American accents?

seehawkmomma

I love the Jeresey accent.....super sexy

SarabellPlus3

Americans don't have accents! ;-)

I keeed. I keeed.

I don't really find any of them annoying. I do like a nice Southern drawl, though. Not the Deliverance hick kind of Southern drawl. More the Southern belle type.

And I see we've moved on. I love a British accent. Though I watch so many British TV shows and movies and seem to run into so many British people that it no longer sounds like an accent to me!

Yep, every word.
Anyone from the UK melts me instantly. British people are smart, classy, and sexy, no matter what, so that must be nice. LOL Irish or Scottish? Forget it, you had me at "Hello." I love almost any accent that I don't hear every day, honestly; I don't love every dialect, but I love listening to accents.

kristenwarner38

I live in Mass, therefore I have a heavy Boston accent. lol

loombeav

I'm from New Zealand - we get lots of different American (and British) TV shows so we here 'Boston Legal' accent, 'CSI Miami' accent, 'True Blood' accent etc. etc. Of course how accurate the actors are is another matter. On True Blood, for example, most of the actors aren't from the States originally.

PS - to reiterate - yes, you really do have an accent! EVERYONE has an accent of some kind - you might just sound like most of the people you live near... but move you to another state or another English speaking country and people would notice!

Nobody on 'CSI Miami' has an accent that is typical of Miami or Florida. They basically have neutral American accents. It is funny to think of those TV shows representing different cities to the rest of the world, though!

I watched a documentary on American Accents once, most actors (when performing) speak with a Midwestern accent as this is the one that has been found to be most easily understood. There are actually schools that teach actors, high level businessman and such to speak in this accent regardless of where they are from.
I grew up in the Midwest, and have never in my live heard that Ohioans had a "raunchy accent."

Nanadena

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Most pleasant, just a neutral accent that doesn't really sound like anything. I like clean diction and being easily understood.
Most annoying, a deep southern accent. Yes, I'm from MS. I find it hard on the ears as well. And no, I don't have one.

I SO agree!

stephabef

My accent is so confusing... was born and spent part of my childhood on Long Island, New York, then moved to Atlanta. Occasionally I sound like a New Yorker, if I'm around a bunch of southern accents I adopt one, but somehow the mix of the two has caused me to formulate certain stereotypical "Canadian" sounds, of all things! For instance, "bo" in both sounds like "bowth" when I say it. No idea why.

ROCKERFOREVER81

I live in the U.S and I love the northern accents. Specially from Mass and Michigan.

KimmieBrie

I have a pretty heavy Boston accent - but I can nix it if I want to. Sounds more professional if I make an effort to speak without it.
Give me a few drinks and there's no hiding it though!

I don't like drawls or twangy accents - dislike any southern accent in general.

I love some British accents but not some... like scouse.

I like the NY accents - Brooklyn and Long Island area are my faves.

erin_zuk

Something about the South Boston accent really turns me on....
Also love a cute country boy with a southern accent.
but my absolutely favourite doesn't come from the states - men with proper Irish accents are absolutely to die for

I'm from Southern Ontario and I've found going abroad - in English speaking Europe particularily - men love my 'Canadian accent'

monroe61

haha i love when people get offended over nothing. i'm american but i hate the michigan accent. yes i live in michigan and i can't stand the accent of a lot of people here. like when people say 'melk' instead of 'milk' *shudder*

as far as non-american accents i love japanese and british accents. scottish accents annoy me.

LOL...I'm from Michigan too and my mom says "melk" and "warsh" instead of wash...it is so annoying!!! LOL

PegasusDeb

This thread was fun! I don't really find an accent hot or annoying so much as the tone of the person. If you have a high, naselly (sp?) voice, even a sexy Aussie accent will be annoying.

I do have to agree with the person about the asian accent. I do not find it appealling at all. And yes, it's probably because the asians I have encountered have been very rude. Am I assuming they are all like that, probably. (My bad) But it is no different then the posters who don't like the "Joisy" accent because of Snooki. This was a post asking peoples opinion. If you don't want to hear what we have to say, don't read the thread!

I am from Michigan and I approve this thread! :laugh: (So lets all go get a "pop" & discuss this! LOL)

koosdel

I wish I had an accent.

PegasusDeb

haha i love when people get offended over nothing. i'm american but i hate the michigan accent. yes i live in michigan and i can't stand the accent of a lot of people here. like when people say 'melk' instead of 'milk' *shudder*

as far as non-american accents i love japanese and british accents. scottish accents annoy me.

LOL...I'm from Michigan too and my mom says "melk" and "warsh" instead of wash...it is so annoying!!! LOL

I've always wondered where the "warsh" & "sandwrich" thing came from?? I have a couple friends that say that & I look at them like they are from another planet! LOL I thought it was my one friends Canadian roots, but the other has no excuse! WTH?? lol

jpowell3976

This thread was fun! I don't really find an accent hot or annoying so much as the tone of the person. If you have a high, naselly (sp?) voice, even a sexy Aussie accent will be annoying.

I do have to agree with the person about the asian accent. I do not find it appealling at all. And yes, it's probably because the asians I have encountered have been very rude. Am I assuming they are all like that, probably. (My bad) But it is no different then the posters who don't like the "Joisy" accent because of Snooki. This was a post asking peoples opinion. If you don't want to hear what we have to say, don't read the thread!

I am from Michigan and I approve this thread! :laugh: (So lets all go get a "pop" & discuss this! LOL)

HAHAHA!!! You go get your "pop" and I'll go get my "coke"...lol! :laugh: :drinker:

ratherbeskiing

I am from Maine... we don't have accents....

elsg

I'm from Australia, and LOVE the American southern accent, like Bill Compton on True Blood!!! mmm Bill!! Anyhoo... dont you also think its amazing that when people sing, they dont tend to have accents, unless its country music of course! But even then, its a country accent not a particular country. Just saying! Happy New Year to all. x

rileamoyer

As an American (sorry, but no one else seems to be responding), the only two accents I just don't like are the twangy Texan accent and the "typical New Yorker" accent.

My favorite? A proper southern ladies accent (like in old movies)

Uh...it depends what part of Texas you're from There's a East Texas accent , West Texas accent and a South Texas accent.

LOL you can tell the difference between eastern and western South Dakota too!

toadiejones

This thread is funny! I'm a Vancouverite and when I moved to Alberta, people always asked if I was British. I guess I spoke properly and that is what they identified - hahahahaha! And now I live in Ohio and constantly get picked out as Canadian. And, no, I don't say "aboot". More of the time, it is how I turn a phrase. Like, Americans would say 1st Grade whereas Canadians say Grade 1. Although I will admit to saying "eh" a lot. I was surprised when I moved here that there was a "twag" to Ohioans. But after 4 years, I don't really notice it anymore. However, on my recent trip to Europe, people kept thinking we were Americans so maybe I've picked it up. lol!

Most annoying American accent...Julianne Moore's Boston accent on 30 Rock. Lordy, that was nasty. I've been to Boston and those poor people must have been horrified with her exaggeration!

ukjamie

You all sound the same to me

SeaSiren1

I have lived in several states, MD, NJ, VA, NC, SC, FL and now MI. I personally have found the VA and SC accent to be the most pleasant. My Euro friends (I have many from the BBing and Strongmen community) had brought this up before and found the east coast southern to be easy to listen to .... such as Charleston, SC. Or perhaps they were just being kind :laugh:

ukjamie

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catshark209

I'm not great with distinguishing between American accents very well. To me there's a general US accent, (the ones you get on most american comedies), which doesn't sound that strong that I'd find most pleasant....
...and then there's the strong southern accent which are the ones I find the most annoying.

I realise there's more than 2 different accents but being not from America I can't find them myself.

To the person saying all British people sound smart. You obviously haven't been to some parts of England ! :laugh: People have already mentioned the West country and Essex. Also, a lot of the chavs you have here you definitely wouldn't think they sounded smart!

I get a kick of how chavs talk. Aren't they the ones that say "innit"? I can tell Keira Knightley talks different than say Lily Allen or Victoria Beckham. One of my paramedics is originally from Yorkshire and he sounds way different than anything I've ever heard. I like how they talk up there lol.

sheepysaccount

I am from Germany and study English and the different accents/dialects.

I luuuurve (as in jelly legs and stuff) the Southern drwal most. But the kind that was popular amongst the higher society in the 1950s. I also adore the working type cowboy drawl ("yes ma'am" anyone?)

I also like the Bostonian accent because it's quite similar to certain English dialects.

As for most annoying, hmm...Probably the ghetto Englishes that rape and murder the English language like "yo dawg, you down for tha shizzle" or whatever, really -.-

Classalete

I'm from the sticks of Pennsylvania and I have a mild southern twang..but with a sententiously vivid vernacular...void of grandiloquence of course. ;]

I find other southern accents comforting and pleasant...NY,NJ accents are off-putting.

SeaSiren1

In regards to the English accent, yes many different kinds of accents from England. My trainer has the "Ozzy Osbourne" accent and I spend the majority of my day saying "pardon, could you please repeat that?" when he comes to visit each year. I have a head ache by the end of the day, but I love him to death!

TheCats_Meow

I also adore the working type cowboy drawl ("yes ma'am" anyone?)

Man, gets me EVERY time! lol I'm a sucker for a cowboy with the southern drawl and "yes, ma'am"-ing me all the time, :laugh:

ImKindOfABigDeal40

I don't have an accent. I've heard myself speak and it sounds normal!

Lucia_Armstrong1973

Wow! From Michigan and didn't even realize we have any particular accent. I will give you this, I hear a lot of "warsh" for wash (something I've been working on lol). Imagine moving to Michigan having a Texas/ New York accent. Horrible!

rgrange

I am American and am exempt from having an accent like people from other countries do.

dls06

I am from Philadelphia, USA and hate my accent. I think the east coast has the worst.