Poll: Upper-class English accents... your views, please

[campofapproval]

Meh. After doing a few video projects with people I know, I realised I sound somewhat like that kind of accent too.

Honestly, I wish I didn't, but it seems to win over some people. It just makes people more likely to hit me in the face too.

I would kill for an accent like that. ANY accent, in fact. I've heard myself, and it makes me want to tear out my vocal chords.

What accent is it that you have?

I have no accent whatsoever. Well, I have been told that it's slightly Scottish, but I can't hear it.

Everyone has an accent. It's impossible not to have one, it's just the way you speak. You said it yourself, slightly Scottish.

Eh idk about that...my area has been acclaimed for having near zero accent at all, thats why most spanish immigrants come to our area because we speak (american) english exactly as it is to be spoken, with zero accent of it all. I'm sure to southerners/northerners we sound odd, but we speak the most clear basic english out there (i really wish i could find the source but it was in a couple of magazines a couple years back)

OT: eh..we have some english students here for the year, and a couple of them have some heavy accents, but it doesn't bug me..well besides one guy, but he's a cocky douchebag, nothing to do with his accent.

so overall, its fine (to me at least)

The accent certainly helps someone sound more cocky. Hence I try and sound as humble as possible in a debate since I naturally sound like I'm teabagging you whilst I validate my point.

Also, I was under the impression that every voice is an accent. Speaking English as it was created has a term for it: it England it's 'the Queen's English' and there is probably some kind of variation for where you are. People seem to think that 'accent' is a way of saying there is a variation that changes some kind of 'norm' in pronunciation. I thought that every voice is a form of pronunciation: just coming from America or England gives you an American or English accent, even though each country has wild degrees of variance in the way they go about saying things.

haha oh no this guy really is a tool, like i said the other english guys i'm fine with, accents actually make you seem more friendly in my eyes, idk why but just does i suppose.

but yeah i get what your saying, and our "accent" from my area, is basically what they use for tapes/school videos, where the bland white person in the background is going "H is for Honey!" or "A is for apple!"

oh and i did find a link actually i suppose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#Linguistic_characteristics

it even mentions my city surprisingly in there.

you live in omaha? that place's no lincoln from my experiences playing with bands there so on so forth

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Meh. After doing a few video projects with people I know, I realised I sound somewhat like that kind of accent too.

Honestly, I wish I didn't, but it seems to win over some people. It just makes people more likely to hit me in the face too.

I would kill for an accent like that. ANY accent, in fact. I've heard myself, and it makes me want to tear out my vocal chords.

What accent is it that you have?

I have no accent whatsoever. Well, I have been told that it's slightly Scottish, but I can't hear it.

Everyone has an accent. It's impossible not to have one, it's just the way you speak. You said it yourself, slightly Scottish.

Eh idk about that...my area has been acclaimed for having near zero accent at all, thats why most spanish immigrants come to our area because we speak (american) english exactly as it is to be spoken, with zero accent of it all. I'm sure to southerners/northerners we sound odd, but we speak the most clear basic english out there (i really wish i could find the source but it was in a couple of magazines a couple years back)

OT: eh..we have some english students here for the year, and a couple of them have some heavy accents, but it doesn't bug me..well besides one guy, but he's a cocky douchebag, nothing to do with his accent.

so overall, its fine (to me at least)

The accent certainly helps someone sound more cocky. Hence I try and sound as humble as possible in a debate since I naturally sound like I'm teabagging you whilst I validate my point.

Also, I was under the impression that every voice is an accent. Speaking English as it was created has a term for it: it England it's 'the Queen's English' and there is probably some kind of variation for where you are. People seem to think that 'accent' is a way of saying there is a variation that changes some kind of 'norm' in pronunciation. I thought that every voice is a form of pronunciation: just coming from America or England gives you an American or English accent, even though each country has wild degrees of variance in the way they go about saying things.

haha oh no this guy really is a tool, like i said the other english guys i'm fine with, accents actually make you seem more friendly in my eyes, idk why but just does i suppose.

but yeah i get what your saying, and our "accent" from my area, is basically what they use for tapes/school videos, where the bland white person in the background is going "H is for Honey!" or "A is for apple!"

oh and i did find a link actually i suppose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#Linguistic_characteristics

it even mentions my city surprisingly in there.

you live in omaha? that place's no lincoln from my experiences playing with bands there so on so forth

no lincoln?

Yes I do live in Omaha, but what did you mean by that?