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American Accents Quiz
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Sheena
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hmm, I am northern accent.
When I was in college in Indiana someone told me I had a Pittsburgh accent. Then, after I graduated, I moved to Pittsburgh for two years. And after hearing people there talk, I suddenly remembered what my college friend said, and I was like, I SO do not sound like that.
hahaha.. and now that I reread what I wrote, I sound like a pre-teen. Ah well, too lazy to edit.
When I was in college in Indiana someone told me I had a Pittsburgh accent. Then, after I graduated, I moved to Pittsburgh for two years. And after hearing people there talk, I suddenly remembered what my college friend said, and I was like, I SO do not sound like that.
hahaha.. and now that I reread what I wrote, I sound like a pre-teen. Ah well, too lazy to edit.
Midland for me. Which covers a strip from about Pittsburgh to Kansas City, though they bring up you don't have to live there - it's the very generic accent that news broadcasters strive for because it doesn't sound like any accent.
Which makes sense, I think. I've lived in Michigan, eastern PA (outside Philadelphia), Virginia, Texas, Germany, Alabama, North Carolina and Utah. When I'm talking to someone with a thick accent, I catch myself mirroring it to some extent. But in the long term, instead of adding the local quirky pronunciations, I typically just lose any that I had and get more generic.
Which makes sense, I think. I've lived in Michigan, eastern PA (outside Philadelphia), Virginia, Texas, Germany, Alabama, North Carolina and Utah. When I'm talking to someone with a thick accent, I catch myself mirroring it to some extent. But in the long term, instead of adding the local quirky pronunciations, I typically just lose any that I had and get more generic.
"You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for."
Although, I have at times been told that I have a southern accent and Canadian accent. Hmm.
btw, Sheena - a friend of a friend in Pittsburgh once said she was going to the "John Deagle," aka, the "Giant Eagle" supermarket!
Although, I have at times been told that I have a southern accent and Canadian accent. Hmm.
btw, Sheena - a friend of a friend in Pittsburgh once said she was going to the "John Deagle," aka, the "Giant Eagle" supermarket!
