American accents?

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.

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."

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.

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.

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 wish I had an accent.

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:

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

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!

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:

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.

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:

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!

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