I have a pretty mild mexican accent. I'll say stuff like 'sheek-en' when I'm distracted. It gets me a lot of 'oh, where are you from?'
so east coast
so east coast
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Vaguely New Yorker, though I've accidentally been adopting a few others from other parts of the country every summer and it's really bothering me... My midwestern is getting a little better as time goes on, but I can't control when it happens.
Indeed, I have a lagom amount of accent.
Not too much, not too little - lagom.
Mine is the hyper-cultivated Australian accent you get from being a shy bookish kid who learned English from his very proper schoolteachers. I get mistaken for being English all the time, even by other Aussies. One of my bosses complemented me on on speaking "the Queen's English" and recently a woman we sold a baby capsule to said I sounded like Adam Golding.
Which is a good thing maybe? All I know is that my voice is deep but not very intimidating.
EDIT: Turns out I recorded myself a few years ago
Which is a good thing maybe? All I know is that my voice is deep but not very intimidating.
EDIT: Turns out I recorded myself a few years ago
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I heard about Colbert watching the daily news and mimicking it because he didnt want to sound like a Carolina hick. As a Texan Ive got basically the same story. I slip into it, but most people say "You dont sound Texan?!!" Meaning, you dont talk like a racist moron.
Californian most likely, though I recently had a person tell me I had somewhat of a Southern sounding accent. It's hard to say for sure without talking to people who don't have similar accents themselves, unless you have a ridiculous accent that is.
Mine is a bit of a weird one. I'm native Israeli (so Hebrew as a mother's tongue) but I learnt English quite young.
My hometown was 25% anglosaxons. English, South African, and some American. I was in a English speaking class from the fourth grade, and although out school my teachers were all South African. Of course I also watched a lot of American TV as a kid (many young folks here have almost American accents).
Additionally, from fifth to eleventh grade I spent a few weeks to a month in Ireland speaking exclusively English (my sister lives there and she has a Cork accent). My English speaking friends in highschool were mixed, but mostly Americans with some Scottish friend.
All that made my accent very strange, and it seems to very much change depending to who I'm talking to (speaking to Americans it becomes more American after a while, likewise with British or Irish). It also seems to change depending on the word (i.e. 'three').
I took a couple of tests and they both said Northern Irish which is bizarre since I've been there only once. Maybe I'll record something later and have people judge.
My hometown was 25% anglosaxons. English, South African, and some American. I was in a English speaking class from the fourth grade, and although out school my teachers were all South African. Of course I also watched a lot of American TV as a kid (many young folks here have almost American accents).
Additionally, from fifth to eleventh grade I spent a few weeks to a month in Ireland speaking exclusively English (my sister lives there and she has a Cork accent). My English speaking friends in highschool were mixed, but mostly Americans with some Scottish friend.
All that made my accent very strange, and it seems to very much change depending to who I'm talking to (speaking to Americans it becomes more American after a while, likewise with British or Irish). It also seems to change depending on the word (i.e. 'three').
I took a couple of tests and they both said Northern Irish which is bizarre since I've been there only once. Maybe I'll record something later and have people judge.
I sound like I am from the midwest to most people unless I am around my parents, in which I am very southern. I also have my phone call voices which will vary from western to southern until I tune it right to the customer.
I originally hail from the small strip of the Midwest that is home of the basic newscaster-flat American accent. So I have that.
People that know this country (Netherlands), will instantly hear I'm from Den Haag/The Hague. There are quite a few words where my pronounciation betrays that, however I still think it's not that big a deal as some make it out to be.
Me being Dutch doesn't really seem to affect my English, luckily. Listening to some of my countrymen speaking English even makes my ears bleed.
Me being Dutch doesn't really seem to affect my English, luckily. Listening to some of my countrymen speaking English even makes my ears bleed.
Came in to say in before Americans claiming not to have accents but see the OP has that trope covered.
I'm nonspecific southern English, like your average BBC presenter. Not really regionally specific enough to place me with any precision, although you probably could had I been born more rurally.
I'm nonspecific southern English, like your average BBC presenter. Not really regionally specific enough to place me with any precision, although you probably could had I been born more rurally.
Kansan here. I don't even know what my accent is. I guess it's a mix of the newscasters neutral thing thats been going on for years with a little bit of southern drawl, at least that's what folks have told me. But then I've also got some people who said I sound kinda valleyish 🤔
weird shit breh
weird shit breh
I sound like John Houseman from The Paper Chase. It's a phony accent called transatlantic that my mom was taught in school and passed on.
Scouse. It's like if a Irish accent, Welsh accent and Northern England accent had a gang bang with a Dutch Accent shouting some words of encouragement. It's very shit as no one can understand it, but I'm stuck with it.
Logic would suggest that I would have a general Australian accent like the rest of my family, except I'm told my way of speaking is notably more posh, enough to get me mistaken for British by other Australians.
I got a headset with a Mic here. Somebody give me some nice words you would like to hear me say, as long as they are inoffensive.
I got a headset with a Mic here. Somebody give me some nice words you would like to hear me say, as long as they are inoffensive.
Texan here. I say "y'all" and other southern contractions all the time. I don't have the accent though. My accent is very non-regional American. That has to do with me growing up watching a lot of diverse TV and movies, reading tons of books, having parents who spoke proper English, etc which molded my accent subconsciously. Likewise, most people I meet don't have an over-exaggerated Texan accent unless they grew up in rural counties. Most Texans from the bigger cities / upper class suburbs come from very diverse backgrounds, so there is very little cultural influence in the way they speak.
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Well, someone from here (I forget who) told me I had the most American-sounding voice he's ever heard when I joined a gaming session we organized. Some people think I have a very slight southern twang.
Australian, but I get mistaken for being English often. My parents are Kiwi and South African, and they had to learn to hide their own accents when they moved here so they could live their lives without being asked to say "FUSH AND CHUPS" and the like ten times a day, and they're the ones who raised me.
I recorded myself reading this: https://vocaroo.com/i/s0ZL8XakvpL9 (bit quiet).
I'd like to know what people think.
Irish?
I'm not very good at determining accents, but it sounds Irish to me.
Either way, it's a nice accent.
My Dutch is somewhere between an Utrecht and Amsterdam accent. It swings one way or the other depending on who I talk to and how heavy it is depends on how much alcohol in me
My English is very American, and I think it's mostly Californian, but it's probably some mishmash. It's apparently pretty good though because often times people think I'm (partly) American. It came to be like that due to American media, me having been in San Francisco for three times for GDC (more often than I've been to the UK) and probably also me not wanting to sound hyper British like some kids here do when they start learning English.
My English is very American, and I think it's mostly Californian, but it's probably some mishmash. It's apparently pretty good though because often times people think I'm (partly) American. It came to be like that due to American media, me having been in San Francisco for three times for GDC (more often than I've been to the UK) and probably also me not wanting to sound hyper British like some kids here do when they start learning English.
You can't just say this and not give us a recorded voice sample.
Probably New York, but it isn't too heavy. It might be a bit of a code switch type thing, though, where it'll be more or less noticeable depending on whom I'm talking to.
I found that tend to adapt to where I am, but of course, my Austrian accent doesn't disappear.
Now, if I speak English in the US or England, you might be like "Ah. He speaks German!"
But if I'm in Scotland or Ireland for a week? Good luck guessing where that mixture of Austrian and Scottish/Irish accent is supposed to be.
When I speak German, it's a mixture of 75% Viennese, 20% Burgenland and 5% Styrian Accent/Dialect.
Now, if I speak English in the US or England, you might be like "Ah. He speaks German!"
But if I'm in Scotland or Ireland for a week? Good luck guessing where that mixture of Austrian and Scottish/Irish accent is supposed to be.
When I speak German, it's a mixture of 75% Viennese, 20% Burgenland and 5% Styrian Accent/Dialect.
