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| gehzumteufel |
| I never really noticed this till a couple years ago when others pointed it out, but depending on what I am saying, I might sound like I grew up in a different region of the US. Do any of you exhibit similar behavior? |
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| kr00t0n |
British mom, grew up in South Africa, been in London for almost 7 years.
My accent is non-existant, it just sounds like generic English, but with British pronunciation of word's like dance and can't.
Most Brits can tell that I am not from here originally because I don't have a specific accent of any local area. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
My accent sounds like I grew up in any old upper middle-class American suburb, i.e. like a typical American newscaster.
:p |
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| chimera66 |
| my accent is perfect for the news, null accent. although i tend to pronouce some words as they should be prnouced, meaning i don't americanize words. by talking to me you would have no idea where i was from specifically in the us. |
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| Zoso |
| I have a terrible, terrible Southern drawl. Redneck, even.:( goddamned Durty Souf. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| But see I was born and raised in California my whole life. Was around the same area for the first 20 years of my life, and moved to Southern California 5 years ago. I few TAs I have talked to, thought I was from the Midwest because the way I say some words. Lately I noticed the way I have been saying call is more like that New York style. |
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| Ted Promo |
| Since I grew up in the midwest I have a midwestern accent which means relatively no accent. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Do you watch a lot of Mafia movies? :toothless |
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| Zoso |
| Let me add that I refuse to listen to myself on an answering machine. It's really that bad. :( :( |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
My accent sounds like I grew up in any old upper middle-class American suburb, i.e. like a typical American newscaster.
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Same here. "American Broadcast English".
Though, I do have a few quirks that are atypical of speaking around here that aren't really "accents". Such as, I do often use "yeah?" at the end of a sentence to mean "aren't you?" or "don't you agree?" I don't really hear other people around here say that and I'm not sure where I picked it up, but I say it.
e.g. - "So we're having spaghetti for dinner then, yeah?"
Funny thing is, my girlfriend says it, too. Only other person I've heard do that around here. But, she also spent 6 months in Australia, so I don't know if that's related. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Do you watch a lot of Mafia movies? :toothless |
I hardly watch any movies at all!
| quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
Let me add that I refuse to listen to myself on an answering machine. It's really that bad. :( :( |
LOL |
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| Alex |
| Being english in a mostly french speaking province... I don't know what my accent is like, I guess it's more or less non-existent? |
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