Wow! These results are so wrong. I took the test three times to make sure I had not made some error along the way that skewed the answer, yet each time the response was the same.
I know these tests are not scientific, but this one is way wrong as to be laughable. Mind you, part of that is solely because it’s too limited in scope and does not cover the diversity of accents available (I assure you there are more than seven identifiable accents within the United States). This also fails to accommodate a general lack of regionalization in language skills (notice there is no available answer for banality). The biggest caveat is simply that accents and pronunciations are not intrinsically tied together despite being so under most circumstances, so even a Southerner with the thickest drawl could get the same answer seen below if that twang didn’t mangle their enunciation and general articulation.
And I do not call carbonated drinks “pop.” I call them “soft drinks” in all but my most primitive moments, and then I sometimes call them “coke.”
Sorry, but what a waste of time.
But let’s not stop there. Here’s another quiz that claims to identify the same thing via a different approach. This one too is misleading. There are question on the test that do not have the correct number of answers (e.g., I bring my groceries home in either a sack or a bag; I use both words synonymously; despite that, “either/or” is not an option). And look at the carbonated beverage question. Where the hell is “soft drink”? Didn’t I already cover that above, and here’s an example where the option isn’t even available.
Anyway, here are the results from that quiz.
Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English 25% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern
Unfortunately, neither even offers the same set of possible responses, and both ask some of the same questions with different choices from which to select. In both of these cases, the answers are wrong and the tests are bogus. But there you go. With two test results, you should now be able to tell what kind of accent I have (based, I assume, on somehow being able to merge the two answers and find a median from them).
I find it humorous that the second test does include a “banality” accent (“general American English”), much unlike the first test that assumes there is no such thing.
At least it was fun to see how inadequate and incorrect these quizzes can be.