Accents

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  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    By the way if any Irish men read this post. I'm single if you need a mail order bride :))
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    I dont have an accent but oh man those irish accents.....*drool* I'd probably marry someone for their accent as long as they agreed to talk to me every day :)
    I'm from the Midwest....I have no accent! ;)

    Yes you do. If you speak, you have an accent. It may be the "standard" accent, but it's still an accent.

    Again, I said I was joking. But I still think it's funny when people outside my area think that I have one.

    But you do. Everyone has an accent. That's my point. I just think it's funny when people say, "You have an accent," like that's strange. Every person on the planet has an accent, unless they don't speak. You may have a standard accent, but it's still an accent.

    ETA: I'm really not trying to be a pain or argue with you. :) It's just something that I find odd, when someone claims to not have an accent, because it's just impossible. Most people don't seem to know what "accent" means.
  • californiansun
    californiansun Posts: 392 Member
    Not sure where I got this from, but I say coffee like someone from New York or Jersey... and I say oil like Paula Dean. I think that's about it? haha
  • chubiD
    chubiD Posts: 260
    I'm Argentinean, and I've only been in the US for longer than a year, of course I have an accent, lol! People immediately notice it, but they usually can't tell where am I from.

    (just in case anyone is wondering... my original language is Spanish, not Portuguese; that's Brazil)

    my fiance's father is from Ecuador and he's been here more than 20 years and I can't understand him sometimes because his accent is so thick.

    It's different for our parents' generation... their accents are usually much thicker.
  • Segrande
    Segrande Posts: 75
    English accents sound the nicest, imo. As for my own accent, I'm not too sure. Maybe a mixture of Asian, American and English? Sometimes I can pronounce the same word differently, depending on which pronunciation comes to mind first. *_*
  • inammorata
    inammorata Posts: 80

    people from the Midwest have a very distinct way of speaking. Mainly, we pronounce silent letters like the "l" in "walk," "talk" and "calm" we don't really notice it because it's not as apparent as a British accent but it's definitely there.

    Here's a great video on that, I was listening to this guy with my head nodding off my neck :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPPHjOX1wZc
  • CouchSpud
    CouchSpud Posts: 557 Member
    German accent, although, I have been told, not your stereo typical german accent. I have been mistaken for Australian, Irish and for South African, also randlomy for polish, russian and for skandinavian. My american friends say I sound like a brit (right mate, innit?)

    The accent is thicker and more obvious when I am tired.... which is quite... obvious ^^ as I don't concentrate much. Some of the words over here I still struggle with and as much as I love my colleagues... it takes the piss when they constantly take the micky. As I tend to shut them down... once you speak german as fluent as I speak english, we can have that conversation again.... dooooh
    Actually, I have to say, that this seems to be quite a common problem in the UK. If you have an accent, english friends and colleagues always take the piss...
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    I dont have an accent but oh man those irish accents.....*drool* I'd probably marry someone for their accent as long as they agreed to talk to me every day :)
    I'm from the Midwest....I have no accent! ;)

    Yes you do. If you speak, you have an accent. It may be the "standard" accent, but it's still an accent.

    I meant one them fancy accents *I said that with a southern drawl in my head* :) I know everyone has an accent.
  • afwg1979
    afwg1979 Posts: 170 Member
    I was raised in Brooklyn. Puerto Rican parents.

    I spoke Spanish until I entered grade school, then, to speed up my English, my parents banned me from speaking Spanish (although they continued to communicate in Spanish). Brooklynese became my primary language.

    In 1980, after being married to an Idahoan for one year, he confessed that when he first met me, he had a hard time understanding me because my Brooklyn accent was so strong (even after leaving New York in 1973). One of his friends would always start swinging his arms whenever I used the word "ask" (causing people to laugh). Well, I found out that he was mocking me because I pronounced "ask" as "ax" (he'd mimic chopping wood). I now tell people that I have a speech impairment because, after all these years, my Brooklyn accent still dominates.

    I absolutely love ALL distinctive accents, foreign and American. I love a true southern accent, softly spoken. I go into a trance. So soothing.

    One of my favorite accents is Brad Pitt's character (Mickey O'Neil, the Irish Gypsy). I crack up each time I see that movie!

    Here's to diversity :drinker:
  • afwg1979
    afwg1979 Posts: 170 Member
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    is an East TN girl......I have the same, thick accent. Several of my friends are from Michigan, Maryland, and PA, and they get a kick out me, but it is just a part of who I am! :flowerforyou: Though, sometimes people want to deduct IQ points when they hear you speak, but it's all good.

    I know about the IQ discrimination -- it happened to me after applying for a receptionist job (in 1986) here in southeast Idaho. My Brooklyn accent was deemed a hindrance. I was actually told that I sounded "stupid" even though I was over qualified for the position. As it turned out, I got an even better job with a different agency.
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    I have a bit of a Louisiana drawl, but it's subtle and only comes out when I''m frustrated, excited or drinking =)
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    This is too funny, I was just thinking about this less than an hour ago. I don't have an accent but when I get around my family in Northern Minnesota I pick up theirs very quickly and than it takes me weeks to get rid of!

    I just got back from MN and as my co-workers will tell me "My MN is coming out"
  • OfficialPR
    OfficialPR Posts: 1,578 Member
    I have a Jersey Accent...don't believe it's always there but I do know when it comes out....Others have told me they hear it the whole time...
  • sinobaako82
    sinobaako82 Posts: 43 Member
    I am Asian and my husband is from NJ. We went to Georgia one time and they all knew he was from NJ. They thought he had an accent (I really don't know what the NJ accent is) and I didn't, which was really weird to me. I just know they don't have proper grammar. LOL. Instead of saying "she doesn't" they say "she don't" or "I says" instead of "I said".
  • tnvolsfan74
    tnvolsfan74 Posts: 83 Member
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    is an East TN girl......I have the same, thick accent. Several of my friends are from Michigan, Maryland, and PA, and they get a kick out me, but it is just a part of who I am! :flowerforyou: Though, sometimes people want to deduct IQ points when they hear you speak, but it's all good.

    LOL Yup. East TN is a really distinct accent. I remember going to Spain last year, and the Spaniards got a serious kick out of me speaking Castilian with a southern drawl. I know when people from Knoxville call me because the accent is so distinct.

    It is quite distinctive. I live in the Nashville area now and the southern folks around here sound nothing like East TN people...LOL!
  • ElleOQuent
    ElleOQuent Posts: 429 Member
    I'm pretty sure I have remnants of my mom's Cuban accent.
  • daisydog101
    daisydog101 Posts: 81 Member
    I have a pretty standard Australian accent :)

    Although ours doesnt have as much of variety as you guys in the states
  • JE55Y
    JE55Y Posts: 333 Member
    I love American accents!

    I'm from England. I say "bin" instead of been, and "sin" instead of "seen."

    I also speak super fast :)

    I wonder if anyone could translate:

    Questin: Yow alroight? How av ya bin keepin ah kid?
    Answer: I aye bin well. Me back as bin playin up bad like.

    That's how some folk speak around here. Lol
  • craig1970
    craig1970 Posts: 139 Member
    I have a London, England accent.

    Think Patrick Stewart but cockney...pmsl
  • Veganniee
    Veganniee Posts: 460 Member
    Ordinary English accent. I fight against my Essex accent. I don't always win, but I don't sound too bad!
  • justanotherbrickinthewall
    justanotherbrickinthewall Posts: 156 Member
    I don't feel like I have any sort of accent, but I'm assuming I do to other people. I'm from South Jersey but I can tell I have no Philly influence in the way I speak. I would love to have an Irish or Russian accent.
  • mem50
    mem50 Posts: 1,384 Member
    Not usually. When I get overly excited or tired it goes English. (Fathers side)
  • Momkat65
    Momkat65 Posts: 317 Member
    There is a man who comes to the clinic where I work who is from Austria.
    His voice is heavenly! It sounds like Sexy sex sex...makes us all melt listening to him.....he is super friendly and talks alot so that makes it all the more better when he has an appt. :heart: :blushing: :flowerforyou: :love:
  • Momkat65
    Momkat65 Posts: 317 Member
    After a few drinks I sound like I have a southern drawl.....lol
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    halfway thru high school we moved from northern Illinois to Memphis, Tennessee. The girls used to tell me "you have the cutest nawthern accent!"

    I just thought I sounded 'normal' like most everyone on tv and in the movies.
  • MusicKeepsMeSane
    MusicKeepsMeSane Posts: 309
    I never really think I have an accent but whenever I meet new people they tell me that I have a New York accent. Whenever I spend a long amount of time with my relatives from the south I kind of start talking like a southerner.
    But speaking of accents.. Australian accents are so awesome!
  • heresmyinsidevoice
    heresmyinsidevoice Posts: 311 Member
    I'm from Western Canada...I don't think I have much of an accent, but anyone from the States who hears me talk says I have one for sure (although it's not the same as how Canadians sound from Newfoundland or Nova Scotia...I do not say "a-boot" when I'm saying "about".
    My ex fiancee is originally from Denmark, and I'd get him to say "ball" and "bowl" and then I'd laugh because they sound the same. Also "bugs" and "box" sounded the same. HA HA HA HA!
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    I have a London, England accent.

    Think Patrick Stewart but cockney...pmsl


    Wait do you have an English accent because your from there or because your trying to impress the ladies ;)
  • karinaes
    karinaes Posts: 570 Member
    I dont have an accent but oh man those irish accents.....*drool* I'd probably marry someone for their accent as long as they agreed to talk to me every day :)
    I'm from the Midwest....I have no accent! ;)

    Yes you do. If you speak, you have an accent. It may be the "standard" accent, but it's still an accent.
    absolutely everyone has an accent. (^if you speak anything!)
  • karinaes
    karinaes Posts: 570 Member
    I'm from Western Canada...I don't think I have much of an accent, but anyone from the States who hears me talk says I have one for sure (although it's not the same as how Canadians sound from Newfoundland or Nova Scotia...I do not say "a-boot" when I'm saying "about".
    My ex fiancee is originally from Denmark, and I'd get him to say "ball" and "bowl" and then I'd laugh because they sound the same. Also "bugs" and "box" sounded the same. HA HA HA HA!
    anyone who speaks anything has an accent.
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