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""North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot."

Good, I am Canadian. :)

One minor nit though, I thought Mary and marry sound the same and merry sound different, but there was no option for that, so I chose "all three different".

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Funny I was expecting to get that as well, but I got a tie between "The West" and "The Midland", even thought I've lived in Canada my whole life, and have never been further west then Indianapolis. Wonder if living out in the Maritimes for a few years has any effect on that? Would explain why my American wife says I dont' sound like a typical Canuck.

Hah, I had the same problem. I also learned English in Canada, so I guess it makes sense.

My other answers must have been pretty different from yours though: I only got 22% for "North Central", with 93% for "the Inland North".

I get the feeling the quiz isn't really tuned to Canadian dialect differences. I would have guessed I would be classified as something around the Pennsylvania, Ohio or New York state area. I certainly don't sound like someone from Fargo, although some Canadian accents do.

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