What American Accent do you have?

[samplegirl]

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

[Shell Beau]

1. That's a Southern accent you've got there.

You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.




Yep, Mississippi girl here!

[LSK]

6. welcome BACK to DU!!

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

7. I try to pop in every now and then!!

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

2. What a surprise

Not! The Northeast. Except it's more Philly than Boston. 15 years ago it would be totally Boston.

"Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak."

[SPKrazy]

21. ROFL!

Mine basically said I could be from Philly or anywhere else in the US

no accent according to it.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Inland North

yep, the test nailed it.

But I'm not sure I understand. I don't have an accent.

:)

[SharonRB]

70. Same here.

Made perfect sense to me.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. Right. What's an accent.

And, Go Blue tomorrow, if you're watching the game.

:applause:

[SharonRB]

118. What a disaster that turned out to be

I don't know why I even watched the whole thing!

Time for Lloyd to retire.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

I only caught parts of the game ...

I was mostly watching some history channel while taking down the Christmas tree and hassling the cats with the vacuum cleaner. Way more calm than the Rose Bowl Way more calm than the national news, too.

Dunno about ousting Lloyd. It was a pretty good season overall. That offensive line was a sieve in this game, didn't protect the quarterback much.

[SharonRB]

133. True -- that definitely was our biggest problem.

[radfringe]

111. me too...but

can't figure that out --

I'm originally from Massachusetts (western-MA) lived there for 42 years.
Moved to Northeast PA about 9 years ago

and I never called soda "pop" - it was always SODA

[stonecoldsober]

128. Same here.

I got all the answers correct, so i don't know why it would say I have an accent.

[FedUpWithIt All]

4. It's right

Your Result: The Inland North


You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

[NMDemDist2]

9. i got Inland North and I don't EVER get asked those questions

and I live in the Southwest

I sound more west Texas than anything

:shrug:

[FedUpWithIt All]

31. Thats sorta a big jump, eh?

:hi:

It had me pegged though.

[Critters2]

47. I call carbonated drinks "pop". And didn' that hand New Englanders

quite the chuckle. When they weren't busy mis-pronouncing my name.

[LSK]

5. Inland North

Your Result: The Inland North


You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

BTW I'm from Chicago.

[lizziegrace]

8. The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

I've been told I sound like a news broadcaster. Accent-neutral. :shrug:

[crim son]

12. That's what I got too, the west.

People from the U.S. sometimes detect what remains of my Canadian accent, while my mother (a Canadian) thinks I sound like a Mainer.

[crim son]

10. The west.

No surprise there.

[SPKrazy]

15. I'd Have Thought I'd Have More West

but I'm Midland

nothing

bullshit

:hi:

[crim son]

18. Hi there.

Are you mobilizing yourself for a fresh start tomorrow? :hi:

[SPKrazy]

23. Sure, Fresh Starts!

getting rid of this piece of shit 2006!

absolutely

don't know what that means to get mobilized exactly.

I guess, setting my internal resolve.

Going to start Yoga! As soon as the class starts.

That may help me become more focused and flexible (literally and figuratively)

And you?

:pals:

[crim son]

27. It's funny... I have been thinking of picking up my yoga again too.

This has been a bad year for my arthritis and yoga makes it just disappear. I should get back to my hour a day.

Also: No more thinking about MJC... not with anger, or sadness, or fondness. No thinking of him at all.
Finish my classes and get a job!
Sell this house or at least get out of it.
No more interrupting during conversations. I learned to do this as self-defense because my STBE husband's family
never shuts up. I no longer need to use the technique.


There is more but that's what comes to mind right now! And I say "mobilized" because throwing myself back into normal life is going to be a challenge.

Out the door, POS 2006 :toast:

[SPKrazy]

28. Out The Door POS!

I've only done a little bit of Yoga

I'm thinking that flexibility has it's advantages in many ways and the strengthening that comes with Yoga (mental and physical) is something that I could use in my life right now.

"Normal life" is what we do when we can't handle being screwn by life and others anymore!

Here's to "normal life" my friend!

and Here's to Peace, prosperity, getting out of bad places, away from bad people, and making new spaces in our lives for happiness and the living of life!

:toast:


:hug: :loveya:

I always wonder about coincidences. I never know what to make of them. First the sparrow covered with cowshit story, and now Yoga, and other parallels in our lives (not identical ones, but parallels) and the odds of being on DU, talking to each other, and etc.

I'm not inclined to believe that some abstract power of the universe is looking down and controlling my tiny speck of a life in contrast to the vastness of the universe. I do sometimes think that like attracts like in some unseen way, maybe even over the internet?

Just some end of the year mumbo jumbo!

I really do love knowing ya crim!

[Arkansas Granny]

11. My result was the West, which certainly surprises me. I was

born and grew up in the Midwest and have lived in the South for many years. I can hear my accent becoming more and more Southern by the year. And, for the record, I use the phrases "y'all" and "bless her heart" in everyday conversation.

[lizziegrace]

14. So do I

I can say y'all with the best of them (I lived MS and TN for 20 years.)

[Arkansas Granny]

41. I lived in Texas for a brief period of time. I met a girl who said

to me (after learning that I was originally from Missouri), "Y'all don't say y'all, do y'all?"

[SPKrazy]

17. Yes, Ark Granny, I'm More and More Southern

much to my chagrin, every year

I also can change in different settings

but the test says I have no accent

Midlander

:shrug:

[Arkansas Granny]

42. It just creeps up on you over a period of time, doesn't it?

[SPKrazy]

13. Midlander

says I don't have an accent at all

I know I have a bit of a southern accent, now y'all don't think I could live in Arkansas for 19 years and not have picked up one, and lived in Oklahoma 12 years prior to that.

[Phentex]

16. Midland...which means no accent....

I sound somewhat southern but I don't do the pen/pin thing. Drives me nuts.

[SPKrazy]

19. Hey

you and me both

more southern for sure.

"Now y'all just sit yourselves down and have a little talk".

:shrug: :hi:

[Phentex]

24. please tell me you don't turn the light "own"

I hear that quite a bit. :7

[SPKrazy]

30. No, I turn It ON

as in Dawn or Don which sound the same to me as On.

[auntAgonist]

20. Interesting .. It says I have

a Boston accent.

You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine.

BUT. I'm Scottish, born there, raised (from age 10) in Canada, living in Michigan.

Nice to see you again Shell Beau.

:hug:

happy new year.

aA

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

26. Well, it was just a U.S. test, not global

and Boston is the closest thing we've got to a "foreign" accent.

(just joking)

[Fox Mulder]

22. Inland North

I'm from Minnesota, after all...

[Guava Jelly]

25. Midland accent ( I live in missouri)

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland


"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

[SPKrazy]

29. We Don't Got No Stinkin' Accent!

in my case that is bullshit, but I had the same profile

:hi:

[Rob H.]

32. Inland North, lol

I'm a former military brat who grew up all over the world until right before I turned 14, at which point we moved to and stayed in Memphis for 13 years, my dad is from Montana and my mom is from Tennessee. Inland North is the last one I would've expected!

[baldguy]

33. I speak Buffalonian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_English

[Bonescrat]

71. Nice... I live there for 6 yrs during college...

Didn't pick up that accent though...

And I always called Cheektowaga, Cheektowarsaw...

[Nikia]

34. Midland

I grew up in Ohio, but now live in Wisconsin. It is a relief that I don't sound like "them". It has occurred to me though that maybe I actually do. Maybe I think in Midland, but actually sound like Inland North now.
I originally found the Wisconsin accent annoying, but barely notice it anymore.

[Critters2]

44. Do Wisconsinite still go to the lavatory and drink from bubblers?

When my folks first moved there, I had no idea what people were talking about.

[Nikia]

51. I had never heard the word "bubbler" until I came to Wisconsin

I had to figure that one out. I'm not sure if most people use that word, though.
I had heard "lavatory" before coming to Wisconsin. It does seem that most people use "restroom" or "bathroom".

[Connonym]

112. 26 years here and I STILL refuse to use the word bubbler

I let them convert me from pop to soda but the word bubbler will never cross my lips in reference to a drinking fountain.

[flamingyouth]

35. North Central....?

I have always lived in the West (which was my next result). :shrug:

[mitchum]

36. Midland accent, but I was born and raised in the south...

you can still tell that I'm southern not by my accent, but by my choice of words:
"tote that thing"
"I'm fixing to"
"carry you up to the store"
"cut on that light"
etc...

[AlienAvatar]

37. Inland North

How come all the other people talk funny?

[Silver Swan]

38. But...

Well, I am inland north, which is no surprise. I grew up in Michigan and now live in NE Illinois.

But the quiz didn't ask whether "fog" is similar to or different from "dog." My spouse, who is a native Chicagoan thinks they rhyme, while I always disagree!

[AlienAvatar]

39. How do you say "fog" and "dog" and

not have them rhyme!? I guess you do it somehow, but I can't figure how.

[Critters2]

45. Me neither. They definitely rhyme. nt

[BarenakedLady]

61. dawg

It's a New England thang.

[AlienAvatar]

64. Stop talking like that! Talk right!

Talk like me. I talk right.

You talk funny. :spank:

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

74. I used ta tawk funny

Not anymowah. :)

I've learned to use my R's and everything.

:hi:

[Bonescrat]

72. I think, BNL, that they actually say fawg and dawg...

But they sound very different to me.

[BarenakedLady]

73. No, it's more like

fahhhg and dawg. At least in RI. Boston is a whole nother story. They say Bawb for Bob and crazy shit like that.

Wait, it's been 13 years since I lived there. I can't even fake the accent anymore, so what do I know? :shrug: Give me a few weeks with my family and not fuh nuthin, I staht tawking like this.

Ma, the dawg wants some watah. And the cah needs a new mufflah.

:rofl:

[sarge43]

40. Inland North

Grew up in Michigan - duh.

[Critters2]

43. Midland

"What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland


"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."


I DO NOT talk like I'm from Southern Illinois. I've heard those people--I haven't understood 'em, but I've heard 'em. I've lived in Iowa or Central Illinois my whole life--except grad school in New England. Now THOSE PEOPLE talk funny!!! :)

[bigwillq]

46. Inland North (nt)

[Eurobabe]

48. Freaking awesome! It called me as a Philly girl....

Right on the money :hi: and I know which question was the clincher...

The Mary question...

[Misskittycat]

77. My accent is as "Philadelphian as a cheese steak." LOL

It got me right on the money, too.

BTW, I've been looking into how to get rid of the accent. Any suggestions, 48percenter? It's a persistent bugger.

[Eurobabe]

101. DON'T try to erase it, EMBRACE IT!

My kids, esp. the younger one has a mean Fuldulphia accent: she says wuter, raadiators, eyether (either), murray (merry). LOL. But she is a very well educated young lady. Just has those philly-isms in her speech. The older one, not so much, dunno why?

I am originally from the Midwest, but moved to upstate NY when I was 12, so I have bits of twang from all over the East Coast, PA, VA, etc.

How's bout them Iggles??

YEE-HAW!!

[Misskittycat]

115. The mary/merry etc. question was the dinger for me, too. I

wondered why they didn't phrase the question, "Do you pronounce "merry" as "murray"?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

49. West.

[Kat45]

50. The test said I have a Boston accent.

The test is correct.

[RetroLounge]

52. "Are you from Wisconsin?"

:rofl:

RL

[Dervill Crow]

53. West, of course. n/t

[blitzen]

54. Cool...It correctly pegged me as a non-surfing Westerner

[achtung_circus]

55. Oh, well.

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: North Central

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

Being Canadian probably skewed my results.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

56. Midland here

I'm from Kansas, NOT Pennsylvania (although I lived there for 5 years)

[NewWaveChick1981]

57. It SAYS Boston. But I've only been to Boston once in my life...

:yoiks: I've got a Southern accent, but it's not heavy or hicky. Born and raised in Atlanta and have lived in NC since 1975. My dad's from Pennsylvania (mom's from SC), which may explain that odd accent diagnosis... :P I do say "y'all" a lot...

[Oeditpus Rex]

58. 'Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak!

"If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington."


Kewl, dewd. :rofl:

[I Have A Dream]

59. Midland. This result is correct for me. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

60. Midland.

Born in Ohio. Lived all over. I could get a job as a newscaster and need to speech training, I've got such a generic American accent.

[philosophie_en_rose]

62. "The West"

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

[KitchenWitch]

63. Inland North - now THERE's a surprise!

NOT!

lived in Minnesota from 1968 until this past August.

[Courtesy Flush]

65. Fuck if I know

I was born and raised in Louisiana. Lived here all my life, but even Northerners assume I'm from up north.

[DainBramaged]

66. I'm from Joisey and I "sound" like I'm from the Inland North

No focking way Jane.

[hyphenate]

67. My goodness!

It couldn't be more on the nose than if I tried!!

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: Boston
 
You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you
don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston
area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine.

[xmas74]

68. Inland North

Like I couldn't have guessed that. I hear it all the time.


(I grew up in Wisconsin and the UP but I don't call it "pop". That actually gets on my nerves. But I do call them "bubblers".)

[graywarrior]

69. No shit...Boston, with Maine, NH mix.

[MissMillie]

122. yep me too

and I most definitely do.

[bridgit]

75. Your Result: The Midland...

"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.

like whatever dude :rofl:

[ikojo]

76. Born and raised in Springfield Illinois...

went to college with a lot of kids from the North Chicago suburbs so it might explain my results:



You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

[ncrainbowgrrl]

79. The northeast (grew up there, so not surprising!)

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Northeast

Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.

Philadelphia

The Inland North

The Midland

The South

Boston

The West

North Central

[billyskank]

80. My accent is from the northeast!

:woohoo:

Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.

Um...maybe not. :D

[BarenakedLady]

83. See???

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6002199#6002217

Perfect match I tell ya! You just won't listen. :rofl:

[femmocrat]

81. "Midland" accent (they didn't have Pittsburghese, I guess)!

"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."

Wow! A good voice for TV and radio!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

82. The Inland North.

Oddly, I live in Minnesota.

[GalleryGod]

84. Hey, Betts! Great OP,here.

I was Philly, Of course !:think:


Good job, Betts !:hug: :pals: :hug:

[samplegirl]

88. You don't say

well invite me for some caufffffffffffffee!

[Spider Jerusalem]

85. How bizarre.

My result: Philadelphia.

Except that I've never lived in Philadephia or anywhere near it.

[QMPMom]

86. Hmmmm...... It says I have a Midland accent but in reality my

accent is Southern. The first thing out of people's mouth when they meet me is to ask if I'm from the Southern US.

I'm from that area in Southern Indiana that has a Southern accent. There's a linguistic name for the phenomenon but I can't remember what it is. It's called the Hoosier 'something-or-other'.

[Monkeyman]

87. Inland North

[Skittles]

89. pegged me as a Northeastern although I've never lived there

BUT it still may be a decent result because my accent is a mixture of growing up in England and the US midwest

[RFKHumphreyObama]

90. The Northeast

Close enough...I live overseas though :)

[Nicole]

91. The South

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The South


That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.

[SmileyBoy]

92. North Central (The "Yah You Betcha Accent")

"'North Central' is what professional linguists cll the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot."

[Nevernose]

93. I'm a redneck from East Texas

This ain't a "midlands" accent by any stretch of the imagination.

[photogirl12]

94. Inland North n/t

[high density]

95. It says I'm "North Central," but I'm a Mainer

:eyes:

It is... wrong. I guess I didn't answer those questions very well or something. The results bar graph shows like 66% Boston but only 10% Northeast... 90% West, 80% midland. ??? I dunno.

[Zorra]

96. I got "midland" but I'm from the inland Pacific Northwest. n/t

[Digit]

97. Midland accent, although I am from NoVa originally

I do say y'all and always have, although that was not brought out on the test.

[Wetzelbill]

98. The West

Hell, I didn't even know I had an accent.

Notably, I do say "fer", "Nukular", and "pop."

[Danger Mouse]

99. It says midlands...

...but I talk really quickly...so I don't quite sound like that.
I don't have an accent per se, I just clip words, so when I went to college in baltimore, some of the marylanders would make fun of the way I talked...(they would drawl...while I talk a mile a minute...)

[Parrcrow]

100. North Central

North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.


When they mistake me for a Canadian, they are quite right.

[TheBaldyMan]

102. I have a 'Boston' accent - funny I always thought it was broad scots!

[Heidi]

103. Midland. (nt)

[clbuck]

104. Midland

"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.

Hmm, I've lived in the Pacific Northwest all of my life (in Portland and Seattle).

[Liberal In Texas]

105. Possibly the most bizarre one...Wisconsin/Nebraska/Texas

and now some British, as my wife is a Brit and I pick up her accent in my speech. People can't pin me down.

[EFerrari]

106. Test is funny because it came out Midland and says that's a

good (no) accent for teevee/radio but, English is my second language and I LEARNED English from teevee/radio.

[deadparrot]

107. The Midland--and they're right.

"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.

[Zero Division]

108. Midland (lived 9 years in the Northeast, South, and Midwest each)

I suppose it makes sense considering where I was born and raised in my early years (Pennsylvania) and where I've lived for the past 9 years (Iowa).

[Kutjara]

109. It's half right.

Says I'm from New England. I'm actually from England. Close enough.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

110. "Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak!"

Wid onions k :D

I'm so Philadelphian, I boo myself in the mirror.

:rofl:

[Misskittycat]

114. Good one. n/t

[Pierre.Suave]

113. Well, considering I am from Minnesota...

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

[pokerfan]

116. Midland / no accent

though I live in the NW.

[CBHagman]

117. Definitely Northeast, which the quiz confirms.

I lived in six different states while I was growing up, and currently I live in the Mid-Atlantic, but there's no mistaking that I have a Northeastern accent. When I was about 12, I had the non-rhotic accent some people have in North Jersey/NYC (i.e., I didn't pronounce the final R, as in "I wonduh" for "I wonder"). I still struggle over how to pronounce LaGuardia, as I didn't pronounce the R when I was a kid.

[Burma Jones]

119. Midland - makes sense, I was born in Indiana.......

"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.

[unsavedtrash]

120. Southern

Your Result: The South

That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.

[LostinVA]

121. Gosh, what a surprise -- not -- Philadelphia

"Your Result: Philadelphia


Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard."


I was born and grew up in South Jersey.

[RebelOne]

123. The quiz has my accent down perfectly.

I was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Miami, FL.

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland

"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.

The South

Philadelphia

The Northeast

The Inland North

The West

Boston

North Central

[Bridget Burke]

124. "Midland"--how dull. At least it's not Midland-Odessa.

I've lived most of my life in Texas & was raised by a Native Houstonian Mother & a Midwestern Grandmother. Grandma successfully protected 2 generations from the ravages of a full-blown Texas accent. "No, it's Italian, not Eye-talian!" And the N word was not used in our house--for reasons of decency & so we didn't sound like ignorant rednecks.

I can sound more "Texan" if I want to. Much better than Dubya!

If things had gone differently, I'd been brought up near my father's family, north of Boston. And parking my car in Harvard Yard with the best of them. (My Mom did pass along a few Irish-isms she learned up there.)

[Strawman]

125. Inland North

[El Fuego]

126. Philadelphia, but I've never been there.

I as born and raised in Florida.

[RubyDuby in GA]

127. The South

Hmm...I live in Georgia and grew up here. I bet that was a difficult outcome to determine.
Whoreibble. I think it should be a word...describes some stepford wives to a T.

[Roon]

129. Midland,no accent

I am actually thrilled that I honestly don't have an accent. Most people thought I was joking.

[UrbScotty]

130. Midland

I have a good voice for TV? Yeah right.

[tigereye]

131. Midland - big surprise there

(I would have said yinzer with a hint of Western NY.) Obviously having parents raised outside the midwest makes little difference.

[datasuspect]

132. Oxonian

with a smidge of welsh

[cally]

134. Umm, I have a midland accent but I'm from California

There's an interesting thread in the California forum about our accents. We have them but it's just not noticed as much.