Jul 31
‘Ow ah tawk
Or, how I talk. There’s an entertaining quiz you can take to see how your pronunciations of words place you geographically in these here United States. My (accurate) results –and the first question to get you started– are below. The map with all users’ results (a work in progress) can be viewed here.
They’re not surprising; the questions are pretty routine for these types of studies. A few years ago, there was a cool and fairly comprehensive (~130 questions or more, if I recall correctly) Harvard study online with basically the same info, and a map that overlaid the answers to the individual questions on the map so you could see which answers were common to which regions (e.g. which regions say “pop” versus “soda”).
What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net
Northeastern.
You’re probably from somewhere near New York City, possibly north Jersey, or Connecticut or Rhode Island. If you are from New York City you may be one of the types who people never believe when you say you’re from New York.
Take this quiz now - it’s easy!
