scrappyesq
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Post by scrappyesq on Mar 3, 2016 14:08:08 GMT
I was talking to someone yesterday and I realized my New York accent is ridiculous.....who knew, LOL!!
Don't ask me to say dog, coffee, sure or Paul. You can tell where I'm from IMMEDIATELY. If I ever moved people would know exactly where I'm from in seconds.
So what's your accent? Are you still living in the same place you grew up? Has it changed if you moved?
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caro
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Post by caro on Mar 3, 2016 14:12:42 GMT
I have a southern accent but I also live in a city of transplants so my accent is not as pronounced as some areas in my state. I can tell what part of the state People are from by certain phrases they say and how it sounds.
And I have lived in GA all my life.
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scrappert
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Post by scrappert on Mar 3, 2016 14:13:15 GMT
Midwest. When I worked retail in Las Vegas and asked if they wanted a bag for their stuff, I always got "What?" A bag? Who know I said that with such an accent. Or maybe I should have said sack? Garage is another one that comes out Midwest sounding. I am sure there are others.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 14:15:49 GMT
My accent is very much like this Yorkshire accent My husbands is more Hugh Grant in Four Weddings! |
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Post by compwalla on Mar 3, 2016 14:26:15 GMT
My accent is very much like this Yorkshire accent My husbands is more Hugh Grant in Four Weddings! It's lovely. "Rarely left 'ouse." Mine is hard to peg because I grew up military but it mostly midwestern. I went to high school in southern Illinois and there are certain words that I just can't shake the midwestern off. Here in west Texas they know right away I'm not from around here. Trying to drive through anyplace is a nightmare; they never understand a word I'm saying. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 14:29:39 GMT
My accent is pretty unique to just me. I was born/raised and have been living in Oklahoma for the past 8 years so the Oklahoma twang is a strong base. But, I spent 10 years in Hawaii which has also left a noticeable mark. So I've got an Okie/Polynesian thing going on. I've had people in both places tell me my accent is strange |
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christinec68
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Post by christinec68 on Mar 3, 2016 14:32:33 GMT
I asked a friend from out of town...she says I have a slight NY accent.
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Mar 3, 2016 14:32:53 GMT
Southern, but not Deep South. I say y'all daily.
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perumbula
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Post by perumbula on Mar 3, 2016 14:33:23 GMT
Northwest. It's like Newscaster but with a few differences.
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Post by Merge on Mar 3, 2016 14:35:51 GMT
Depends. Midwestern tinged with classically trained singer (yes, this is a thing) most of the time. When I'm angry, it's pure Texas.
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Post by anxiousmom on Mar 3, 2016 14:41:53 GMT
I grew up in North Florida and my accent is more closely associated with southern Georgia. While I no longer live there, I do live in an area of Florida where having a fairly pronounced accent is not out of the ordinary (although most around here are different than mine) so even though I don't live up there anymore, I have not lost any of my accent. (My children laugh and say that they can always tell precisely how angry I am based on how strong my accent is. Apparently when I lose my temper I get "very southern" particularly in a situation where I am mad with people I don't know and can't lose my cool with-like customer service people.  ) I think that anyone who hears me talking would have no trouble recognizing that I am from the south, but it seems to be a universal surprise when people hear that I am from Florida. Most people don't consider Florida to be part of 'the south' and are surprised to learn otherwise. |
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Post by farmdpea on Mar 3, 2016 14:43:27 GMT
Depends. Midwestern tinged with classically trained singer (yes, this is a thing) most of the time. When I'm angry, it's pure Texas. Grew up in the rural South...moved away for school and lost some of it. I'm back now and it's especially pronounced when I'm tired or angry. My red(neck) shows when im angry.  |
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Post by pjaye on Mar 3, 2016 14:44:21 GMT
Considering that Australia is close to the same size as the USA, we don't have different accents within the country. You can't tell the difference between a person from one side compared to the other based on any sort of accent.
So within Australia I have no accent at all.
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Mar 3, 2016 14:46:22 GMT
Southern accent. I don't live where I grew up (texas) I'm living in Pa now. People comment on it all.the.time. And it's super annoying. Newsflash you people here have one also but I don't point it out constantly.
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Post by moveablefeast on Mar 3, 2016 14:49:32 GMT
You can take the girl out of the south but you can't take the south out of the girl.
Y'all.
It gets more pronounced when I'm tired or when I've spent a lot of time with our family still there.
It's funny - some of the reviews of the Big Stone Gap movie complained that the accent seemed overdone. I grew up close to there and the accents sound mostly how I hear them. That really is how they talk, lol!
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Post by debmast on Mar 3, 2016 14:53:44 GMT
I would say mine is ... confusing! LOL
I was born and raised in Ohio, and I still say "pop" and think I have more a midwestern accent. But I do use y'all
However, for the past 30 years we have moved around a lot (have lived in Ohio, Kansas, back to Ohio, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, New Jersey again, NC again, Georgia, and then Texas for the past 10 years).
People here in Texas will ask "Where are you from?" because I guess I obviously don't have a TX accent. But when we go to Ohio, family there thinks I sound nothing like them.
So I guess I'm a hodge podge of all the places we've lived?
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tincin
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Post by tincin on Mar 3, 2016 14:53:56 GMT
I don't have an accent, it's all you other people who have them.
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scorpeao
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Post by scorpeao on Mar 3, 2016 14:55:38 GMT
I'm pretty sure I only have an accent if I go somewhere where THEY have accents. Born, raised, and never left California. We don't have accents in the west.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Mar 3, 2016 14:56:07 GMT
Steadfastly Mancunian even though I have lived in Sheffield for more than half my life.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 14:56:40 GMT
It's lovely. "Rarely left 'ouse." Ta love  |
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sweetpeasmom
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Mar 3, 2016 15:04:01 GMT
Born and raised in SC. Moved to GA almost 22 years ago. I have a obvious southern accent. It's more pronounced in certain words. But it's there. My mid-west friends say they love to hear me talk.
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MaryMary
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Post by MaryMary on Mar 3, 2016 15:07:03 GMT
I have a West Coast, occasionally Californian (like totally dude) accent.
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Post by meeko77 on Mar 3, 2016 15:09:20 GMT
Southern. I still live close to where I grew up.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Mar 3, 2016 15:15:30 GMT
I'm often told I don't have an accent and that's why people have to ask where I'm from. However, very occasionally anyone very familiar with the area in England I grew up in can sometimes catch something in a vowel sound or the things I laugh at and make a guess at where I'm from.  |
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garcia5050
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Post by garcia5050 on Mar 3, 2016 15:15:41 GMT
I'm pretty sure I only have an accent if I go somewhere where THEY have accents. Born, raised, and never left California. We don't have accents in the west. When I was 18, I had to call various banks to verify funds (from Southern California). Those in the Midwest always told me that I have a strong accent, when I thought I had none. I thought it was funny. When I speak Spanish, I have an East LA accent. |
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Post by valleyview on Mar 3, 2016 15:24:08 GMT
Southern. Certain words and vowel sounds are dead giveaways. I have been away from home for forty years, but my accent seems to want to go back to its roots.
It's odd to think that Australia would have "an accent." I had an English professor who said that he and a friend could identify speech patterns to every county (120) in this state. I could and still can hear regional differences within states.
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 3, 2016 15:28:39 GMT
Another West Coaster, so no accent (at least in my mind).
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Post by malibou on Mar 3, 2016 15:36:24 GMT
Born in northern Indiana and lived there until 9. Then we moved to Oregon and onto CA. Most of my life has been here, and usually it's assumed I'm from here, until I say park, barrette, or car. Oh holy loooong A. The first time people hear it, I get questions like who are you trying to imitate? Or where did that come from? If someone from the Midwest hears it they ask where I lived? No idea why I can't shake the accent off those words with 40 years of practice.
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Post by alexa11 on Mar 3, 2016 15:48:31 GMT
Born and raised in the South- never left. So you know it when I open my mouth.  I don't use some typical Southern phrases that I grew up with though -like "Bless your heart", "I reckon", "fixin' to", etc. |
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Post by Dalai Mama on Mar 3, 2016 15:50:17 GMT
I have a Newfoundland accent that can go from barely noticeable to full-on Bay Girl depending on who I'm talking to. Some words that I just can't pronounce like other Canadians - five (somewhere between 'five' and 'foyve'), boy (between boy and bye - basically the same vowel sound as for five), and car (DH says the vowel comes from somewhere at the back of my throat, straight out my nose ). Apparently, I pronounce 'bag' and 'bagel' differently too. |
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I don't use some typical Southern phrases that I grew up with though -like "Bless your heart", "I reckon", "fixin' to", etc. 
