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What Kind of American Accent Do You Have?
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There was one of those fill-in news stories awhile back which stated the Pacific Northwest was the most accent-neutral part of the country. I do not recall who made this claim and it sure is meaningless (to me anyway). Anyone been to Seattle and think we have an accent?
No, I didn't notice one - but I'm from California.
I've never thought of the west coast of having any of the "American accents," but I live here so I'm slightly biased.
Think "eyeahPawd"
I used to have a mid-atlantic accent - people said I sounded like Lloyd Grossmann. Now.. I don't know. I'm frequently mistaken for a Canadian because I say ehh a little too much (this from spending a lot of time with Canadians no doubt), but then anyone who knows anything would only have to hear me to say 'out' to know I'm not.
Born and raised in Austin, TX, but thankfully lacking the strong accent of most of my family. Lived in California for 6 years, then spent a year in France. I guess that makes me:
Seems fair enough.
Seems fair enough.
My friends in NYC think I have a New Jersey accent, I think I talk exactly the way they do
When I hear most national news reporters speak, I don't think they have an accent either.
They do actually. Usually very slight. It hurts their marketability if it is something extreme since they get viewed as an outsider and not trustworthy. There are little shibboleths that you can pick up on but usually they have the clear vowel sounds and pronounce all the consonants.
As for who has the accent...
Where do more people speak English?
On a similar vein, I read an article that talked about how Spain was complaining about the change in the language since most of the Spanish Language programming was being done in Mexico and people were picking up the colonial accent.
I imagine the same thing is happening with Portuguese.
Gonna post a link of yourself giggling?
I've heard some people from Washington (the state) pronounce "wash" like "warsh." One of my elementary school teachers would tell us to, "Go warsh your hands!"No, I didn't notice one - but I'm from California.
I've never thought of the west coast of having any of the "American accents," but I live here so I'm slightly biased.
And I don't really feel like we have much of an accent compared to other regions of the US, but like skunk mentioned, whenever travelling abroad, people always know we're from the States and from California.
Gonna post a link of yourself giggling?
I've heard some people from Washington (the state) pronounce "wash" like "warsh." One of my elementary school teachers would tell us to, "Go warsh your hands!"
And I don't really feel like we have much of an accent compared to other regions of the US, but like skunk mentioned, whenever travelling abroad, people always know we're from the States and from California.
So thats where all the R's in Boston went.
Gonna post a link of yourself giggling?
I've heard some people from Washington (the state) pronounce "wash" like "warsh." One of my elementary school teachers would tell us to, "Go warsh your hands!"
And I don't really feel like we have much of an accent compared to other regions of the US, but like skunk mentioned, whenever travelling abroad, people always know we're from the States and from California.
I believe that's actually more of a North Central, Scandinavian-influence accent. There were a fair number of Scandinavian immigrants to Washington and Oregon, but I don't think to the same degree as places like Minnesota.
I'm from the NE (Jersey/NY) but I've worked very hard to lose as much regional accent as possible. I read an article many, many moons ago that covered study that supposedly showed that people with NE accents (which if strong enough can sound equally and prejudiciously "dumb" as a southern drawl) are less likely to succeed in business. Obviously there are exceptions and no matter how accurate the study-- it hit home with me.
So I worked on dropping my accent and pretty much succeeded. I kinda followed the "news anchor" rule which is to sound as "mid-western" as possible. Ever notice our strongest broadcasters have been from places like Indiana and Nebraska?
When I came back home after a 14 year absence I could hear the accent in my friends that I never before noticed. It hurt my ears. And I was glad mine was gone. Of course, they on the other hand think I sound like a pretentious fayg but that's their deal.
So I worked on dropping my accent and pretty much succeeded. I kinda followed the "news anchor" rule which is to sound as "mid-western" as possible. Ever notice our strongest broadcasters have been from places like Indiana and Nebraska?
When I came back home after a 14 year absence I could hear the accent in my friends that I never before noticed. It hurt my ears. And I was glad mine was gone. Of course, they on the other hand think I sound like a pretentious fayg but that's their deal.
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What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
i would never call it pop. really i just don't have any accent because i've moved around so much.
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
i would never call it pop. really i just don't have any accent because i've moved around so much.
I live here in utah, so we have something called "utah talk."
Examples:
Fetch
Flip
For fun
For darling
For cool
melk/milk (southern parts of utah)
tayme/time
ignorant = rude
special
etc. etc.
Yep, that's where I live now.
Your friendly displaced New Yorker busta.
Examples:
Fetch
Flip
For fun
For darling
For cool
melk/milk (southern parts of utah)
tayme/time
ignorant = rude
special
etc. etc.
Yep, that's where I live now.
Your friendly displaced New Yorker busta.
Gonna post a link of yourself giggling?
I've heard some people from Washington (the state) pronounce "wash" like "warsh." One of my elementary school teachers would tell us to, "Go warsh your hands!"
And I don't really feel like we have much of an accent compared to other regions of the US, but like skunk mentioned, whenever travelling abroad, people always know we're from the States and from California.
Wasn't that a T party?So thats where all the R's in Boston went.