Accent Challenge: Tumblr, TikTok and Ellen’s Version

How good are you with accents? That is exactly what you are about to find out in the accent challenge.

There are two variations of the accent challenge: a Tumblr version, which involves answering thirteen questions to determine your accent, and the Ellen Show version, where you have to mimic different accents.

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Accent Challenge: Tumblr Edition

Accent Challenge words

  • In the first step of this version of the accent challenge, you tell the audience your name and username.
  • Followed by where you’re from. Then, you pronounce a series of twenty-eight words.
  • After this, you will answer some questions about what words you use for things like gym shoes, grandparents, and other fun kinds of stuff in your culture.
  • Then, you select a book and read a passage from the book.
  • Now, you tell the audience if you think you have an accent and if you’d rather be a wizard or vampire.
  • Lastly, end the challenge with any three words you want.

Accent Challenge Questions: Tumblr Edition

Just a recap, in case you didn’t catch any of that. Here is how you do the challenge:

  1. Your name and username.
  2. Where you’re from.
  3. Pronounce the following words: Aunt, Roof, Route, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Pajamas, Caught, Naturally, Aluminium, GIF, Tumblr, Crackerjack, Doorknob, Envelope, GPOY.
  4. What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
  5. What is a bubbly carbonated drink called?
  6. What do you call gym shoes?
  7. What do you call your grandparents?
  8. What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
  9. What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
  10. Choose a book and read a passage from it.
  11. Do you think you have an accent?
  12. Be a wizard or a vampire?
  13. End it by saying any THREE words you want.

Video of the Accent Challenge: Tumblr Version 

Here is a video of the accent challenge, this version of the challenge is more like an Accent test because your answers will help us determine your accent and of course, we learn what words you use for certain items in your culture. Fun stuff!

That’s it, folks, that’s how you take the traditional accent challenge.

Accent Challenge on TikTok

The Accent Challenge on TikTok is similar to the Tumblr version. On your TikTok video, you and your friend will put an emoji of the flag representing the country your accent is from, then you take turns pronouncing the list of accent words.

@iskra##accentchallenge ????????VS???????? @philipapayne let’s gooo ##happyathome ##lifeathome ##couplelove ##soulmatepov♬ Accent Challenge – iskra


If you are taking the challenge alone, you can go ahead and pronounce your list of words.

@hey.julethe correct way ##fyp ##notsoordinary ##accentchallenge♬ original sound – hey.jule

List of words for Accent Challenge on TikTok

  1. GIF
  2. Emoji
  3. Memes
  4. Furniture
  5. Jaguar
  6. Advertisement
  7. Vase
  8. Calendar
  9. Ballet
  10. Toilet
  11. Cheesy
  12. Freaky
  13. Heaven
  14. Plead
  15. Paper
  16. Scissors
  17. Snake
  18. Lunch
  19. Pineapple
  20. Jelly
  21. Colorful
  22. Buttons
  23. Pancakes
  24. Zebra
  25. Windows
  26. Babies
  27. Butt
  28. Rock
  29. Muscles
  30. Cinnamon
  31. Pumpkin
  32. Latte
  33. Bacon
  34. Eyebrows
  35. Tomato
  36. Banana
  37. Toes
  38. Yummy
  39. Frog
  40. Chicken
  41. Watermelons
  42. Donkey
  43. Fart
  44. Seashells
  45. Jingle
  46. Kangaroo
  47. Fish
  48. Peppers
  49. Sheep
  50. Appletini
  51. Peanuts
  52. Smelly
  53. Pants
  54. Easy
  55. Love
  56. Strawberries
  57. Juice
  58. Louder
  59. Court
  60. Corners

Accent Challenge: Ellen Version

The Ellen show is credited with this version of the accent challenge.

To do this version of the accent game, someone will write a couple of accents on different cardboards. You will have to speak in the accent written on the paper/cardboard.

In this video, Ellen debuts the now-popular version of the accent game with Ben Affleck.

List of Accents For The Challenge

  1. American Accent
  2. Australian Accent
  3. Bogan Accent
  4. British Accent
  5. Brooklyn Accent
  6. Canadian English Accent
  7. Chinese Accent
  8. Colombian Accent
  9. Cornwall Accent
  10. Dublin Accent
  11. Filipino Accent
  12. French Accent
  13. Ghanaian English Accent
  14. Glasgow Accent
  15. Indian Accent
  16. Irish Accent
  17. Italian Accent
  18. Japanese Accent
  19. Korean Accent
  20. Latin American Accent
  21. Liverpool Accent
  22. London Accent
  23. New York Accent
  24. Northern Ireland Accent
  25. Pakistani English Accent
  26. Pidgin English Accent
  27. Russian Accent
  28. Scandinavian Accent
  29. Scottish Accent
  30. Scouse Accent
  31. South American Accent
  32. Spanish Accent
  33. Texan Accent
  34. Welsh Accent
  35. Yorkshire Accent

So, which version of the challenge are you taking?

Also, remember to tell us the fun accents we left out of the list.

If you enjoyed taking this challenge, you will also enjoy the Whisper challenge.