Interesting quiz about what sort of dialect YOU speak
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.htmlMine is right on: northern California
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Philadelphia. Best accent in the world. 
That is, swimmin', laughin', etc.
Not sure if that's universally true.
I don't
even if you take the 'girl' out of New York!!!
college - Ohio, law school Chicago, then DC, and MD ever since. Dad (and I born in NYC,) but didn't have STRONG NY accent, but obviously I still have the dialect.
I’ve been to Texas but never lived there.
A Detroiter! Born and raised. Live Up North now.
Sock it to 'em, Tigers!
I’ve always wondered about the pronunciation of “Oregon” — is the last syllable pronounced as “gone” or “gun?”
I pronounce it as “gun”
FWIW
North suburbs of Chicago to Rockford to Aurora IL.
Midwest Express-ions! 
i'm in the western suburbs (closer to aurora than rockford) ... have no idea where grand rapids mi. comes into this mix
also disappointed there wasn't a choice for the word "parkway" for the grassy area between the street and sidewalk
West of Rockford south of Aurora, a southern creep in language comes in. I've talked on the phone to people in Grand Rapids, they sound like us, just less hurried with a touch of Uupper.
in America, when people said they loved her accent, she'd say I'm speaking English; YOU have an accent
Well, I am from New York, but I've always lived in the Northeastern part - born in Albany and lived in 3 cities/towns north of there - Ticonderoga, Saratoga Springs and the Town of Queensbury - though I used to spend summers in Vermont and went to school in Massachusetts.
Funny, we got almost the same locations, except instead of GR, Michigan I got Yonkers, NY (see my response below). We both also have the VT and MA influence as well. It's kind of funny how they pegged us as western NY when we are both Central or Eastern NY. Hmmm. 
American Speech - which is found in Eastern New York and Oregon. And I didn't include my college, but you know I went to Hamilton, and it's not like we hung out in town (Clinton, NY) since the school was at the top of the hill, LOL. With all that snow, we were lucky to make it across campus! And that's where you're from and we got the same results.
I have cousins who grew up in numerous other states, and while I never noticed any particular accents - what I thought of when I was taking the test was my little cousin from Colorado. The family was out for dinner one night, my parents' favorite place here, and when my cousin ordered "pop," no one, including the waiter, had any idea what she was talking about! 
cross-country races there on campus. I didn't realize we were close to Standard American Speech, but I do have a keen ear for regional accents. I can't always tell exactly where they are from, but I can usually get the general region of the country down.
It's such an interesting subject. Why do accents differ from region to region all over the world? It's just kind of fascinating to me.
And that was quite a hill, that's what it's referred to, "The Hill." And Clinton is a lovely little town, quite picturesque and artsy. The closest city is Utica, of course, and while I didn't get there often, my favorite place to eat was Manny's Delicatessen. Do you remember that? If my parents came, that's where we went and my Dad liked it so much that he stopped there if he had to go to Syracuse - he worked for Niagara Mohawk and the head office was there. Actually, both my parents graduated from Syracuse - that's where they met.
I also think I mentioned that I went to the USSR with my grandmother and her peace group. Most people younger than the WWII generation spoke English, but often with British accents. At first, I wondered if they were British, but it turns out they learned from British teachers. And we had a very nice guide, young woman from Moscow who was knowledgeable, friendly and fit in well. We were lucky to have her. She was obviously fluent in English and there were no communication issues except she could not always understand this one woman in our group - Nancy who was originally from Alabama.
My uncle worked for Niagara Mohawk in Syracuse as a programmer and both my parents also met at Syracuse University as students. How funny, so many things in common!
My mother grew up in Little Falls, not far from Utica, while my Dad was from Albany and I was born there. Dad's mother lived longest in Albany - while she grew up not far away, Saratoga County. And I'm wondering if I picked up pronunciations from my mother who lived closer to Western New York - but her first language was not English (though she was born here) since both her parents came from Poland - so she was fluent in both English and Polish.
So I'm wondering if that had an influence on me - as your family heritage had on you. Growing up, I could mostly understand my grandmother, but you lose it when you're out of practice. Strange that my test said that my speech is from your neck-of-the-woods, closer to where my mother grew up, while yours is much the same, too.
As soon as I answered “neutral ground” I knew my Mardi was grawed.
In my case - Louisiana (Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport to be exact)
The area that showed red--most likely to speak like me--encompassed my hometown, the city where I went to college, and my current home.
Thanks for posting this cool little quiz.
Even though I was born and raised in TX, I moved to CA in 1988 and have lived here a majority of my life. This quiz showed I'm a Southern Californian and I definitely feel like I am!
There are certain things that I say that Native Californians say that I never picked up. For example, I still say I'm going to the "grocery store" but my friends who are from here say they're going to the "market." They say "sneakers", I say "tennis shoes." However, it feels weird for me to say "ya'll" (even though that's what we said when I was growing up). I say "you guys" or "guys." I now say "soda" but in TX everything is "Coke."
Especially in the US, where there is so much variety. There really is no such thing as an “American accent.”
Although it's not always spot-on, it does a fairly good job of getting it right.
Glad I posted it here.
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