What's My Accent? 8-Question Regional English Quiz

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About this quiz

Real accent identification needs audio analysis, but the word choices you reach for — soda vs pop vs coke, sneakers vs trainers, biscuit vs cookie — are a surprisingly good proxy. This eight-question quiz uses vocabulary, idiom, and habit to guess which English-speaking region you sound like. Four broad buckets: General American (most US speakers), Southern American (the South + Texas), British (England, Scotland, Ireland), or Australian/NZ. The result might surprise you if you've moved around or absorbed media from different regions.

Results

What you'll discover

01
General American
You speak the variety of American English that's closest to what's used in national news broadcasts — flat A's, rhotic R's, soda over pop, sneakers over trainers. This is the default accent in roughly half of the United States: the Midwest, the West Coast, and most of the news-anchor world. Your accent travels well, lands as 'neutral' to most American ears, and won't trip up English-language speakers in other countries. The mild downside: General American can read as bland to people who love regional flavor in speech.
02
Southern American
You speak with the warmth and rhythm of the American South — drawn-out vowels, 'y'all' as the natural second-person plural, an instinct for hospitality in conversation that comes through even in word choice. This accent variety covers Texas, the Deep South, Appalachia, and parts of the Mid-South with real internal variety. It's one of the most-loved American accents internationally and one of the most-mocked domestically — that contrast is real. Your accent carries history. Own it.
03
British
You sound British — but 'British' covers an enormous range internally, from RP (the 'BBC English' most non-Brits picture) to Estuary, Cockney, Geordie, Scouse, Glaswegian, and Northern Irish. Your vocabulary (lift instead of elevator, biscuit instead of cookie, queue instead of line) marks you out internationally even before anyone has heard you speak. British English is famously varied — your specific accent likely tells someone with the right ear roughly which postcode you grew up in.
04
Australian / NZ
You sound like Australia or New Zealand — distinct upward inflection on declaratives, vocabulary that splits the difference between British and American (chips for fries, jumper for sweater, esky for cooler), and that specific cadence that sells dry humor effortlessly. Australian and New Zealand English are surprisingly close to each other and noticeably distinct from both British and American — though most non-AU/NZ speakers can't tell them apart. Locals can, instantly.