Do you use British English, American or some different kind of English?

[Lord Blackadder]

I'd challenge you to geographically place my english accent. Some people say Oxford, some people say Hampshire, neither of which I've actually lived in

http://www.planetary.org/radio/show/00000251/ (I'm the guest, from a few mins in)

I wouldn't even try - I'm American, so I can only distinguish the really obvious dialects, like Yorkshire or Scouser. Some accents are certainly more generic than others, to be sure. I find that people in the UK are more attuned to placing a person regionally by their accent.

 

[Legolamb]

I speak Brooklynese. The English I like to hear most is Australian, followed by N.Z, Irish, Welsh, and any other of the Empire's tongues. I hate listening to "NoooYorkers".

 

[kabunaru]

I speak Brooklynese.

Is your accent is like/is similar to this?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1tGdoA6mCc&feature=related

 

[Legolamb]

Is your accent is like/is similar to this?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1tGdoA6mCc&feature=related

More like Cyndy Lauper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqf9PuKi63E

Or Barbara Streisand with a cold. For most of my childhood, I couldn't roll a proper "r".

 

[kabunaru]

More like Cyndy Lauper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqf9PuKi63E

I thought that was an California "Valley Girl" accent at first.

Frank Sinatra's New York accent is pretty much "the typical American accent".