Do you have a strong regional accent?

Gráinne · 01-31-2015, 11:27 AM

I grew up in Ohio, now live in Arkansas for several years. I get people guessing I'm from Michigan or Wisconsin, never the South. I did one of those linguistic tests once and obviously came out "Upper Midwest". However, if I'm very tired, a few picked-up Southernisms come out and I sound like a muted Scarlett O'Hara from Cleveland.

Daniela · 01-31-2015, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gráinne

I grew up in Ohio, now live in Arkansas for several years. I get people guessing I'm from Michigan or Wisconsin, never the South. I did one of those linguistic tests once and obviously came out "Upper Midwest". However, if I'm very tired, a few picked-up Southernisms come out and I sound like a muted Scarlett O'Hara from Cleveland.

Scarlett O'Hara from Cleveland...

hah

I'm going to look up linguistic tests - good idea!

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