{"id":1198,"date":"2011-02-28T15:53:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T20:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beccablogs.com\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2011-02-28T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T20:53:35","slug":"meme-american-accents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=1198","title":{"rendered":"Meme: American Accents"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not really surprised at this. While I did grow up in Miami which is geographically nearly the most southern you can live in the US, it is the farthest thing from being “Southern.” I do pick up accents here and there and still say y’all from my NC days. But yeah, no real accent here.<\/p>\n

How do you rank?<\/p>\n

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What American accent do you have?
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Neutral<\/strong>. Not Northern, Southern, or Western, just American.<\/em> Your national American identity is more important to you than your local identity, because you don’t really have a local identity to begin with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Take this quiz now – it’s easy!<\/div>\n
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We’re going to start with “cot” and “caught.” When you say those words do they sound the same or different?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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