OK, they've got the general region down, but they don't seem to be able to differentiate between Michigan and Wisconsin, which is pretty weird. Just one more question (bubblers versus drinking fountains) would nail it down.

And for the record, I'm a "pop person." Soda is a thing with ice cream.

Wildly inaccurate. It says I'm from the Midland, when I was born in Israel and raised in the LA area. Father is from Israel, Mother from New York.

How about "Do you say "the" in front of road numbers, as in "The 405?".. that's an LA thing for sure.

It pegged me perfectly:

"That's a Southern accent you've got there."

I have the no accent accent (I grew up in Oregon).

Told me I was from the NorthEast.

Of course any answer would be wrong as I'm actually from (and in) New Zealand.

Philadelphia over the Midland by a hair. Southern came in third. I was born in Alabama, and the closest I've been to Philly is central Georgia.

Now about this question...

Do you think the word "on" rhymes with "dawn" or with "don"?

My answer isn't on the quiz - they all three sound different. "Don" rhymes with "con." "Dawn" rhymes with "yawn." The "o" in "on" has a unique sound, close to the sound of the "o" in "oink."

Apparently I'm from boston, new hampshire, or maine. News to me. I've never even visited the east coast.

It pegged me. (South).

I agree with Allen about the on/dawn/don thingy.

Midland here, though born in Texas and been around the world. I think those that travel often tend not to have pronounced accents.

I grew up everywhere - so I am Midland as well.

It pegged me. (South).

I agree with Allen about the on/dawn/don thingy.

Posted by Dennis Ray Wingo at November 28, 2006 06:56 AM

The fact that people call you "Dennis Ray" already had you pegged!

It pegged me "inland north" too -- except I grew up in California and have lived only there, in Alaska, and now in Georgia. Closest I've ever come to living in the "inland north" is a summer vacation trip that included a visit to an aunt and uncle in St. Paul.

So, just because I believe in trying to enunciate clearly, I'm from the upper Midwest? I don't think so.

Pop is the sound a bubble makes when it explodes.

:)

Yeah, same. I grew up in rural New York and Connecticut, then moved out to Northern California as a teenager. It pegs my accent as Inland North, which can't be right.

I did notice one question which I couldn't answer -- the _Mary_ vs. _merry_ vs. _marry_ one. I pronounce the first and last the same, but the second different from the other two. There wasn't an option for this.

It said Philly for me too. I guess I didn't drive through fast enough the only time I went through there.

Born in KY, lived in half a dozen others from east to west, traveled through or worked in all but Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Maybe my accent just got "rubbed" off by all the ones I've heard.

It got me pretty good, I'm a "pop" person, but I have adopted "soda" for general use, simply since I hate answering "whats pop?"

My answer isn't on the quiz - they all three sound different. "Don" rhymes with "con."

Interesting. So 'on' doesn't rhyme with 'con' in your neck of the woods.

Bruce Hoult: That's funny , I'm from the Northeast also according to the quiz. As you know I'm an Australian. What's really funny is that the last time I was in the US a waiter at a Denny's in Reno said after I ordered "you're not from round here are you, are you from the east?" Maybe the quiz isn't so bad after all.

Mike

It correctly evaluated me as having a Boston accent. Born (bohn) and raised here (heah).

Growing up soda was always called tonic. Although now I generally call it soda, but never pop.

First it said I was from Midland (which is nuts, as I sound like a blue-grass singer). I changed one answer (collar and callor) after thinking about it more and it picked southern. Weird.

I'm a midland accent which is accurate. My Dad is from Chicago and my Mom from Ft. Worth so I guess my accent migrated somewhere into the middle from there. I like to beat people down with my generic radio/TV commercial announcer guy voice.