Thread: what is your accent?

Originally Posted by RoyalSubject

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."

Guess that makes sense since I was born in Milwaukee and lived there until I was almost 11.

Here's the link directly to the quiz:

What American accent do you have?

Thats what I got too, except everything is a coke for me, which is a very southern thing. Plus I have a drawl.

Originally Posted by jammer06

Thats what I got too, except everything is a coke for me, which is a very southern thing. Plus I have a drawl.

I never called carbonated beverages pop either. Everyone I knew called it soda.

Originally Posted by RoyalSubject

I never called carbonated beverages pop either. Everyone I knew called it soda.

In Chicago the pop thing comes out pretty strong. Not sure if it held up in Wisconsin. You guys do the bag rhyming with vague thing though

Originally Posted by jammer06

In Chicago the pop thing comes out pretty strong. Not sure if it held up in Wisconsin. You guys do the bag rhyming with vague thing though

Indeed. I was made fun of for that so often after I left Wisconsin. I spent years training myself to say it differently. I still cringe to this day when I let "bauge" slip out.

Lets see I was Filipino from age 1-11, then from age 12-15 I lived in SoCal, then from 15 on up I've been in Texas. My accent is ghettofabulousouthernishdudelipino.

Originally Posted by jammer06

BTW I'm inland north... which is funny because I did go to school in Chicago but the south was really high as well which reflects a few years living there. I bust into some weird accents.

I scored Inland North as well. Which is interesting as I have lived only in New York or California.

Lcd

West for me but then, I knew I'm just a hillbilly at heart.

<--------- Redneck with just a small touch of Drunk