently. Always have. You don't? Interesting!
2:47 AM, December 11, 2006
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