What kind of American accent do I have?

I’ve never heard of a “general” American accent. You don’t sound southern to me. I was going to say Mid-Atlantic, but a few of your pronunciations threw me—“laygs” in daddy long-legs and pah-JAM-ahs (pajamas), for example—made me think maybe Midwest. But then I think you said “soda,” not “pop.” I’ll guess western Pennsylvania or Maryland or somewhere near there?

You sound like I do without the confidence. I will go with west coast.

You don’t have a southern accent, but how you say coupon and pecan you say like some southerners, so you either live in a part of the country that is not the south, but just has that in common with the south, or you are in a part of the south that sounds rather northern. You don’t sound midwestern to me at all. I would guess south FL (Latitude of Orlando and south across the state) or west coast (California, Washington, Oregon).

Here’s an earlier version of your interest in your accent.

http://www.fluther.com/153412/would-a-new-yorker-find-my-accent-annoying/

@Gailcalled – there wasn’t good answers on that one because y’all went off track.

JLeslie – I’m from the south but my family is from California so that might be why.

The way you say pecan and deter are close to an accent I heard from my friend who is from Franklin, Tenn.

It’s not thick but I can hear it.

I’m guessing west coast of the us, and some florida

@RockerChick14 I have give away words that I was raised by New Yorkers. I can kind of adjust my accent because I have lived so many places, but words like coffee, talk, and January tend to give me away as having NY somewhere in my history.

So, I guess I guessed your accent correctly. Where in the south are you from?

@JLeslie – near the North Carolina/South Carolina border.

Midatlantic then. @answerjill mentioned that. Although, she guessed Maryland and you don’t sounds suburban DC or Baltimore MD to me at all. But, maybe southern MD.

@JLeslie – which accent is that?

@RockerChick14 What do you mean?

My mistake, you said NC and SC border, I don’t know why I was thinking NC and VA.

NC and SC would most certainly be southern.

@Jleslie – what is an midatlantic accent? Sorry if I didn’t type it right, I have dyslexia so it’s not always clear.

Mid Atlantic is PA through VA. Although, there is a world of difference between a PA and VA accent actually. Plus, PA is different from east to west, and VA is different from suburban DC down south and over to the west.

Maybe I just have a weird accent. Lol

@RockerChick14 You don’t have a weird accent. Overall it is very neutral.

East coast NC. West southern accent is stronger.

@Pandora do you mean west and southern of the state of NC, or the south?

@JLeslie – Yup, I didn’t mean suburban DC or Baltimore. (I’ve lived around there and would probably recognize those.)

answerjill – so I have a midatlantic accent?

Dunno. I am not an expert! There are some quizzes and tests that you can take online to try to figure it out. You can Google to find them. If you moved around a bit or your parents are from somewhere else, then you might have a mix.

You must be from LA.

There are quizzes as mentioned above, they can be fun. I know if you say Mary, merry and marry all differently you are not from the south. LOL.

I took two quizzes and the southern one is 85% and the neutral one is 88%

Why are you so interested/concerned about your accent?

Sounds a bit like it’s from the upper Midwest.