I'm Irish and moved to Australia and somhow the two accents merged and I've been left with an american accent. I don't think thier wierd but everyone else does
Do american accents sound weird to non americans?
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no, because all tv shows are in American-English so basically that where I learned English from.
now dialects or accents in the American accents sound retarded most of the time, like the aforementioned valley girl and southern accents.
Although you english also have some weird accents sometimes.
now dialects or accents in the American accents sound retarded most of the time, like the aforementioned valley girl and southern accents.
Although you english also have some weird accents sometimes.
Very... well, not weird but... a bit annoying. Also, yeah, now I know why you guys think all 12/13/14 year-olds have squeeky voices. I played with some American teenagers.... OH the horror!
I'm not sure I understand the question. An accent usually means you're speaking a language different from your mother-tongue, at least as far as I know. I can tell you that when Americans speak Hebrew you don't sound funny, you sound hilarious.
I've pretty much been all over England, but I spent the most time in London, which seemed to have the most diverse variety of accents of all the cities I visited. The ones that were difficult for me were much more guttural than I'm used to.Jharry5 said:
Amen I hate the stereotype that southern= redneck/country. I personally find southern dialect to be much more relaxed sounding and friendly in general(though could just be the personality of the people).Erana said:
I am accent neutral I think, Born in Louisiana raised in SC and TN with family in PA and boston and none of their speech sounds weird (except one Bostonian cousin). No accent has really stood out to me as odd or annoying.
Souther accents are pretty weird I think. The rest is OK though, not too weird, not sounding too retarded.
yes. very yes. especially when strong, i can stand a barely noticable one but not a trong one, god not.
I'm not sure "weird" is what I'd call it but it's certainly noticeable, though incredibly thick Texan accents do kinda get on my nerves, probably through an unfortunate association with Dubbya.
macapus said:YES. Jolly good day mate, would you prefer me to grab the sniper rifle mister.Aloran said:Yes, but there's nothing wrong with it
Question to the americans: Do British accents sound odd to you?
I don't know, would you like me to talk in a really annoying high pitched voice, too.
Message to all British People: Please refrain from using the words chap, mate, jolly, bloody, crumpets, or and other british specific words or insults.
In return, all american will try to refrain from using the wors homie, dog, dogg, bud, yonder, yall', essay(Like I CUT YOU UP ESE!), 'merican, tight, sick, and the phrase "WE ARE THE FUCKING BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD(this may cause controversy among some people).
It's really just the underdeveloped high pitched 6-years olds that piss me off. Otherwise its not annoying, just different, and you try to keep them talking.
Let's make the world a better place. FUCK YOU ENVIROMENT!
Fancy a crumpet? They're by far one of the most delicious things ever to grace a breakfast/snacking table
Nice to see the overall consensus is english accents are good (although I fear if you were introduced to a yorkshire/proper cockney accent you'd change your mind quite quickly)
Not at all, even though England is just 200 km of water away from here I and most people here grew up watching American movies and TV series more often than Brittish ones. If you hear a Dutch person speak English his accent usually is closer to American than Brittish English.
I do get slightly annoyed by your blatant mispronunciation of words like "aluminium", which is pronounced in America "Aluminum".
The language is called English, damnit, so if you're going to use it, use it right! XD
The language is called English, damnit, so if you're going to use it, use it right! XD
I live in Washington now, and to be blunt, the regional accent is virtually unchanged, except for some of the phrases used more commonly in one over the other.Guitar Gamer said:
Now that said, Im also FROM Scotland, so my ear could be alittle skewed.
but in general the American accents don't sound odd to me really...I mean, there are some equally weird sounding ones in the UK depending on where you go anyway....Hell there is a core accent in the UK that likes to add an " R " sound at the end of everyother word for no reason...
thought the american " deep south" bothers me abit..I guess my ears perceive it as being painfully slow, or just a slur.. and I have no F'n clue how that evolved/devolved from a scottish accent as it's base >.<
Aww, do you have something against London? It was a fun place to travel around!Jharry5 said:
Though the rest of the country was fun, too; I'm kind of just in love with England in general.
I don't remember any accents sounding "friendlier" but it's entirely possible that I'm oblivious to slight distinctions.
I think any foreign accent sounds weird to anyone.
I imagine a heavy Southie, Cajun, or Yinzer accent would be pretty much impenetrable to someone from Britain. Hell, even most Americans might have trouble.
A sample of the Pittsburgh accent [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEyJjAAPy38]
Me, I'm from the Upper Midwest, which is about as bland as they come as far as American accents go. (The stereotypical Minnesota accent as portrayed in "Fargo" is actually pretty rare - mostly a rural thing, and I'm from the Cities).
People from Britain are definitely more used to hearing American accents than vice versa. The U.S. exports a lot of its films and television shows overseas, whereas this is not really the case for Britain. This, I think, is the reason why you see more British actors doing American accents than you see American actors attempting British ones. It's easier to imitate something you've actually heard before. In the same sense, I imagine that British people find American accents to be less "weird" than Americans find British accents to be.
But I'm digressing. In any case, my point is, different accents sound different. Some may sound more different to different people, depending on how often you hear it.
Yeah, and before you point it out: obvious post is obvious.
I imagine a heavy Southie, Cajun, or Yinzer accent would be pretty much impenetrable to someone from Britain. Hell, even most Americans might have trouble.
A sample of the Pittsburgh accent [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEyJjAAPy38]
Me, I'm from the Upper Midwest, which is about as bland as they come as far as American accents go. (The stereotypical Minnesota accent as portrayed in "Fargo" is actually pretty rare - mostly a rural thing, and I'm from the Cities).
People from Britain are definitely more used to hearing American accents than vice versa. The U.S. exports a lot of its films and television shows overseas, whereas this is not really the case for Britain. This, I think, is the reason why you see more British actors doing American accents than you see American actors attempting British ones. It's easier to imitate something you've actually heard before. In the same sense, I imagine that British people find American accents to be less "weird" than Americans find British accents to be.
But I'm digressing. In any case, my point is, different accents sound different. Some may sound more different to different people, depending on how often you hear it.
Yeah, and before you point it out: obvious post is obvious.
Yes. There are some...unique people in america that's true. here in australia, the most americanised nation in the world, we watch a lot of american TV, yet some acents still sound unusual