online accent quiz

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:20 PM -0500 11/29/06, Wilson Gray wrote:
>I tried it. My result: The South. No surprise, that.
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>-Wilson

And I'm from "the northeast", ditto.  But Roger Shuy is not amused.
He comments on the forensic linguistics list:

"...I took it and it placed me as being from "the West,"
whatever that means (I am from northeastern Ohio).  Linguistic geography is
much more complex and detailed than this rather simple test indicates. When
I did fieldwork for the Linguistic Atlas the interviews  took over four
hours for each informant. I'm amazed at how anyone could take ten items and
try to say it is in any way diagnostic."

LH

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>On 11/29/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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>>for those of you who can't remember where you're from but do remember
>>how you pronounce your vowels...
>>http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
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>>LH
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