Quote Originally Posted by MacLowlife View Post
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Here is an interesting test. I can't vouch for its accuracy, but it does help, somewhat. It placed me about 500 miles too far north,but then, I have been listening to NPR for 20 years.

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?act...ke&obj_id=9827


I took the quiz. It says that my accent is neutral. Interesting. Dad is from The South, Mum is from the Northwest. I was raised in California, first generation Californian. Must be the private schooling as a boy. I speak quite differently than the locals in my hometown which has a thick local accent (dropped long vowels, "steal" rhymes with "still" in the local vernacular).