Accents

One of the hilarious things about traveling across the U.S. is getting to hear more than one regional accent in the course of a single day. I felt as if I were in a parallel universe when we hit Wisconsin, and in Chicago, we heard the requisite "Fahk yoo" from taxi drivers yelling at other cahs (not us). So friendly!

Anyway, that got us thinking about how we sound to people who have other regional accents.

Here are my results from a quiz:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The Inland North
The West
Philadelphia
The South
The Northeast
Boston
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Here are Nick's results:

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 Midland
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The South
The West
Boston
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

This was hilarious to me, because with Nick's funny vowels we sometimes get into discussions about how words are pronounced - he gets uppity about it so the phrase "you may think you speak "Standard English" was hilarious! ;) It's good to laugh at yourself.

Also, in college when we would go to parties with international students, Nick would often get asked where he was from - Ireland? That always makes me laugh. Nick, not so much.

We'll post more about the goings on later, just thought this was interesting.