So, how you doin' and where you from? - Page 2

principessa · 02-04-2013, 11:52 PM

Midland.. which means I have no accent. But it didn't ask me if I say "like" and "totally" every few words... so I didn't get "valley girl"

I am on the West Coast.

Shawn · 02-04-2013, 11:55 PM

"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.

Pffft ya fer sure....hoser

gabrielle22 · 02-04-2013, 11:59 PM

Midland but the 2nd one for me was "The West"

duh

principessa · 02-05-2013, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawn

"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.

Pffft ya fer sure....hoser

You faked your answers.. age inappropriate Ebonics should be yours.

Shawn · 02-05-2013, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Amanda

You faked your answers.. age inappropriate Ebonics should be yours.

dont you have a twilight episode to gush over or something?

1zor · 02-05-2013, 12:03 AM

Having fun in Texas

principessa · 02-05-2013, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawn

dont you have a twilight episode to gush over or something?

I'm watching Breaking Dawn clips on YouTube. I can multitask, thank you for your concern.

mgirl2011 · 02-05-2013, 12:17 AM

I'm inland north.. huh. I always considered myself an accent mutt.

former midwest girl, now mid-atlantic. wth am I doing taking this at almost midnight?

TomIAm · 02-05-2013, 05:10 AM

Apparently I broke the internet with my answers...I finished the quiz twice, hit submit, but the results page wouldn't load. Let's just say I'm from Awesome.

3pmac · 02-05-2013, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by JumpingJack

"I have no accent tho" errrrrrrr.....is anyone else's bull shit alert going off?? HAHA

Hey southerner..YOU are the one with the accent. Not me..

Stew · 02-05-2013, 09:05 AM

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.

Thats funny, but accurate I guess

hikergeek · 04-15-2018, 05:11 AM

This exact quiz is missing so I found The NY Times version (link below) and it said my answers applied to these three cities: Rochester, Milwaukee, Fresno. Since I have lived in the northeast and Ohio only, I guess that’s not too bad.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-quiz-map.html

flirtingenie · 04-15-2018, 10:24 AM

Arkansas home of the Razorbacks here .

hijiller · 04-25-2018, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hikergeek

This exact quiz is missing so I found The NY Times version (link below) and it said my answers applied to these three cities: Rochester, Milwaukee, Fresno. Since I have lived in the northeast and Ohio only, I guess that’s not too bad.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-quiz-map.html

I took this version..nailed it. New york-Providence coastline. Fun!

ZoydW · 04-25-2018, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hikergeek

This exact quiz is missing so I found The NY Times version (link below) and it said my answers applied to these three cities: Rochester, Milwaukee, Fresno. Since I have lived in the northeast and Ohio only, I guess that’s not too bad.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-quiz-map.html

Picked out my home town exactly.

Ivan · 04-25-2018, 11:07 PM

It guessed Modesto, California USA - way wrong.

Except for working a year in Los Angeles, I've never spent any time near there.

Yet, I'll admit I didn't know how to answer some of the questions. Like what do I call a large road? I checked other as neither "autobahn", "autostrada", nor "motorway" were listed.

hijiller · 04-25-2018, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivan

It guessed Modesto, California USA - way wrong.

Except for working a year in Los Angeles, I've never spent any time near there.

Yet, I'll admit I didn't know how to answer some of the questions. Like what do I call a large road? I checked other as neither "autobahn", "autostrada", nor "motorway" were listed.

Where did you grow up (assuming you have)? That quiz is based on US and a bit of Brit, I think, Señor.

bryan3636 · 04-26-2018, 01:22 AM

By taking an online "quiz" I'm wondering if your data and that of your friends are now being shared by Cambridge Analytica. Ahhh, not to worry. You're, no doubt, on Facebook so what's a little more data among friends?

St. Jimmy · 04-26-2018, 05:47 AM

It figured out I grew up in the Boston and NYC areas but didn’t pick up on my California adulthood (freeway should have been a big clue).

02-04-2013, 11:55 PM	#27
Shawn Forum Surfer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Greatest place on earth Age: 46 Posts: 25,001 Thanks: 7,602 Thanked 17,580 Times in 9,209 Posts Blog Entries: 58	"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. Pffft ya fer sure....hoser __________________ My Life is just a bunch of "It seemed like a good idea at the time" strung together.

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gabrielle22 Coniglio Fero'c'e Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: In the Corner Age: 45 Posts: 33,578 Thanks: 18,744 Thanked 15,966 Times in 11,419 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Midland but the 2nd one for me was "The West" duh __________________ You gotta promise not to stop when I say when...

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TomIAm Ask me about my mudhole Join Date: Nov 2009 Age: 53 Posts: 37,692 Thanks: 10,167 Thanked 17,071 Times in 9,911 Posts Blog Entries: 9	Apparently I broke the internet with my answers...I finished the quiz twice, hit submit, but the results page wouldn't load. Let's just say I'm from Awesome. __________________ *"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it" - Orwell*

02-05-2013, 09:05 AM	#36
Stew Just playin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canada Age: 51 Posts: 25,065 Thanks: 2,878 Thanked 7,385 Times in 5,556 Posts Blog Entries: 5	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. Thats funny, but accurate I guess __________________ Caution........may be sarcastic..

04-15-2018, 05:11 AM	#37
hikergeek Thread Rescuer Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Northeast Age: 61 Posts: 1,998 Thanks: 780 Thanked 373 Times in 290 Posts Blog Entries: 20	This exact quiz is missing so I found The NY Times version (link below) and it said my answers applied to these three cities: Rochester, Milwaukee, Fresno. Since I have lived in the northeast and Ohio only, I guess that’s not too bad. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-quiz-map.html __________________ "...And then all the laws of mind and matter that restrain him. Then the planets about him... and at last, out across immensity to the stars. And when he has conquered all the deeps of Space, and all the mysteries of Time, still he will be beginning." Last edited by hikergeek; 04-15-2018 at 04:29 PM.

02-04-2013, 11:52 PM	#26
principessa sassafras Join Date: May 2011 Age: 39 Posts: 6,102 Thanks: 2,811 Thanked 3,002 Times in 1,949 Posts	Midland.. which means I have no accent. But it didn't ask me if I say "like" and "totally" every few words... so I didn't get "valley girl" I am on the West Coast.

02-05-2013, 12:03 AM	#31
1zor Flirting God Join Date: Mar 2010 Age: 45 Posts: 9,034 Thanks: 1,843 Thanked 1,297 Times in 1,209 Posts	Having fun in Texas

02-05-2013, 12:17 AM	#33
mgirl2011 Ran away with X... I Love It Here Join Date: Sep 2011 Age: 43 Posts: 8,518 Thanks: 6,095 Thanked 4,670 Times in 2,967 Posts Blog Entries: 4	I'm inland north.. huh. I always considered myself an accent mutt. former midwest girl, now mid-atlantic. wth am I doing taking this at almost midnight?

04-15-2018, 10:24 AM	#38
flirtingenie Silver Lady Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Arkansas Age: 59 Posts: 15,630 Thanks: 4,113 Thanked 3,510 Times in 2,830 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Arkansas home of the Razorbacks here . __________________

04-25-2018, 11:07 PM	#41
Ivan Flirting God Join Date: May 2010 Location: Europe / USA Age: 60 Posts: 12,086 Thanks: 5,299 Thanked 6,547 Times in 4,002 Posts	It guessed Modesto, California USA - way wrong. Except for working a year in Los Angeles, I've never spent any time near there. Yet, I'll admit I didn't know how to answer some of the questions. Like what do I call a large road? I checked other as neither "autobahn", "autostrada", nor "motorway" were listed.

04-26-2018, 01:22 AM	#43
bryan3636 A legend in my own mind Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Where the sun always shines Age: 55 Posts: 18,011 Thanks: 2,230 Thanked 5,349 Times in 3,824 Posts Blog Entries: 1	By taking an online "quiz" I'm wondering if your data and that of your friends are now being shared by Cambridge Analytica. Ahhh, not to worry. You're, no doubt, on Facebook so what's a little more data among friends?

04-26-2018, 05:47 AM	#44
St. Jimmy Gone fishing Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: In the warm California sun Age: 56 Posts: 3,875 Thanks: 725 Thanked 669 Times in 563 Posts	It figured out I grew up in the Boston and NYC areas but didn’t pick up on my California adulthood (freeway should have been a big clue).