tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post116487424461465122..comments2018-01-16T12:23:53.953-05:00Comments on The Bitter Scroll: As if there had been any doubtEric Kingsepphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476165935626170539noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post-77993392799004391532007-03-26T07:04:00.000-04:002007-03-26T07:04:00.000-04:00The only problem with that quiz is that it ignores...The only problem with that quiz is that it ignores the emerging Californian dialects (such as what most would call "Valley". See http://www.stanford.edu/~eckert/vowels.html)<BR/><BR/>There's also chicano English. Still, it's a pretty interesting quiz. It says I speak "midland", which may be beause I tend to say "cot" and "caught" differently. C'est la vie. <BR/><BR/>In an informal setting I tend to turn into "Californian" though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086936992832074040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post-1164888150980141812006-11-30T07:02:00.000-05:002006-11-30T07:02:00.000-05:00It claims I'm from the northeast as well, and that...It claims I'm from the northeast as well, and that's true. Way up in the northeast. Sweden, to be exact. ;-)<BR/><BR/>When talking to others, Americans usually think I'm a Brit and Brits think I'm an American. I'd say I have more an American accent than anything else.Hans Perssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056334737313092043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post-1164875723994018792006-11-30T03:35:00.000-05:002006-11-30T03:35:00.000-05:00(I wouldn't say I have any American accent at all,...(I wouldn't say I have any American accent at all, but anyway.)<BR/><BR/><I>Your Result: The Inland North<BR/> <BR/>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."<BR/><BR/>The Northeast <BR/>Philadelphia <BR/>...</I><BR/><BR/>Somtimes, to my own great horror, I pick up something pretty close to a southern accent without even noticing, though. I haven't got the slightest idea why.<BR/><BR/>//JJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com