What American accent do you have?

Midland 95 percent. Most people from other countries tell me I don't have an accent except when I say ya'll

 

homestead road houston tx by way of hiram clarke

 

Same with midland. Although sometimes my years spent in east Texas shine through and I sound like what a stereotypical Texan would sound like.

 

Your Result: The Inland North

 

I wonder if this works for foreigners, like myself... that learned to speak English with various cultures in the Melting Pot that is urban Houston.

Your Result: The Midland 77%

 

depends on how much i've had to drink

 

my accent changes (cadence, hard or soft "T"s...) depending on who i'm talking too...it's subconscious.

I'd never noticed until i took a friend of mine during our HS spring break to Benin City (visit parents for a few days) & St Tropez (hedonism w/former European schoolmates). He pointed it out within the 1st 2 days.

 

I thought the bag and vague question was strange. Does anyone think these 2 words rhyme?

Midland 88%

 

Don't know if this is related,but...

It's funny that when someone who speaks Spanish is hanging out with their family, they speak with an accent from their family's country or region of origin... but when they talk with friends or just professionally, they have a different accent. Salvadoreños display this more often than others.

 

Vin diesel voice

 

this is the truth.

Midland 88%

 

Midland 88%

 

Canadians and some regions up north do.

Midland 95%

 

Same here. I will speak Singlish in Singapore and jive when I talk to Mrs. Cleaver.

 

Born and raised in Houston.

"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."

96%: The West
95%: The Midland
75%: Boston
73%: North Central
33%: The Inland North
27%: Philadelphia
27%: The South
21%: The Northeast

 

Midland 85%

But South was close at 77%

 

northeast 82%

 

Not born but raised in Houston. But I got Inland North 93%. They said I sound like I'm from Wisconsin. Weird.

 

Midland 95%. Grew up in the Houston area, but have mostly Yankee relatives.