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59 | 29.65% |
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23 | 11.56% |
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13 | 6.53% |
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29 | 14.57% |
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10 | 5.03% |
| North Central |
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5 | 2.51% |
| The Inland North |
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39 | 19.60% |
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07-14-2009, 10:18 PM
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Back away from the cheesecake, lady!!! I had ponytails so tight, I couldn’t move my head I can't stop sniffing me 
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How weird it can do it from a few questions...
Pin / Pen - I said different Don / Dawn - different Merry/Mary/Marry - all same. EDITED! Mary's were all the same. I cant imagine them different.
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Pin / Pen - different Don / Dawn - same Merry/Mary/Marry - same
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07-14-2009, 10:21 PM
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I was going to reply, but I see I already did...three years ago!
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They say pen and pin the same here, too, and so everyone will know which they mean, they call pens "ink pens". I say Merry/Mary/Marry all the same. Hmm.
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07-14-2009, 10:22 PM
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The Inland North:
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop." Well, they were sure right about this one. Although carbonated drinks around this area are called "soda". Of course we don't have an accent - everybody else does! 
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07-14-2009, 10:23 PM
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i feel like i'm going to explode if i don't get it out right that second!
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i don't have to take a quiz for this one, lol. i'm from alabama-my southern accent is so thick you'd need a chainsaw to make a dent in it.
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07-14-2009, 10:23 PM
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Mine says Midland; which sounds right, since I'm from PA.
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
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Back away from the cheesecake, lady!!! I had ponytails so tight, I couldn’t move my head I can't stop sniffing me
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When I lived in Florida, a girl introduced herself to me as "Don" and I was thinking 'weird' and it wasnt until I saw her name on an email group that I realized "Ohhhhh Dawwwwn!" 
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07-14-2009, 10:27 PM
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"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
and i'm from Toronto, Canada 
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07-14-2009, 10:29 PM
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Mine was right: The South
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07-14-2009, 10:34 PM
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Opps. I hit the wrong thing. I have a midland accent.
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07-14-2009, 10:38 PM
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"You have a Midland accent"
...just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio. Funny, because I am Tennessee born and bred. Down here I don't really have an accent, but I am sure to people in other parts of the country I do.
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mary is Mare-ee (rhymes with scary) Merry is Meh-ree (rhymes with Berry) If you think all the examples rhyme, then I don;t knwo how to explain it. If you go to Dictionary.com and put them all in, you can hear the different pronunciations. All the examples on the quiz I said sound different to me. I have a Northeast accent.
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07-14-2009, 10:45 PM
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It said The Inland North. I do say pop not soda. I live in East Central Indiana.
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07-14-2009, 10:54 PM
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According to the quiz I have a 'midland' accent...or 'no' accent.
BUT I am from Tennessee, and I definately have an accent...Southern. But it isn't that strong, and other locals have thought I wasn't from here b/c my accent isn't very strong. I have been known to y'all occassionally 
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Back away from the cheesecake, lady!!! I had ponytails so tight, I couldn’t move my head I can't stop sniffing me
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Yes, I think all the examples rhyme, as well. Barry and Berry are different too? Sheesh! You guys have a lot to remember. 
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