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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:01 PM Original message |
Let's Play Accent by Vowels |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have a midland accent |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Same here. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yes, what's known as the newscaster's accent |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Connecticut natives are generally accentless. They don't talk like New Yorkers, or like |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. And also, thanks for posting this. Perfect "companion" post, and I'll be interested |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. simple test |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. oh and it has to |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. It says I have a Philadelphia accent |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. It says that I have an Inland North accent |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Me, Too |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I think there's definitely a flaw in that test then. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. For Us |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yee-ah chure we do |
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zingaro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Me too. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. it tells me i have a boston accent |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. "The Inland North", which is odd. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Philadelphia! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Stooopid! I am NOT from Boston or anywhere other than PA! |
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LNM (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Inland North |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hmmm...says I have "no accent" (Midland) |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. yeah |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. It says "no one thinks I have an accent." |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Dude! no, dude. sick, they do that? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I was told once in high school |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. that's what makes them tag you as SoCal? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. It's more than that |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. I sound like I am from the West? LOL Well I admit to being born in Maine but |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. It says I have no accent... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. It says I have a Midland North Accent, which makes no sense, I was born and raised in Missouri... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. if you were southern |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. pin and pen do NOT sound the same... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Missour-ah |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. pe-con... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. #13 is obviously to separate out the Wisconsites |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. Boston. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. Midland (no accent) |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. The West? |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I got "the West", too, but I'm a PA native and resident! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've got a Midland accent over here |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. It told me I sounded like a valley girl... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. did it ask you how you say |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Hm... Like totally. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. Worthless. Said I had a "Western" accent, but.... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. what's the explanation for a western accent? |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Please read Redqueen's post #36. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
45. "Inland North" |
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Seashell Eyes (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. Midwestern accent here |
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