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TiC wrote:And no, I've never been asked if I'm from either Wisconsin or Chicago (in fact, I pronounce "Chicago" radically differently from native Chicagoans -- as I pronounce it, the vowel in the second syllable sounds like the "a" in "father," rather than like the word "awe."

:?

'Father' and 'awe' share the same 'aww' sound for the 'a.' How else would one pronounce 'father' but 'f-awe-ther'?

Van wrote:How else would one pronounce 'father' but 'f-awe-ther'?

Faaaather. Same way you can pronounce caaa which is paaaked in the yaaad.

Fucking chowds. In my West Coast/no-accent-havin'/bland-as-fuck ENGLISH way of speaking, we don't let our FAAAAATHERS PAAAAK the CAAAA in the goddamn YAAAAD, you nasal-sounding fucks!

Van wrote:

TiC wrote:And no, I've never been asked if I'm from either Wisconsin or Chicago (in fact, I pronounce "Chicago" radically differently from native Chicagoans -- as I pronounce it, the vowel in the second syllable sounds like the "a" in "father," rather than like the word "awe."

:?

'Father' and 'awe' share the same 'aww' sound for the 'a.' How else would one pronounce 'father' but 'f-awe-ther'?

I don't know anyone who pronounces "father" or "Chicago" with an "awe" sound in it, and I live within two hours of Chicago and hundreds of thousands of fathers. It's an "ah" sound, as in "ah, shuddup."

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Inland north?

bullshit.

I'm pretty much typical connecticut, which is best described as a watered down combination of new yawk/chowd. having lived in the south though, i did pick up a bit of a twang according to others from connecticut. i will admit that i am pretty good at picking up accents in different areas if i am there for a while. this is particularly true when i go to maine. probably because the mainer accent is one of my favorites.

In other words you can nail a civics test but yer too dumb to correctly answer questions on how you talk.

judging from quite a few of the results here, i believe the test writers just did a poor job of writing the questions.

Toddowen wrote:

Goober McTuber wrote:

Martyred wrote:I took your stupid test...

12. When you say "about," does the "ou" sound like the "ou" in "loud"?

No, it sounds like the "oo" in "boot".

Sheesh.

So how did yours turn out, Gulper?


Don't bother. I don't see "Lisping Wisconsin Flamer" as a one of the results.

Looking for a fresh load on his face says what?

Goober McTuber wrote:

Van wrote:

TiC wrote:And no, I've never been asked if I'm from either Wisconsin or Chicago (in fact, I pronounce "Chicago" radically differently from native Chicagoans -- as I pronounce it, the vowel in the second syllable sounds like the "a" in "father," rather than like the word "awe."

:?

'Father' and 'awe' share the same 'aww' sound for the 'a.' How else would one pronounce 'father' but 'f-awe-ther'?

I don't know anyone who pronounces "father" or "Chicago" with an "awe" sound in it, and I live within two hours of Chicago and hundreds of thousands of fathers. It's an "ah" sound, as in "ah, shuddup."

See, to me "Ah, shuddup!" has the same 'a' sound as 'father' or 'awe.' They're all 'aww,' not 'cat.'

You're fucked up. Father doesn't have an "awe" sound as in shock and awe. It has an "ah" sound as in hahaha. Father doesn't rhyme with author, dillweed.

Goober McTuber wrote:You're fucked up. Father doesn't have an "awe" sound as in shock and awe. It has an "ah" sound as in hahaha. Father doesn't rhyme with author, dillweed.

The 'a' portion of 'father' is exactly the same as that of 'author,' 'awe,' 'Chicago' or even the 'o' sound in 'obstinate', nut munch. They're all sound identical as long as you're not a 'Neck, a Chowd, Margie from Fargo, or Mgo calling us names in Chat.

:grin:

Other than maybe Euro, 'Spray is the hands-down funniest real-life fucker on this board.

Papa Willie wrote:Actually, I just found a little bit longer test, but it did get me right:

hmm, the 1st quiz pegged me as Midland but the 2nd as Northern while the questions were essentially the same. Go figure.

Southern People used to hate Southern accents but now everyone wants one.

Why would southern people hate their accents? How would they even be aware they had an accent? And why in fuck would anybody not from the South want one? Is that something you have to practice?

I worked with this hot blonde gal from Warner-Robbins GA and she either knew how to disguise her accent or just lost it after spending a few years here... except when she was drinking, then it came out in full flower.

Van wrote:
Other than maybe Euro, 'Spray is the hands-down funniest real-life fucker on this board.

I think you misspelled "Martyred".

Now go smother your tumorous wife with a pillow. Tell the cops the cat fell asleep on her face, that'll work.

What accent does Indy Frisco's ex-wife use when gasping "Fuck me, you hot son-of-a-bitch" into her new boyfriend's ear?

War Wagon wrote:
Why would southern people hate their accents?

I'd bet that Jsc plays up his accent while attending national lawyer conventions...you know, so he can be the center of attention. While wearing his tie around his forehead and showing mopes from even more backwards places than his the latest "funny" bar tricks...

Fuck you, Wags. Don't judge me.

Somebody's gotta do the heavy lifting around here.

Martyred wrote:Fuck you, Wags. Don't judge me.

of course not, it's your day to play the bad cop.

smackaholic wrote:the mainer accent is one of my favorites.

I'm getting an earful of it here in Bath.

War Wagon wrote:

Martyred wrote:Fuck you, Wags. Don't judge me.

of course not, it's your day to play the bad cop.

You and me, Wags. Just like Starsky and Hutch.

Smackie Chan wrote:Bath.

"Huh? Never heard of it."

sincerely, The U&L

Papa Willie wrote:Which American accent do you have?

My Results: Western

Shocking

Using 'Spray's longer test...

Western

Western is kind of neutral, but not quite since it's still possible to tell where you're from. So you might not actually be from the West (but you probably are). If you really want to sound "neutral," learn how to say "stock" and "stalk" differently.

Van wrote:Using 'Spray's longer test...

Western

Western is kind of neutral, but not quite since it's still possible to tell where you're from. So you might not actually be from the West (but you probably are). If you really want to sound "neutral," learn how to say "stock" and "stalk" differently.

Still pretty broad brush. Not sure there's a lot of similarity between the accents of El Paso & Seattle.

Yeah, guys like this...



...rarely sound like this dude...

This map has to piss Dins off in that it doesn't even recognize his 'burg.

It's like they're Wyoming or Idaho, but not quite up to Utah or Nevada.

ouch.

Van wrote:Yeah, guys like this...

...aren't Americans.

Martyred wrote:

Now go smother your tumorous wife with a pillow. Tell the cops the cat fell asleep on her face, that'll work.

Brilliant

mvscal wrote:

Van wrote:Yeah, guys like this...

...aren't Americans.

They just enjoy nearly all the same benefits.

Van wrote:

mvscal wrote:

Van wrote:Yeah, guys like this...

...aren't Americans.

They just enjoy nearly all the same benefits.

You mean... American film actors ???

Jesus Christ, you're both fucking idiots.

War Wagon wrote: And why in fuck would anybody not from the South want one?

country music. all the new songs really embellish the twang.

that second test was better and its map looks spot on to me, especially it's eastern boundary.

Papa Willie wrote:Yankee chicks get moist when they hear me talk. Just sayin'.

Goober McTuber wrote:

Van wrote:

TiC wrote:And no, I've never been asked if I'm from either Wisconsin or Chicago (in fact, I pronounce "Chicago" radically differently from native Chicagoans -- as I pronounce it, the vowel in the second syllable sounds like the "a" in "father," rather than like the word "awe."

:?

'Father' and 'awe' share the same 'aww' sound for the 'a.' How else would one pronounce 'father' but 'f-awe-ther'?

I don't know anyone who pronounces "father" or "Chicago" with an "awe" sound in it, and I live within two hours of Chicago and hundreds of thousands of fathers. It's an "ah" sound, as in "ah, shuddup."

I went to college with a number of Chicagoans, and used to live down the street from a transplanted Chicagoan. To a person, they all pronounced the city's name "shi-CAWWWWWW-go." By contrast, I pronounce it "shi-CAA-go" (second syllable much less drawn out, and different vowel sound).

Oh, and anyone who pronounces "father" like "fawwther" has an accent, they just don't realize it.

Taking Spray's quiz . . .

Northern

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.

As I've said earlier, though, while there's a recognizable Chicago accent AND a recognizable Buffalo accent, the two are hardly the same.

went through that 2nd test again and attempted to answer as a chowd, but, it said i was neutral. neutral is defined basically as pa, oh, in,il, mo. that is crap. pa has its own annoying accent. oh is neutral, although it southern extremity is basically the south.

gonna go back through it again and see if i can come up with boston.

smackaholic wrote:went through that 2nd test again and attempted to answer as a chowd, but, it said i was neutral. neutral is defined basically as pa, oh, in,il, mo. that is crap. pa has its own annoying accent. oh is neutral, although it southern extremity is basically the south.

gonna go back through it again and see if i can come up with boston.

Or you could just lie about your results. That worked before.

Second test says I'm Neutral

You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

I did move around a bit growing up.

Neutral here... no, I do not speak like a Chowd. Grew up in CT.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:Neutral here... no, I do not speak like a Chowd. Grew up in CT.

I deliberately attempted to answer as a chowd and it came up neutral.

Maybe you're a chowd and don't know it! I found that happening to me when I lived in the south.

Try taking it again and answering it as a chowd and see what happens. You are surrounded by them on a daily basis and may be better to accurately answer in chowd speak.

smackaholic wrote:Try taking it again and answering it as a chowd and see what happens.

Or... you can go fuck your mother.

Roach wrote:I wonder how Dins pronounces it.

Properly.

OR-uh-gon.

If you make any sound that resembles the word "gone" while pronouncing Oregon, you screwed up.

Or twisting Nevada into Nevoda, same phoney convict sound.

In my experience, the only people who pronounce Nevada properly are those who live in Nevada and its neighboring states.

Even on television, and even in shows allegedly set in Nevada, they manage to get that "awe" or some other stupid shit. If they can screw up Nevada, I wonder how they say "cat"?