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Do any non-Americans like American accents? (pg. 2)
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
Can we toss in Minnesota, South Carolina, and New Jersey too please?
I like Florida accents (if there technically is one) because for the most part, they sound generic. Ugh... I used to hate when I would be back up in the Northeast and people would say, "You have a southern accent!" just because I didn't have one of their horrendous accents. I'd just be like, "Uh, yeah spend a week with me in the Carolinas and then tell me my accent is "southern". |
Yeah, the upstate NY accent is fairly similar to Minnesota. It seems like each major city in the Northeast US has its own terrible accent. Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Chicago. Although I don't really think there exists a "neutral" American accent. If there was, it wouldn't be an accent :p |
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| Quazar |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Yeah, the upstate NY accent is fairly similar to Minnesota. It seems like each major city in the Northeast US has its own terrible accent. Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Chicago. Although I don't really think there exists a "neutral" American accent. If there was, it wouldn't be an accent :p |
A lot of the western states are pretty close to "neutral", or "US TV Newscaster English" as Tasty Onions put it. There are colloquialisms, but not much in the way of accents unless you get into ethnic groups. |
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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Although I don't really think there exists a "neutral" American accent. If there was, it wouldn't be an accent :p |
Pacific Northwest has a neutral accent. |
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| srussell0018 |
| Well any American accent sounds like an accent to me, and none of them are appealing imo :tongue2 |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Pacific Northwest has a neutral accent. |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
God Lews won't ever shut up about his non-regional diction |
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| enydo |
I don't really have an accent, or so I'm told, although I live in the South so I may have some sort of inflection from that. My parents' families all live up in Michigan and Wisconsin, and when we go up there they're all really surprised none of us have southern accents. They've all go heeeavy northern accents though, which are just adorable.
Anyways, someone ressurect that thread where we were all posting voice samples and . That was pretty cool. :p |
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| Quazar |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Well any American accent sounds like an accent to me, and none of them are appealing imo :tongue2 |
Like I said, we need to get Lira in here. I think the neutral American accent is the most neutral in the world, so obviously it would sound less poetic than English, Scottish, Irish, Aussie, etc. |
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| The17sss |
| It always weirds me out when someone of adult age (maybe it's just me, but this ALWAYS seems to be a female) goes to another part of the country and develops that different accent real quick. I remember even after 1 semester of college, seeing people come back to Florida from Alabama or Chicago or New York or wherever they went to school suddenly talking like they were native to those places. To me it suggests they are highly impressionable and still lack some sort of concrete identity (just my opinion). But yeah- what's up with that? |
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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
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Mine isn't a pure PNW accent, though :p
I have some random Afrikaans throw in :wtf: |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Mine isn't a pure PNW accent, though :p
I have some random Afrikaans throw in :wtf: |
I actually prefer an Afrikaans accent to a British or Aussie one. |
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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I actually prefer an Afrikaans accent to a British or Aussie one. |
Me too :o |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
It always weirds me out when someone of adult age (maybe it's just me, but this ALWAYS seems to be a female) goes to another part of the country and develops that different accent real quick. I remember even after 1 semester of college, seeing people come back to Florida from Alabama or Chicago or New York or wherever they went to school suddenly talking like they were native to those places. To me it suggests they are highly impressionable and still lack some sort of concrete identity (just my opinion). But yeah- what's up with that? |
I lost a lot of my accent, but that was over probably 3-5 years. I'm sure if you moved to Ireland for a few years you'd pick up an accent as well. It's pretty natural. |
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