are you self-conscious about your accent?

[episodic]

I find that southern accents get worse with levels of education. If the person is from a really poor family, the accent will be strong. The more you move towards middle class and upper middle class, the accent will still be there but won't be pronounced and worrisome. . .

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: episodic
I find that southern accents get worse with levels of education. If the person is from a really poor family, the accent will be strong. The more you move towards middle class and upper middle class, the accent will still be there but won't be pronounced and worrisome. . .

yeah, thats true. im from a middle class family and the accent from most of my family members isnt very strong at all. it just doesnt seem to aggravate them as much as it aggravates me, and they have just enough of an accent to be identified as being from "the south" in general, but probably not specifically.

I, as i mentioned, get mistaken for being from an entirely different region.

 

[Udel]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: her209
Chicks dig dudes with accents.

Not sourthern ones.

:laugh:

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Anyone else like this at all, or am I being stranger than what I would usually otherwise give myself credit for?

Raised in Louisville Kentucky till I was 13, then moved to Chicago. My parent's families are from rural Ky. and sound it.
I have no accent at all. I sound like a midwesterner, though if I'm down south I'll begin to pick up the drawl.
What I've noticed is that some idiots actually accentuate their drawl if someone in the room is a Northerner... man does that get to me... stop performing and speak English FFS.

 

[Randum]

im from burbs of chicago and was told i do and sound like im from the north, i was in missouri for a year and a half.

 

[Lifted]

You can't really say NYC has "an accent," as each borough is rather distinctive sounding, but it's becoming less obvious as there are so many immigrants from so many different countires in places like Brooklyn and Queens. Staten Island will always contain the most hideous sound known to man.

 

[ajpa123]

Below is a breakdown of where I have spent my life...

16 yrs - London, UK
2 yrs - Queens, NY
11 yrs - Suburbs of Boston, MA
4 yrs - Providence, RI

I was walking down Thayer street near Brown University in Providence with 3 freinds and some lingusitic student nailed where each of my freinds was from but didn't even try to take a guess at my accent..

My accent is neutral kinda sorta. But my British accent does filter through if i get excited or mad.