Nov. 23, 2007 - Central Ohio - Midwest

More cows... sorry I like Cows.

These are not California Cows in this commercial... as you will see they are Midwestern cows....

I think those cows are from North or South Dakota (remember the movie Fargo?) or Minnesota. Ohio cows would talk different but how would they talk?

I've shared this amazing quiz before. What American Accent Do YOU have?

Frank Smith writes of Ohio accents on BlackTable.com

"Not everyone in Ohio speaks with the midwestern nasal twang. Some do. In the Northern part of the state this is certainly the case. But if you move towards the hillier portion of the state, you hear a lot more about warshing dishes and hunnerd dollar bills, but somewhere in the middle everything levels out into a crisp non-accented cadence that is as clear as the words on this screen. In fact, the Ohio accent is the basis of the accent taught to newscasters. Newscasters on the televisual machine, meaning: the Ohio accent is so bland that you wouldn't even know it if you heard it because there's nothing to hear except the words, man. The words."

I think I talk like an Ohioan usually... the quiz "heard" the Wisconsin in my voice. " You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

I did not fool the test. Can you?

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