Which American accent do you have? (2007)

Re:Which American accent do you have? (2007) by kace91 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @06:23AM (#19034225)

I'm a European (Spaniard) who's never set foot in the states, but I've been in a relationship for a while with a girl from Boston.

I expected my result to be near the Mass area due to her influence, but somehow I ended up near Kentucky/Tenessee. I wonder why?

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Re:Which American accent do you have? (2007) by PuffinBlue on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:05AM (#19034398)

Because you're a European (Spaniard) who's never set foot in the states?

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Re:Which American accent do you have? (2007) by lelima on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:13AM (#19034435)

But yet, he's also from Kentucky?

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Re:Which American accent do you have? (2007) by chrisseaton on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:35AM (#19034547)

If you don’t have an American accent, then why do you expect that a test of which American accent you have is going to produce a sensible result?

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Re:Which American accent do you have? (2007) by kace91 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:31AM (#19034827)

I don't expect a sensible result, I just imagined that I would get somewhere either close to the origin of the Americans I know personally, or close to the source of the media I consume (since those are my main connections with the English language), so I'm wondering why my pronunciation is closer to that area in particular instead.

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Re:Which American accent do you have? (2007) by nicky0 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:38AM (#19034563)

Presumably they wanted to see if they had picked up any accent from their American girlfriend.

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