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posted by [personal profile] leoniedelt at 03:31pm on 23/04/2007 under
Ganked from [livejournal.com profile] alocin42...

And its RIGHT. I'm from just south of the Ohio River, from Louisville KY. 7 years of living in Birmingham hasnt changed me at all. I'm still a hillbilly at heart, and under pressure, it slips out, yes. Despite my attempts to lose the drawl.



What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Southern. Love it or hate it, your accent says you're probably from somewhere south of the Ohio River.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!
We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?




Mood:: 'chipper' chipper
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posted by [identity profile] alocin42.livejournal.com at 02:49pm on 23/04/2007
It confused me on the last question with the Southern-ness... But at least it's accurate for you!
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 02:52pm on 23/04/2007
Well it will be even for ex-Yanks, but for Devonish-Welsh peeps like yourself, its bound to be confusing?
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posted by [identity profile] alocin42.livejournal.com at 03:15pm on 23/04/2007
"Devonish-Welsh" is a cool description! I don't think I've picked up any accent even after the best part of four years in Cardiff, alas... But yes we don't hear many Southern accents except on the odd TV program and film. If you offered the majority of UK-folk biscuits and gravy they'd look at you like you were mad!
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 03:18pm on 23/04/2007
That little fella, Frank,? in Who the other night sounded JUST LIKE I DID when i left the states, omg. He claimed to be from Tennessee but wow he sounded like 99.999% of my family.

Damn, you made me all homesick...

Think i'll fry up some sausage for supper and make some gravy, we also have Biscuick so making biscuits will be a quick job too :)

God i miss home sometimes, yes.
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posted by [identity profile] alocin42.livejournal.com at 03:48pm on 23/04/2007
I heard his accent and thought "Iowa farm boy, likely candidate for being abducted by aliens in the X-Files". That shows where I've picked up my limited Southern US accent knowledge from! ;)

Accents aside, food is one of those things that always makes people think of home. That's how people make a fortune selling Ribena and Marmite to ex-pat UK-folk!

Enjoy your biscuit scone-roll things, sausage and gravy!
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 03:55pm on 23/04/2007
Ain't nothin like a little home cookin.

lol @ Xfiles. Iowa? Hardly southern!
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posted by [identity profile] nine-girl.livejournal.com at 04:36pm on 23/04/2007
The problem with Iowa and Missouri, is that you must keep their pronunciation straight, depending upon which state you're in. If you are in Missouri, then it's Missou-ree and Io-wah. If you're in Iowa, then it's Missou-rah and Io-way.

Part of the confusion comes from the original Native American pronunciations, which would be Missou-ree and Io-way, with long vowels on the end.

*mind boggles*

And no, not 'southron' in the least. XD
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 04:46pm on 23/04/2007
We Kentuckians pronounce it Missourah (both state and river), and we dont bother pronouncing Iowah.. :P
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posted by [identity profile] alocin42.livejournal.com at 05:43pm on 23/04/2007
Well to my (very vague at US geography and cultural regions) mind everything is pretty much classed as "North Eastern", "South/Mid West", "California" and "Other"...

Then again I do much the same with the UK and "South West", "Wales/Scotland", "London" and "North".

Geography evidently isn't my strong point!
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 05:47pm on 23/04/2007
The only thing in the US that's really 'east' is the eastern seaboard (ie all the states with a seashore on the right hand side). Anything south of the Ohio river counts as 'southern', hence I'm southern as the Ohio river forms the top border of the state of Kentucky.

Northern = Wisconsin and suchlike.

All the rest is the midwest or the west. Iowa is 'midwest'. Kentucky is 'southern'. Michigan is north-eastern (lived downriver of Detroit for 4 years before I moved here).
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 05:48pm on 23/04/2007
My biscuits were *perfect* and my gravy gorgeous, but shy of black pepper, so a bit bland.

NTS: Next time, look for pepper first.
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posted by [identity profile] purple_bug.livejournal.com at 06:18pm on 23/04/2007
I got Mid Atlantic, ie Philadelphia apparently. But then I'm British... (Scottish by parentage, English by birth, living in Scotland with a bland, nondescript, vaguely English accent *rolls eyes*) Maybe Mid Atlantic people just don't drawl, and that's where the accent similarity comes in. And ends, probably :o)
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 06:24pm on 23/04/2007
Couldn't say, never been to Philly.

Hee :D
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posted by [identity profile] mhr-kara.livejournal.com at 11:23pm on 23/04/2007
ah,accents.

once in highschool(way back when,hehehe)someone once mistook my accent for being British. i wanted to laugh so hard at them. XD considering i'm not 'English' at all.
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