Accent quiz!

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What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia   Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
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I took this one ages ago.  I just recently ran across it again and took it again, and guess what, same results.  I found out later that some people think Philadelphia has one of the ugliest accents in the whole country.  Yeah?  Oh, yeah?  You know what I think of that?

It's originally South Jersey, actually, though my mom and grandfather were from Philadelphia.  After a lot of work in speech and theater, most people probably don't recognize the Philadelphia accent on me, but being absolutely honest, if I don't think about it, I WILL pronounce "Mary" and "merry" identically, and--something that doesn't come up in the quiz--I will say "waDer" instead of "water."  

I'm enjoying hearing Joe Biden these days.  I'm guessing that we probably sound pretty similar, though I understand he also started out with a heavy stutter, but that is what happens when you have a grating Philadelphia/South Jersey/Wilmington accent and beat it up until it submits.  

Incidentally, I've been very amused about all the posts on ontd_political  about Joe Biden.  All the "oooo!  ooo!  Joey the Shark!  Silver fox!  He is so hot!"  and my favorite: "Joe Biden:  Smart!  Funny!  Attractive to lesbians!"  I passed this along to my Dad.  Unsurprisingly, Dad is ALSO from New Jersey.

Me:  So, Dad, all these young women really seem to like Joe Biden.  Is that hilarious or what?

Dad:  Hee, hee!  Yeah, I remember when MY Dad was talking about him and saying he'd be a great President.  [NB: Grandpa died in 1989.]

Me:  No, they actually seem to have crushes on Biden.

Dad:  Hee, hee.  No, seriously.   Biden's older than me!  And I've got more hair!  And. . . hmmmm.

Mom:  You put that phone down right now, you hear?

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Mine came up Midlands with South second. The longer I live in Tennessee the more the south creeps in and people that don't know me love my southern accent. I went to school with people from the Northeast and after a good amount of kidding I finally dropped the r from wash.