American accent test

[Dennis Preston]

As Labov says, Philadelphia is the US's northernmost southern city.
(Got to pick and choose your features to make that true.)

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>Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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>For me, it missed by a mile, saying that I'm from Philadelphia.
>However, if I interpreted the bar graph on the answer page correctly,
>the Philly accent isn't very far removed from the Southern accent.
>IMO, though, this is simply unbelievable.
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>-Wilson
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>On 3/23/08, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>   This site tries to locate your American accent.  For me it came
>>close, but just missed.
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>>   http://gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
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>>   Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
>>   See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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