Do you have an accent?

[xenaswolf]

I have a seriously heavy Hawaiian Accent. If you've been there and met some pure Hawaiians you will know what I'm talking about. People think its funny how I talk...lol

Lord Child, tell me you don't sound like Beth Chapman!

[Laura Castellano]

LOL I lived in Utah for three years, and a friend there told me once that she could always tell when I'd been talking to my mom in Texas, because my "southern" would be thicker for a while.

[Ivy]

I like the other Aussies on this board have an Australian Accent. There are really only 3 types of Aussie accents though - the general accent which most aussies have, the broad accent (ie - crocodile dundee, steve Irwin) who draw out the words and the "educated" accent - ie those people with something stuck up their arse and think they are English.. JERKS.
It is also one of the hardest accents to master - aka Meryl Streep "A dingos took my baby" - absolute DISGRACE

I guess I have the "general" Aussie accent. Nothing stuck up my arse.

Re Meryl and her fake accent, I agree. Not. Even. Close. One of my pet peeves is when they use American actors for Australian character roles and they end up with some sort of strained English-sounding accent. It's not like there's no real Aussies in Hollywood and you can pick them as fake from a mile away.

[itsintheeyes]

My best friend is Indian, and American born and raised. Her parents have very thick Indian accents that she has acquired and the only time she speaks with an Indian accent is when she is talking to them or when she gets really irritated.



When I'm around anybody with real heavy accents I can't help, but start speaking like them. When I used to work in customer service people thought I was making fun of them, but I just really couldn't help it.

[Ivy]

When I'm around anybody with real heavy accents I can't help, but start speaking like them. When I used to work in customer service people thought I was making fun of them, but I just really couldn't help it.

I have to really watch that too. It is so easy to do and sometimes you don't realise you're doing it.

[TheMysterian]

typical N.Y. accent

[Armcast]

I grew up in East Texas so my Good-Ole Boy drawl comes out when I'm pissed off.

[spiritwisepi]

I have been told by a few that I have a Joisey accent.

[MandyLynn]

I live in Texas, but grew up all over the world due to an Army dad. But we are southerners from L.A... thats lower alabama, yall. My parents have lived in california for the last 15 years, while I have lived in the South (lousiana, GA and Texas) for the last 15.. they tell me I sound like a 'worn farmer'... wtf does a worm farmer sound like. I think they are jellus...

My sister really sounds like she is from the Valley, its no coincidence that she's from Apple Valley.

[heartbreakdj00]

Lord Child, tell me you don't sound like Beth Chapman!

haha nah. Im a REAL Hawaiian hun. Not some blonde with fake boobies. lol.

I was born and raised in Maui and I'm half hawaiian.so I have a real hawaiian accent.

[Harry's Cat]

London
Froo N Froo (Through and Through)

'ard Vowels with the intrusive W anall (Also)

We should all be Praaad (proud)
of our accents as long as were not too lazy when we speak!

[pogobean]

I'm Scottish, of course I have an accent, lol!

[Laura Castellano]

My mom's best friend, who I have known since she was my P.E. teacher in fourth grade, is from Louisiana. Even after forty-odd years in Texas, her Cajun is still strong. I love listening to this woman speak!

[duster]

i now live in new zealand, and they always wonder if i'm 'canadian', i tell them that canada is just a disturbed state of mind..

Ohhhh, Kitty - you should've kown the Canadians'd be getting up on their hind legs over that one! (Personally, I thought it was funny...)

Someone mentioned somewhere that Canadians sound like people from Minnesota? Now that I just don't get. Totally, totally different. As soon as you cross the border the accent chages radically from something with character (there) to something bland and generic (here). Aside from the Maritimes - where you need subtitles to understand people who're speaking English - and Quebec (where they speak French) everyone sounds the same in this country, from coast to coast. And that's all I have to say aboot that...

[Forever-27]

I always wanted to go to canada and walk up to someone on the streets of Quebec and tell them Bon Jovi since they dont talk english there

[duster]

I always wanted to go to canada and walk up to someone on the streets of Quebec and tell them Bon Jovi since they dont talk english there

Lol - Bon Jovi? D'ya mean bon jour?. You have to be really creaful with Quebeckers...They can get very nasty about language. You can be the most Anglo parts of Montreal, but all the store signs are in French anyway - it's the law there. Thye get really pissed at people who speak English. I ordered a beer in a bar in Hull. Que. once and there was nearly a brawl. A bunch of guys atrted screaming at me in French. Luckily the girl I was with was a Quebecker and she screamed right back at them. Anyway, we had to leave. And on holiday once my sister, who's fluent, had to ask directions because when my dad did he was ignored - even by people who clearly understood English. They'd probably be okay with you Americans. But with us English-Canadians they can be tough...

[Gorey]

I'm born and raised in Pittsburgh. We don't have an accent, the rest of yins do.

[Yvonne]

I love accents - the're part of us. I'm quite good at American accents and can distinguish quite easily where people are from - New York, Californian, the South etc.

Here in Britain, a country that could fit quite easily into a corner of Texas, we have hundreds of different accents. Just four miles away, people talk differently to me! In my city there are a couple of clear accents that denote where in the city people come from! I have quite a good ear for voices, but sometimes I find it difficult to understand accents, particularly those accents that appear to speak very quickly too!

[duster]

I love accents - the're part of us. I'm quite good at American accents and can distinguish quite easily where people are from - New York, Californian, the South etc.

Here in Britain, a country that could fit quite easily into a corner of Texas, we have hundreds of different accents. Just four miles away, people talk differently to me! In my city there are a couple of clear accents that denote where in the city people come from! I have quite a good ear for voices, but sometimes I find it difficult to understand accents, particularly those accents that appear to speak very quickly too!

You have a Beatles accent, don't you?

[xenaswolf]

haha nah. Im a REAL Hawaiian hun. Not some blonde with fake boobies. lol.

I was born and raised in Maui and I'm half hawaiian.so I have a real hawaiian accent.

Ok now, don't get pissed at me ok? But is a Hawaiian accent similar to a Samoan accent?

[BooMom]

B & R in Texas - of COURSE I have an accent, ya'll !

[TheNotherOne]

I USED TO have a Boston accent but I made a concerted effort to lose it when I got out into the professional world, especially when working as a consultant and interacting with people from all over the country.

My mother's accent is so strong that even I can't understand what she's saying half the time. Years ago she asked me if I had seen the movie "Belove'd and a Model." It took me quite awhile to realize that she was saying it backward and with a Boston accent. What she meant was "Immortal Beloved."

[Rudy's Girl]

Now in MY mind no, I don't have an accent, I live in cali and dontcha know we all speak perfectly here .. its everyone else! just kidding, I have been told by people on the east coast that Californians have an accent, but I dont hear it!

I also come from the SF east bay, and someone told me that people from the San Francisco Bay Area have their own accent....but I don't really know what that is....

[smellslikealmonds]

I use southern terms such as ustacould, mightcould, and fixin' to.
It's just the redneck in me.

[FannyB1923]

there is a true blue LA accent- it's more the cadence than anything. I've lived outside CA for many years, but when I go back for a visit I pick it up.

[lab_rat]

Lol - Bon Jovi? D'ya mean bon jour?. You have to be really creaful with Quebeckers...They can get very nasty about language. You can be the most Anglo parts of Montreal, but all the store signs are in French anyway - it's the law there. Thye get really pissed at people who speak English. I ordered a beer in a bar in Hull. Que. once and there was nearly a brawl. A bunch of guys atrted screaming at me in French. Luckily the girl I was with was a Quebecker and she screamed right back at them. Anyway, we had to leave. And on holiday once my sister, who's fluent, had to ask directions because when my dad did he was ignored - even by people who clearly understood English. They'd probably be okay with you Americans. But with us English-Canadians they can be tough...

Yep. They are pretty touchy even when they shop here.

[heartbreakdj00]

Ok now, don't get pissed at me ok? But is a Hawaiian accent similar to a Samoan accent?

Oh! I'm not pissed. Dont worry lol.

Yea. They are a lot alike but there are subtle differences. Hawaiian accents arent typically as heavy as Samoans.

[Laura Castellano]

Here in Britain, a country that could fit quite easily into a corner of Texas, we have hundreds of different accents. Just four miles away, people talk differently to me! In my city there are a couple of clear accents that denote where in the city people come from! I have quite a good ear for voices, but sometimes I find it difficult to understand accents, particularly those accents that appear to speak very quickly too!

We have that here in Texas, too, although more than four miles apart. My cousins, who live 150 miles east of me in East Texas, make me sound practically like a northerner.

One of the biggest differences is that where we say "leg" they say "laig." And where we say "aunt" (which is pronounced like Ant, not Ont) they say "aint." My mom has been "Aint Soph" for her entire adult life. Oh, and don't forget "egg" v. "aig."

[Hag1]

I didn't think I had much of an accent. After all, I don't say "aig" and "aint" or fetch or "fixin to". But, I heard my voice on tape and it was godawful. Toooo Southern, and annoying. If I am careful and think about it, I can sound better. But if I talk and don't think, that old Kentucky accent will appear out of nowhere. Some southern sounds charming, mine just sounds country.

[SilverAndCold]

I had a very strong NYC accent years ago. Now after living in NJ for over 30 years, I say 'caw-fee' and 'cawrrrr'!

[kandykisses]

My parents are yanks, I grew up all over as a military brat but have spent a lot of time in the south. My southern friends say I talk yankee-my northern friends say I talk southern. I say I talk English. My bf is hispanic and when he is around his family with no English for awhile his accent get's real thick.

[tuesdays_jupiter]

I am a victim of Ozark Mush Mouth syndrome. Ya'll.

Oh honey ya ain't got tha half of it!!! Born and raised in the rural Ozark (owz-ARE-kah) Mountains, where people still talk with the original forms of the Queen's english. A lot of scholars like to talk to the older folks and ask 'em about how things are said. Instead of y'all, we say yun's (you ones) and hain't (ain't) and hisn't (isn't). Now I'm fixin' to fry up a mess of fish if'n yun's wanna stick 'round fur supper.

[Pamebabby]

I have a VERY noticable Pittsburgh accent. When I worked for the phone company, people who were from the area could always tell me where I was from! Plus, when we would vacation down South, people would say they knew I was from the Northeast bacause I talked too fast. I've also been told my accent sounds a bit British....I think I listened to too many Beatle records as a kid.

[guardmom2008]

I don't have an accent, but when other people from different states hear us talk they say that we do.

[sunshine2828]

I have an upstate NY accent. I can always tell what section of the airport my flight is in when I hear a whole group of people talking like me!!

[frosty]

i have a scouse accent......
explained as......UK
Liverpool
beatle country

Another scouser eh? me to, we get a lot of stick for our accent, but i don't walk round saying,
'arwright la, got any bifters like'
roughly translated
'hello good sir, would you perchance have any cigaretes on your person'
But i do have the accent

[RIPWELLSTONE]

I'm from Minnesota.. I've been told that I generally don't have the typical "Fargo" accent, but certain words (werds) I say are a dead give away..i.e. pronouncing
words like root and roof with a short "o" (sounding like book instead of a long "o"
like smooth) Also calling soda "pop"..

[jeca]

I don't have an accent at all. I was born and raised in NW PA, and lived in Pittsburgh for several years, so yins does slip out once in awhile. One thing I picked up in Pittsburgh, that confuses people here, is Yoy. I've been told by many people, in different states and countries, that I have a definite lack of accent.

[**Jenna**]

I don't have an accent,but to me it seems like the people down south(Missouri) do.

[duster]

I don't have an accent at all. I was born and raised in NW PA, and lived in Pittsburgh for several years, so yins does slip out once in awhile. One thing I picked up in Pittsburgh, that confuses people here, is Yoy. I've been told by many people, in different states and countries, that I have a definite lack of accent.

Lol...What are yins and yoy? I can't wait to hear this one

[pvezz]

I have worked hard to lose the Pittsburgh accent, but apparently I haven't done a very good job of it. I was talking to a ticket agent in the Orange County, CA airport and he immediately asked if I was from Pgh.

Duster, to use "yins" in a sentence:

"Where yins' goin??? Can I come?"

[PvN73]

Nope. I'm Australian.

Persactly!

[jeca]

Lol...What are yins and yoy? I can't wait to hear this one

Yins is just like saying you (plural). Yoy is an exclamation made famous by the late Pittsburgh sports announcer Myron Cope.

[Layla331]

i guess everyone has an accent if ya talk to somone who sounds different than you do lol

[PvN73]

I remember the first time I went to the USA- we ran into some Australians there and their accents were so strong. I thought they were from Alice Springs or somewhere remote, and when I asked them they said Werribee!!!

Haaaaaaaa Werribee! Did they wear their parachute tracksuits? Ah the bogan accent is a strong one though!

[Gorey]

Yins and Yoy are a natural part of the spoken Language. Like I said I don't have an accent, the rest of yins do.

[jeca]

Yins and Yoy are a natural part of the spoken Language. Like I said I don't have an accent, the rest of yins do.

Exactly!!

[RubySlippers]

people say they can tell i am from southern california because of my accent. however - bitchen, far out, and right on are all in my vocabulary and it is funny when people pick up on that - they are like, "are you from california?". i guess it is surfer girl talk.

[SusanCarole]

I have worked hard to lose the Pittsburgh accent, but apparently I haven't done a very good job of it. I was talking to a ticket agent in the Orange County, CA airport and he immediately asked if I was from Pgh.

Duster, to use "yins" in a sentence:

"Where yins' goin??? Can I come?"

OMG!!! I have cousins that are in Pennsylvania and they all say Yins. I haven't visited in a long time and haven't heard that one in a long long time.

[hell0kitty]

i speak only with clicks, its somalian tribal communication
click click