lol. the southern part of america

[KK]

I just went hog hunting this past weekend, yet I talk yankee.

 

[KentState]

Originally posted by: dudeman007

Originally posted by: venkman
Midwestern = What the world recognizes as an "American" Accent. It's the most "normal".

lolwat...not even close

Actually that is very true. Many call centers in the US prefer people from the Mid West as they have the most natural accent to understand.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Guess what? Not all people from the south have accents. Shocking! I know.

im from the south and got picked on in class tonight because i sound like im from up north. meh. i dont miss the accent.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: venkman
Midwestern = What the world recognizes as an "American" Accent. It's the most "normal".

no they don't. where the eff did you get that?

Read and learn. This comprises the largest single-accent group of English speakers in the world...essentially every (American) newscaster, every actor, the whole of the Midwest and up and down the West Coast speak with this accent.

The fact that a Midwestern dialect became the basis of what is General American English is often attributed to the mass immigration of Midwestern farmers to California and the Pacific Northwest from where it spread.

 

[sao123]

as a citizen of the soverine nation of western pennsylvania, i must point out that while we have our own vocabulary, we do not have an accent.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: venkman
Midwestern = What the world recognizes as an "American" Accent. It's the most "normal".

no they don't. where the eff did you get that?

Read and learn. This comprises the largest single-accent group of English speakers in the world...essentially every (American) newscaster, every actor, the whole of the Midwest and up and down the West Coast speak with this accent.

The fact that a Midwestern dialect became the basis of what is General American English is often attributed to the mass immigration of Midwestern farmers to California and the Pacific Northwest from where it spread.

i like it. i lived in kansas for a year and everyone had a nice, mild accent. im from the south...the accent here drives me up the god damn wall.

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: sao123
as a citizen of the soverine nation of western pennsylvania, i must point out that while we have our own vocabulary, we do not have an accent.

Maybe if you exclude Pittsburgh.

 

[brandonbull]

The NE accent has to be the worst sounding American accent. Has that whiney nasal sound.

 

[JS80]

Northeastern retard kennedy accent
New York enunciated annoying accent
Boston annoying nasal accent
Compton ebonics
Minnesota retard accent
Chicago retard accent
California surfer retard accent
West Hollywood lisp accent
Asian Engrish accent

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: venkman
Midwestern = What the world recognizes as an "American" Accent. It's the most "normal".

no they don't. where the eff did you get that?

Read and learn. This comprises the largest single-accent group of English speakers in the world...essentially every (American) newscaster, every actor, the whole of the Midwest and up and down the West Coast speak with this accent.

The fact that a Midwestern dialect became the basis of what is General American English is often attributed to the mass immigration of Midwestern farmers to California and the Pacific Northwest from where it spread.

I definitely consider that Midwestern accent to be the prototypical American accent. It does annoy me when people with that accent claim to have "no accent", which is obviously ridiculous.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: tasmanian
North east + california has the best accents.

/thread

Fail for including NE on that list. Massachusetts anyone?

The "r" is a lie.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: brandonbull
The NE accent has to be the worst sounding American accent. Has that whiney nasal sound.

Uh, no, it doesn't.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I like accents. Lets keep 'em. We dont need to Walmart America. If I go to Jersey I want to hear something different.

Unless of course they arent speaking Spanish, which is spreading like wildfire.

 

[Oceandevi]

dallas is the midwest. we may pretend to be "southern" but really, who are we kidding.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I have a southern accent. I can't get rid of it, so I try for the distinguished southern gentleman variety.

"Ah now see heah. I'll be havin' some oahdah in this cawtroom".

 

[Praxis1452]

I'm from new jersey but I'm pretty sure I don't have a "jersey" accent. Not sure what that even is. I don't say jowzay.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Praxis1452
I'm from new jersey but I'm pretty sure I don't have a "jersey" accent. Not sure what that even is. I don't say jowzay.

Most people from NJ don't talk with the stereotypical "jersey" accent.

I'm from NJ and went to college in Indiana. The biggest difference that most people noticed is the way I pronounce words that contain "or". Words like horrible, forest, Florida, orange - when I say them, the 'o' sounds like it does in 'bottle.' Flahrida, fahrest, hahrrible. In the midwest the 'or' sounds exactly like the word 'or' or 'oar'.

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Praxis1452
I'm from new jersey but I'm pretty sure I don't have a "jersey" accent. Not sure what that even is. I don't say jowzay.

Most people from NJ don't talk with the stereotypical "jersey" accent.

I'm from NJ and went to college in Indiana. The biggest difference that most people noticed is the way I pronounce words that contain "or". Words like horrible, forest, Florida, orange - when I say them, the 'o' sounds like it does in 'bottle.' Flahrida, fahrest, hahrrible. In the midwest the 'or' sounds exactly like the word 'or' or 'oar'.

ohmygodthatsoundsterriblejesusIwouldnotwanttotalktoyou

 

[Praxis1452]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Praxis1452
I'm from new jersey but I'm pretty sure I don't have a "jersey" accent. Not sure what that even is. I don't say jowzay.

Most people from NJ don't talk with the stereotypical "jersey" accent.

I'm from NJ and went to college in Indiana. The biggest difference that most people noticed is the way I pronounce words that contain "or". Words like horrible, forest, Florida, orange - when I say them, the 'o' sounds like it does in 'bottle.' Flahrida, fahrest, hahrrible. In the midwest the 'or' sounds exactly like the word 'or' or 'oar'.

I do say awrange, and Haribble. The rest I pronounce with the or sound heh. Nice to know.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: venkman
Midwestern = What the world recognizes as an "American" Accent. It's the most "normal".

no they don't. where the eff did you get that?

Listen to the news, they all talk like us for a reason. And no not every news anchor was born in the Midwest, most of them use voice coaches to speak like we do.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Guess what? Not all people from the south have accents. Shocking! I know.

Liar. Everyone has an accent, period.

Have you ever been to Oregon\Washington State?

Literally no accents at ALL.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Praxis1452
I'm from new jersey but I'm pretty sure I don't have a "jersey" accent. Not sure what that even is. I don't say jowzay.

Most people from NJ don't talk with the stereotypical "jersey" accent.

I'm from NJ and went to college in Indiana. The biggest difference that most people noticed is the way I pronounce words that contain "or". Words like horrible, forest, Florida, orange - when I say them, the 'o' sounds like it does in 'bottle.' Flahrida, fahrest, hahrrible. In the midwest the 'or' sounds exactly like the word 'or' or 'oar'.

I moved from Philly to south FL when I was 6 but I still pronounce my Os like As.

 

[djheater]

I moved to Chicago from suburban Louisville at 13. My Mom's family is Appalachian too. I don't usually have trouble with Southern accents, and can pick up on when actors are impersonating or really know it. My kids are all born and raised suburban Chicago and have very mild accents (Chicago has a hard vowel accent so sausage ends up Sa-sedge, instead of saw-sedge). One of my kids says pellow instead of pillow along with a few other weird idiosyncrasies we haven't figured out.

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Guess what? Not all people from the south have accents. Shocking! I know.

Liar. Everyone has an accent, period.

I was born and raised in the south. I does not have no southern accent. well, that's what everyone tells me. Mother, father, some of my friends have it pretty thick. Not I, though.

This. After spending the first 28 years of my life in Newnan, GA, I now live in SoCal and people ask me all the time how I escaped developing a Southern accent. I still don't understand why "y'all" isn't a universal English contraction though.

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: brandonbull
The NE accent has to be the worst sounding American accent. Has that whiney nasal sound.

Uh, no, it doesn't.

"Worsh ya cah." *blink blink* Wash my car? That's pretty "nasal."

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StinkyPinky
California is what most international people associate the "american accent" with. For obvious reasons.

Valley girl?

That... and Surfer Dude.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: sao123
as a citizen of the soverine nation of western pennsylvania, i must point out that while we have our own vocabulary, we do not have an accent.

first, it's sovereign.

second, as a former yinzer, western PA most definitely has an accent, especially as you get closer to da burgh .... along with it's own vocabulary. hooray for gumbands, sweepers, buggies, and pierogies!!!