Your American accent

It doesn't work anymore! Phooie!

I tried, but it said "account suspended". Debra in VA See my quilts at

I found that out AFTER I sent the link!

bummer, i was interested to see where it thot i might come from. born in calif, there for 27yrs, 2 yrs in/around europe, then 30yrs here in nz. i've a combo of kiwi and california accent with a wee bit of canadian thrown in for good measure. no one in nz picks exactly where i'm from, tho they mainly hear usa but keep asking, after 30 yrs here and when i say blockhouse bay (my suburb) they ask over and over til i reply , oh you mean originally? doh. drives me absolutlely king pecans. in usa they aslo ask where i'm from as i now dont sound californian to anyone in usa. so i have no country to call home. shrug, jeanne

You sounded 'Merican with a bit of an accent to me after listening to you a lil while. Just like me 'Merican with a bit of a Midwestern accent...been OUT of the Midwest (MI) for 27 years and ppl can still pick up the 'Midwest accent' and some can even pinpoint it to the MI, WI, OH area.

Butterfly (who now calls AZ home)

Butterfly -- where in Michigan and Ohio did you call home? Me .. in Ohio I lived in Clark County, Logan County and Columbus... over the years. Now just north of Ann Arbor. I'd love to retire to AZ -- where bouts' there did you choose to make your home?

Kate in MI

Wish it would work I was told that some of the wprds that are common are not so to my family ancestry, hence the accent that comes out when I'm tired, relaxed, or even stressed. Was informed that it is actually Olde English...or middle english, and since my family tree includes some islanders (Tangier island and others along the Maryland-Virginia coast) that make s abit of sense to me. I have yet to visit said islands and listened to those who have lived there all of their lives, but I am hoping to sometime in the near future....just to see if I "recognize" my home accent.

Larisa

Elmira, Petoskey, Big Rapids, Grand Rapids, Norway Lake(in the UP) , and Westland (())* in MI. Never did live in OH--I was referring to it for the accent. Also lived in Westville, IN; and Bluffs, IL. Other places that I have lived include: FL, KY( ()), WV, MD, PA ( both east and west), CO (), UT(), NM, CA (), Ontario Canada, and now AZ. Will never say "this is it, no more moving, again"

• () means had more than one addy in that state)

Butterfly (who has been on the North, South, East and West coasts more than once..and even walked into/out of Mexico)

I got the site, but the quiz was way off.....

Pati, > It doesn't work anymore! Phooie!

I have one of those NO accents, highly sought by those hiring the news casters. I personally would prefer to be a weather caster than a news caster since you can tell people there's a 50% chance of anything and they act like you've given them some worth while information.....and also screw up a LOT and still keep your job. Whadda deal ;)

Val

Welcome to the club. Americans think I sound Scottish. Scots think I sound Canadian... I've been asked if I am from every English-speaking country in the world so far. No, I am not Irish, South African, etc, etc. Accent spotters. Bleh. (Why not ask, instead of assume?)

-- Jo in Scotland

LOL I get this when I speak Dutch: the northern people think I'm southern and the southern think I'm northern - I have the strong G and rolling R and in Dutch one is northern and the other southern

and well ...when I get to German I make a nice mess of things all of which is instantly forgiven when it's discovered that I'm English - they are impressed I speak *any* German at all LOL (the Germans all seem to think I'm Dutch LOL)

I tried it when it was up and running. I haven't lived in my birthplace in over fifty years and it placed my accent from there. I guess you can't take Philly out of the girl ;-)

Apparently I come from the northeast: North Jersey, NYC, Connecticut or Rhode island

interesting choice as 100 % English, never been any where near NY (well except in my dreams) and people usually tell me I sound like the Queen :-)

I'm a "Midlander" according to the test. Quite funny as my accent is 100% Scottish. morag

"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."

Once again I find that I talk like Johnny Carson.

NightMist in Western NY

I'm a "Midlander".

Born in Tennessee, moved to California, Guam, back to CA., Oregon, Ohio, Kansas, back in Oregon. "No Accent" - I guess that's what happens when you're a Navy brat! ;-)

Laurie in Oregon

Don't do it, Val! I still remember a man in Minnesota who contacted the local weatherman and said, "Okay, Bud, you come shovel this 12 inches of partly cloudy out of my driveway!"

LOL