What dialect of English would you consider to be the one with the least amount of accent?

[zerocool1]

with american english, its midwest usually around kansas.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Hummm?

Michigan english. A good portion of new casters around the US are from michigan because we have little accent.


Don't know if thats been mentioned already.

 

[zebano]

Mine

 

[DaShen]

Central Eastern US. Virginia, North Carolina, DC. . I used to live there and their speech patterns are very clear and concrete.

 

[SilentRavens]

Northwest, been around for the shortest amount of time and therefore has the lightest accent.

 

[Ranger X]

No one region has the least amount of accent because it's all relative. If I had to choose, I would have to go with northern-western states away from the coast.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: SilentRavens
Northwest, been around for the shortest amount of time and therefore has the lightest accent.

Migratory Accent from Tennesee, Oregon and upwards

Central East U.S. (i.e. D.C. and Va have the lightest accents)

 

[drsafety]

Bahhhhston

 

[qaa541]

Southern Californian (specifically LA-Hollywood area) accent. That accent (or lack of one) is what I would accept as standard American English with no accent. I think most newscasts around the country use that accent for broadcasts.

 

[Tommouse]

Originally posted by: jewno

Originally posted by: OOBradm
go to RIT?

I was on PHiURs floor last year....

seriously? i was dave's classmate this quarter. we got bad grades, lol.

How many RIT geeks are on this forum? I admit I'm one of them, I wonder how many others there are though.

On topic though. I would say New England and specifically Maine!
We add R's and lose R's when evah we want .

Oh wait we wern't doing the funniest accent were we

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: PandaBear
As Einstein said, it is relativity baby.

That's just a theory. :laugh:

 

[Googer]

What do people mean by BBC english?

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: LtPage1
technically, some kind of british.

otherwise, Northern Californian.

actually, they changed their accent in the 1800s. patrick stewart speaks english as it was spoken in shakespeare's time, and his is much closer to american than modern english tends to be. in his accent you can hear the harsh german roots of english.

of course, he does pronounce the 'tt' in better as t, rather than d as we yanks tend to do.

Modern English is a mutt language, made of Ancient Latin, Gaelic, German, Ancient Briton, French, Anglo-Saxon and some others that I cannot remember. I would also like to not that Ancient English of the Britons is differant than what we today call Olde English from about 500-1000 years ago.


EDIT: I know someone will correct something I just said, so please do and let me know. My memory does not serve me well, Thanks for the reminders.

 

[Googer]

http://www.m-w.com/help/faq/history.htm

 

[LordMorpheus]

midwest.

 

[Googer]

If you have ever seen the PBS Doccumentary with English born and bred Michael Wood he can speak the Anciant version of English from 1000-1500 years ago, It can be difficult for the untrained ear to comprehend but it does sound remarkably similar to modern english. Amazing huh?

More Michael Wood Stuff at PBS

 

[JoPh]

northeast

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: Nik
Oregon, Washington, Idaho area.

Originally posted by: hjo3
Pacific northwest US.

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Pacific Northwest for the win. But if you can't understand what were saying, it's because you haven't drank enough of Seattle's Best or Starbucks. Not our fault. :laugh:

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Southern Oregon/Northern California.

Originally posted by: SilentRavens
Northwest, been around for the shortest amount of time and therefore has the lightest accent.

See above.

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: NiteWulf

Originally posted by: UNESC0
I've heard that Vancouver, BC is generally considered to be the most "neutral" sounding to North American english speakers - I'd like to say Ontario though

and why do americans pronounce aunt - "awnt" and not "ant"??

Because we don't?
Nah, I've heard it before. I don't think many people say it that way around here, though.

I've heard Midwest US. The problem is all of those people buying "soda" and pushing shopping "buggies"

Around Chicago people alternate from soda and pop and I've never heard anyone reference a shopping cart to a buggy.

 

[BlackAdam]

Originally posted by: qaa541
Southern Californian (specifically LA-Hollywood area) accent. That accent (or lack of one) is what I would accept as standard American English with no accent. I think most newscasts around the country use that accent for broadcasts.

Yep... have to agree. SoCal FTW!

 

[Adica]

Typed English.

 

[dawnbug]

Originally posted by: cobalt

Originally posted by: NiteWulf

Originally posted by: UNESC0
I've heard that Vancouver, BC is generally considered to be the most "neutral" sounding to North American english speakers - I'd like to say Ontario though

and why do americans pronounce aunt - "awnt" and not "ant"??

Because we don't?
Nah, I've heard it before. I don't think many people say it that way around here, though.

I've heard Midwest US. The problem is all of those people buying "soda" and pushing shopping "buggies"

Around Chicago people alternate from soda and pop and I've never heard anyone reference a shopping cart to a buggy.

Yeah, I've never heard anyone call anything other than those old fashioned baby buggies a buggy. A shopping cart is a cart. But soda is soda.

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: Adica
Typed English.

Fo Sho.