what kind of accent do you have?

nakabi

I get asked pretty much everyday, "where are you from?" (usually because people don't want to seem rude in asking what my accent is, or so I've been told by them). "Uganda" I reply. "Really?" cool", is their response. But I can see the look of puzzlement on their face. Yes, I don't look like your typcial Bugandan. "I'm biracial, hence the reason I'm lighter in colour than you would expect", is how I answer their confused look.
It amazes me how much people here in the US love accents, especially "foreign" ones. To me, I sound normal. lol...My husband has a nice American southern accent. He is from the south and has a drawl, or so I've been told. Drawl or not, I love it when he calls me "darling" (yes, honey, I know it's spelled darlin', according to you, but I just can't bring myself to write that haha).
I was asked by someone on MFP what my accent sounded like. I sound like a South African mixed with a Brit & Aussie.

I'm curious, do any of you have accents and if so, what kind?

kapeluza

I have no clue.

beduffbrickie

quite a british one, ''anyone for a spot of tea'' or ''mary poppings''

rossi02

I have a southern accent, my husband says it gets more pronounced when we are going to visit my family. :laugh:

suthrnladey

100% Southern!!! My husband is from Mexico...I've been told that my southern accent disappears when I speak Spanish

3GKnight

I have a California grown white boy accent.

monih10

I'm from Mississippi....so I have a strong southern accent....have never been able to lose it....LOL!!

ItsCasey

East Texan, and I've never been able to fool anyone. When I travel, people rarely have to ask me where I'm from.

oldsoul918

I'm from the Pacific Northwest...we have no accent what-so-ever. They say that's why there are a lot of call centers in this area...because we generally have no accent and tend to be easier to understand. Whether that's true or not...no clue!

Rob_Sarge

New Yawk here.....grew up on Lawn Eyeland....my wife is from TX and she thinks my accent is funny

Saruman_w

Mine's mostly neutral with some slight hints of Southern here and there but not much.

bhalter

I have a midwestern accent. I speak without an accent for the most part...but I get a bit of a drawl/twang, when I'm excited, tired, or drinking, lol. There are ways I pronounce certain words that are definitely different according to my college friends though.

traveye2

Minnesotan-Might have to make a Hotdish tonight

caveats

I went out a couple times with a Dubliner, and the first thing he said (after the usual "hello, how are you?") was:

"You sound VERY Californian."

Haha. I didn't realize Californians had their own accent (other than Valley Girl, of which I have a very slight tinge. :laugh:) I would've expected him to say I sounded very American!

nakabi

I'm from the Pacific Northwest...we have no accent what-so-ever. They say that's why there are a lot of call centers in this area...because we generally have no accent and tend to be easier to understand. Whether that's true or not...no clue!

that is very interesting. I'd love to sit down and have a chat to listen to you lol

robyng1986

i'm from Trinidad so i have a trini accent! yay lol.... apparently people find trinis have a 'sing song' way of speaking. i don't get it :noway: :laugh:

bill_i_am

I live in the midwest now, so I have to tone it down...but once I'm back home the Boston accent comes right back...paaaaahk the caaaaaaaaah

Contrarian

Everyone has an accent but me.

Aviendha_RJ

Little bit of Canadian, eh? LOL... we don't actually say that as much as the stereotype. :explode: It's mostly used in questions, like someone from the USA would say "huh?" That's all. Oh, except one thing...

As once SO FAMOUSLY stated in a Molson Canadian Beer Commercial..... :bigsmile:

"I'm not a lumberjack or a fur trader. I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled. And I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really, really nice. I have a prime minister, not a president. I speak English and French, not "American". And I pronounce it about, not aboot. I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peacekeeping, not policing. Diversity, not assimilation. And that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch. And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed. Canada is the second largest landmass, the first nation of hockey and the best part of North America. My name is Joe, and I am Canadian!"

Schmarrn

i have a brazilian accent =D idk how to describe my way of speaking here... sorry but people around me say it sounds "musical" whatever that means lol

california_peach

I have a Southern accent, but I only realised it when I moved to California. When I lived in Georgia, I just sounded like everyone else.

sjtreely

It depends on where I'm at. If I'm at home, I have no accent. People in the PNW say I have a midwestern accent with a touch of hillbilly southern attitude. People from the SW agree. People from the plain 'ole south try and convince me I speak like a northerner. If I'm in the NE it doesn't matter what they say my accent is 'cuz I usually can't understand them.

So, I guess I'm a mutt since I'm from Indiana.

EuroDriver12

mine is all mixed togather with these... estonian,ukrainian and russian

Football_N_Guns

American.

nakabi

Little bit of Canadian, eh? LOL... we don't actually say that as much as the stereotype. :explode: It's mostly used in questions, like someone from the USA would say "huh?" That's all. Oh, except one thing...

As once SO FAMOUSLY stated in a Molson Canadian Beer Commercial..... :bigsmile:

"I'm not a lumberjack or a fur trader. I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled. And I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really, really nice. I have a prime minister, not a president. I speak English and French, not "American". And I pronounce it about, not aboot. I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peacekeeping, not policing. Diversity, not assimilation. And that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch. And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed. Canada is the second largest landmass, the first nation of hockey and the best part of North America. My name is Joe, and I am Canadian!"

LOVE IT!
I agree with how the letter "Z' is pronouced! hahahah...None of this "zee" thing...
it amazes me that there are people who dont' even know their national anthem!

KimmieBrie

I live in the midwest now, so I have to tone it down...but once I'm back home the Boston accent comes right back...paaaaahk the caaaaaaaaah

This - except I'm not in the midwest and it's not toned down although I'm not as bad as the boys from Southie or the Dot

rissuhbissuh

Wisconsin accent with a bit of Californian thrown in there

bry_all01

I proudly sport a Texas accent.

AmyRhubarb

Born & raised in California & my college drama teacher, who could pick out what part of the country, or even region of any state people were from by their speech, couldn't pinpoint anything on me. So I guess I don't have any distinguishable accent.

silvergurl518

fairly standard american newscaster-ese.

kkzmom11

some people say that i have a New York accent, even though i have never lived there. My parents were born and raised there and i have visited relatives there many times over the years, but i guess i pick it up through conversations with my family. LOL