The Bad Midland*
You wouldn’t think that an online test could tell you anything about how you talk, but the What American Accent Do You Have quiz is actually pretty good.
AlphaWife and I both have the same accent — which is to say that we don’t really have one. I can see it for me ’cause mine came from the melting pot of military brats (although one of my siblings evidently has a Southern accent). But you’d think a south San Antonio gal would end up with a distinct accent. Maybe she’s been around me too long?
| 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. |
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| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
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I interviewed an applicant over the phone one time before bringing her in for a second interview. After we’d worked together several months she told me that her first impression of me was that I should be in radio. All well and good, I just don’t think the money would have been there; I’m no Howard Stern . . . or Rush, for that matter.
* When I first saw the results of the test ,”The Midland”, I figured it was going to tell me that I talked like I was from Midland, Texas. Imagine my surprise when I found that I talk like those damn Yankees from north of the Mason-Dixon line!
