American Accents..

[AprilT]

I don't know if the speaker is American?

Ditto to the video as to how I say those. :dunno:

 

[Glinda]

96% West.
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 from northwestern Pa. but have lived in Ca. over 40 years.

 

[Shalimar]

North central for this Canuck.

 

[Debby]

North Central for me too and I thought it interesting when the notation says that outsiders probably 'mistake me for a Canadian a lot'.

 

[tnthomas]

I think that more & more regional accents are getting "homogenized" by shifts in employment opportunities and housing costs, as well as exposure to mass media broadcasting.

But wait, is this really true? See the following article for further analysis: http://www.pbs.org/speak/ahead/

 

[Ameriscot]

96% West.
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 from northwestern Pa. but have lived in Ca. over 40 years.

My sister swears she has no accent. My flat Midwest accent is called a very strong American accent by people in the UK. And some even say it's cool which does not compute to me!

 

[oakapple]

Just done the test, it puts me firmly from North East.Interesting.

 

[oakapple]

It was North East 100%