Olathe, Kansas
The Olathe Accent
Olathe sits inside the Midland dialect area, which covers Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and the US Midland, United States. No other dialect area in the survey comes close to it.
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What people in Olathe sound like
- “The car needs washed” — “to be” is dropped.
- “Cot” and “caught” sound the same.
- “Pin” and “pen” stay distinct, unlike Texas and the South.
- Plural “you” is “you guys”, not “y’all”.
These are the markers of the Midland accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in Olathe has all of them — the full Midland profile sets out where the region varies.
Is your accent from Olathe?
There is no way to answer that from a description. The test asks 29 questions about the words you use and how you say them, scores your answers against the Midland American English profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.