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| What American accent do you have? (Best version so far) Midland (”Midland” is not necessarily the same thing as “Midwest”) The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it’s a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn’t mean you’re from the Midland.
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I’m not surprised by my results when I took a silly quiz to determine my accent. Technically, English is my second language; my first language is Tagalog. I learned English before I went to school by watching a lot of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (as an aside, read Fred Rogers’ entry in Wikipedia; it’s good). Between television and fear of being ostracized for having an accent, I learned to speak English in a very neutral accent. So, take the quiz and see from where your accent originates.
Northern! Spot on!
Northern…makes sense that it’s more urban and a bit grittier than Midland.
I got Midland. I was browsing the comments and apparently some of the possible returns can be pretty specific… and there’s at least one that identifies the tester as “Canadian”. :p
Northern. My accent changes when I am around different people. Paricularly when I am around the Holzman family, I unconciously adopt a very strong Chicago accent, whereas normally I think I only have a mild Chicago accent.
My first semester in Sacrameto for High School, I had to give a presentation in Chemistry. After my presentation, I asked the class if they had any questions, as tradition requires, and the only question was from some chick, “You’re not from around here, are you?”