Accents can tell so much about a person's background and experiences. I'm curious, do you think accents influence how people perceive someone's language skills? It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on whether a strong accent might impact communication, especially in a multilingual setting.

it's like how magenta is "minus green", vermont is "minus louisiana"

apparently norwegians are just more american than swedes in general

I got New York, which makes sense with my sunny, friendly demeanour.

Frosting is what you do with a cake, icing is what you do to rival gang members.

Midwestern vowels, some are kinda nasally. My ex-MIL is from Michigan and that is a recognizable accent for sure. My ex used to get mad because the girl name Dawn and the boy name Don sound nearly identical here but in Michigan apparently sound very different from each other.

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you got on?
And.
Delta Don, what's that flower you got on?

Same. Only when I say them in succession can a barely perceptible difference emerge.

I did in fact have those two as well, I'll have to try the longer ones and see what's up.

Update: did the 60, got San Fran, so apparently I live in the wrong region.

Update 2: did the 122, apparently I have to move to San Francisco

Interesting, it was dead on for me. Hottest in the two places where I grew up and where I've lived most of my adult life, and very warm in the two places I went to college and grad school.

Despite my kiwi heritage 🇳🇿 I'm from Rhode Island, apparently.

Many years ago I went on a solo road trip around California. I spotted a man pulled over by the side of the road looking upset, and stopped to see if I could help. He asked me to find a pay phone and call his friend to tell him "Jack is out of gas" and give his location.

I swear I was on the phone for a good ten minutes trying to make myself understood. It makes sense now. Rhode Island is a loooong way from California.

I was disappointed by a lack of option for "Icing is what you get when someone gives you a proper cake from a bakery, frosting comes out of a Betty Crocker jar forgotten in the back of a cabinet when someone has made a boxed cake." for this one.

that's a trick question. they're the same.

I don't know, I don't have it pulled up anymore. My guess is calling drinks soda and calling it a water fountain. I was pretty low only at 51% likely due to speech problems growing up so I had speech therapy which probably changed my accent.

I have other symptoms of growing up in NJ. Like I know what a real sloppy Joe is(doesn't involve ground beef), fat sandwiches and very refined pizza tastes.

As an aussie (WA):

I am realizing now that its probably racist, or not PC. And I'm good with not using it, but raining with sun is called an Indian Rainstorm and it wasn't an option. I don't live near where I grow up anymore but my fiance has never heard the term either. Is/was this not a wide spread term?

I did the 60 question one and if I remember correctly it told me that my answers of crayfish and that a freeway has no traffic lights or stop signs but a highway does were the biggest factors for why it picked MN.

what were the giveaways?

completely accurate. i was really surprised to learn that people pronounce things so wildly

Surprised there was no bury/berry/bary question. Sooo many people pronounce it wrong 😁

It probably depends on the part of the state?

Fair enough, I was mostly thinking of like the Indiana Hoosiers. I imagined it is similar to how cajun gets used in Louisiana

Yep. I'm in the red area. Go Cocks 🤙

Curious about your answers. In theory I should've gotten Minneapolis as most similar and ended up with Vegas, followed by LA. Granted I only did the 24 question one

My parents

I'm not sure Hoosier is positive but more like neutral in IN. I'm certainly not attached to it.