Slight Philadelphia suburbs accent just because I grew up there for a majority of my life. Now that I'm in North Carolina, people identify me as a "northerner" fairly quickly...
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A mix between Kildare-ish and south west Dublin as I grew up in both of those places. Yes Ireland has enough accents where compass positions need to be used for an area smaller than 320 KM squared
Not exactly sure, but I guess just a generic American accent, with a little southern and Asian in it—I live in Atlanta, and apparently it's easy to tell that I'm Asian over the phone.
Absolutely no idea, I'm terrible with accents. Sometimes can't even tell the difference between someone from America and someone from the UK.
Normal Boston accent that is greatly exacerbated by a speech impediment that makes it very difficult to pronounce my "R"s
So I have the most Boston sounding accent ever, bordering to the point where people from Boston think I'm from somewhere in Europe.
So I have the most Boston sounding accent ever, bordering to the point where people from Boston think I'm from somewhere in Europe.
I have a thick Californian accent. I use so much of the unique lingo from here that it accentuates the accent. Brah
It's fun reading this thread and mentally hearing the posts in the accents described. People use emoji to add a little tone to their writing on the internet, but a standard orthography for accents in English would really light everything up.
It would be pretty cool if, next to our member tag there was an accent tag...you can read it in their accents and it would bring so much diversity to what I'm reading. I do exactly that when I read quotes from a celebrity...its always in their voice.
This is a really great idea. I'll put link to my Pratchett reading in my profile if I can find an appropriate place.
I've lived in:
Milwaukee
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Texas (Dallas and Houston)
St Louis
Indianapolis
Been told that I have a "neutral" American accent. When I was a kid I had a strong nasally Wisconsin accent and I pick it up a bit when I visit back home. It's mostly because my mom's side was from Fond Du Lac.
My dad's side has a far less nasally "Milwaukee" accent marked by a weird way of saying "oh" sounds that I never really had though.
Milwaukee
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Texas (Dallas and Houston)
St Louis
Indianapolis
Been told that I have a "neutral" American accent. When I was a kid I had a strong nasally Wisconsin accent and I pick it up a bit when I visit back home. It's mostly because my mom's side was from Fond Du Lac.
My dad's side has a far less nasally "Milwaukee" accent marked by a weird way of saying "oh" sounds that I never really had though.
A very neutral and non-specific American accent with a bit of north eastern mixed in.
Only for a few specific words does my old Chicago accent come out.
Only for a few specific words does my old Chicago accent come out.
Standard Canadian(and by Canadian I mean Ontario-ish) accent.
Used to have a Brazilian accent, but I worked really hard over the years to lose it because people treat me a lot better when they don't hear an accent lol
Used to have a Brazilian accent, but I worked really hard over the years to lose it because people treat me a lot better when they don't hear an accent lol
I've been told that I have a very pleasant accent for someone from NI.
I don't hear it at all. I often cringe when I hear my own voice.
I don't hear it at all. I often cringe when I hear my own voice.
We get that in England, too. My original Sunderland accent and particularly the dialect are quite different from many other accents, so I worked very hard to strike a level I'm comfortable with that doesn't alienate outsiders.
I'm from Ottawa. But listening to this video I'd say we trend mostly towards the Vermont accent. The example she gives sounds exactly like rural Ontario.
Cockney, becomes much broader the drunker I get. I'm fine using the received pronunciation British when I need to, though.
Does Los Angeles have an accent? I do tend to sometimes sound like I'm from Southern California. I grew up absorbing Los Angeles though.
Midwest American accent with a bunch of weird mannerisms I got from my parents (wolf and woof are indistinguishable). Then I lived in Dublin and London and so I say "it was quite good" and "it's been ages since I ...". Was just out in the country a bit and someone's Irish gran said she could hear a bit of an Irish accent underneath it all. I actually have a lot of trouble now realizing an American accent isn't just a weird part of the UK I can't pinpoint.
I have a very featureless American accent because I grew up outside of Boston and thought people with the local accent sounded stupid so I made a conscious effort to not develop that accent.
Most people think I'm a British person pretending to be American when they hear me speak because my accent is so generic.
Most people think I'm a British person pretending to be American when they hear me speak because my accent is so generic.
Everywhere has an accent, though compared to the British Isles American accents are often less easy to distinguish. I know a Floridian who can easily distinguish the accents of Southern states from one another, but it's probably more difficult for people on the West coast.
Harlem NY accent, but I've lived in NOVA for like 13 years now. It's definitely more neutral now.
I don't think I have one, I doubt anyone would be able to pick out where I'm from by hearing me talk, besides the US
Depends on what I'm saying. Basically newscaster American with bits of Chicago, southern, Texan, and SoCal thrown in. I'm from everywhere and nowhere.
OK, I am from the midwest USA. Here is my accent:
Melbournian?
I'm from inner-city Melbourne and I'm rarely recognised as Australian. Granted, I've lived in other countries too so my accent is a bit of a hybrid. Even so, most people either struggle to place me or just default to British - even other British people.
Adelaide.
That said, I pick up accents really easily...when I went to New Zealand about a decade ago I ended up picking up the accent there. Hopefully they didn't think I was taking the piss out of them.