I clearly took this quiz wrong...

[shipperx]

I clearly took this quiz wrong because this is in no way correct. I once took a trip to Cape Cod and much to my sister's amusement when ordering at a restaurant I said one word -- ONE WORD (Coke) -- and the waitress looked at me and said "You're not from around here, are you."

I'm Southern and I admit to having a Southern accent.

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

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).

If you are not from the North, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Southerner who hates Southern accents and tries really hard to "talk right"; or
(b) A New Yorker or New Jerseyan who doesn't have the full accent

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same Different Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different...

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

I'm still highly amused by this statement :

Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area

World famous?

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

Apparently I'm Southern. The fact that I've never been south of Maryland is immaterial.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Too funny!

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

LOL!!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Er... in the world somewhere...

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Heh! Almost like my being Northern and only having been to New England once.