I grew up in northern NJ, but this makes sense as my father’s parents came from western PA and my mother’s parents are Hungarian immigrants, with my mother being born in eastern Canada. So it makes some sense that I’m close, but not quite, northern NJ.

 

What American accent do you have?
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Mid-Atlantic. This is what everyone calls a Philadelphia accent although it’s also the accent of south Jersey, Baltimore, and Wilmington. Well, everyone that lives near there, that is. Outsiders can tell you talk differently from them even though they can’t tell what your accent is.

Southern. Love it or hate it, your accent says you’re probably from somewhere south of the Ohio River.

Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).

Take this quiz now – it’s easy!

We’re going to start with “cot” and “caught.” When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different… Different Same