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accents?

EmmaJean7
EmmaJean7 Posts: 163 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
So.. completely not fitness related but hey!
Saw a post in the introducing forum about If there was any Aussies out there. This might be weird but I have been raised in the US all my life, (Texas born and raised) and I have always wanted to be from Australia, or go away for years and inherit their accent... I just think it sounds so cool! This is possibly a side effect from watching way to much Crocodile Hunter when I was a kid *RIP Steve Irwin*. Anyways I just think accents are so interesting. I am from Texas, and I live in central Texas and it's really weird though because a lot of girls my age I run into from central TX sound more like they could be from California than having the famous slow draw were famous for. I find that a lot of people I meet from east TX a very heavy southern accent.

So.. do you have an accent? If so where is it from? Have you ever wanted to be from a specific part of the world where they talked a certian way?

Cheers! :p
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  • PBJunkie
    PBJunkie Posts: 652
    South Africa =) proud of my accent but I do agree Australians have a sexy accent
  • BSero1982
    BSero1982 Posts: 45
    I love accents as well. I have an aussie friend and its really awesome. i have some southern friends and its just as awesome. I'm from Iowa and been told I have some sort of southern/midwest draw. which I don't really hear but east coasters can hear it completely. Kind of interesting!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Nope...I grew up with a military father and thus have no geographical claim. People sometimes ask where I'm from because they can't place my accent.
  • lstnlondry
    lstnlondry Posts: 1,794 Member
    Funny, I'm mexican but when I hear a Hispanic woman with a thick/strong accent it drives me nuts! I want her to speak clear because I believe she will get more respect! On the other hand, if I hear a southern man say "Ma'am" I melt......(and I live near a base so we get to hear it oftne)
  • Neliel
    Neliel Posts: 507 Member
    I have a huge thing about accents! I have an English accent. And my other half is French. I just LOVE his accent!
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    I have a Californian "accent."

    I am obsessed with guys with asian accents, although oddly enough the only accent Ive ever wished for myself was a Russian one~
  • Triathlynne
    Triathlynne Posts: 99
    I have a Scottish accent. I live in the US now and not a day goes by where I hear "You're not from around here, are you?"
  • PeachyKeene
    PeachyKeene Posts: 1,645 Member
    Big Southern Accent Here!!!!! I am from a little town called Pembroke Georgia, just about 20 minutes from Savannah, Georgia. Ugh! I hate my accent, wish it was just normal.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Yes please!

    Mines boring midwest farm girl. I love a strong accent!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Everyone has an accent when they go somewhere else.
  • BSero1982
    BSero1982 Posts: 45
    Big Southern Accent Here!!!!! I am from a little town called Pembroke Georgia, just about 20 minutes from Savannah, Georgia. Ugh! I hate my accent, wish it was just normal.

    AWESOME. lol.
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    I have a northside Chicago accent. Most people can identify with the southside accent, you know, "Da Bears!" or "ChiCAHgo!" Think Hilary Clinton, and that's pretty much a northside accent. Nothing cute or exciting.
  • LaComadreja14
    LaComadreja14 Posts: 277 Member
    Mine really depends....

    I am a New York native but the longer I spend down south the more my NY accent dissapears.. if I get really mad it comes back though. If I'm listening to/singing along with Country music, my accent gets very southern. However, in my home we don't speak english so if you call me at home and I am jumping back and fourth from english to spanish i tend to have more of a spanish accent.
  • angieaanderson
    angieaanderson Posts: 33
    Aussies have the sexiest accents. I lived in New Zealand for about four years when I was a kid. I picked up the accent but it's faded throughout the years I've lived n the US. It does pop up every now and then, especially when I talk to family who all still live in New Zealand. I still want to call cookies 'biscuits' lol.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Being from the midwest, any kind of accent is usually a turn on. Especially French or the cockeny English accent.
  • nati39
    nati39 Posts: 85
    I have a german accent.....i lived int the states since 14 years and i can not shake my accent....some people say its a nice accent, but personally i don't think it is ...because the min. i open my mouth the question "Where are you from?" follows. :(
  • glockster972
    glockster972 Posts: 704 Member
    I was born and raised in Colorado. Moved to SE Texas after I got out of the Army. I have lived here now for 17 years and people mistake me for being a Native Texan. It kind of rubbed off on me I guess. Now my "yankee" family make fun of the way I talk.
  • complete_tease
    complete_tease Posts: 214 Member
    Accents are HOT...unless it is like hillbilly redneck accent...
  • hchandler0823
    hchandler0823 Posts: 46 Member
    I have a Canadian accent.....that people rag on me for ALL THE TIME. Lol. <3 it!
  • jeannec3631
    jeannec3631 Posts: 108 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
  • Tonnina
    Tonnina Posts: 979 Member
    My hubby says you can barely hear my accent. I was born and raised in ColoRADo as was my mom, but her mom came from Kansas so she has a small accent too. My daddy was born in Baton Rouge, LA. His mama was a southern girl, also from LA. I've got a good mix in me to where you can only hear my accent with certain words like Colorado and such. :-) My hubby is from Cali and he doesn't have too much of an accent, but some times he talks funny! :-P
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    I'm from Michigan and I obviously don't "hear" an accent when I talk. However, I've had people from different areas tell me my accent is similar to a Canadian accent. Um. Okay. *I* don't hear it (and trust me, I live close enough to Canada - about 45 mins - to encounter Canadians on a regular basis and their "accent" is very distinct to me (and nothing like how I sound! LOL).

    I think Southern accents are awesome. :)
  • musicgirl88
    musicgirl88 Posts: 504 Member
    I LOVE accents...they are so sexy! Even being from Indiana, I have a fairly thick southern accent at times, but I have many friends from the south, so I think it's something that I just always picked up on. When I have been in Tennessee or Kentucky it gets stronger! I love south african accents, aussie accents, irish accents, and even different american accents (brooklyn accents are amazing! LOL)
  • jend114
    jend114 Posts: 1,058 Member
    I have a new england accent supposedly.

    southern accents make me melt
  • morganadk2_deleted
    morganadk2_deleted Posts: 1,696 Member
    i'm English and love it when we go to the USA and get told we have a "funny accent"!
  • EmmaJean7
    EmmaJean7 Posts: 163 Member
    thats so cool
  • Captain_Mal
    Captain_Mal Posts: 945 Member
    Yeah I'm from Georgia so I have a slightly Southern accent. Not all who hear me speak can pick up on it so I'm doing a great job toning it down a bit.

    I do enjoy listening to an Irish accent and New England accent.
  • Temporalia
    Temporalia Posts: 1,151 Member
    Nope...I grew up with a military father and thus have no geographical claim. People sometimes ask where I'm from because they can't place my accent.

    Same here. I do have an accent but it's a mix of many places where I lived. I do have a bigger accent in english because my first language is french, but it doesn't sound too bad. I wish my english accent was more british than struggling..I think british sounds sexy and sophisticated. As for my french accent, it's good the way it is :)
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    i'm English and love it when we go to the USA and get told we have a "funny accent"!

    I love English accents.....I want a cool accent. LOL
  • thetiwi1890
    thetiwi1890 Posts: 239 Member
    I have an Irish accent!
    But...
    NOT the FAKE leprechaun accent that they use in movies, and NOT the thick, strong Dublin accent, but a subtle Irish accent.
    PS, no one in Ireland says "to be sure, to be sure" or "top o' the mornin' to ya laddy!" or any of these, sorry to disappoint!!!

    I love different accents though - all the American/Canadian accents (I love Southern Accents especially), Australian (but I actually prefer the New Zealand), Scottish....

    :flowerforyou:
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