What's your accent?

[Illiniwek]

Does Michigan have such a distinct accent?

Not really a distinct accent, but it definitely has some distinctive words, like "party store" (liquor store).

I do also notice a lot of Canadian influences in certain parts of the state.

[BuckeyeNut]

Akron, Columbus, and Louisville. Very accurate.

Interestingly, on the map, these cities share their accent with Tuscon...

[Mr. Smith]

N'awlins, Durham, and The Big Apple.

Last time I took this, it was Modesto, N'awlins, and ...ya' know I can't remember the third one.

Least: Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Des Moines.

[Vosem]

Last time I got Cleveland/Buffalo/Rochester -- this time, it's Grand Rapids/Buffalo/Rochester. Upstate New York is always the darkest part of the map, since my accent is mainly a blend of growing up in New York City and then going to high school in Cleveland. I didn't live in Illinois long enough for it to make a mark on how I talk.

Least similar vary every time I take it, though they're always somewhere in the South. Got Louisville, Lexington, and Birmingham this time. A bit odd -- New Orleans almost always shows up.

[dax00]

https://nyti.ms/2lillqX
most similar: boston, worcester, glendale
least similar: jackson (ms), baton rouge, toledo (mi)

how i pronounce things:
aunt - unt
crayon - cray-in
caramel - car-uh-mull

i say 'rotary', 'access road', 'median', 'soda', 'you guys'

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Apparently, Yonkers is the closest thing to my North London certainly-not-RP-but-probably-not-estuary-either English.

[afleitch]

Apparently, Yonkers is the closest thing to my North London certainly-not-RP-but-probably-not-estuary-either English.

Running my Scottish accent through it I get Worcester and Boston. Probably a vowel thing.

[Torie]

While everybody else may have an accent, I don't.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yinzer

[Figueira]

Apparently, Yonkers is the closest thing to my North London certainly-not-RP-but-probably-not-estuary-either English.

Running my Scottish accent through it I get Worcester and Boston. Probably a vowel thing.

The quiz is 90% regional terms for things rather than actual pronunciation.

[Dr. Arch]

Makes sense. Southern areas with lots of transplants and coastal California.

https://nyti.ms/2lPxD7V

[Tender Branson]

Looks like I have a NC accent:

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Greensboro, NC
Durham, NC
Montgomery, AL

I mean I guess it makes sense cause a large part of my growing up was in Fayetteville, NC (as well as Virginia).
But I don't really think I sound very Southern when I talk.

It's more regional terms and a few pronunciations.  Even though everywhere I got was in the Deep South, I honestly don't have a thick accent at all.

[Santander]

Took the desktop/(full?) version.

Most similar:
Buffalo, NY
Rochester, NY
Rockford, IL

Least similar:
Little Rock, AR
Bakersfield, CA
Corona, CA

[FairBol]

Well, it seems this study says that I'm from the Northeast....no, really? LOL. 

Most similar:

1. Springfield, MA
2. Rochester, NY
3. Newark/Paterson, NJ

Least Similar:

1. New Orleans, LA
2. Jackson, MS
3. Little Rock, AR

The Northeast does have its own kind of dialect, somewhat.  If I was talking about the "area where two or more roads come together" (which I call a "traffic circle"), people in New Orleans would probably say, "huh?" 

[angus]

Looks like I have a NC accent:

Wow, you're like Andy Griffith.  But without the uniform.  And the fatherly advice.  And maybe with a few more captives in your basement.

Looks like you have some Long Island speak as well.  I got that too, even though I don't actually pronounce Long Island as one word.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

So drive through liquor stores? Wtf?

[White Trash]

So drive through liquor stores? Wtf?

Quite common in Louisiana and Arkansas. Pretty darn convenient.

[RFayette]

Most similar:
1. Fort Wayne, IN
2. Grand Rapids, MI
3. Spokane, WA (where my Dad was born)

Least similar:
1. New Orleans, LA
2. Lafayette, LA
3. Jackson, MS

[angus]

So drive through liquor stores? Wtf?

I just call them drive through liquor stores.  I've not seen any in Pennsylvania--in fact, the state has a weird monopoly on all liquor sales in Pennsylvania--but I've been to a few elsewhere.  New Hampshire comes to mind.  There they look like big barns and you drive up and stop at a window and tell them what you want and they hand it to you.

When I was much younger the drive-through bars were common enough as well.  You drive up and say, "I want a margarita, rocks, no salt" and in a minute or so they'd hand it to you in a big plastic to-go cup so you could drive around with a cold, refreshing beverage.  Then states started passing open-container laws.  I haven't seen any of those since I was about 20 years old, but I remember being in high school and getting mixed drinks with my buddies and driving around drinking them.  Misspent youth.  The minimum age to buy liquor then was 18 but it wasn't much enforced back then.  Only occasionally would someone ask me for an ID.  Then the drinking age started increasing, state by state, and now they're all 21.  I think the last holdout was Louisiana.  They stayed at 18 till I was about 27 or so.  Not only did the drinking age increase, but enforcement actually increased as well. 

The drive-through liquor stores still exists though, and so long as they don't sell open containers or to any one under the age of 21, they'll probably continue to exist.  (Except in Pennsylvania.)

[RINO Tom]

So drive through liquor stores? Wtf?

Quite common in Louisiana and Arkansas. Pretty darn convenient.

Uh, yeah, sign me up!

[Smash255]

Pretty much what I figured

[fhtagn]

Greensboro, NC
Durham, NC
Montgomery, AL

I mean I guess it makes sense cause a large part of my growing up was in Fayetteville, NC (as well as Virginia).
But I don't really think I sound very Southern when I talk.

It's more regional terms and a few pronunciations.  Even though everywhere I got was in the Deep South, I honestly don't have a thick accent at all.

Even still, compared to other Southerners, I don't even think I talk remotely similar to them, including regional terms and pronunciations.

Though my significant other tried to get me to read him the questions without reading them out loud the way I say it, and it just wasn't working. He's also a native Southerner and apparently my results were more Southern than his.

[Bakersfield Uber Alles]

Santa Rosa, CA
Reno, NV
Oceanside, CA

Interesting. I've taken the quiz in the past and it usually puts me in the Central Valley (where my parents and I are from). None of those places are too far, I guess.

Edit: I took it again and got Sacramento, CA; Modesto, CA; and Fresno, CA. That sounds more accurate.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Rochester, Buffalo, Santa Rosa (sneakers vs. tennis shoes was one of the biggest factors, I believe). Sounds about right.