Im from scotland i dont notice it myself but its rather anoying when im in WoW or any other online game on vent and half of the ppl who dnt speak good english (and some of them that do) cnt understand a thing im saying :l
How aware are you of your accent? (Read the whole OP before answering, yeah that's right, all of it)
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As a child I thought only people who weren't me had accents. Later on during my teen years people started commenting that I had a new york-ish accent. Which is odd because I live in nothern saskatchewan, canada, about several thousand or so kilometers(that works out to be a mile or so for all you who still use the imperial system), away from New York. Since then I have paid attention to the way I talk. I moved away from my home town to a not so small town and got a job in a tire(or tyre if you prefer) shop where i was constantly hounded for talking funny. See im also a fairly quiet fellow around folks I don't know, so in order to be understood I would try to speak as clear as possible, which led to many people saying "Its pronounced BI as not bi ass" well excuse me for trying to be understood. this was a conversation about bias ply tires by the way.
Toasted cheese sandwiches are awesome by the way. My son and i have been eating them every day for the last week. they were the first thing i was able to prepare on my own, aside from toast and cereal, and when he is old enough i fully intend to teach my son how to make them himself.
I am particularly enamored of British accents. However, on the rare occasion I have actually talked to a British person i wasn't' quite sure were even speaking the same language. Probably my fault though, canadian's have only been speaking english for a couple centuries not like the Brits who invented it.
Toasted cheese sandwiches are awesome by the way. My son and i have been eating them every day for the last week. they were the first thing i was able to prepare on my own, aside from toast and cereal, and when he is old enough i fully intend to teach my son how to make them himself.
I am particularly enamored of British accents. However, on the rare occasion I have actually talked to a British person i wasn't' quite sure were even speaking the same language. Probably my fault though, canadian's have only been speaking english for a couple centuries not like the Brits who invented it.
I have a strange accent, its a mix between, Orkaidian, English and Scottish, I'm VERY aware of how english I sound at times, especaly with long fancy or complicated words and when I notice I enidaitly change it to a heavy scotts rabble, I imagine my mixed accent is pretty unique.
And the iron ninja who made the OP, I have memory triggers too, not quite a cheese tostie I cant remember what they are but I will when I find them.
And the iron ninja who made the OP, I have memory triggers too, not quite a cheese tostie I cant remember what they are but I will when I find them.
Accent: Anyone who talks differently than I do.
Thus I don't have an accent from my point of view, and you don't have an accent from your point of view, but if we talk differently, then we both have accents from the other person's point of view.
Thus I don't have an accent from my point of view, and you don't have an accent from your point of view, but if we talk differently, then we both have accents from the other person's point of view.
I'm from the UK, and live in the East Midlands. However, I've got a very BBC accent; I say glar-ss, grar-ss and bar-th. Around the world, you could tell I was from *sunny* Great Britain, but here in England you couldn't tell where I'm from, originally or otherwise.
I don't really. I'm from SW england, so I should sound like a proper farmer. But for some curious reason very few people round here do. But people from elswhere say I have a slight accent.
Well i'm born and raised in Bermuda, with British parents and extended family and attend uni in the US so i'm a veritable melting pot of the various accents and pidgins of English. I can mimic them all pretty well, and naturally find myself drifting towards one of my influences depending on who i'm talking to; if they're islander then i'm a bit more Bermujwan, if their British i'm a bit british too. I think its partly that you always feel more comfortable if the person talking to you sounds like you, and you naturally move there in conversation.
The American's i go to school with seem to think my accent is more british, but my family thinks i sound American. So i may not know exactly what my accent is, but i know it's unique and ever changing.
The American's i go to school with seem to think my accent is more british, but my family thinks i sound American. So i may not know exactly what my accent is, but i know it's unique and ever changing.
Well i know my accent, many people say its a Virginian accent even though i live in New Hampshire (U.S.). Its funny, i can imatate so many accents and you'd beleive they where real, I can do an AMAZING southern accent and not the fake really deep south one, like the real souther accent. I can also do a great scotttish one as well. And i better have a French accent since im taking the class (and getting an A+ in it to).
From south coast of Britain, living in California.
I'm pretty much completely unaware of my accent; to me, I sound like just about everyone else on the west coast until I hear a recording of my voice (STRONG british accent...woah). West coast to me has become the "default" - I recognize deviations from that, weirdly.
I'm pretty much completely unaware of my accent; to me, I sound like just about everyone else on the west coast until I hear a recording of my voice (STRONG british accent...woah). West coast to me has become the "default" - I recognize deviations from that, weirdly.
As anyone who clicked the "show your accent" thread is probably aware, I have a droning monotone voice.
Maybe I've got an accent to the Brits, but as far as I'm aware, I'm wonderfully neutral.
Which makes me quite happy.
You see, I live in what could be considered the South, and I'm surrounded by southern accents, which are horrible things to my ears. Especially the really heavy southern drawls. They make me want to scrape my eardrums with a pair of rusty screwdrivers. A close second hated accent is that of "thugs."
You know what I'm talking about. Cutting words in half, replacing letters completely, and ignoring enunciation to the point of mush.
Forgive the rant, as I've been storing bile all night, and this seemed like a safe place to vent it.
As much as I hate those two accents, I must profess my love for both Irish and Russian accents. Not only for comedic value, as both can make people crack the hell up, but for their intriguing sounds. Sadly, whenever I try to put on a fake accent, it falls through the floor hard enough to crack heads, so I am unable to have those small joys in life. Oh well.
At least I still have you people!
You know what would have made that Grilled Cheese even better?
Putting some BACON in it. Seriously. Try it. Your taste buds will scream in a chorus of ecstasy and otherworldly joy while saliva breaks the godly creation into goo as you chew.
THAT will bring back some memories.
Maybe I've got an accent to the Brits, but as far as I'm aware, I'm wonderfully neutral.
Which makes me quite happy.
You see, I live in what could be considered the South, and I'm surrounded by southern accents, which are horrible things to my ears. Especially the really heavy southern drawls. They make me want to scrape my eardrums with a pair of rusty screwdrivers. A close second hated accent is that of "thugs."
You know what I'm talking about. Cutting words in half, replacing letters completely, and ignoring enunciation to the point of mush.
Forgive the rant, as I've been storing bile all night, and this seemed like a safe place to vent it.
As much as I hate those two accents, I must profess my love for both Irish and Russian accents. Not only for comedic value, as both can make people crack the hell up, but for their intriguing sounds. Sadly, whenever I try to put on a fake accent, it falls through the floor hard enough to crack heads, so I am unable to have those small joys in life. Oh well.
At least I still have you people!
You know what would have made that Grilled Cheese even better?
Putting some BACON in it. Seriously. Try it. Your taste buds will scream in a chorus of ecstasy and otherworldly joy while saliva breaks the godly creation into goo as you chew.
THAT will bring back some memories.
Great logic... loved the story telling.
OT: I'm from central New Jersey or as I like to call it, on the Mason Dixon line of Jersey. (Close enough to simultaneously hear banjos and see the city lights.) I now live in Northern Jersey, much closer to said city lights and in a section with a majority of Portuguese and Brazilian natives. My neighbors have extraordinarily thick accents (to this Jersey Girl?s ears) since many of them speak English much less rarely on a daily basis because they don?t need to when everyone else still speaks Portuguese everywhere? the only time they get to practice is with me? and I?m never any fun since all I want to do with them is practice my Portuguese!
I went to a small college in New York and we didn?t have many people from outside the tri-state area. We did have one girl I called Oklahoma (I know, very Forrest Gump of me, I deal.) She was amazed with our accents our freshman year. This is when I pointed out to her, ?See the people on the news? I sound like them? YOU have the accent.?
It was also in college that I learned only people from ?Lon-guy Lund? say ?Joisey?. It was a constant tug-of-war with my room mate who happened to be from Long Island herself.
I love British, Irish and Aussie accents though I most likely wouldn't be able to tell them apart. I?ve actually been to OZ and loved every accented moment of it.
I loath the American southern accent. Rarely does it sound as sweet as the movie version of a southern belle (Oklahoma mercifully fell into that rare category). Much more often it bores into my ear canal and takes it?s time picking it?s nose, looking around to find out when the big bug will hit the zapper. I don?t care if you?re quoting The Bard himself, do it in an American southern accent and it turns into a page the 100 monkeys in the back room typed up.
I must also add... I just finished my own grilled cheese sandwich? I had it with some tomato soup? Good for the soul on a chilly night.
OT: I'm from central New Jersey or as I like to call it, on the Mason Dixon line of Jersey. (Close enough to simultaneously hear banjos and see the city lights.) I now live in Northern Jersey, much closer to said city lights and in a section with a majority of Portuguese and Brazilian natives. My neighbors have extraordinarily thick accents (to this Jersey Girl?s ears) since many of them speak English much less rarely on a daily basis because they don?t need to when everyone else still speaks Portuguese everywhere? the only time they get to practice is with me? and I?m never any fun since all I want to do with them is practice my Portuguese!
I went to a small college in New York and we didn?t have many people from outside the tri-state area. We did have one girl I called Oklahoma (I know, very Forrest Gump of me, I deal.) She was amazed with our accents our freshman year. This is when I pointed out to her, ?See the people on the news? I sound like them? YOU have the accent.?
It was also in college that I learned only people from ?Lon-guy Lund? say ?Joisey?. It was a constant tug-of-war with my room mate who happened to be from Long Island herself.
I love British, Irish and Aussie accents though I most likely wouldn't be able to tell them apart. I?ve actually been to OZ and loved every accented moment of it.
I loath the American southern accent. Rarely does it sound as sweet as the movie version of a southern belle (Oklahoma mercifully fell into that rare category). Much more often it bores into my ear canal and takes it?s time picking it?s nose, looking around to find out when the big bug will hit the zapper. I don?t care if you?re quoting The Bard himself, do it in an American southern accent and it turns into a page the 100 monkeys in the back room typed up.
I must also add... I just finished my own grilled cheese sandwich? I had it with some tomato soup? Good for the soul on a chilly night.
Hey, y'all, take it easy on the southern accents.
I was raised partly in California and partly in the southern U.S., so my accent is pretty neutral (American) overall. I can't even convincingly fake a southern drawl
I don't really know how cheese correlates with accents, but melted brie on crackers with honey and almonds is fantastic.
I was raised partly in California and partly in the southern U.S., so my accent is pretty neutral (American) overall. I can't even convincingly fake a southern drawl
I don't really know how cheese correlates with accents, but melted brie on crackers with honey and almonds is fantastic.
Your quotes of them sound like that too. But not Texas or Arizona i should think.
I am from California. I sound like movie stars.
I think. I cant really examine my own accent and tell if its a heavy one or a particularly pronounced one.
You mean...like a Scottish accent..?MaxTheReaper said:And yet, I'm told there are at least four or five different accents unique to Great Britain.J474 said:I don't think that you are aware that Scotland is in fact part of Britain, so a Scottish accent IS an example of a British accent. Just thought I'd inform you of that
I think every accent in a place is unique to there. I don't think anywhere outside the U.S. has developed an American accent, for example.