Things that make you go hmmm...

It seems the Memegen accent quiz can't quite figure out my accent. It suggests Philadelphia AND Midland AND Southern, all at the same time. Behold:

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Mid-Atlantic. This is what everyone calls a Philadelphia accent although it's also the accent of south Jersey, Baltimore, and Wilmington. Well, everyone that lives near there, that is. Outsiders can tell you talk differently from them even though they can't tell what your accent is.

Southern. Love it or hate it, your accent says you're probably from somewhere south of the Ohio River.

Midland. The Midland (please don't confuse with "Midwest") itself is the neutral zone between the North and South. But just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from there. Since it is considered a neutral, default, "non-regional" accent you could easily be from someplace without its own accent, like Florida, or a big city in the South like Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Different Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Same

Unix geek humor

Seeing all those people posting about their Inner Daemon reminds me of the technical term daemon used in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. A daemon is a process that under ordinary circumstances does not die when a user logs off the system.

That said, it occurred to me that certain personality traits might make one want to compare oneself to one of the more common Unix daemons. Then I realized that a vanishingly small percentage of LJers would get it, so it wasn't worth me spending a couple hours making up a web form and putting it up for the purposes of making yet another meme.

So without further ado, I present... ( Your Inner Unix Daemon )