Well, it's official. After living in Texas for 30 years, I speak English with a definite southern accent. My speech is peppered with other influences: my dad is from the midwest (Illinois), my mom is from the southwest (New Mexico) and I grew up all over the world, but mainly on the west coast.
I scored "70% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!". Take the test. Yankee or Dixie?
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I scored "68% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!"--no doubt the 14 years I've lived in Texas has had some influence.
Posted by: AJM on February 22, 2004 12:26 PM
I was born in Tokyo, so I think I speak Japanese with a normal accent. My daughters were born in Tochigi, so they often speak Japanese with TOCHIGI accent. And Do you speak Japanese with OKINAWA accent?
Posted by: Mieko on February 26, 2004 09:18 AM
My first Japanese teacher was from Tokyo and my current Japanese teacher is from Kobe. I'm guessing that our language tapes are made by people speaking with a Tokyo accent.
Although I lived in Okinawa as a child, my accent is probably more influenced by the two years I lived in Oita-ken. However, my guess is that I speak Japanese with a strong Texas accent--slowly and with all the vowels held unbearably long.
Posted by: mss on February 27, 2004 12:22 AM
That's a really interesting site. I'd never heard of "Cabbage Night" or a "Party Barn." I scored a 36%, or definitive Yankee. This fits as I was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin before moving to Japan.
A Japanese blog is a great idea!
じゃ、僕もなるべく日本語で書きます。
はだしのゲンという漫画を聞いたことがありますか？原子爆弾の事について書いてありますがすごく面白いですよ。漫画に興味がなくてもこの漫画を好きかも知れません。
Posted by: Quinlan on February 27, 2004 02:19 AM
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