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aderack · Posts: 5018

Hello. Apparently I have a Boston accent -- if an extremely subtle one.

Your Result: Boston (94%)

You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine.

The Midland: 75%
The West: 73%
North Central: 53%
The Northeast: 52%
Philadelphia: 47%
The Inland North: 26%
The South: 23%

As posted to Liverjournal by our very own Mr. Mechanical. However, he did not post it here! You will, though!

Sawtooth · Posts: 2350

I corrected an answer and it changed my result! bag and vague rhyme, motherfockers.

brainiac · Posts: 941

hi adorack

aderack · Posts: 5018

Is that "baig" or "vahg", for you?

aerisdead · Posts: 556

Apparently, I too have a Boston accent.

Aderack, you don't sound so much like me, man.

Nana Komatsu · Posts: 697

They got me perfectly (inland north, Wisconsin) but I am offended by them saying I call soda by that other name.

GrimSweeper · Posts: 530

This test is valid, as it gave me North Central. People should mistake me as Canadian because I AM Canadian.

aderack · Posts: 5018

Nana Komatsu wrote:

They got me perfectly (inland north, Wisconsin) but I am offended by them saying I call soda by that other name.

It is weird. I mean. Soda should, hypothetically, be the more precise term: it is soda water. With flavoring added. Thus... soda.

brainiac · Posts: 941

http://www.popvssoda.com/

extralife · Posts: 3316

They gave me The Midland, but Philly, the inland north and the south were all close. Which is to say I have no idea what the fuck that thing is trying to tell me. Especially since I'm from no place associated with ANY of those regions.

Karoshi · Posts: 968

I have a non-regional (Midland) dialect because my parents were scared people would make fun of my innate chirpiness tagalog bestows upon a native speaker. They found lots of other reasons to make fun of me instead.

I haven't spoken a lick of tagalog since I was . . . 4 years old or so?

Often times at work, I'll mimick the dialect of my clients (we work on the phone) to make them feel more at ease.

professor_scissors · Posts: 1033

I got Midland, but it got my background all wrong. I've lived in California, Georgia, and Washington, so I think it all sort of balanced out.

Jaihson · Posts: 133

Hey neat, spot on. Generous smear of Philadelphia obscured by Inland North and Boston accounting for my suburban-ness and 5 years spent in RI.

Mr. Mechanical · Posts: 1890

Yeah, I found this earlier on Rush n' Attack's livejournal, if anybody remembers him from the few times he's posted here (I'm sure I remember him from a while back).

It classified me as having a Southern accent the first time I took it, a couple hours ago.

Sawtooth · Posts: 2350

brainiac wrote:

http://www.popvssoda.com/

hmmm i see there are still pockets of soda resistance in middle america ,':^|

Uh, yeah, I call it soda now. I stopped calling it pop around the same time I stopped calling water fountains "bubblers."

My grandfather says "Uff Da" as an exclamation of disappointment.

Uff Da!

108 · Posts: 2600

Wow. I got 100% Philadelphia. It says my accent is "As Philadelphia as a cheesesteak." Which is kind of creepy.

Weird. I was born in Philadelphia, though I can't say I ever lived there. Though I guess my mom grew up there, and my dad lived there for a long while.

Hmmm. Interesting, anyway. I never knew that "Philadelphia" was how you pronounce "speaking properly".

klikbeep · Posts: 485

Huh! Also correct - - just out of Chicago, family from Wisconsin, called soda pop until moving. I think I'm starting to migrate.

ReroRero · Posts: 2148

I am Australian. Geographically I am more southern than the lot of you.

professor_scissors · Posts: 1033

I can't say soda OR pop. Both sound weird to me.

I just refer to the drink in question. Coke, 7up, Pepsi, whatever. I don't refer to them as a whole.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

WTF.

I got philadelphia. Bullshit.

Mr. Mechanical · Posts: 1890

Don't worry Toups, we all know you're really a southern dandy.

boojiboy7 · Posts: 1104

Well, nana you are deep in pop country, so you can't be surprised they say that. I too have the Inland North accent, which I guess is fitting enough, given that I was born and raised in Cleveland, though from what I have heard talking to people outside of Cleveland, there is a particular was we say the letter a when it is near the end of (but not the actual end of) words. Oddly enough, I was told this was most prevalent in how people from Cleveland say Cleveland.

And yeah, totally pop here. Soda is for drinks made with soda water, or soda water itself. Not all carbonated beverages involve soda water. And stuff like Hawaiian Punch is totally pop (if it comes in a 2 liter bottle, it is pop). Though Tahitian Treat is still the best fruit punch.

Sync-Swim · Posts: 634

The Midland

I've lived in Northern California my entire life.

Scratchmonkey · Posts: 2229

Same here. It just isn't a very nuanced test; what can you expect from ~10 questions though, especially when it's relying on self-reporting.

Hot Stott Bot · Posts: 2097

The Northeast: 70%
The Midland: 70%
The Inland North: 70%
The South: 69%
Philadelphia: 67%
The West: 37%
Boston: 25%

Guys, what the fuck does this mean? ;_;

What is wrong with me? ;_;

What is a Southern, Midland, Northeastern, Inland North, Philadelphian who is definitely not from Boston (check "Location" under my avatar) supposed to do? ;_;

stotelheim · Posts: 414

GcDiaz · Posts: 1057

I'm apparently a northern midlander, which is off by a bit. My accent is a mix of immigrant and new yorker, so I dunno where they got midland from.

djtiesto · Posts: 170

Mr. Mechanical wrote:

Yeah, I found this earlier on Rush n' Attack's livejournal, if anybody remembers him from the few times he's posted here (I'm sure I remember him from a while back).

That's me, LOL... I don't post here too often, really. I got Philadelphia... kind of weird considering I never knew Philadelphians had a distinct accent (mine I would consider it a not-too-thick Long Island style accent).

Kazu · Posts: 894

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

Philadelphia or The Inland North, a close call. Although I'm yuropian...

George · Posts: 1656

I got Midland, which makes sense since I lived in Illinois for 10 years before moving to Seattle for 10 more (The West came in 2nd).

It's pop, motherfuckers.

dongle · Posts: 236

I got 100% west. I'm from LA. It's bland, like my e-personality

Nana Komatsu · Posts: 697

boojiboy7 wrote:

Well, nana you are deep in pop country, so you can't be surprised they say that. I too have the Inland North accent, which I guess is fitting enough, given that I was born and raised in Cleveland, though from what I have heard talking to people outside of Cleveland, there is a particular was we say the letter a when it is near the end of (but not the actual end of) words. Oddly enough, I was told this was most prevalent in how people from Cleveland say Cleveland.

And yeah, totally pop here. Soda is for drinks made with soda water, or soda water itself. Not all carbonated beverages involve soda water. And stuff like Hawaiian Punch is totally pop (if it comes in a 2 liter bottle, it is pop). Though Tahitian Treat is still the best fruit punch.

Actually, I'm from the Milwaukee area which is a Soda Oasis in the middle of a sea of pop. But then Milwaukeeans speak weird.

Do you know where the bubbler is? Oh it's right next to the time machine.

Anyway I don't honestly think I could live anywhere where they call it pop.

ReroRero · Posts: 2148

Fizzy drinks, yo!

aderack · Posts: 5018

boojiboy7 wrote:

Soda is for drinks made with soda water, or soda water itself. Not all carbonated beverages involve soda water.

Historically, this is absolutely untrue! The basis for carbonated soft drinks as we know them is soda fountains in drug stores. Tonics like Coke and Moxie were originally sold in concentrated form, with the intention that people mix them with a certain proportion of water. Given that carbonated water was also purported to have certain health benefits (thus the presence of soda fountains in drug stores), it soon became common for soda jerks to infuse these concentrated syrups with soda water. Later, when the precise technology was worked out, these soda mixtues were professionally bottled by the syrup manufacturers and sold directly to the end consumer.

So. Yeah. Technically speaking, any carbonated soft drink derived from a syrup is a "soda" -- whatever regional name might be preferred.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

96% The West, 95% The Midland. 75% Boston, 73% North Central. Weird numbers.

"Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent."

Yep, I slip into that a little bit, after all the years living in coastal Cali.

Isfet · Posts: 510

regional differences in terminology can be interesting. here's one i'm curious about:

"do you want to get some coffee later?"

OR

"do you want to get a coffee later?"

the former is the one i'd say and hear the most, but when i left the LI/NYC area for school, i heard the latter more often.

Quick Shot II Turbo · Posts: 468

Well...

Sync-Swim · Posts: 634

Woh's yuh issue, eh? Ahhhh yu jus' goh sump' gainst the mancuinen race-uh yah? Fookin' scousers, NOO ORDAH

Aye dunnae weh y'com'n from, aye, buh's jus all sum candy talking, y'lihl crank

Nana Komatsu · Posts: 697

Isfet wrote:

"do you want to get a coffee later?"

the former is the one i'd say and hear the most, but when i left the LI/NYC area for school, i heard the latte more often.

jutla, a · Posts: 240

I have a 100% Boston accent.

I don't think I've ever even BEEN to Boston.

Through age 3, I lived in Kansas, through age six, Virginia, then I spent a year in Philadelphia and I've been in fucking Missouri for the remainder of my life up to now. What the hell?

Wilkes · Posts: 1603

quiz is a sham.