Accents

What's good everyone? I'm just curious to find out what kind of accent do you have.

I'm from New York and my accent is kind of raspy, but it's quite clear and proper. I do have a sample of my voice on my MySpace and Tagged page.

What's good everyone? I'm just curious to find out what kind of accent do you have.

I'm from New York and my accent is kind of raspy, but it's quite clear and proper. I do have a sample of my voice on my MySpace and Tagged page.

A non-fake one of these:

A northern English accent. We pronounce vowels more sharply than the South

I live in Georgia now, but most people here say "soda" and it sounds mad funny. I've always refer to it as "pop" and most people just don't have a clue what I'm talking about... the reactions on their faces is fucking hilarious!

I'm English. I can't really describe my accent, sounds pretty normal to me, but then it would...

"A northern English accent. We pronounce vowels more sharply than the South"

I was told I say "what" weirdly.

"HazBazz said:

"A northern English accent. We pronounce vowels more sharply than the South"

Terrrst. (Toast)."

I'm from New York but people say I have a New Jersey accent (North Jersey).  Some words are noticable like "tawk" and "cawfee" but otherwise I think I have a neutral accent, at least for a New Yorker =P.

If I could dig up and look for that topic about accents...I will probably remember it after I make this post. Pretty sure I have an Eastern or so accent.

(website I took a poll on indicated where I was -- circled South Jersey, which is where I live).

Edit - I knew I would find it. Right here.

I have a weird accent. I was brought up in the south of England (not far from london) by a family from north east England (sunderland), and now I'm living in sunderland. People from the south think I've got a nothern accent. People from the north think I've got a southern accent. So I've got a weird blend between the two, although personally I feel my accent is allot more southern than northern, but I am noticing that the longer I live up here I'm starting to pick up the accent more.

This is an interesting video in which this guy is explaining some of the New York lingo.

I dont have an accent. Everyone else in the world sure does. Odd isnt it?

Western US tinged with Chicago in a few words.  I say POP!

i have no idea what my english sounds like

Pretty southern, but I'm not one of the uneducated hillbillies.

West London accent.

I try, at times very unsuccessfully, to sound as little German as possible.

A cross between chinese and southern USA.

I have a typical spanish-latino accent, kinda like Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek...except less hot.

Usually Standard English. When aggravated, drunk, or in Scotland or even all three; Scottish.

I was born and raised in northern California but now I live in the MIdwest and I seem to be picking up the accent. I still use the words dude, totally and like when I am very angry, nervous or excited. 

I'm from Newfoundland and lots of people say that we have a funny accent. I'm not sure how fast I talk but for some reason it doesn't seem to be any trouble for my XBL friends.

Umm, I have a Cornish accent I suppose. Not a heavy one though.

Does northwest america even have an accent? I feel like we talk pretty correctly up here, but i'm sure texans think the same way. 

Northwest Indiana...so I guess it would a Midwest accent. Whatever that is supposed to sound like.

Uh, no accent?  I was born in Chicago and I guess I have a midwest accent.  It is a little different from the Southern California accent but pretty close.

I have a "Bog" accent probably. I have heard that the midwest has the least noticeable accent in the U.S. I mean the most average accent. Even to the point that news reporters try to imitate it.

I'm from North Carolina, but I lost my accent a long time ago. The Navy put me with a bunch of different guys and I just went with the flow. I then got into acting and now it's more of a Midwestern type of accent. That's a good style for actors.

Irish...but kinda more neutralised accent. ie. you wont find me saying 'top a da mornin' t'ye'....

I'm from Liverpool, scouse accent *cries*

i took a quiz and got:

Neutral

You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

im from texas but i dont have the stereotypical southern accent.  i was born on the most western side of texas right on the border of mexico.
being im not mexican i can see how i tend to speak faster the most texans now that i live more in the heart of texas. but most people in texas dont talk as people think we do

I have a slight Boston accent. All that means is that we don't pronounce the letter "R" all that much. "Car" is "cah", etc. I know it's fucking retarded.....or is that retahded?

lol
its just where you were raised
no shame needed

I'm from Michigan, so I sound slightly Canadian.

I'm from South London (or should that be Sarf Lahndan) but I acted a bit and read Linguistics as part of my degree so I can do a decent version of whatever you fancy. Accents are a very interesting topic generally, especially in regards to the USA. A massive country with a period of mass immigration at the turn of the 20th century and yet such a small amount of diversity in accent. Compared to some countries it's bizarre, especially on the west coast.

all people from detroit talk like that