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PrintableJon said: Its amusing to hear an American say they dont really have an accent! Every American has an accent... There is no such thing as a neutral accent or non-accent... If anyone can attempt to say they have no accent, then by default they would have to be an English accented person (ie from England). But even the English cannot claim neutral accentdom as a scouser may sound neutral in Liverpool but not in London, and vice versa...
But an American, no matter where you are from and how you speak believe me, you have an accent. Even your newsreaders have very American accents... As for me? Im from London so I have an Australian accent... Some good points here. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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ella731 said: Lammastide said: Yet another reason to hate Ohio. We're like the lukewarm tap water of the entire world!!! 
I have the typical Ohio (lack of) American English accent, but because I'm 1) naturally rather nasal; 2) totally a suburban baby; and 3) black, I come off a bit more... er... "erudite" than I actually am. I think it's a psychological dissonance thing mostly: When people see me, they probably expect me to sound like, say, Will Smith. But when I open my mouth, I sound more like Niles Crane.   another Ohoian here, but I do have a bit of a hillybilly accent, and sometimes catch myself saying certain 'phrases' that are rather embarassing
I didn know there were so many Ohioans here  Know what's funny? My mom's side of the family is from southeastern Ohio, which is right across the river from Appalachian Country. But even within the same state, it's hilarious to hear that they have such a different accent than myself. They pronounce words like box (bawx) and pencil (pea-yen-cul). Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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Queens... but i am trying to slowly break it.. The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom - Anais Nin
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Lammastide said: ella731 said: another Ohoian here, but I do have a bit of a hillybilly accent, and sometimes catch myself saying certain 'phrases' that are rather embarassing
I didn know there were so many Ohioans here Know what's funny? My mom's side of the family is from southeastern Ohio, which is right across the river from Appalachian Country. But even within the same state, it's hilarious to hear that they have such a different accent than myself. They pronounce words like box (bawx) and pencil (pea-yen-cul). heheh, Im from Tuscarawas County, which is just borderline of the applachain part  now I hope everyone believes me when I say I live with the Amish and the hicks | |
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jerseykrs said: Jersey, Jersey JERSEY!!!!
thats 'Joizey" ya stupid Guinea bastid  | |
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i have a cross between a Bronx,queens,Long Island accent..but lately its been kinda fading out. | |
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'round here they say things like crick for creek
words gain extra vowels like the city of dalton is dowelton and it gets worse trust me | |
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Tom said: rumor has it, Ohioans speak english the best, with no accents. And supposedly, people studying to be news anchors, try to mimic our way of speaking because its so neutral. That is, until you hit the rural areas, then it becomes straight up hillbilly...
What! I'm from Cleveland. And most native Ohioans I know speaks with a southern twang. I myself included. Oh, and God help my lil sis, with that hideous twang she has. Thank You San Alejo for getting rid of my enemies. :-0
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Thank You Virgin de Guadalupe for helping my friend
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And the real question is...How do Americans sound to foriegners? I always ask my foriegn friends to imitate how I talk. lol...Americans are always mocking other accents. And when we do they say were over doing it "...we don't sound ike that". [Edited 1/27/05 9:24am] Thank You San Alejo for getting rid of my enemies. :-0
Thank You SO much Saint Expedite for your help
Thank You Virgin de Guadalupe for helping my friend
Thank You Saint Anthony for returning my wallet to me untouched |
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I don't think I have one? Years ago, someone asked me if I was from California. Umfrumbrooklyn. There used to be a t-shirt that said, "Umfrumbrooklyn". Basically that's what it sounded like if someone from Brooklyn answered. 
People talk about a "New York" accent. But, then people talk about a "Brooklyn" accent. I used to hear it in high school from the kids from Bensonhurst, Bklyn. Radio personality Wendy Williams is from Long Island. No offense to the folks there, but her accent f'n grates!  [Edited 1/27/05 10:57am] | |
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Jon said: Its amusing to hear an American say they dont really have an accent! Every American has an accent... There is no such thing as a neutral accent or non-accent... If anyone can attempt to say they have no accent, then by default they would have to be an English accented person (ie from England). But even the English cannot claim neutral accentdom as a scouser may sound neutral in Liverpool but not in London, and vice versa...
But an American, no matter where you are from and how you speak believe me, you have an accent. Even your newsreaders have very American accents... As for me? Im from London so I have an Australian accent... I think when we say we don't have an accent, we mean that our voices and dialects aren't attached to a certain part of the country...we're not talking about not having an accent when it comes to the rest of the world. There are some of us here in the U.S. who's speaking voices don't give even the slightest hint of where we were born or grew up in America... | |
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I have a generic American accent. Not particular to any region. I had a southern accent until my late teens, but I never realized that until I moved to Minnesota. I've done all I can not to pick up the regional accent here. | |
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althom said: Anxiety said: not an american accent! BANNED!!! BLOODY YANKS!!!!! THEN PLAY WITH IT LESS! GROSS!!! | |
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I sound like a newscaster! | |
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: I sound like a newscaster!
 Walter Cronkite???
And that's the way it was, Thursday, January 27, 2005.  | |
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: I sound like a newscaster!
On happy juice maybe! | |
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Revolution said: Southern?
Texas drawwwwl? New Yawk??? Bahston??? How prominent is it? Me, I guess I have a midwest accent...which alot of folks describe as a "lack of an accent".  New York. Heavy on the or. yawk is the opposite of a New York accent. | |
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althom said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: I sound like a newscaster!
On happy juice maybe! Yeah well you had me laughing! I had no idea you were actually that funny! (  Who knew?)
I tend to have a formal diction. I don't know... whenever I am out of state they say I sould like a newscaster.  | |
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MrJoker said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: I sound like a newscaster!
Walter Cronkite???
And that's the way it was, Thursday, January 27, 2005. | |
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For a person from Harlem, NY, people say I don't sound like it. Fucking bastards NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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I don't really have an accent anymore...when I was little I did...some people say I sound "Canadian"  Whatever that is....lol | |
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meow85 said: I don't have one, I'm Canadian.
When I lived in the Midwest, I'd sometimes cross the river from Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Ontario. I found it interesting how some folks in Windsor had a clear Canadian accent (e.g., pronouncing "about" like aboot), whereas others had a "newscaster non-accent." Trivia: Crossing into Canada from Detroit actually involves going south. Don't believe me? Look at a map. Please note: effective March 21, 2010, I've stepped down from my prince.org Moderator position. |
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moderatormatt said: meow85 said: I don't have one, I'm Canadian.
When I lived in the Midwest, I'd sometimes cross the river from Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Ontario. I found it interesting how some folks in Windsor had a clear Canadian accent (e.g., pronouncing "about" like aboot), whereas others had a "newscaster non-accent." Trivia: Crossing into Canada from Detroit actually involves going south. Don't believe me? Look at a map. I have never said "Aboot" in my life...that is a Newfie thing not a Canadian thing as a whole...  | |
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PurpleThunder said: I have never said "Aboot" in my life...that is a Newfie thing not a Canadian thing as a whole...
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matt said: meow85 said: I don't have one, I'm Canadian.
When I lived in the Midwest, I'd sometimes cross the river from Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Ontario. I found it interesting how some folks in Windsor had a clear Canadian accent (e.g., pronouncing "about" like aboot), whereas others had a "newscaster non-accent." Trivia: Crossing into Canada from Detroit actually involves going south. Don't believe me? Look at a map. I've never said "aboot" in my life. That's more of an eastern Canada than a cross-country accent. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: I've never said "aboot" in my life. That's more of an eastern Canada than a cross-country accent.
My apologies. FWIW, the one time I visited western Canada (drove up to B.C. to get a flu shot and dinner), I didn't detect any accent among the natives. Please note: effective March 21, 2010, I've stepped down from my prince.org Moderator position. |
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I'm from the pacific northwest, where we speak newscaster English.
However, I do think that young people in Seattle have. . . I don't know if it's an ACCENT, exactly. . .but a distinctive speech pattern, and I sometimes catch myself using it with other people my age. I call it Stoner Valley. It's a lot of the words from SoCal. . .like, whatever, dude, lame, totally, hella, wicked. . . but in a sleepy, low draaawwwwlll. . ."liiiiikkkeee, I was at this cluuubb in the UDistrict the other niiight, and it was soooo tooootaalllyy laaame, and I was like, duuuuddeee, whateeevver, this is hella laaaame, let's go get some coooooffee." | |
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matt said: meow85 said: I've never said "aboot" in my life. That's more of an eastern Canada than a cross-country accent.
My apologies. FWIW, the one time I visited western Canada (drove up to B.C. to get a flu shot and dinner), I didn't detect any accent among the natives. Don't worry about it. The B.C. accent is pretty neutral, but there's a definite "west coast" (read: surfer) way of speaking -at least here in the Okanagan Valley. [Edited 1/28/05 23:48pm] "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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tackam said: I'm from the pacific northwest, where we speak newscaster English.
However, I do think that young people in Seattle have. . . I don't know if it's an ACCENT, exactly. . .but a distinctive speech pattern, and I sometimes catch myself using it with other people my age. I call it Stoner Valley. It's a lot of the words from SoCal. . .like, whatever, dude, lame, totally, hella, wicked. . . but in a sleepy, low draaawwwwlll. . ."liiiiikkkeee, I was at this cluuubb in the UDistrict the other niiight, and it was soooo tooootaalllyy laaame, and I was like, duuuuddeee, whateeevver, this is hella laaaame, let's go get some coooooffee." Thank you! That's the same accent a lot of people here in the Valley have. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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I has no akcent errbody else talk funny doh. | |
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