So I found this quiz about accents on Neither Right Nor Left. Since moving to Massachusetts many locals have tried to identify my accent, two common guesses are French Canadian and British. Whatever the guess it was always decided that my speech was “proper”. To sound like the locals one must say hot as “hat” and sorry as “sarry” (make sure you stretch out that vowel). I was more then curious as to where this quiz would place me, well apparently I speak exactly like I should coming from Manitoba.
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: North Central
“North Central” is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw “Fargo” you probably didn’t think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot. |
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| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
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if only outsiders mistook you for the Canadian you are 🙂
I wonder why I don’t get mistaken for a Canadian? Might it be the hick in me?
Maybe you don’t say ‘aboot’ often enough. From what people tell me around here, I say ‘aboot’ all the time. I don’t believe them. Anyway, I’m not about to start saying ‘abaaaout’ on a regular basis.