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What's your most favorite American accent?
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Strewth!, None of you guy's know how to talk English properly anyway.
I mean, a Tomato is a tomato, not a "tom-May-toe"!. Get the English right, then worry about the "Accent".
(Please don't shoot me.)
I mean, a Tomato is a tomato, not a "tom-May-toe"!. Get the English right, then worry about the "Accent".
(Please don't shoot me.
)
Haha. I'm hoping this is a joke?
The letter that proceeds "q" and preceeds "s".
ya i dont think we have that
Oh man, I didn't even look at your location! Excuse me, I'm going to go slap myself for missing that...
#1 - Ohio; Close 2nd - North Carolina
(Women only, men don't have accents -- they just talk funny!)
(Women only, men don't have accents -- they just talk funny!)
I'm not fond of southerners in general, it's not the accent that bothers me so much, rather the manner of speech.
I can't really say that I have a favorite American accent.
Another thing I don't like though is when "a" is pronounced "er" like Montaner for Montana. It's an a, what's so hard about pronouncing it like one?
I can't really say that I have a favorite American accent.
Another thing I don't like though is when "a" is pronounced "er" like Montaner for Montana. It's an a, what's so hard about pronouncing it like one?
for me it is the Texan Accent that I like the best. Then again I am from Texas. It is one I can understand fairly well.
As for the southern Accent from states like NC that is hard for me to stand. This summer for 3 months I had to deal with it.
Now I do not carry much of Texan Accent/ Just enough that if I am a more northern state that it seems to be able to be picked up on. It is a word here and there that have the Texas Draw on it.
Now any one who is from one of the large cities and grew up in a middle class or better educated family is not going to carry one. Mostly because there parents are going to come from some fair distance away and a lot of the people who live there will come from all over. These factors add up to start killing the accents. I am from Houston area with parents from OK and MO so a lot of any accent I could have would of been killed off.
As for the southern Accent from states like NC that is hard for me to stand. This summer for 3 months I had to deal with it.
Now I do not carry much of Texan Accent/ Just enough that if I am a more northern state that it seems to be able to be picked up on. It is a word here and there that have the Texas Draw on it.
Now any one who is from one of the large cities and grew up in a middle class or better educated family is not going to carry one. Mostly because there parents are going to come from some fair distance away and a lot of the people who live there will come from all over. These factors add up to start killing the accents. I am from Houston area with parents from OK and MO so a lot of any accent I could have would of been killed off.
To me it does not, but then again, somebody who does not have the Bostonian accent might have a better say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbK4cL3QSc0
To me, Boston accent sounds like a hybrid American-British accent which is pretty cool.
Not to me, and I have lived in both Cambridge MA and Oxford UK. I agree with what someone said earlier: Connecticut has the best accent (none).
There is no cooler accent than canadian/scottish 50/50 mix.
IMO strict bbc english comes in a close second assuming the person does interesting things with it, aka doesn't read the news, language is fun.
If I were forced to pick an american as in US accent it'd be deep southern spoken with authority, I may have possibly watched too much "walker" texas ranger....
IMO strict bbc english comes in a close second assuming the person does interesting things with it, aka doesn't read the news, language is fun.
If I were forced to pick an american as in US accent it'd be deep southern spoken with authority, I may have possibly watched too much "walker" texas ranger....
Uh, would that just hold true in ohio and north carolina?
C'mon. Men have accents!
Think gov of caulifloweria.
I've lived in New York City all my life and I don't really think that I have an accent to be honest.
I think that it really depends on where your parents grew up, if your parents grew up in an area where they wouldn't have an accent, then you probably wouldn't have an accent. I'm half & half, my mother grew up in Weymouth, and doesn't really have an accent, but my dad grew up on Savin Hill (Stab & Kill) for the 1st half of his childhood and I probably got most of my accent from him.
Gotta love my own accent, Mid-western/hick. Dislike California accents, especially the people who speak it. Majority of the people I've met that are from there always look down on others with hickish accents.
California D-Bag - "Hey say 'Wal-Mart' "
Me - "walmart"
Cali DB - "hahaha you are such a redneck!"
California D-Bag - "Hey say 'Wal-Mart' "
Me - "walmart"
Cali DB - "hahaha you are such a redneck!"