what kind of accent do you have?
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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!
Everybody has an accent. Yours would be considered a "standard American" accent.0 -
Southern!! Deep South! To the point that my husband will not even let me leave a greeting on the answering machine. Too me, I sound fine.
Bless his heart!0 -
Siggy says I now have a slight southern accent. I don't think I do. My kids who have lived in the south most of their lives do have an accent. "You all sound like little hilljacks" lol0
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West Coast US with hints of southern British Columbia and Carolina drawl.0
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I want to say that i have a lighter Southern accent---it isn't a drawl or anything like that.. but people can definitely tell over the phone.
When I visit stores here (still in the South), people have questioned me about my accent. In my opinion, I sound like a normal Southerner.. but apparently I speak faster than usual at times.. thus people often ask if I am from the NYC area. Mayhaps I picked it up from myne mom--an actual, factual New Yorker.0 -
midwest with a touch of hillbilly0
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I'm from South Louisiana so I have that deep Southern drawl with a bit of cajun mixed in for good measure.
It gets more pronounced when I go back home (currently live in Georgia) or talk to my family on the phone. I pick up on their accent and thicken mine.
I get picked on A LOT at work because I can't say listen; I say "lis-sen" :laugh:0 -
BOSTON!0
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quite a british one, ''anyone for a spot of tea'' or ''mary poppings''
Me too !!! or crumpets0 -
Although I've spent 30 years trying to fight it, some people can still tell I'm a Coalcracker from Pennsylvania.0
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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!
Come to the south for a vacation. We will let you know that you do have an accent!! If you don't use words like ya'll, or if you don't talk slow enough, you have an accent!
We have call centers here, too. My southern accent helped me collect on many bad checks...men love to hear me talk
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Canadian with Low German thrown in when I'm around my family. So not exotic. Sounds more like my home town collectively got hit with a stupid stick.0
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I'm from South Louisiana so I have that deep Southern drawl with a bit of cajun mixed in for good measure.
It gets more pronounced when I go back home (currently live in Georgia) or talk to my family on the phone. I pick up on their accent and thicken mine.
I get picked on A LOT at work because I can't say listen; I say "lis-sen" :laugh:
I understand! We 'make groceries', too. Just consider it lagniappe!!!!0 -
New York me :glasses:0
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I'm 100% Texan so a Texan accent, and no not the foney texan accent that Hollywood portrays..0
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North Island NZ...PLease do not confuse with South Island NZ OR especialy Australia cause we sound NOTHING alike LOL Im sure alot of Aussies would agree! I did live there for about 4 years so picked it up, but well lost now. So it kinda sounds like "fush and chups" instead of "fish and chips" LOL :blushing: :bigsmile:0
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West of Scotland, probably a bit modified after almost 30 years of living in the Shetland Islands0
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Minnesota, but NOT like the movie Fargo!0
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When I was little I had a New York accent since I grew up in Queens til I was 7. Now I think I'm pretty generically American-sounding with a hint of the New York accent left, especially if I get riled up! lol0
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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!
Yep, this is also why every newscaster in America sounds like us.0 -
Minnesotan-Might have to make a Hotdish tonight
ME TOO, You Betcha!!!0 -
Glaswegian.
More's the pity. 0 -
Minnesotan-Might have to make a Hotdish tonight
ME TOO, You Betcha!!!
Ha! Is it terrible that I think Minnesotan is one of the funniest accents ever?0 -
Minnesotan-Might have to make a Hotdish tonight
ME TOO, You Betcha!!!
Ha! Is it terrible that I think Minnesotan is one of the funniest accents ever?
We are pretty fun, doncha know? :laugh:0 -
Minnesotan.
For those who say they have no accent -- EVERYONE speaks with an accent. It just so happens that your pronunciation closely resembles the pronunciation prized by national media outlets, etc.0 -
southern :P and yes it is darlin not darling lolI 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?0 -
ok, I grew up in a household with a Californian and a cajun in west texas and north louisiana. I can sound just like a cajun, be almost accentless and sound slightly redneck depending on my mood and who I'm with. I tend to pick up who ever I'm with's accent to a degree- always have. Can be funny as all getout.
Kimmy0 -
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!"
LOL Canadian here too... from Quebec, I do not have a french accent though most people automatically assume I do when they see my name since it is French... My fiance is however french and has the most adorable accent when he speaks English
lol,... especially when he screws up his words ! lol
As the popular QUEBEC version goes (I am NOT a CANADIAN) lol (which I am, lol I am not a separatist or problem maker I just think this is funny as heck!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TncdhLGjFTE
I'm not unemployed or smuggling cigarettes across the border
I don't eat Pepsi and May West for breakfast (*)
I don't watch da hockey game doing it doggie-style
And no, I don't know Claude, Manon, or François in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (*)
But I'm sure they all have nice teeth
I speak Québecois in joual, not French or English
I pronounce it "tird", not third
And eating French fries with cheese makes sense, mon ostie,
I believe in a distinct society, as long as someone else pays for it
I believe in language-police, not equal rights
In Québec, the Stanley Cup actually comes around more often than
Halley's comet
I can get beer at the dépanneur, not the convenience store
And maybe I can't turn right on a red light
But tabarnak, I can go right through it
Because Québec is the world's largest producer of maple syrup
The home of Céline Dion and Roch Voisine
The land where everybody is shacking up and the legal drinking age is
just a suggestion0 -
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!"
LOL Canadian here too... from Quebec, I do not have a french accent though most people automatically assume I do when they see my name since it is French... My fiance is however french and has the most adorable accent when he speaks English lol,... especially when he screws up his words ! lol
As the popular QUEBEC version goes (I am NOT a CANADIAN) lol (which I am, lol I am not a separatist or problem maker I just think this is funny as heck!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TncdhLGjFTE
I'm not unemployed or smuggling cigarettes across the border
I don't eat Pepsi and May West for breakfast (*)
I don't watch da hockey game doing it doggie-style
And no, I don't know Claude, Manon, or François in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (*)
But I'm sure they all have nice teeth
I speak Québecois in joual, not French or English
I pronounce it "tird", not third
And eating French fries with cheese makes sense, mon ostie,
I believe in a distinct society, as long as someone else pays for it
I believe in language-police, not equal rights
In Québec, the Stanley Cup actually comes around more often than
Halley's comet
I can get beer at the dépanneur, not the convenience store
And maybe I can't turn right on a red light
But tabarnak, I can go right through it
Because Québec is the world's largest producer of maple syrup
The home of Céline Dion and Roch Voisine
The land where everybody is shacking up and the legal drinking age is
just a suggestion
I am in the reverse situation, bf is english and I am french, he doesn't have any accent in both languages but I do mess up words in english all the time to his benefit, he can laugh *with* me.
2 things about that text: 1- eating fries with gravy and cheese makes a lot of sense and 2- please don't associate us with Céline Dion and Roch Voisine (i'm on his black list anyway for telling him off)
My accent is french quebecer, my english sounds funny sometimes 0 -
Midwest. We dont have accents. Everyone else does.0
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