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Do any non-Americans like American accents? (pg. 4)
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| Zharen |
| quote: | Originally posted by Quazar
California is pretty neutral, very little in the way of accents. It's around the same pace as a southern accent, but without the drawl. It's also the only place in the US where people constantly say "No Worries", I assume due to the closer proximity to Australia. |
We also say "Hella" hella lot. And I also have to say that the people who talk in surfer dialects around here tend to be in the minority. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Quazar
A Kiwi is the same as an Aussie, right? |
Kiwi accent is the same as the aussie in the same way that the Canadian accent is the same as the US one. Kiwis have one of the few accents worse than ours.
| quote: | Originally posted by Happymess
Originally posted by Happymess
I learnt English when I was 17/18, the first English I was exposed to was British English, my teachers were British, I picked up that accent and spoke it for years as it was all I knew.. after living in Canada for so long it sort of vanished, or maybe I suppress it.. it comes out here and there, and whenever I speak to a British person.
But I've never known that to happen to a native English speaker. |
Wow, you speak fantastic English for one learning it so late. |
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| Happymess |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
:p
Don't change a thing! Also, bravo for learning a brand new language at 18 |
:D Thankies.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
I'm a native English speaker, and most of the time I speak with a normal PNW accent, but occasionally a word or syllable or whole sentence will come out with an Afrikaans accent. If I start taking to someone who isn't American, though, after a short period I just start speak with the Afrikaans accent. It's ing weird. |
I understand completely. That also happens when I go to Morocco and visit different regions, I tend to at least try to speak in their dialect/accent, I think it's my desire to make others as comfortable as possible. For instance if I speak Northern Moroccan dialect to someone from the capital they wouldn't understand a thing. It helps that I'm familiar with the dialects so it just comes out naturally if I'm exposed to it.
Same happens when I speak to a French person, unless they're from Marseilles, I can't even pretend to mimic that accent. :o |
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| VDub |
I had a serious infatuation with this little blonde from Mobile, Alabama...
Her southern accent ing melted me... |
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| Tasty Onions |
| Best Southern accent from non-American = Kelly Macdonald in No Country For Old Men. |
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| Happymess |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Wow, you speak fantastic English for one learning it so late. |
Thank you. :) .. I've been in Canada for 10 years already. It's ample time to learn the language. Subtitled movies helped a great deal in the first few years. :D |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Well any American accent sounds like an accent to me, and none of them are appealing imo :tongue2 |
That's 'cause you're a leprechaun... |
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| psymon.d |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
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. |
Yeah, I'm an American with British parents (so I've always had a weaker American accent) and I (mostly) live in Britain now. Whenever I go back home, at least a few people think I've got an accent, even though I'm completely oblivious to it, and am certainly not 'trying' to put on one (as I think that would be somewhat pathetic) |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tasty Onions
LOL, I've never known anyone who did that... |
I spent a lot of time working with Floridians and picked up the accent a bit..
Now, every time I get around southern Americans, it comes out a little... |
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| mathieu |
| quote: | Originally posted by Happymess
I'm from Morocco.
Southern/cowboy/valley girl talk is absolutely atrocious. It's just as bad as the Quebecer 'French' accent. Omg, earsore. |
tabarnak! |
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| Moongoose |
| Yeah, someone i know likes american accents. I tell her shes crazy and wrong and that british accents sound much nicer. Except welsh, thats just horrid and soul crushing...much like wales itself really. |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by psymon.d
Yeah, I'm an American with British parents (so I've always had a weaker American accent) and I (mostly) live in Britain now. Whenever I go back home, at least a few people think I've got an accent, even though I'm completely oblivious to it, and am certainly not 'trying' to put on one (as I think that would be somewhat pathetic) |
So you were taught to speak with a British accent then?
For me, if I were to go back to Ireland I'm sure the Irish accent would come right back. I think of it like knowing multiple languages. Say I know English and French. When I'm in France I speak French and when in an English speaking country I speak English. Each accent might sound a little off, but it's all about conforming with the majority of speakers wherever you are. That's why I don't think it's uncommon for people to "adopt" accents from different regions which speak the same language. |
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