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	<title>Comments on: My Accent</title>
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		<title>By: elwar</title>
		<link>http://www.rubberbandwound.com/2007/06/13/my-accent/#comment-211</link>
		<dc:creator>elwar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&#38;quiz_id=9827" rel="nofollow"&gt;What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Midland&lt;/b&gt;("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate.  Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.&lt;a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&#38;quiz_id=9827" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&#38;quiz_id=9827" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Click Here to Take This Quiz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Brought to you by &lt;a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp" rel="nofollow"&gt;YouThink.com&lt;/a&gt; quizzes and personality tests.
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<b><a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&amp;quiz_id=9827" rel="nofollow">What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)</a></b><b>Midland</b>(&#8221;Midland&#8221; is not necessarily the same thing as &#8220;Midwest&#8221;) The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate.  Since it&#8217;s a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re from the Midland.<a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&amp;quiz_id=9827" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&amp;quiz_id=9827" rel="nofollow"><b>Click Here to Take This Quiz</b></a>Brought to you by <a href="http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp" rel="nofollow">YouThink.com</a> quizzes and personality tests.<br />
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