By Charles Halton on Tuesday, 15 May 2007 at 9:30 am

People are always pretty surprised to hear that I was born and raised in Austin, Texas and that I have an undergraduate degree from Texas A & M University. I guess this explains it:

What American accent do you have?

Your Result: The West

 

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you’re a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

The Midland

 

Boston

 

North Central

 

The South

 

The Inland North

 

Philadelphia

 

The Northeast

 

What American accent do you have?
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