gid

November 10, 2007

What kind of accent do you have?

When I saw this survey I just had to take it. I have always been one of those people with no accent. Well, that is what I have been told. I remember once I was asked by someone from Ontario, CA if I was from Ontario. The odd thing is that I grew up in Louisiana. I grew up in an area called the North Shore, which is about 30 miles north of New Orleans. It finally dawned on me a few years ago why I had no accent. It was because in the late 70's and early 80's the vast majority of people that settled on the North Shore where those that came South for the oil boom. That influx of people created a real mix of people from all over the country.

I just want to add that if you visit the North Shore now you will hear a distinctly New Orleans accent. In the 90's there was a large influx of people from Orleans and Jefferson parish, which really change the accent. Then when Katrina hit the accent was changed for good.

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

Neutral

You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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Posted by gid at November 10, 2007 06:31 PM
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I came up as Neutral, too, David. But the influx of New Orleans people to the Northshore really started in the 70's.

Posted by: Jay Simmons at November 19, 2007 06:30 PM
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