MaxTheReaper said:
I don't have much of an accent.
Not to poke fun or anything, but there's no such thing as "not much of an accent."
An accent is the way you talk, you can't not talk much like the way you talk, that wouldn't make any sense. You do seem to have an awareness of the accent anyway though, so kudos or what have you.
I just realised I didn't answer my own question, which is probably just as well considering how long the OP was anyway.
Have you ever put much thought towards your accent? How it sounds, the similarities and differences it has with other accents?
Have I ever put much thought towards my accent? Well that's a good question Iron Ninja.
I Guess I have. I've put enough thought into the accent to know that it's a hybrid accent of the two major regional accents of New Zealand, that of the South Island, and that of the North Island. Similarity wise I guess it sounds similar (in some aspects of it) to Australian and South African accents, which doesn't surprise me as New Zealand and those countries constitute the "triumvirate of southern hemisphere countries with funny accents."
From a global perspective, how do you think your accent (note: Accent, not the country/place of origin in question) is viewed?
Not being a globe, my ability to view it at such a perspective is limited, however I do think, based in part on reactions I've gotten to it, that my accent is confusing, and, being that it is similar in many ways to the aforementioned other two countries in terms of accent, I would say it probably sounds pretty annoying.
Since we're sort of on the subject, what's a foreign accent you have fondness for (it would help to say what country you are viewing this foreign accent from so I can see if there is a link between accents and what accents are liked by people with said accents.)
Scottish, Irish, Welsh and most of the Regional English accents. Cockney accents are fantastic. European accents in general, with extra respect going to strong Russian accents.
Oh, Canadian and Jamaican accents as well.
In the same sense as the above, is there any accent you don't care for at all, or find downright infuriating?
Strangely enough, Australian and South African accents, which means if I had the perspective of someone from a European country or somewhere else, I'd probably find my own accent infuriating as well.
I'm also not too keen on American accents, but that might be fueled more by external variables and is more a general shake fistedness towards America in general rather than the accent, especially since I find Canadian accents to be pretty damn awesome.
This whole Toasted cheese sandwich thing, is it just me? I'm thinking it might be that there was a toasted cheese sandwich present at the time of the original event, but it's not the first time such a sandwich has sparked a memory like this. Maybe I just need to go outside more.
I think you have a problem.
