Scotrid, the Haplous Genius - What's Your Accent?
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What's Your Accent?
</form> Western. Like Midland, Western is an accent that people consider neutral. So, you might not actually be from the Western half of the country, but you definitely sound like it. Take this quiz now - it's easy!
Unfortunately, the quiz doesn't cover my mom's weird habit of pronouncing pleasure, treasure and measure with a long a. I would love to know where that comes from. Also, Denver is really badly placed on the map, and as both a resident thereof and a cartography buff, I resent that.
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I got:
Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).
When they say "now the inland North sounds like it does," I assume they mean either like William H. Macy in "Fargo" or like George Wendt in the "Superfans" sketch on SNL. I'm happy to report I sound like neither of those. :)
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| Date: | 2007 August 6th, 05:40 am (UTC) |
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Well, if it doesn't sound like Minnesoota or Chicaggo, I don't know what it is. I'll have to hear it some time.
*g* I don't know what it is, either. It's what you get when you transpant a Michigan native to Chicagoland. When I moved here in fifth grade kids in my class laughed to hear me say "Halloween" with a short "a." People around here say "Hollow-ween" and it still drives me nuts.
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| Date: | 2007 August 7th, 04:38 am (UTC) |
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I haven't heard anyone say "Halloween" with a short a in forever. Thank you; it's been driving me crazy as well. In fact a friend of mine has even said "Deathly Hollows". We may be the last of our kind.
Other short-a words for me but apparently no one else: "plaza" and "pajamas". |
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