Thread: Tell me how you speak and I'll tell you where you're from
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Old 12-23-2013, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Delibes View Post
I found this online quiz at the New York Times and all of my Facebook friends are getting dead-reliable answers —accurate to the very town they live. Here's the quiz:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html

Apparently my accent is South-Midwestern, with three focal points in Amarillo (TX), Wichita (KS) and Baton Rouge (LA). Puzzling, but accurate.

Aren't you from Spain though? and didn't you spend like 4-5 years in new england? how did you pick up a south midwestern accent? Or did you start in the midwest?
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