On the other hand...
It seems my accent identity comes down to how I pronounce "bag." Or possibly "vague." The last question asks if you pronounce "bag" to rhyme with "vague." I don't pronounce them the same: "bag" has a low front vowel like in "cat," while "vague" has a mid front vowel like in "bake." The quiz may be assuming that my pronunciation of "bag" is standard and is asking me to compare my pronunciation of "vague." I've heard people pronounce "vague" with the low front vowel, and it weirds me out. Actually, my friend Josh (from South Dakota) pronounced it that way. That would suggest to me that the western pronunciation is the one that uses the low front vowel for "vague." In which case, the question is scored wrong--North Centrallers have different pronunciations, while westerners have the same.
BUT--the quiz could be assuming that my pronunciation of "vague" is standard and asking me to compare "bag" to that. I have also heard people pronounce "bag" with the mid front vowel (as in "bake" and "bagel" [don't get me started on people who say "bagel" with the LOW front vowel as in "bat"!]), but I ain't one of them. So maybe North Centrallers are supposed to use the mid front vowel in "bag," and my use of the low front vowel makes me Western rather than North Central.
Upshot: the last question needs to be fixed.
BUT--the quiz could be assuming that my pronunciation of "vague" is standard and asking me to compare "bag" to that. I have also heard people pronounce "bag" with the mid front vowel (as in "bake" and "bagel" [don't get me started on people who say "bagel" with the LOW front vowel as in "bat"!]), but I ain't one of them. So maybe North Centrallers are supposed to use the mid front vowel in "bag," and my use of the low front vowel makes me Western rather than North Central.
Upshot: the last question needs to be fixed.
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posted by Chaka at 12:50 PM
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the real question should be, how do yoU pronounce 'sheep' !
I got north central, hardcore.
Pirate Jimmy, do you say the vowel in "bag" like the vowel in "bake" or like the one in "back"?
Sometimes I do both. I think I use the "bake" a more, so I went with that one.
I also use the "bake"-a in the word "vague."
I don't like the second to last question comparing "about" with "aloud." I think it's trying to ask if I say "about" or "aboooot." But I think "aloud" does not have the same "ou" as "about." There is "about" and "aboot" and "abowet." I find "aloud" sounds like "allowed" which is slightly, ever so slightly, different.
Let me put it this way. I think the "ou" in "about" is not pronounced like the ou in "you" but I also think it is not pronounced like in the word "noun." It is closer to "noun" than to "you" but still a slightly different.
I think I hear what you're saying about the slight difference between "about" and "loud". Both of them are diphthongs, the first element a low vowel, the second element the high back rounded glide. But the starting low vowel of "loud" is a little more front than the one in "about".
I need to dig out the electrospectrogram.
how come no one hears what i'm saying about sheep ?!
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