I just found this. :-)

[lee ying]

I got two right but I don´t know what does they sas?

[poli]

I only got three right. The south was a giveaway, and one of the middle atlantic speakers was identifiable. The sentences were way to short. The regions were too large. None of the Midwestern or northerners sounded
like Chicagoans, and none of the New Englanders sounded like Boston or Maine.
I think the premise of the is fun, but this test was faulty.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by poli

I only got three right. The south was a giveaway, and one of the middle atlantic speakers was identifiable. The sentences were way to short. The regions were too large. None of the Midwestern or northerners sounded
like Chicagoans, and none of the New Englanders sounded like Boston or Maine.
I think the premise of the is fun, but this test was faulty.

Thanks for the moral support

If any of you are interested in accents, you might like the speech accent archive. I have had it bookmarked for a long time, and it is a fun site to browse and listen to the accents of different people (native and non-native English speakers) read a text. Trying to mimic the accents is the funnest part.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Thanks for the moral support

If any of you are interested in accents, you might like the speech accent archive. I have had it bookmarked for a long time, and it is a fun site to browse and listen to the accents of different people (native and non-native English speakers) read a text. Trying to mimic the accents is the funnest part.

Ah thanks!

It is always fun to try imitate accents.

Can you imagine, my accent and then, I, trying another accent?!

[poli]

Yes, by all means try to imitate accents. I can only imagine what a Chilean/Southern accent sounds like. I do it in Spanish (for fun--Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Spain, but I can't get beyond sí claro in Mexican). I can't sustain the three accents I attempt to imitate, because my Spanish isn't good enough.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by poli

Yes, by all means try to imitate accents. I can only imagine what a Chilean/Southern accent sounds like. I do it in Spanish (for fun--Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Spain, but I can't get beyond sí claro in Mexican). I can't sustain the three accents I attempt to imitate, because my Spanish isn't good enough.

Just record your voice and check. :-)

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by poli

Yes, by all means try to imitate accents. I can only imagine what a Chilean/Southern accent sounds like. I do it in Spanish (for fun--Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Spain, but I can't get beyond sí claro in Mexican). I can't sustain the three accents I attempt to imitate, because my Spanish isn't good enough.

The good thing about practicing accents, is it helps you to pass yourself off (intentionally or unintentionally) as a native Spanish speaker. One of the greatest compliments I have received concerning Spanish was when an Argentine thought I was Mexican. But the thing is, when I'm speaking with a Mexican, I can only hold up for so long, and then some tiny detail slips and they can tell I'm not a native speaker.

If they think you're from another Spanish-speaking country, you can get away with lots of things--- botched metaphors, idioms, vocabulary, intonation etc, because you have plausible denial. They have no way of knowing if that is a legit way of saying it "where you are from".

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

The good thing about practicing accents, is it helps you to pass yourself off (intentionally or unintentionally) as a native Spanish speaker. One of the greatest compliments I have received concerning Spanish was when an Argentine thought I was Mexican. But the thing is, when I'm speaking with a Mexican, I can only hold up for so long, and then some tiny detail slips and they can tell I'm not a native speaker.

If they think you're from another Spanish-speaking country, you can get away with lots of things--- botched metaphors, idioms, vocabulary, intonation etc, because you have plausible denial. They have no way of knowing if that is a legit way of saying it "where you are from".

Too true and too fun!

[J16]

I got six correct!!!!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by J16

I got six correct!!!!

That's excellent!