*jumps on the bandwagon*

[rosie_rues]

*is amused*

I have a southern English accent, which is the British equivalent to a non-accent, although I swing right up the social scale when I'm pissed off (my education was a damn sight posher than my family background so I have access to different registers). I'm also enough of a language geek to be weirdly entertained by taking this sort of test.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
Philadelphia
The Inland North
The Midland
The South
Boston
The West
North Central
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

Well, yes. All of those words sound different to me.

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I'm actually unsurprised by the result. I wish I remember where in the heck I was, though it definitely was in the southern part of England, but we walked into a pub and I kept hearing men who had accents that were uncannily similar to what I consider Massachusetts and Rhode Island accents.

If I ever went back to school for something entirely different it would most likely be in linguistics. In particular, it would be this sort of linguistics. I find it utterly and completely fascinating.