we speak in different voices
Nov. 2nd, 2006 12:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiedyedaveSo I don't often meme, but this particular topic interests me greatly.
Context: I've never met anyone who pinned my accent as originating from any particular region. As far as anyone (including me) can tell, I speak Standard American. The funny thing about this: I grew up just outside of Worcester, Massachusetts, which has an extremely distinctive regional accent, noticeably different even from Boston. My parents grew up in southern Mississippi, and though my dad's accent has faded off in the 30 or so years since they've lived there, my mom's Southern accent is still very noticeable.
Apparently Worcester and Hattiesburg cancelled each other out, leaving me with a dead flat American accent.
Though I do hold one particular principle that at least rules out a large region of possible accents: POP IS NOT A BEVERAGE. IT IS A STACK OPERATION.
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "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. | |
| Philadelphia | |
| The Inland North | |
| The South | |
| The Northeast | |
| The West | |
| Boston | |
| North Central | |
| What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes | |
Context: I've never met anyone who pinned my accent as originating from any particular region. As far as anyone (including me) can tell, I speak Standard American. The funny thing about this: I grew up just outside of Worcester, Massachusetts, which has an extremely distinctive regional accent, noticeably different even from Boston. My parents grew up in southern Mississippi, and though my dad's accent has faded off in the 30 or so years since they've lived there, my mom's Southern accent is still very noticeable.
Apparently Worcester and Hattiesburg cancelled each other out, leaving me with a dead flat American accent.
Though I do hold one particular principle that at least rules out a large region of possible accents: POP IS NOT A BEVERAGE. IT IS A STACK OPERATION.
