I'm not aware that I have an accent at all. I can fake a lot of them very well but normally I don't even have a regional US accent.
How aware are you of your accent? (Read the whole OP before answering, yeah that's right, all of it)
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A girl I knew said I had a British Accent once I then proceeded to chop her in the windpipe. I have had people mention my accent but they can never place it I wish I could hear it so I could understand the confusion.
Well are you from a region of the US?Danglybits said:
If so, chances are that you have an regional US accent, even if you don't notice it.
Unless they are a mute, there is no grounds for anyone to say they have no accent.
If others have a way of talking different to your own, then you by relation have a way of talking different to their own. Therefore, unless you honestly think that we all talk in exactly the same way, you should be aware to some degree that you do have an accent.
At least that's what I would hope.
I'm not sure why, but reading that above sentence over, it sounds kind of snarky, so...
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Yes, I thought about my accent quite a lot at... some point in my life, that I don't care to mention and I can say that it sounds different compared to most accents in the whole world over. However, most people think it's a Russian accent. It bloody well isn't.
It's often mixed up with poor ability with the english language, the inability to talk, inability to talk in English or they think it's annoying.
I love Scandinavian accents. Even Swedish. (I prefer Norwegian, though.) This is fairly common in, at least, this part of Lithuania, as I know quite a few people who like Scandinavian accents.
Russian, Polish, Jewish, Roma, Eastern, Southern and the list goes on and on. I'm just a hateful person.
Don't worry about the cheese sandwich thing. They're good. And they're your friends. Just like they are my friends. I love grilled cheese sandwiches. Weirdly enough food items do spawn the most intriguing of ideas sometimes. That and, for some reason, when I'm eating grilled cheese sandwiches I remember "The Shining". Don't ask me why, I don't know.
Yes, I thought about my accent quite a lot at... some point in my life, that I don't care to mention and I can say that it sounds different compared to most accents in the whole world over. However, most people think it's a Russian accent. It bloody well isn't.
It's often mixed up with poor ability with the english language, the inability to talk, inability to talk in English or they think it's annoying.
I love Scandinavian accents. Even Swedish. (I prefer Norwegian, though.) This is fairly common in, at least, this part of Lithuania, as I know quite a few people who like Scandinavian accents.
Russian, Polish, Jewish, Roma, Eastern, Southern and the list goes on and on. I'm just a hateful person.
Don't worry about the cheese sandwich thing. They're good. And they're your friends. Just like they are my friends. I love grilled cheese sandwiches. Weirdly enough food items do spawn the most intriguing of ideas sometimes. That and, for some reason, when I'm eating grilled cheese sandwiches I remember "The Shining". Don't ask me why, I don't know.
I live in SW Virginia, though I have nearly no accent at all. It draws several blank stares and questions like "You're not from around here are you?"
I've been told I can fake a good English accent, though.
I've been told I can fake a good English accent, though.
My accent is definitely a British one, but I'd say it's a mix between higher class and chav. Mostly focused on the higher class really, but the hint of chav is definitely there.
While the conversation about my accent after hearing it doesn't come up much, people have asked me things like where I'm from. I'll say England (I'm very vague about that) and they'll say something along the lines of "Oh, I love English accents". Which always makes me feel quite nice about myself.
While the conversation about my accent after hearing it doesn't come up much, people have asked me things like where I'm from. I'll say England (I'm very vague about that) and they'll say something along the lines of "Oh, I love English accents". Which always makes me feel quite nice about myself.
Well Im a sarcastic female brit with the "Oh rather posh" like ring to it. That's about it, and yes when I'm on ventrilo or any means of 'gameplay communication' I'm made painfully aware of it.
Rate it? Uhhh I'd say rather rare since most of my age group and gender of my upbringing are too busy trying to jump the bones of the nearest rich and upcoming bussiness man to degrade themselve to a thing like 'video games' (lol they suck), but I digress. Eugh I don't know, talk to me and be the judge, I honestly don't let it bother me and just roll with it, by making my 'brb' line 'Off to get tea and crumpets, tally ho'.
Rate it? Uhhh I'd say rather rare since most of my age group and gender of my upbringing are too busy trying to jump the bones of the nearest rich and upcoming bussiness man to degrade themselve to a thing like 'video games' (lol they suck), but I digress. Eugh I don't know, talk to me and be the judge, I honestly don't let it bother me and just roll with it, by making my 'brb' line 'Off to get tea and crumpets, tally ho'.
Im actually from the southern US, Alabama of all places to be exact. I live in Mobile though which is as far south alabama as you can go (we're a port city) and we actually have a very mild southern accent compared to the rest of alabama and the south. Granted i do use words like "yall", and proud of it, my accent is pretty neutral in the us with just a little of the southern accent. I have been to New York though and everyone couldnt believe that i was frmo alabama and have had friends move here from the north who pick up the accent very quick because they don't sound that much different. I have noticed though, from my experience, that people from Texas are the best i have known at picking up on accents different from theirs and evern specifically where its from. I don't care what someone accent sounds like though as long as i can understand them and it isn't overly annoying, although nasally accents do get on my nerves and even though im from alabama deep southern accents make me cringe, but only if their REALLY bad.
I am not aware of my accent at all, no one every mentioned it. If you want to play with intelligent people you will have slightly better luck on a PC, not that much better but I met serious well-mannered players on Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 dead. I don't know what it is about Counter Strike that turns people into feral sodomy Obsessed freaks. Toasted Cheese sandwiches do that to me too.
Uh... I have a rather... Odd request for any Americans here (probably more relevant to those from the South).
You know Foghorn Leghorn?
This guy?
What accent does he have? ( and I realise it's probably grossly exaggerating whatever the original accent was)
And more importantly, do you know anyone who actually talks like him, or even better, do you talk like him?
This comes from a small bet I just made, a bet involving me being slapped in the face if I loose (My friend saves his money for poker).
The bet being that somewhere in America there is bound to be someone that actually talks like that.
I await with the anticipation of... well, the anticipation of some guy that's possibly going to be slapped in the face I guess.
You know Foghorn Leghorn?
This guy?
What accent does he have? ( and I realise it's probably grossly exaggerating whatever the original accent was)
And more importantly, do you know anyone who actually talks like him, or even better, do you talk like him?
This comes from a small bet I just made, a bet involving me being slapped in the face if I loose (My friend saves his money for poker).
The bet being that somewhere in America there is bound to be someone that actually talks like that.
I await with the anticipation of... well, the anticipation of some guy that's possibly going to be slapped in the face I guess.
1 - I have. My accent is New Zealand South Island (I haven't met many North Islanders), flattened out a bit by natural proper grammar, and watching too many British comedies.The Iron Ninja said:
2 - From what I can gather, a lot of people find the Kiwi accent cute.
3 - Personally, just about any sort of British accent, or the New Joisy accent. Or Russian.
4 - I have a dislike for broad Aussie accents, but that's probably the stereotype Kiwi in me speaking. I have a hard time listening to Southern American accents, or Japanese/Chinese?Korean etc. accents. I've got nothing against the people, it's just I have a hard time understanding them.
5 - Don't know what you're on about mate, but I do like the occasional Toasted cheese sandwich from time to time.
My accent is almost entirely Generic North American (although word choice/phrasing is another matter), but every so often a Canadian "o" slips in there. I find this mildly annoying, but haven't actually tried to stop (partly because I haven't conclusively identified which words it appears in and partly because no one else I talk to - all Canadians, mind - has even noticed it). I notice other people's accents more than my own.
I guess the stereotype of people with Canadian accents is... that we're Canadian. Excessive politeness, maple syrup, saying eh a lot, and all that good stuff.
I like British accents of all stripes. (And I'm using that correctly, i.e. encompassing Welsh and Scottish as well as English accents.) Australian accents are cool too. Really, I like most accents so long as they don't render the speaker totally unintelligible.
You know, I don't think I've ever eaten a toasted cheese sandwich. I hate the taste of melted mozzarella, though (although this strangely doesn't apply to pizza), so I'm not confident that I'd want one.
I guess the stereotype of people with Canadian accents is... that we're Canadian. Excessive politeness, maple syrup, saying eh a lot, and all that good stuff.
I like British accents of all stripes. (And I'm using that correctly, i.e. encompassing Welsh and Scottish as well as English accents.) Australian accents are cool too. Really, I like most accents so long as they don't render the speaker totally unintelligible.
You know, I don't think I've ever eaten a toasted cheese sandwich. I hate the taste of melted mozzarella, though (although this strangely doesn't apply to pizza), so I'm not confident that I'd want one.
I'm from Glasgow, though recently I have become more aware that I am occasionally moving towards an east coast accent for some reason...it is a little odd.
No idea if people like it, but in America people generally seem welcoming when they here a Scottish accent.
Spanish accents, for the most part, rock
Dislike? Most Glaswegian's. It just sounds dreadfully neddish
No idea if people like it, but in America people generally seem welcoming when they here a Scottish accent.
Spanish accents, for the most part, rock
Dislike? Most Glaswegian's. It just sounds dreadfully neddish
You realise there is more to the world of cheese than plain old Mozzarella right?Cameoflage said:
*resists urge to unleash inner cheese fanatic*
Oh, and for anyone following, my friend got impatient and gave me a pre-emptive slap in the face anyway, so it doesn't really matter anymore, but I still want to know if anyone has met someone that talks like Foghorn Leghorn.
You realise of course that someone from New Zealand will say pretty much *exactly this* about themselves. If the queen says "tomato" and you say "tomato" (it doesn't really work on the internet does it) I'm going to believe the Queen. Why? The epitomy of the root of English is that woman.stinkychops said:
Incidentally, I have an accent that nobody can place.
@IronNinja: I know a woman who stutters like that, and has enough of an accent to be strongly close (but not quite accurate). So slap your friend back (three slaps in it for a pre-emptive slap bet slap isn't it?)