Follow up to Texas Reb's Yankee thread ! (Austin, Memphis: buy, live)

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

7. About "on" rhyming with either "dawn" or "don"....neither one! I say "on" and "own" the same.

For some reason, I ended up with "Midland." LOL!!

A slight "ah" (for pronoun I) sound is what I hear from most native Texans. I fight it tooth and nail, but don't always succeed!

That one was a problem with me too, Cathy! Like you, the way I say "on" is like "own", so it rhymes with neither Don nor dawn. They need another choice in there!

BTW -- what did you (and others) get as to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc, place rankings? (It can be copied and pasted from the chart itself).

Well, guess I better get something to eat while there is time!

[Lucidus]

Your Result: The Midland

As an Odessan I know that is just plain bull.

[Sandstorm214]

I got the Midland as well, with the West a close second.

Fun test!

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by Lucidus

As an Odessan I know that is just plain bull.

LOL I agree that sounds pretty strange!

You know, I am kinda wondering if some of y'all getting "Midland" and being confused and/or disagreeing with it might actually be doing what a lot of people naturally do. That is, not closely listening to yourself and thinking you sound more "neutral" (or whatever) than you really do...? Not saying that is the case, but I know it is definitely an easy thing to do, and can be one good explanation.

Remember also, ones' "second tier ranking" can be very telling as well, especially if it is very close to the first one.

[Lucidus]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

LOL I agree that sounds pretty strange!

You know, I am kinda wondering if some of y'all getting "Midland" and being confused and/or disagreeing with it might actually be doing what a lot of people naturally do. That is, not closely listening to yourself and thinking you sound more "neutral" (or whatever) than you really do...? Not saying that is the case, but I know it is definitely an easy thing to do, and can be one good explanation.

Remember also, ones' "second tier ranking" can be very telling as well, especially if it is very close to the first one.

I was just making a joke. "I don't talk like they do over in Midland, heck no, I live in Odessa."

The result isn't really all that surprising since I have been told by people from other states that I don't really "sound like a Texan". They say that I definitely have an accent, just not the one they would expect a Texan to have.

[Heimdall]

49% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

Not surprising. Even though I'm from East Texas I lived in many different places. Although I've always pronounced route as "rout" and sometimes I say "fixin' to" instead of "about to."

I'm sure there are more Southern phrases and words I use that weren't covered by this test.


Now as for the other one:

Your Result: Philadelphia

Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.

The Midland

The Northeast

The South

The Inland North

Boston

The West

North Central

That doesn't even make sense because I hardly ever been to Philly or Jersey, just passed them through.

[Cathy4017]

I got Midland first; the rest of the list is as follows...just weird.

The Inland North
The South
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The West
Boston
North Central

[Spade]

57% Dixie. Barely in Dixie

I think that's too high lol. But my accent is Southern and sometimes Northern. I'm going to take the second one.

[Spade]

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: 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."
The Northeast

The South

Philadelphia

The Midland

The West

Boston

North Central

Wow. This goes hand in hand with what I was saying. Growing up in a military town, we did not get the "southern" vibe like the rest of the immediate area. I assume this would be true in every military town throughout the nation because you are interacting with people from all over the country and world. But I have never and will never say POP for soda.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Fillmont

I also use service road and access road interchangeably. I will fight anyone who calls it a feeder though

I'm the same way bruh. I hate that word feeder.