...Which accent annoys you more?

I hate the Boston accent, and I LIVE in Massachusetts! I try so hard to not talk with a Boston accent.

Neither one really annoys me but I like the Yankee accent more. I work with a guy from Tennessee and I sometimes have difficulty understanding him because his accent is so thick.

Southern accent. I live in Texas but I have not adopted the southern accent, thankfully. I'm staying true to my northern roots.

yankees!

I would've said southern, but I didn't vote because I figure it's probably just the accent that you're not used to. I'm a Yankee girl. :D

What the hell is a Yankee accent?

Define "Yankee." Does that mean just anyone from the north who doesn't sound southern?

Plus, there are so many dialects of each. People in GA sound different that people in Texas. I live in Iowa, but I sure don't sound like Minnesotans or Wisconsinites.

And overall, neither annoy me.

Originally posted by dawsongirl
Define "Yankee." Does that mean just anyone from the north who doesn't sound southern?

Plus, there are so many dialects of each. People in GA sound different that people in Texas. I live in Iowa, but I sure don't sound like Minnesotans or Wisconsinites.

And overall, neither annoy me.
There are many Northern accents. The East Coast have several. And yes, there is definitely a Chicago, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula Michigan(the latter three are similar):D accents. But please, no offense intended to our Southern friends here, but some thick Southern accents sound absolutely illiterate!! :lol:

The damn yankee accent annoys me and my family. My parents are from N.C. and we live in VA. And we are definately not "illiterate" in any way, nor is anybody in N.C.

When we travel to Williamsburg (which has major tourists from the North), we can always tell if people with the yankee accent sit near us because they have to be the loudest, most obnoxious speakers of anybody in the restaurant.

Originally posted by dawsongirl
Define "Yankee." Does that mean just anyone from the north who doesn't sound southern?

Yankee refers more to the Northeast. So people from Connecticutt, Massachussetts etc. have the Yankee accent.

Originally posted by Mijada
Yankee refers more to the Northeast. So people from Connecticutt, Massachussetts etc. have the Yankee accent. o0o0o I never noticed. I always thought us people up here sounded pretty normal. Cept when you get towards Boston. Ay papi.

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
o0o0o I never noticed. I always thought us people up here sounded pretty normal. Cept when you get towards Boston. Ay papi.

:lol: That is the problem. Everyone with the same accent sounds perfectly fine to each other! "Normal" depends on the ear and tongue of the listener. Everyone thinks people from different regions talk different.

Southern...gah :wallbang It's kind of cool sometimes, but other times it's pretty annoying. <--makes sense? :grr:

Southern. Unfortunately after living in the south all those years, I now have one.:D

I guess the northern (or yankee) accent because I'm not too used to hearing it.

To be honest, can't say I find either of them to be all that annoying.

Originally posted by Jen1989
Ditto. Even though I live in Texas I don't have a southern accent.

I've lived in Texas all of my life, yet people rarely seem to believe me. They're always saying, "You don't have the accent." Which I find strange. :lol:

I'm a big fan of accents. As a whole, I like the Southern ones just fine. But there is one type... the exaggerated, po-dunk version that annoys me. I'm sorry, but people who have it sound uneducated and lazy. They need to enunciate.

Originally posted by little insomniac
I've lived in Texas all of my life, yet people rarely seem to believe me. They're always saying, "You don't have the accent." Which I find strange. :lol: I dont have the accent either :lol:

I'm aware of the different types of both southern and northern accents, but I didn't want to overanalyze and look like an episode of Seinfeld here. Speaking of which, the Yankee one annoys me more. Here in my state, any state above Oklahoma is Yankee to us ;) :D . I DO have a southern accent/twist, but I rarely mispronounce words. But I do constantly say "Couple o' few", "Ain't", "Was" instead of "Is", and I hate NASCAR.

Anybody ever been to a restaurant called "Dick's Last Resort"? My family and I went to one of those in Cleveland, and the waiter would not let up on my Dad's southern accent. He was asking my Dad if he liked NASCAR, well, you know the stereotypes ;) .

Something was funny that I read in this topic. I can't remember who said it, it was one of the 851976 people who have Clay Aiken in their avatar. Something about not noticing accents until getting to Boston. I never knew it was so different until on that night of "Super Millionare" a couple o' few (:wallbang Dangit :wallbang) weeks ago, Regis asked this Boston woman to say "Go park the car in the yard." She goes, "Go pack the caa in the yaad." :lol:

Originally posted by Penny Lane
There are many Northern accents. The East Coast have several. And yes, there is definitely a Chicago, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula Michigan(the latter three are similar):D accents. But please, no offense intended to our Southern friends here, but some thick Southern accents sound absolutely illiterate!! :lol:

Thank you! I'd also like to point out that in the UP of Michigan they almost sound canadian. Instead of saying the word "about" they say it like "aboot." I'm considered a troll and not a yooper.

Hilda Spellman: "That's it mister, you are oot of here!"

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
I dont have the accent either :lol:

:lol: Mine comes out every now and then. And just as there are different Northern accents, there's also a variety of Texas accents.

Some people in VA have a stange accent like when they say "house" I can't really discribe how they do it but it is more like two oo than "ou" but it isn't exactly two oo either.

However, very few people still have that accent. I haven't heard it in a really long time.

Yankee because I have a Souther accent :D

Southern Accent. I live on the east coast and I dont think I have an accent.

I HAVE a southern accent.

Ain't! :p

Ya'll! :p :lol:

Originally posted by ?MsConanOBrien?
o0o0o I never noticed. I always thought us people up here sounded pretty normal.

Ditto

Hmm, I'm from Pennsylvania but I have relatives in New England, Virginia, and Louisiana. I've spent time around both and tend to lapse into different accents when I'm around different people, so neither is extremely annoying. The yankee accent does start to get grating after awhile though.

accents only bother me when I can't figure out what they are saying.

I dont mind accents really. Its fun trying to imitate them though.

Originally posted by little insomniac
:lol: Mine comes out every now and then. And just as there are different Northern accents, there's also a variety of Texas accents. Ah :lol:

I picked "Yankee Accent"

I have several friends from the south and I love thier accents......

Our friend Todd is from the south and I would love talking voice to him!!!