Americans, so you think that you don't have an accent (haha). Care to give this a try?

Thanks, @Mama_Cakes.

I got Midland. I can do a lot of code-switching, but I was taught to speak English by a Midwesterner and people often comment on my Midwestern accent even though I’ve never lived there!

And I’ve been told that in French, I have a strong Parisian accent! No surprise there. J’trouve que c’est assez sexy ;)

Fixed it.

Very cool!

Well, according to this, my German arse has a 93 percent “inland north” accent. Whatever that means.

The West. That’s where I’m from.

I’m a Canadian, too, but I came out as The West. Even though I’m from what we call eastern Canada (i.e. not the Maritimes).

Loli’s:You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin?” or “Are you from Chicago?” Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop.”

Same as my partner.

The Inland North. And I am from a suburb of Boston.

100% “The Inland North”

“You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin?” or “Are you from Chicago?” Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop.””

I lived in Chicago from birth through the age of 12, and I’ve lived in the South for the past 11 years. I no longer call soda “pop”, but my parents still do!

I do have a pretty generic American accent, though.

Me- the Inland North

My 9 year old daughter- the West

(my daughter is born and raised in the Midwest. I grew up out west. go figure)

The west. I’m from the east.

Interesting. For my partner and I, the results were spot on.

The quiz said The Midland for me. I’m from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and I have a southern twang.

“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.

Well, apparently I don’t have an accent.~
I’m not really sure what part of the US is midland. I’ve only lived on the edges: Florida and California. I do have a good radio voice though. Here, let me turn on my sexy voice and coax the milk out of your nose.

That’s odd. I have lived in California since 1965, and both my parents were born and raised in California, yet I rated “Inland North”. The only thing I can attribute it to is efforts at enunciating.

@fundevogel Hey! When it told me I was from The West, it also told me that’s the same as saying I don’t have an accent. I smell an accent-denying conspiracy.

@glacial Those bastards.

Your Result: The West 88%

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.

93% The Inland North. Spot on about Great Lakes region, but not Wisconsin or Chicago as the comment says. Also, I use pop and soda interchangeably.

My results were “Inland North.”

Hey, dey git no Hawai`ian pidgin on deah!

91% from NE United States, most likely New York City.

I was born in the Bronx and lived in a commuting suburb until I went away (Boston) to college.

Mine is Midlands, which is where I grew up. I thought I’d gotten away from that, but I guess not.

93% North Central…my partner was same but 82%.

I am western Canadian. My partner is East Indian from Fiji, who moved here at age 7.

I got north east 97%

(Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island.)

I’m from Melbourne Australia! Weird, too many american TV cop shows perhaps?

I got “North Central” but that is way off for me. Those guys hang onto their vowels like they’re worried they’ll run away and never come home (Faaaaargoooooo). I’m originally from CA, but have lived in VA for over 20 years now and do my best to avoid letting the southern twang sneak into my accent—although the occasional y’all may slip out every now and again (English really ought to have an unambiguous you plural form).

LOL! This was fun… I’m British but apparently I have a North eastern accent. 94% xD

Just as I suspected, I do not have an accent. Mine is West, and I’m from the West.

@Kardamom I’m sure that you’d have an accent to me! ;-)

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.

@Mama_Cakes You’re right. I know that you have an amazing accent : ) You posted something awhile back where you were speaking and I was mesmerized. I don’t think you’d be mesmerized by my speaking voice. I sound like your average American newscaster. Tomorrow will be sunny with a chance of showers. And now, here’s a message from our sponsors: Poopy Toilet Bowl Cleaner will Clean Your Toilets and Leave them Minty Fresh…

I’d rather sound like Emma Thompson

How ‘bout that y’all 48 years in Texas and I sound like a 93% Inland Northerner. Hawt dammm!

I guess they couldn’t beat all the scouse outa me.

Everyone has an accent; mine is standard American newscaster, which a lot of people in America call “no accent”. I got 100% midland, which confirms that, but I was born and raised in Maryland, so they got my location wrong. After living in West Virginia for the last several years, I’ve picked up a bit of a southern twang. Just slightly, y’all.

Out of curiosity, do American newscasters in the deep south sound southern? Or do they all have that newscaster voice?

Believe it or not, @Plucky, there are newscasters and other humans living and working in the deep south who are from other states and even other countries. If a newscaster in the deep south is from the deep south, unless they’ve worked to change their accent, I’m sure their accent would sound like they are from the deep south.

When you say “sound southern,” you should also know that involves too many dialects and accents to count. People in Maryland may sound southern. People in parts of Ohio sound southern. People in parts of Louisiana sound French. People in parts of the mountains where I’m from in Virginia have a Scotts-Irish dialect and roll to their accents.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, residents namely have a English and Irish influence in their dialects and accents. Other part of Pennsylvania where coal mining was a way of life is known for their German, Irish, Italian and Slavic combination on their accents and words. It is all interesting and beautiful when you think about how it.

@bkcunningham I meant the southern twang. I am aware of the multi-dialect everywhere. I was just curious if the southern twang is seen in newscasters in the deep south. Or if they are required to sound more neutral. Here, in Alberta, it is common to see newscasters with neutral, East Indian and British/English dialects.

@Plucky Our local newscasters (central Texas) run the entire gamut. We have those who are neutral, a northern accent and a few south central twangs. Funny thing is, most of the actual newscasters are neutral, it is the weather and sports folk who have the distinctive accents.