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10 Aug 2013, 10:40 pm

Western :)
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11 Aug 2013, 12:28 am

Being a foreigner, I have none. But I love the southern accent and I really wish I could have it.



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11 Aug 2013, 1:13 am

95% Californian, with a little bit of southern mixed in. My mom's side of the family came from Arkansas.



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11 Aug 2013, 1:53 am

western but I think I sound more like a southern Canadian minus the "eh" and such.



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11 Aug 2013, 2:33 am

Which American accent do you have?

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Neutral You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.


(I'm not American.)



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28 Nov 2013, 5:05 am

JonnyBGoode wrote:
Midland

("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.

I think a "Midland" accent would be pretty normal for a Californian. Or a Washingtonian (I used to live up there, very little accent difference...)


I'm from Northern California, but I got Western:
Western is kind of neutral, but not quite since it`s still possible to tell where you`re from. So you might not actually be from the West (but you probably are). If you really want to sound "neutral," learn how to say "stock" and "stalk" differently.

Strangers often ask if I'm from England. When I was little, a speech therapist asked if I was from Germany.



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28 Nov 2013, 6:43 am

I got Northeastern

but...but...but

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28 Nov 2013, 2:48 pm

North central


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29 Nov 2013, 7:04 pm

Neutral

Despite that, people say I have a southern accent. I do live in the South, but I try to refrain from using southern slang and I don't hear a southern accent from me.