As an Australian this was interesting.

I'm norwegian and got the complete opposite from the map of americans who actually originate from my country, lol.

I don't want to dox myself, but it definitely guessed the exact city I live in. I will not answer further questions.

My answers, unshockingly, reflected my region, but this question made me laugh pretty good. I dont know why lol "um akshully, Icing and frosting are different". This was my answer anyway

It missed by a couple of states, but it's close-ish. Some of those questions are wild, like whatever bullshit word people use for lighting bugs or fireflies that is neither of those two. Sambo niggles or some such a thing.

Edit: Peenie Wallies? Just call them double dick bugs 😆

Apparently this is the "Vermont" accent map. Live in the Great Lakes region, so ok.

I guess mine is pretty solidly midwestern.

It do be accurate

Philadelphian who has also lived in Florida. This worked better than I expected, given my accent can be eclectic.

Freaky, It was able to determine what state I grew up in.

Yep. I'm in the red area. Go Cocks 🤙

49% Kentucky

I have never lived here, but I do have family there.

I am from Idaho initially, grew up there. Now I have lived in Oregon for nearly 15 years.

Apparently I talk like I am from Maryland, somewhere I have never been.

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

It said Maryland. I've never lived there nor have family there. My family is from two different states so maybe it's some sort of weighted average.

Interesting

Don't live there anymore but I did grow up in NJ

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.

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?

It said I was from NY, but actually CT. Close. When I moved to CA people thought I was Canadian.

As an aussie (WA):

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 don't like this.

I'm from South Africa but don't speak in a very stereotypical South African accent, and I got "Massachusetts".

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

'Roof, room, broom, and root aren't all pronounced the same' was enough to know I'm from Minnesota lol

Got me pretty good. I am a little surprised my biggest giveaways were word choice not pronunciation, but I was only 56% similar (which was also weird) so i guess there weren't too many to choose from. I was also about as similar to San Francisico and LA as I was to Salt Lake City UT, did not realize those cities spoke so similarly.

Despite me not being from the US, it was still as accurate as it could possibly be. I’m on Vancouver Island, nestled right in that notch in the northwestern corner of Washington.

Florida? 😂 I don’t buy it. I’ve never met a Floridian that spoke like me. That was fun though!

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

Grew up in Philly, but it guessed Delaware, so super close. But it did say my next closest city was Philadelphia. It's interesting because I went to school for radio and spent a ton of time working on my diction and pronunciation, and yet it was the little things I never would have realized I say that still got these results spot on.

Any other PNW homies out there?

Mom was from Michigan, Dad was from L.A. I grew up in California. Early questions nailed me in Michigan, later questions shifted to PNW. I feel like I don't have an accent, since everyone on TV and in movies talks like I do. My mom said "pop" instead of soda, and I grew up saying "pop", but switched to soda when everyone around me was saying that. I answered "pop" to the question, knowing that was a big differentiator.

I wonder if any questions would have shifted the map further south.

My state was wrong, but close enough, my region was spot on, my city was 100% correct

My parents

where you've been.

Apparently I'm from Vermont!

Maybe.

It was only a 50 percent chance.

(I'm not from Vermont, have never lived in Vermont, and have no relatives from Vermont.)

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.