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Curious how my English sounds to Americans — can you guess where I’m from or which U.S. city/state I could pass for?

Curious how my English sounds to Americans — can you guess where I’m from or which U.S. city/state I could pass for?

Kenzoowbunz
https://v.redd.it/l7qufut3w48f1

20 comments

WitnessChance1996
Something East Asian or Southeast Asian. Oh, also... gay.
Cute_Repeat3879
Your English is good. You don't sound American at all. I'd guess Middle Eastern. The "a" you use in "that," "happy," and "add" that sounds like it's trying to be an "o" is a dead giveaway that you're not American or British.
EducationalStick5060
Gay East European (ie, likely a Slavic accent). Definitely not British, American or Canadian.
QuakinOats
Maybe Turkish or nearby with [gay male speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_male_speech) is my guess. I never really get the "which US city/state could I pass in" questions. The US is so diverse you can find a ton of people all over with various accents. No one really cares about accents in the US other than potentially enjoying some over others. The only time people will really be annoyed by an accent generally in the US is if they call a customer support line and get certain thick accents that are hard to understand.
turkeyisdelicious
Gay Kansas City (Missouri side.)
DMX8
Brazilian?
Lucky-Camper720
Your English is very good—clear and easy to understand. I’m guessing you’re from Europe, but cannot determine where. You’re either gay or you learned English from a gay American. You use the term “y’all”, which is most often attributed to the south, but it is not uncommon to hear it said anywhere else. Will you give any answers to determine how close we were?
jp712345
thats pretty good
Rocohema
Indian. Sounds like Californian valley gay
Canabian
Non-heterosexual Indian.
Infamous-Resource-18
You sound like a gay British Pakistani 
SimpleOpportunity854
You're a queen 💅
ScintillatingKamome
Your native accent overrides any regional American accent making it difficult to identify one. You speak very clearly.
2sinkz
Levantine Arab, also gay
footles12
All your 'a''s are short, eg: 'uccent' (not accent) 'udd' (not add) 'huppy'(not happy). I think you might be Scandinavian.
lasagna_manana
Sounds Vietnamese to me
KnewAgedMancHind
I think maybe Indian, but wherever you are from is definitely masked in your accent.
Aahhhanthony
You have a good accent. But it hits me as an Indian. I'd honestly be surprised if you weren't Indian. But as others said, you do also sound gay. It's like a mix of "gay Child who moved to America from an early age and spoke an Indian dialect at home but English outside the house" accent to me. Edit: Just saw in the comments you are Lebanese. I'm surprised. There are so many hints of a slight Indian accent to me.
Complete_Aerie_6908
Congrats on finishing your degree. One thing that Americans don’t say is “I went to university.” It is called a university, but we typically say “college” when we refer to going to a university. I would guess you’re East Asian.
Maleficent_Scale_296
Northern Germany and your teacher was English.