American accent quiz

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).

If you are not from the North, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Southerner who hates Southern accents and tries really hard to "talk right"; or
(b) A New Yorker or New Jerseyan who doesn't have the full accent

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Different

Yes indeed, I am from Michigan, lived there from the day I was born in Pontiac General Hospital until I graduated from U of M. But the other year at Wiscon, someone asked me where I was from, and when I said Michigan, she said, "Hunh. Your accent has moved West."

Speaking of Wiscon, programming is up! I have my membership and hotel reservation and three roomies, two of whom I've never met. Will I see you there?