Vox Daily

Midland (full bar). Not surprising - though I've adopted something of a Canadian accent, I was raised in central Indiana.

Well, I am from, and live right outside of Philadelphia, so it had me pegged! Northeast, Full bar and then this -

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.

I love this subject. I took a class in college that was all about dialects and regionalisms... and admittedly, I generally have a good ear when it comes to figuring out where people are from.

I was born outside of Philadelphia (both my parents were raised there), and when I was 11, we moved to the country in FL... so I picked up a little southern as a kid. As an adult, I worked hard to lose that southern, and now, I'm generally "unaccented" though my pronunciation of words let the quiz know that I am:

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.

Fun... thanks Stephanie!

I'm pegged as "The Inland North", or Great Lakes region.

Since I hail from Cleveland, I'd say that's a hit.

Anybody want a pop?

Joe J Thomas
www.JoeActor.com

Perfect! It got me. Even though I was born in Illinois, was raised in California, and now reside in North Carolina... it knows.

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.

Stephanie,

I loved doing this first thing this AM, before several hours of recording ahead of me over the next few days. I took the test.

I am regarded as "Midland".

Having spent half my life in Milwaukee, and the other half in Southern California, I've made a conscious effort to lose the midwestern twang, so I wouldn't sound too "regional", and thus more "Midland". I guess it worked. However, whenever I get together with friends and family from Milwaukee and Chicago, I can really hear the difference now in them. After a week or two, I begin to pick up the lilt again, unless I make myself stop and think about it.

By the way- I never called soft drinks "pop", although my friends did!

This was a way cool diversion! Thanks for listening.

All the best,
Bobbin Beam

Missed it here. It said Northeast.

Yes, I grew up in NY... but quiz said everyone could tell when I speak. Honestly... even being on radio all over the country... people are very surprised to hear I was born in NY!

Maybe it's because I mixed 13 years in NY, 7 years in FL, more years in TX, and 8 years in northern CA! It's rare that something comes up that gives away my origin when I speak.

I wonder, though, if it detected it so well... because in my head I know the words sound different?

Julie

Hi,

I'm originally from Chicago but have lived in Alberta for many years. My quiz results say my accent is from the Inland North - kind of a composite, I guess!

Carol Kodish-Butt

The quiz hit me right on.....Midlands......was born in Missouri. Throughout my life people have asked me what kind of an accent I have. Funny isn't it. That was interesting. Thanks!

Hi Steph,

I enjoyed taking the quiz and I tried to answer the questions as carefully as possible, but have to question its accuracy. Yes, I’m a Canadian; however the results saying that I was of the North Central and that if I had ever seen the movie “Fargo” that the accents used in that movie would not necessarily be that odd sounding. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Fargo stands out to be one of the funniest movies of all time due mostly in part to the outrageous accents. I thought they sounded like “Newfies” (Newfoundlanders) and I don’t believe that I sound anything like them.

Regardless of all that it has cemented the fact that I need to get some coaching on my dialects. Maybe this Vox Daily has triggered a change in my thinking about my sound and how much work I’m getting.

Thanks very much!

Greg Hamilton

Stephanie,

I took the quiz. Very interesting! Considering I'm originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma.... lived in California for a few years during my youth... and am now living in the Great White North!

I was rated as having a "MIDLAND" voice... which means I could come from the area... I DID come from... and that according to the results. " You have a great voice for television or radio" because "people can't really tell where I'm from. I really don't have an accent."

I've been told that all my life. That I don't really have an accent. Interesting?

Thanks for letting us know about the quiz.

It was fun!
Cheers,
Kristi Stewart

It pegged me as a Bostonian which is correct because I am from Maine, but really you wouldn't be able to tell because I pronounce my R's with no accent.

Loved the comments I got on mine, especially the last sentence - and I 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."

Now, I did see Fargo and I did think the characters sounded quite out of the ordinary.

Very interesting and accurate in my case. I have a Midland accent. Lived in Northern Missouri most of my life.

Very interesting indeed. Being Canadian I was told my American accent was Inland North which would be very accurate since I'm also based in Ontario between a couple of Great Lakes.

Occasionally I speak with a few members who can pick out the accent but are not overly sure where I'm from.

It told me I had a Boston accent, which is probably pretty accurate since I live in a suburb southwest of Boston. Although I didn't think I had a Boston accent. But do people really pronounce "cot" and "caught" differently? and "don" and "dawn"? I thought that was just normal. But I don't have a really bad Boston accent, like adding and dropping r's to words, unless I'm tired and/or sleep deprived. Then, not only do I have a Boston accent, but I'll start sounding like I'm from Minnesota too.

Very interesting and accurate overall.

I'm as far West as it is physically possible to be on the contiguous US, but they relocated me to the Inland North. HMM