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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Me Talk Pretty

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The 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.

North Central
 
The Midland
 
Boston
 
The South
 
The Inland North
 
Philadelphia
 
The Northeast
 
What American accent do you have?
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See, now will someone please tell the Chinese that I speak very standard American English. Or, at least I used to. Now I have a weird Canadian 'oot' thing going on, and British speech patterns (though not an accent still, you can breathe a sigh of relief).

And in a personal addition to this quiz, to find out if you have a Colorado accent, just answer these simple questions.

1. Do you pronounce the word 'both' as 'both' or 'bolth?'
2. What is a 'longjohn'?
3. Do you know what the word 'umber' means?
4. How do you refer to the sandwich served at Subway and Quizno's, etc?
5. Do you pronounce the word 'coupon' as 'quepon' or as 'kewpon'?

If you answered:
1. Bolth
2. A long cream-filled doughnut, a type of undergarment, and a possibly a pirate
3. Yes, the "I'm gonna tell on you" sense of the word.
4. Sub
5. Kewpon

Then you might just be Coloradoan (Northern Coloradoan if you know #3).

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2 Comments:

Blogger thothmuffin said...

Whoa, is "umber" really that region-specific?!

The East has such totally pornographic names for subs. Like "hoagies." (I don't know why that word sounds so dirty to me). And "grinders."

Is pronouncing "pillow" like "pellow" also a Colorado thing?

8:16 PM

 
Blogger Juntis said...

Actually, "umber" is really just that local. As far as I can tell, it is a word that originated in Fort Collins, but that is also used in Loveland and I've heard from people who know it as far south as Berthoud. I'm not sure about Greeley. But serious, ask your parents if they know what it means and you will likely get blank stares. Ask your friends down in Denver what it means, and probably the same.

As for 'pellow', I think that's just a Dave thing ;o). But actually, I do think that Colorado is on the cusp of that one, though I'm not sure--I think it's more of a midwest thing actually. If I had to guess, in Colorado it's 50/50 pillow/pellow, or maybe even skewed a bit more in the pillow direction. Colorado does have a fairly standard (Hollywood) accent.

7:10 AM

 

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