But I *do* say “y’all”…
So Winston points to this accent identifier quiz. My results:
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Northeast
Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak. |
Heh. That’s funny because I’ve never even been to the northeast. However it’s quite true that I have little in the way of southern accent — to the point where virtually everyone I’ve met from out of state or out of country comments on it. *And* I always did imagine myself living in the northeast, and used to figure I would move up there eventually. That is, until my years in Florida significantly lowered my tolerance for cold.
Thanks for the plug! Like I said over on my site, this this is not perfect. Could it be picking up what has rubbed off on you from all those folks from the Northeast that retire to Florida? It is a fun thing to waste a few minutes, not something to be taken seriously…
Yeah, that’s sorta what I’m saying, not that it was wrong but that it was uncannily prescient, managing to pick up the accent that I have, but shouldn’t! : )
I’m completely baffled by my results! I’m not sure if I was insulted or not.
You don’t sound Southern to me, but I if everyone else has commented on it, then I guess I’ve lived here too long to notice that you do :)
No, I mean that’s the comment, that I *don’t* sound southern. As in “You’re from Tennessee? But you don’t have an accent!!”.