I am from the midwest, staying in Texas for a while... my grandparents and I speak normally (From my perspective). The others...Blablahb said:New York is sufferable, but the southern accents like Texan and such make me want to turn missionary, and travel over there to teach the poor natives how to speak English.TheAceTheOne said:British. And which American accent?
There's the southern drawl, the Brooklyn (or Noo Yawk, as some call it), the midwest, the Cali, and about 2000 others.
I myself have been asked by an Englishman if I was from Liverpool. Being Dutch, I'm still not sure whether to be flattered or insulted.
And a link to youtube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymRlgDI9IPM] to a guy with a good example of a, rather horrid, Dutch accent. For those who can't really imagine what it sounds like.
This....wilted_orchid said:Irish isn't British. As a Northern Irish person, I do know what I'm talking about when it comes to this. Scottish people aren't happy with being called "British" either, but they don't have as much of an argument against it as Northern Irish people do or especially Republic of Ireland citizens who are an entirely different country and nothing to do with Britain or being "British".Jacob Carse said:British because you have Scottish, Welsh, Irish and the many kinds of English e.g Cockney.
All of that in such a small space.
Just saying.
That being said, OP, there are so many different British accents and they're all excellent even if they don't hold a candle to our good wee "Norn Iron" accent![]()