I have a New York accent, and never thought I did in the past because it's not stereotypical. The accent is tightly constrained to NYC, costal northern NJ, Westchester and western Long Island. A North Jersey accent is slightly different. If you're British, particularly from London, taking this test will most likely assign you a northeast accent, due to the non-rhoticity of north eastern speech.
Original settlement on the east coast occurred during a time when english was vastly changing in England, shifting many vowel sounds. Southerners from cities like Charleston and Savannah will speak with a non-rhotic accent, as well as New Englanders and New York City residents. We imported the accent from Britain as it was at the time, and close connections with England has kept it that way. The further inland you go, the blander the accent gets.
For instance, if you're from a city like Savannah, you probably say (Nascar) NASCAH, rather than someone from, let's say Little Rock, would say NASCAR.
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Original settlement on the east coast occurred during a time when english was vastly changing in England, shifting many vowel sounds. Southerners from cities like Charleston and Savannah will speak with a non-rhotic accent, as well as New Englanders and New York City residents. We imported the accent from Britain as it was at the time, and close connections with England has kept it that way. The further inland you go, the blander the accent gets.
For instance, if you're from a city like Savannah, you probably say (Nascar) NASCAH, rather than someone from, let's say Little Rock, would say NASCAR.
I'm a linguistics nerd, please ignore me
