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NotoriousCAT

NotoriousCAT

Atlanta, GA
January 2004

OCT 31, 2005 09:58 PM

I am American but my husband and one of our former co-workers were both English and I noticed that independant of each other both of their 'American accent' imitations sounded like bad John Wayne impressions. biggrin

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

OCT 31, 2005 10:06 PM

to all you English types and others:

Not all Americans have NY accents, kthx.

GuavaMadness

GuavaMadness

Miami, FL
October 2005

OCT 31, 2005 10:14 PM

OH MY GAWD! Not all NewYawkers have NewYawk accents.

Some of us have Texas accents, y'all.

Manchester_Black

Manchester_Black

Edmonton, AB
March 2004

OCT 31, 2005 10:15 PM

American accents are the same as Canadian ones, in that the countries are so big that there are several distinct dialects.

venomkid

venomkid

I'm lost
January 2003

OCT 31, 2005 10:19 PM

I once got a call from a South African girl I'd met on IRC. We were talking about whatever, but I was living in Texas at the time, and she was a little dissappointed at my lack of a Texan accent (I'm a northerner). So I got a Texan friend of mine on the line.

I'm not sure what it "sounded like" to her, but it sure sounded like sexual attraction to me. biggrin

TReBlah

TReBlah

I'm lost
March 2005

OCT 31, 2005 10:38 PM

Cassiel said:
to all you English types and others:

Not all Americans have NY accents, kthx.



...and to all you Americans, London is a city, not a country. we're not all from London.

xRedDan

xRedDan

Valparaiso, IN
December 2003

OCT 31, 2005 10:39 PM

I want to live somewhere where people find my completely normal (slightly Chicago) "American accent" to be sexy as hell.

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

OCT 31, 2005 10:41 PM

Our diphthongs and our [r]s. Listen to game show hosts and the people on early morning television.

[Edited on Oct 31, 2005 by Jeff_Fries]

grahf

grahf

New York, NY
September 2002

OCT 31, 2005 11:14 PM

I've always wondered if a midwestern accent sounds the same to a southerner as a Minnesota accent sounds to a midwesterner, and so on. Whether it's just a function of relative lattitudes or there's something else involved. I'm from Indiana and always considered myself to have a pretty neutral accent, but my cousins from up north say I sound southern.

llouys

llouys

Brazil
August 2003

OCT 31, 2005 11:31 PM

I used to teach ESL and the general answer to this question seemed to be "weird."

American "r"'s just sound bizarre to speakers of many other languages -- they're like a mix between a vowel and a consonant and very difficult to learn to pronounce. Plus, we have this weird (to them) habit of swallowing vowels. Speaking American English is all about getting the rhythm right -- for example, if you say "I'm going to go get something to drink" people will actually pronounce something along the lines of "immonna get somethinna drink".

Well. You get my point. I'm kind of inebriated & it's not helping my phonetic aanlsis skills.

Bocephus

Bocephus

Tempe, AZ
March 2005

OCT 31, 2005 11:46 PM

i got a way down south accent from south florida so i can only imagine

shortchanged

shortchanged

Houston, TX
January 2003

OCT 31, 2005 11:48 PM

louys said:
I used to teach ESL and the general answer to this question seemed to be "weird."

American "r"'s just sound bizarre to speakers of many other languages -- they're like a mix between a vowel and a consonant and very difficult to learn to pronounce. Plus, we have this weird (to them) habit of swallowing vowels. Speaking American English is all about getting the rhythm right -- for example, if you say "I'm going to go get something to drink" people will actually pronounce something along the lines of "immonna get somethinna drink".

Well. You get my point. I'm kind of inebriated & it's not helping my phonetic aanlsis skills.



that's exactly how i speak. and its weird because i can actually type out how i speak and you won't be able to understand what it says unless you read it aloud.

StickyRice

StickyRice

Atlanta, GA
January 2003

OCT 31, 2005 11:50 PM

I'm an American, but I know it sounds like honking, or braying. And I know I do it.

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crackedhead

crackedhead

San Jose, CA
September 2004

OCT 31, 2005 11:57 PM

Since America is so big I think there are all kind of accents. I've lived in the S.F. Bay Area my whole life and I'm sure that I would sound quite different from someone who grew up in the South or NYC or whatever.

Newscaster are often felt to be soul-less bastardizations of Americana in these parts, or maybe that's just me.

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:06 AM

crackedhead said:
Newscaster are often felt to be soul-less bastardizations of Americana in these parts, or maybe that's just me.


Since there's no official standard for American english, they're usually considered the unofficial standard. There's even a special name for it that I forget.

[Edited on Nov 01, 2005 by Jeff_Fries]

bedukay

bedukay

Endicott, NY
March 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:08 AM

They sound like TV of course.

[Edited on Nov 01, 2005 by bedukay]

bedukay

bedukay

Endicott, NY
March 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:10 AM

And hi, Coi btw what does your accent sound like?

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

NOV 01, 2005 12:10 AM

This thread is conspicuously missing anyone from outside of North America. surreal

bedukay

bedukay

Endicott, NY
March 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:10 AM

Coi said:

Invincible said:
American accents are the same as Canadian ones, in that the countries are so big that there are several distinct dialects.




Well, I'm mostly talking about the blank-slate American Accent.

You know... like the one newscasters use.



See?!? tongue

bedukay

bedukay

Endicott, NY
March 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:11 AM

Keith said:
This thread is conspicuously missing anyone from outside of North America. surreal



Nah man I just pretend to be from upstate, NY. wink

Eddie

Eddie

SUICIDEGIRL

British Columbia, Canada

NOV 01, 2005 12:19 AM

I always wondered what a canadian accent sounds like.. but not a maritimer one, I know what that sounds like, I mean... a west coast one.. heh.. my one.

Honestly, I have not met (that I was aware of) an American from a state with a more 'normal' accent. I have only met people from... texas.... or.... new york... hah.

oh but the new york one is pretty, I think. Texas, well I guess it really depends for either state. People can make it pretty or ugly no matter which state.

[Edited on Nov 01, 2005 by Eddie]

Malinko

Malinko

HOPEFUL

Montreal, QC

NOV 01, 2005 12:29 AM

Invincible said:
American accents are the same as Canadian ones, in that the countries are so big that there are several distinct dialects.



Yeah I agree, there are certain parts in America that some people sound different, like in Texas or New York their are certain accents, and in Canada in some parts people sound different too. like New Brunswick or Newfoundland. Apparently to most Americans I sound very Canadian, but to most Canadians I sound very British/Scotish like, mever been to those places but I grew up with family who had accents maybe i adopted it or something.

bedukay

bedukay

Endicott, NY
March 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:40 AM

Coi said:

bedukay said:
And hi, Coi btw what does your accent sound like?



I'm from the Midwest, but I don't have the Midwestern accent (see: "Fargo"). My family is from Arkansas and Mississippi, but I don't have a Southern accent either.

I actually posted a link to an audio clip of my voice in my journal about a month ago. You can hear it for yourself if you click here.



ooo lala.

I always considered the Fargo accent a more localized Dokota one myself but that was just an intuition I had based on the characters in the surrounding communities in the film and no real world, well anything.

bedukay

bedukay

Endicott, NY
March 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:43 AM

Ignore the ooo lala if you wish. I checked your dating profile too late. After I had engaged in the online flirting of doomination. Well that and I'm a dude!

[Edited on Nov 01, 2005 by bedukay]

fpkk

fpkk

United Kingdom
June 2003

NOV 01, 2005 12:52 AM

Because of television and films the American accent sounds more natural to me than the accents of some people who live in the same country.

In particular I'm thinking the North Wales Welsh accent. I'm from South Wales and most Welsh language television is made there. So you very rarely hear a deep North Welsh accent ever. So it sounds very alien when you do hear it.

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