What do you talk like?
 

Here's a typical local accent where I come from:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/realmedia.../alanpovey.ram

You need realplayer. It's a tale of Owd Grandad Piggott.

I love that accent. I don't have an accent. Used to have a drawl but that's all done now.

My voice is kind of low, but I don't have an accent. So they say. :x

God dammit yes you do. Everyone has an accent but they are just use to people talking like everyone in their community so they think they speak normal.

So what you think it normal speak is an accent to someone else, I thought this was obvious.

I agree with ya Gadzooks, my sister claims she doesn't have an accent as did my ex. Was pure crap, they both talked like toff southerners.

btw, I don't sound like the geezer on that link.
Anyone understand it?

Before I hit puberty my voice was really high and had a Southern twang.

Now it's sorta in the middle. I don't know if anything's considerably distinguishable about it, but.

I expected Chojin's voice to be almost falsetto. I was WRONG

YOU'LL ALL HEAR IT SOON WHEN THE ZACK, ZAK AND FRANKIE POWER HOUR HITS YOUR EARDRUMS COMING SOON

I have a very stereotypically Italian accent.

schimid, chojin, mle, liquid, and anyone else I've talked to can tell you :<

stereotypical as in you put -a at the end of every word, like Mario?

people say i sound 30 :(

No. Don't anybody ressurect the phone line thread.

the what now

The post your phone number thread that Blue Oatmeal started. Long ago.

You sounded like an angry black man. :o


I understand the I wouldn't think I had an accent, cause I've heard it for so long blahblah.. But, I have talked to people from all different parts of the world, and they all say I have no accent. That is why I added the "So they say." at the end. I'm sure it's there, it's just not very strong.

Except MLE, who thinks I sound real country. :(

One time there was this guy from Israel visiting a class I was in and he asked me if I was from England, which was really damn odd, since I have a fairly noticable southern US accent.

buuut you come from the water. :o

black?

But I was born fivezeroone. Then I went all foursevennine for a few years, and now I'm twoonefour. But I'll always have a bit of fivezeroone in my soul.

It happens, man.

i probably have a long island rich jew voice, dispite not being rich or jewish

i have a southern accent, according to non-southerners. people from around here think i'm from new york or something.

I don't have an accent.

I've been told that I don't have an accent by people the world over. I was speaking French with some exchange student lovelies, and I apologized for my poor accent and they told me I had no accent at all. I think they were making fun of me in that regard.

I think what it is, is that the American midwest is such a hodgepodge of different cultures wherein, unlike the East Coast, they had to assimilate into a normal mode of speech because there aren't really ethnic communities where they can isolate themselves. So, midwesterners have a total blank slate of accents, unless you're in the redneck belt (Martinsville, IN to Tallahassee, FL).

Where I grew up, none of my classmates had any accent at all growing up but come high school many decided that they wanted a redneck twang so they forced it on themselves.

I dunno. Those of you who have talked to me on the phone, what do you think of my voice? I was always very monotone after puberty, but I think I've beat myself out of it.

Seth, if you think someone sounds like they grew up in the midwest based on their speech patterns, how is that NOT an accent?

Well, like I said, it depends entirely on where in the midwest they're from. If you consider that a lack of an accent is an accent in itself, then sure. But I've seen it pointed out that things like news programs on the East Coast, Southern States, the far north, et cetera almost always hire people who don't sound like they're from the area because it's "standard American". I think that the accent-less accent grew up in the Midwest, but it's also the most prevalent on the West Coast. I can tell if someone is from Northern Michigan, for example, but I can't really tell someone from Indianapolis from someone who grew up in California or central Florida or whatever else.

For that matter, I've heard people from Northern Europe who speak English, and most of them don't have much of an accent. Some of them have a British accent because that's how they learned the language.

You've missed an entire region by not mentioning the Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas (a country of it's own) and Iowa region. I go to California and sound midwest and come out here and they claim I'm from the west coast. I go to Nevada and they think I'm from Chicago.

I think Midwesterners just have an accent all their own that is nothing but cammoflage.

Well, I've heard people from that region that don't have accents, and I've heard some that do. I didn't mention it because I'm ignorant of the regional nuances.

I have the boring accent that every news anchor is required to have :(

I have a southern accent. It's not slight but not really annoying either, I hope. I say "y'all", too.

If someone talks to me that has an accent I mimick them accidentally :(

Where do you live Miss Maggie?

I sound like most Canadians that aren't newfies or injuns. Only person on here who's heard my voice is italian, I think.

i talk like a thug nah mean?

zombo! you've heard me speak. I don't sound black.


and you sound pretty much like most other Canadians I've ever heard. you even threw in an "eh?" or two

I'm originally from Minnesota but i've been told by southerners from Florida and Texas that I have no trace of so the so-called Fargo/Canadian accent. Though I can't say the same about some people that I know.

I have no accent. >:

Even if you don't have a specific state accent you still have an American accent so shut up.

God damn so many fucking racists on this board.

i have a fat voice

Region accents are a myth to me.....I talk like every other person I've met,alot from other parts of the country

In Arizona we speak uninflicted English, that is we speak it nearly phoenetically. But we also have gruff raspy voices like cowboys. All the REAL cowboys come from Arizona and New Mexico.

I used to have a german accent, but I've lived here for so long that it just kind of disappeared. I only talk like that now when I want to be an asshole. >:

I kinda have a mid-range voice, but it gets a little higher when I'm excited or nervous, and kinda low when I'm trying to be calm.

And sometimes I talk like my Mom and I try not to do that because it makes me sound really gay :(

When I talk to girls I go into Barry White mode.

lol

I'm told my voice sounds a lot lower than I think it does, to the point of being inaudible to the elderly. Yet I don't really have an adam's apple. :(

Also I sound like I'm a Central Illinois teenager, meaning everything I say has a sarcastic slant to it even when I'm being serious. >:

*coughbrokebackmountainuncough* :rolleyes

me three

I sound like I'm on drugs all the time ;(

I thought you were on drugs all the time anyways.

Usually if I'm doing anything I'm smoking pot. I don't even do that all the time, just most of the time.

[19:27] Brian: Do I have an accent?
[19:28] Amanda: Yes, you do
[19:28] Brian: Oh wow. :eek
[19:29] Brian: What does it sound like?
[19:29] Amanda: Like a Yiddish woman with a lisp
[19:29] Brian: OY VEYTH
[19:29] Amanda: :lol
[19:29] Brian: :)

A long time ago in this thread I was asked where I live. I live in New Mexico but I was born in Texas, and since my mom was raised there I tend to speak like her.


I don't know about you guys but I want to hear Seven Force now :(

Ask ItalianStereotype.

Whoever thought he sounds like a black person needs to get their hearing checked.

you sound like Jerry Lewis!

I've been told I have a boston accent. I had troubles with 'r's for a long time.

I probably sound like TV.

So that's actually two votes for "yiddish woman with a lisp" :)

If stuffed crust pizza had a voice, it would be mine.

I have a deaf accent because my speech is horrible. I can barely understand any of the words that I say, let alone pronouncing most words wrong all the time. I've alway had trouble with the letter K. Take the word 'ask' for instance...when I say the word 'ask', in my mind, I think I am saying it loud and clear...apparently I've been told that I don't say the letter 'k' loud enough for them to hear.

Please tell me you sound like greased up deaf guy of family guy fame

I kinda haff a bahstan accent :/

I was in a bar in Minnesota and all the americans knew my pal was english because he speaks like a cockney. But my northern english accent bamboozled them. I was asked if I was from Australia of all places.

I don't have a typical accent for my area, but I do have a really deep voice with a slight bit of southern.

Jin sounds EXACTLY like the guy from OMC.

DESTINATION UNKNOWN AS WE PULL IN FOR SOME GAS.

I've got a basically Northern England (Manchester) accent, with a bit of London mixed in. And I have a bad habit of saying 'Er' before everything I say.

'Er' is better then 'like' by miles.

Er, thanks, I agree. :)

i have a not-very-thick baltimore (read: balmer) accent. people around here tend to drop unnecessary syllables. they don't talk slower than usual, so it's kinda half-southern. i've been told i can drop it really well when singing in italian, though.

speaking of italians, i could have sworn that if i pissed off IS, i'd be on the national mob hitlist.

^^
I'd love to hear your singing voice. :(

Are you hitting on me?

Wha....what the fuck?


No!






:chatter

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Seriously, no. I just was just wondering how you sound.

Oh, and Liquid? I could barely hear you on the phone. What I could hear was that you had a country-like voice and you were really fucking shy.

Many people have told me that they don't know what my accent is, because I can do many voices, but my casual speech's accent is definately unidentifiable.

HAHA CAUGHT RED HANDED YOU CROSS-EYED PERVY FUCK >:

i imagine my accent is probably very much like achimp and zomboid, or at least zomboid, cause i know i say 'eh' all the time, and americans always point it out :(

i have been told that i add a syllable to short words with the letter "a" in them.

for instance, i say "ba-ad" instead of just "bad."

i dunno.

i know that i sound a lot more intelligent than a lot of the people who live around me :( and my uncle is always making fun of the way i say coffee. whatev.

you're in some much trouble sevenforce!!!

Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit... :hangman

People don't know my accent, nor do I. :(

I have been told by several people that I sound like Brian from Family Guy. I must admit that pleases me.

Ha, more like Lois, you fag.

Norf Lahndan.

WHO WANTS TO TALK TO ME ON THE PHONE HUH GUYS? ITS A RAINY DAY AND I GOT A CONVERSATION FOR TWO!

I have a weird Chicago accent...not super fan Chigago, cause I'm not polish, but I do prefer "d" over "th".

I have a deep voice and no accent. I believe MLE knows what I sound like because was talked back when we still had that thread about the computer phone... program thingie.

Ask sspad, too.

If you've heard that "I Will Beat Pacman" song, that's pretty much how I always talk. Anybody who's ever met me in person can verify this.

Everyone has an acccent to varying degrees, it's like saying you have a face with no features!

I can't think of anything anyone would have heard of that talks like me. I pick up accents in every places I've lived (except Wales thank god) and have a mixture of the lot.

i have a northern irish accent, which is much like you see on tv even stuff like saying 'and that there' or 'like' every other sentence.

its not so much the friendly 'top o' the mornin' accent, but more 'we are going to GAIN oor INDEPENDANCE by ANY MEANS nessiCARY', like

My accent is "plain", but for whatever reason, I uncontrolably talk with an Irish or british accent. Donno why. Just gets stuck in my head.lol

I can't actually watch the whole of that flash because you scare the shit outta me :(

what do you mean
rog is good-looking >:

and I am an idiot who not only double posts

but who triple posts also
FUCK >:

my accent is pretty damn nonregional but my word usage and exclaimations are clearly northeastern. i tend to speak in a condescending tone rather inadvertantly.

i pick on people's accents all the time. i can usually point out an accent someone has, even if it's just from having lived somewhere.

midwest accents are really easy to pick out, so i have no idea what the hell seth is talking about. especially ohio, karen :p

i do use y'all somewhat frequently and if i get too excited or angry i get careless and usually end up sounding southern. god only knows why, i've never been down south.

my mom grew up in NYC and i grew up here in MA so i think the combination really cancelled itself out.


oh, and speaking english with a nonregional american accent really does mean that you're not using an accent at all. that's how those words are pronounced phonetically. it's nothing like a face without features, that was a rather inapt analogy.

Dr. Boogie sounds like Ben Stein, only more sedated. And less Jewish.

If you do not sound like the Queen, you are not speaking English right.

But she has a British accent!

No one speaks purely phonetically. Even the most monotone speakers stress different syllables and emulate the speech patterns of their environment.

A "nonregional" american accent is still an American accent.

This is the dumbest semantics argument I've seen in ages. :)

Indeed. We are not amused.:posh

So we all need to actually each other's voices rather than describe them.

Fire up the phone call list.

lol i read that as "if you do not sound like Queen you are not speaking English right" and i started thinking of Bicycle Race :(

http://home.blarg.net/~mobbswm/madlib.mp3

SEE, FAT