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10-27-2013, 08:54 AM
What American Accent do You Have?
I'm 93% Inland North and proud of it. The only difference is I sometimes drink "soda", not pop.
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."
I'm 93% Inland North and proud of it. The only difference is I sometimes drink "soda", not pop.
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."
10-27-2013, 09:30 AM
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10-27-2013, 09:39 AM
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As an Aussie living in the US, I can totally relate... and don't even want to get started on the "English" dictionary debate... Oxford, Webster, Macquarie, Collins????
10-27-2013, 09:40 AM
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10-27-2013, 10:43 AM
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I'm 96% "The West". It makes sense, I was born in Northern Cali but grew up in Southern Oregon (pronounced Organ or Ory-gun, but NEVER Ore-eh-gone).
I'm not sure how I feel about my accent being the lowest common denominator though. I somehow now feel like it's cheap.
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'm not sure how I feel about my accent being the lowest common denominator though. I somehow now feel like it's cheap.
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.
10-27-2013, 04:36 PM
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10-27-2013, 11:23 PM
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Oh yeah? Where'd you go?
Separationor church and state was merely in letters from Jefferson you the Baptists. What he was implying is that America would not have a state religion like that of England. That's all it meant.
Oh God...I'm Apparently "The Midland".
Makes sense as why a guy asked me if I was from Minnesota once.
Goddamnit.
"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.
What American Accent do You Have?
I'm 93% Inland North and proud of it. The only difference is I sometimes drink "soda", not pop.
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."
I'm 93% Inland North and proud of it. The only difference is I sometimes drink "soda", not pop.
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."
Makes sense as why a guy asked me if I was from Minnesota once.
Goddamnit.
"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.