accents?

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  • ladybg81
    ladybg81 Posts: 1,553 Member
    It's so funny you say this!! I tell my husband all the time I wish I had a sexy British accent! I am from the south and try to cover the southern "twang" but there are some things you just can not hide!!!
  • thetiwi1890
    thetiwi1890 Posts: 239 Member
    Aww, I love this thread! It's really funny to see people wish they had other accents, but the really nice thing is that everyone here has a big appreciation for other accents/dialects and that's so heart-warming! It's a small world, and it's great to see people appreciating it!
    :heart:
  • JustEllieK
    JustEllieK Posts: 423 Member
    Australian for sure!
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    ummm from the Midwest so no accent....but could I please have Sendhil Ramamurthy talk to me all day his voice makes me melt!

    :laugh:

    I lol'd at the "so no accent" part. No, honey. lol

    :bigsmile: YES!!!! Made my day! http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6060107/grammar-nazis Oh BTW I HATE English this may be because I can’t spell. (Use proper grammar or commas)
  • nadiB
    nadiB Posts: 283 Member
    I live in London now but have a very heavy South African accent......I like my accent but often get mistaken for a Aussie.
    I like a scottish accent, especially for a man think Gerard Butler :-)
  • EmmaJean7
    EmmaJean7 Posts: 163 Member
    Aww, I love this thread! It's really funny to see people wish they had other accents, but the really nice thing is that everyone here has a big appreciation for other accents/dialects and that's so heart-warming! It's a small world, and it's great to see people appreciating it!
    :heart:

    I feel the same way :)) its cool to see how something can unify people of many cultures :)
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    Lol like someone said "California accent" but people assume I'm from somewhere in the carribeans olol.. I don't get where they get that from?

    But French accents are super sexy!

    Oh and actor Tom Hardy's accent is super super sexy :)

    And yes Aussies have nice accents :)
  • EmmaJean7
    EmmaJean7 Posts: 163 Member
    South African accents are beautiful!
  • EmmaJean7
    EmmaJean7 Posts: 163 Member
    I live in London now but have a very heavy South African accent......I like my accent but often get mistaken for a Aussie.
    I like a scottish accent, especially for a man think Gerard Butler :-)

    South African accents are beautiful!
  • scarletleavy
    scarletleavy Posts: 841 Member
    I have a slight Southern (grew up in North Carolina) accent in English, but I've been told I sound "Scandinavian" in German, not quite sure what that means.


    On a side note, I just love hearing non-native English speakers speak English.
  • beathen
    beathen Posts: 11 Member
    I lived in the Midwest for most of my life, so I have an Illinois/Wisconsin/Michigan accent (not Da Yoopers accent!), but I've been living the last 6 years in Florida so I've picked up on some of the southern twang. When I visited family in WisCAHnsin for Christmas two years ago my sister wanted me to keep talking because she could hear some of the southern in my voice. I thought it was great! :D

    I'm a fan of the Aussie & British accents, and Irish & Scottish are high on my list. :)
  • FitnessElle
    FitnessElle Posts: 109
    My mom's Cuban accent rubbed off on me a bit.
  • tracey2710
    tracey2710 Posts: 197 Member
    Northern irish but a lot of people think I'm scottish...
    Absolutely love the welsh accent :love:
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    Everyone has an accent when they go somewhere else.
    Even if you never leave home... everybody speaks with an accent. That's a fundamental part of speech no-matter what language you speak.

    I'm a natural linguist and my accent changes depending on what language I'm speaking and with whom I'm speaking.

    When I speak English I have a very mild Scottish accent, however, when I'm speaking Lallans (my mother tongue) then you really can tell that I grew up on the south-west coast of Scotland.

    I speak Dutch with a slight Rotterdam-accent, but I can also do a pretty good BRT-Felmish accent too.

    My German accent is definitely non-geographic Hoch-Deutsch with some weird Bavarian words thrown in for good measure.

    Not sure what sort of Swedish accent I have... probably non-geographic.

    My French, Spanish and Italian accents are also non-geographic, probably foreign, but certainly not English.

    I love languages and accents and they evoke so many different memories/emotions etc when I hear them.

    Most of my colleagues are foreigners - that's what happens when you work for an international company with a global presence :bigsmile:
  • RuchikaPal
    RuchikaPal Posts: 313 Member
    yes...its north indian :glasses: ...... very very different from rest of India...... in India we have hundreds of different accents.... but i love mine!!! :P :wink: :tongue:
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    My Husband is Canadian, from Toronto, and I love his accent, but mainly its his deep sexy voice,.....yum

    I am from the South of England and speak a fair RP if I want, my Husband says the best way to explain it is 'like Joanna Lumley'
  • Maggieq87
    Maggieq87 Posts: 400 Member
    I have an interesting accent. I get asked where I'm from every day. I was born in Minnesota, but I travel a lot for extended periods of time. I've stayed in California, Canada, Germany, Italy, now I'm in east London. My poor accent doesn't know what to do anymore.
  • EmmaJean7
    EmmaJean7 Posts: 163 Member
    I have an interesting accent. I get asked where I'm from every day. I was born in Minnesota, but I travel a lot for extended periods of time. I've stayed in California, Canada, Germany, Italy, now I'm in east London. My poor accent doesn't know what to do anymore.

    lol
  • nowornever47
    nowornever47 Posts: 333 Member
    Love this post as I think accents are interesting all over the world. I'm from New England and as soon as I speak I get asked "are you from Boston?" I tawk like pahk the cahh in hahhvaad yaad.... LOL but I do love to listen to Australian accents or even someone who has an extremely thick southern drawl... so fun! And - of course, I don't have an accent, you do.... (HEHE) :laugh:
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    I like a true accent from many different areas, but I absolutely HATE when someone tries to imitate an accent. Especially a proper Southern Drawl, sounds terrible when someone tries to mimic it, as in poorly trained actors.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    Everyone has an accent. Even people who speak with a "standard" accent have an accent.

    Mine changes depending on whom I'm talking to. With my parents and relatives, I have a pretty strong West Virginian accent. With my friends here in Nebraska, I start to adopt the Midwestern accent. At home with my husband and kids, I tend to speak with a standard accent. I have no idea why I switch like that, but it's uncontrollable.
  • EmmaJean7
    EmmaJean7 Posts: 163 Member
    I like a true accent from many different areas, but I absolutely HATE when someone tries to imitate an accent. Especially a proper Southern Drawl, sounds terrible when someone tries to mimic it, as in poorly trained actors.

    I agree about the imitation of the southern drawl! haha its so funny sometimes to hear people talk like that they will really over shoot it and sound corny haha. Or like when people try to talk like your from TX but no one actually sounds that harsh 0_0
  • megacy
    megacy Posts: 80 Member
    I moved to Houston about 4 years ago expecting to hear nothing but Southern drawls...however most folk I have met here are from up north too. One lady that works in the office with me is a true Texan & the accent to boot. However, my accent remains northern. Most folk think I'm from Boston or NY.

    I would probably have to agree with the Australian accent is the best! But a French accent is super sexy...ijs

    So here I was, lurking the boards like I do, and had to do a double take. It startled me...seeing your photo. We look similar! I know I'm looking down in my photo, so I know our faces are different, but wow.
  • Banrion
    Banrion Posts: 157 Member
    I am from that East Texas region, and I have a bit of a southern accent. It really comes out when I am frustrated, but for the most part I had to learn to control it in college when I was presenting and such.

    And from personal experience Russian and Scottish accents beat any other accent all day long!!! THose accents are what you call a panty dropper! :blushing:
  • CraigG75
    CraigG75 Posts: 177 Member
    I am from North Carolina and I am fine with my Southern accent. Its not Country but Southern (there is a difference!)
  • DannyA0130
    DannyA0130 Posts: 55 Member
    I'm From Northern California, not much of an accent here. My Fiancee Is From Cork Ireland, she has a very nice accent. especially when she gets mad at me. I can't take her serious.
  • abyssfully
    abyssfully Posts: 410 Member
    Add me to the Canadian list =) Not everyone in Canada sounds the same, either, though so it's hard to simply say that we have "Canadian" accents. For example, my boss who is from Eastern Canada says that I have an accent and I'm from Western Canada. Although I don't think he has one. Weird.
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    I'm from Western NY, from a small town about 45 minutes from Niagara Falls. I never thought I had an accent until I moved down here to Virginia. Now I have people asking me if I'm from Canada. Apparently I sound slightly Canadian? (for the poster above, that'd be a Toronto/Southern Ontario-ish version of Canadian :laugh: )

    I have been told, while traveling abroad, or speaking with foreigners here, that I'm one of the easiest to understand Americans they've ever spoken to.

    My favorites to listen to are Aussie, NZ, and South African :heart:

    Holy crap I can't type today
  • madsxx
    madsxx Posts: 12
    I'm an aussie! didnt think anyone thought our accents were good! haha
  • allie1904
    allie1904 Posts: 248
    I hate my accent.

    South Wales :sick:
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