I'm crushed...

[chrishansenhome]

I have been told that I have a Midwestern accent; people tell me I must be from Ohio or someplace like that.

However, I just took this quiz, and, you know, you can't really leave home behind:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: Boston   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 West
The Midland
North Central
Philadelphia
The Northeast
The Inland North
The South
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

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[vasilatos]

I, on the other hand, am amazed. I'm very conscious of the residual New England in my voice.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The Northeast
The Inland North
Philadelphia
Boston
The West
The South
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

[auntieruth.livejournal.com]

I got the same results as you. How whack is that?

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

The "Are you from Wisconsin?" from the "The Inland North" I got fits me because I spent some happy years there, but I don't think there really are enough questions for a topic like this.

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

hmm - realise that the survey is "what kind of american accent have you got". I tried the questions, and I'm quite strongly (and evenly) inland north / philadelphia, which they said made me "northeast".

however, I don't have an American accent at all. I've never lived there. "northeast" is just how yr panda sounds to US ears.

You've lived a significant period in London. While at our stage of life, the effects will be subtle (as opposed to one's place(s) of residence before age 15), it will modify your accent somewhat. As I recall, while I wouldn't take your voice for that of an Englishman, you don't sound completely American either.

When I think about my own accent, I'd say it's "Transatlantic" (that's the English "trahns-atlantic"), somewhere south of Iceland and east of Newfoundland. I suspect yours is starting to drift eastward.

(re: photo - I've got my accen-listening ears on)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Of course, it's completely bogus (is "bogus internet quiz" a tautology?), since it hasn't heard you speak.