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Bri'ish accent is the best

I have a Southern (US) accent. That means that, despite my decent intelligence, I will always sound like I just finished a mean banjo/fiddle session with my kinfolks.

I visited a group in Australia. They were all discussing how comforting the Southern accent is. They said it's like a warm hug. I think they had a few too many Jim Beam specials.

i like some american accents...the only one i have a real problem with is the really thick chicago suburban accent. "OOOH MAY GAAAHDT!"

it makes me crazy - it's like, lazy tongues on parade!

I didn't even know I had an accent until the 2004 Minneapolis Invasion.

evenstar3 said:

I said it cause of you.

Spookymuffin said:

Bastard.

See if i ever let you hear my accent again!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

You haven't met too many Canadians.

I like accents. Regional slang confuses me like nothing else though.

MotoPsycho said:

I like most Southern accents, you can usually tell where in the South someone is from by their accent.

My family is from Tennessee and when they moved to NY my two oldest brothers were held back a year in school and were forced to have speech lessons because they had Southern accents. I was born here so I'm NY all the way except for a few phrases that I picked up from my mother.

American accent is far more easy to understand by non-native english speakers across the glove, and it isn't just due to televsion. In fact American English is closer to old English (Victorian era English) than what they are currently speaking on the isles themselves.

Of course, individuals who speak with moronic dialects are an entirely different case (hello, new york).

novabrkr said:

What part of New York are you talking about???
It's a big state yanno, lots of different accents.
What's a moronic dialect anyway?


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JDINTERACTIVE said:

I have NO idea who you are refering to....

GAAAAAH! ben needs to fix the damned server already. anyway:

FunkMistress said:

i've been told that i have an accent, but i dunno what the hell they're talking about.

HA. We're all stuttering. Bleeding org

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You've got the slightest tinge of a Midwestern twang.

Say that five times fast.

FunkMistress said:

midwesterners don't "twang".

When I was in Morocco, many people thought I was British, although I have an American accent. So, yes, I think it is difficult for some limited-English speakers to tell the difference b/w accents, much like I cannot distinguish a southern French accent from a northern one.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You've got the slightest tinge of a Midwestern whatever-the-fuck-Midwesterners-do.

And a contrarian streak a MILE wide!

Don't forget the "Nuyorican" English accent.

Stax said:

true...with me, since i moved here to minnesota people have told me that i have an accent. weird thing, because damn near everyone here has a real strong accent (the minnesota-born people, that is). i still crack up at how people sound here.

i remember one time my dad told me this funny bit he was in one day...he was born in louisiana, so he's got a southern accent. anyway, one day he was at the store and he was talking to some guy. the guy asked him, "are you from here?" ("here" meaning iowa, where he's lived for around 30 years now). my dad was like, "do i sound like i'm from here?!"


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FunkMistress said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

FunkMistress said:

!!

MotoPsycho said:

sorry

Stax said:

When I was in Italy we got mistaken for Brits more than once. And when I've been in the UK I'm usually asked first if I'm Canadian.

HamsterHuey said:

this is totally unfair!

saying all americans are loud based on muse is like saying all japanese people are really tall based on godzilla!