0% Exotic

-
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.

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

Which American accent do you have?

Western

Western is kind of neutral, but not quite since it's still possible to tell where you`re from. So you might not actually be from the West (but you probably are). If you really want to sound "neutral," learn how to say "stock" and "stalk" differently.

Personality Test Results

Click Here to Take This Quiz
Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

The Yankee Test Says: "46% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom"

I have no accent. None whatsoever. I have taken many scientifical internet tests and I have a total non-regional accent. And for this I am sad because I love almost all accents. I wish I had an exotic accent. Actually almost any accent would do. I mean, except some sort of New York/New Jersey/New England and I don't want a backwoods twangy one (which is totally different than the very cute deep south drawl). Sometimes I try one on for fun when no one I know is looking. After having watched Flight of the Conchords for two or three days straight, I spoke in a New Zealand accent for an entire shopping trip once. My kids didn't call me out on it or even ask the whole time. They are too used to my weirdness.

My question is, does a non-regional American accent sound cute to anyone? Probably not here in the US, but maybe in other countries? Is there anyone anywhere that hears it and says "I love your accent!" I get the feeling that all American accents sound like a slack-jawed-yokel to the rest of the English speaking world. I think it's so prevalent in the movies and on TV that it just sounds like how water tastes.

And for fun, here is a World Guess My Accent quiz. And here is an American Guess My Accent quiz.

Comments

redsneakz said…
I really like authentic deep-southwest accents, especially the accents that First Nations folk have.

What's wrong with New York accents, anyway?

Oh, I've decided to tag you, so here's the link:
C'mon get happy
February 21, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Heidi said…
Nothing is wrong with NY accents at all! I think they're just too close to home, so they don't sound exotic or sexy to me.
February 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

F U Cancer, You Can Suck My D.

-
On Tuesday I had a cystoscopy for pelvic floor issues (I have five children). It was meant as a precaution along with many other measures we were doing diagnose why I am having so many issues. A cystoscopy is when they put a camera into your bladder. It feels like a catheter and they don't have to knock you out. Surprisingly, the Dr. found a growth that she estimates to be 1cm x 1cm. She called later that afternoon to say that the urologist that saw the images said they looked cancerous.   That sucked and I had a meltdown.  I am feeling much better now. I have an appointment on Wednesday at NIH's uro-oncology department. This is a consult and bloodwork. They are hoping to do a biopsy (where they hope to remove the whole growth, if they're able, on 7/30. This is all extremely fast and I am very fortunate to have had some doctors pull some strings for me. I also have an appointment for a second opinion with another doctor at VHC.  Of course, we are reeling and frighten...
Read more

Please Don't Go. I'll Eat You Up, I Love You So

-
Image
Thomas , David, & Melanie were raving about the movie Where the Wild Things Are . So last night I went to the movies all by myself, for the first time ever, I think. For those of you that are not familiar, Where the Wild Things Are is a well loved children's picture book by Maurice Sendak. The book is certainly less than 100 words long, and so Max and The Wild Things are not given their full personalities by literature alone. The pictures, and what your imagination does with them, fill in the gaps and reach places that words cannot. I was really curious as to how writers Spike Jonze and David Eggers were going to go about stretching this short book into a movie. Especially a book that wasn't theirs. Not one of The Wild Things in the book says anything that isn't in unison with the other Wild Things. I would be terrified to expand on a character that was another writer's vision with only illustrations to go by. And they had to create several in addition to fleshing...
Read more

little update

-
Image
The doctor that found the growth in my bladder happened to have a fiance that is a uro-oncologist at NIH. I have received VIP treatment there. While I'm still cautiously optimistic, I'm certain I'm in good hands. On Wednesday my sister Jennifer took me.  I had an ekg, labs and met with him. My oncology team believes this is very early and feels they will be able to remove everything on Tuesday. They think that is probably the only treatment I'll need. This was a huge relief.  Thursday and Friday I returned to NIH for pre-anesthesia clinic and CT scan. I don't know if it was the driving or the appointments or my headspace but this took a lot out of me. I'm okayish in the daytime,  but when I wake up at night, I immediately think "Oh my God,  I have cancer!" And then I cannot get back to sleep.  Did I mention that Adam and Benicio got hand foot and mouth disease this week? The universe is being so rude to me these days.  If you'd like to help please ...
Read more