what kind of accent do you have?

i have an eastern new england accent. that's the one where the letter R is dropped out of certain words and replaced with an 'ah' sound, or just taken off the end of a word. and i pronounce the letter a with that same ah sound in most words. People can usually tell I am from massachusetts, but someone once thought I was from new york. :o i have a friend from new york and other than that we both drop the letter r from some words, i don't see a similarity between our accents.

I have an american accent with a little southern twang.

big time southern girl here

big time southern girl here
:yeahthat

Chicaaaaahgo

the best one :D

Long Island accent here :)

A question for anyone with a New York or Massachusetts accent, do you pronounce the letter R in words like store, car, park, door, etc?

I have a southern English accent.

I have a southern English accent.

The best accent in England that I've heard is the East Anglia accent, imo. That's where the New England accent (like mine) came from. :D

Chicaaaaahgo

the best one :D
Heck yes.

Midwestern accent. I always say I never feel like I have an accent but as soon as I travel to another part of the country, everyone seems to know I am from Michigan.

Midwestern (I live in Ohio), and we drop the "g" from the ends of words.

Midwestern (I live in Ohio), and we drop the "g" from the ends of words.

we do? really? i didnt even know.

Northeastern would be the best way to describe mine. A subtle mix of Stamford, CT and Albany, NY.

new york i guess. we say words like "marriage" and "flag" differently.

The best accent in England that I've heard is the East Anglia accent, imo. That's where the New England accent (like mine) came from. :D

Well, I live in East Anglia, so you'd probably like my accent. :) East Anglia is also in the south of England, though, which is why I said I have a southern accent. The northern parts of England are Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, York and those places.

Well, I live in East Anglia, so you'd probably like my accent. :) East Anglia is also in the south of England, though, which is why I said I have a southern accent. The northern parts of England are Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, York and those places.

East Anglian accents are well liked around here, mostly because of how similar they are to our own. :)

The Northern English accent is nice too. I had a teacher who came from York (although he lives here in the South now) and he has a very pleasant accent.

Have you ever heard a New England/Boston accent?

Another place that I think has a good accent is County Kildare, Ireland. My friend McKenzie is from there, and she has a nice accent. Like she says hospital without the T sound and it comes out sounding very interesting.

I don't really have one, but I swear I can sometimes hear traces of a Filipino one when I talk.

A question for anyone with a New York or Massachusetts accent, do you pronounce the letter R in words like store, car, park, door, etc?
I live in upstate NY and I've always pronounced Rs. I don't really know what accent I have, never really thought I had one.

new york i guess. we say words like "marriage" and "flag" differently.
lol how do you say them because I'm pretty sure I pronounce them right.
mare-idge
flag...is just flag I guess lol. like how the a in apple in pronounced. Some people say it like flay-g though with the long a. I always hated that. Same with egg and leg. ayg and layg. ick.

I live in upstate NY and I've always pronounced Rs. I don't really know what accent I have, never really thought I had one.

I guess the r-dropping is more from New York City. My friend, whose family is from outside of NYC, doesn't pronounce the letter R.

mare-idge
haha I say it:
mare-adge.

I'm country. -_-

lol how do you say them because I'm pretty sure I pronounce them right.
mare-idge
flag...is just flag I guess lol. like how the a in apple in pronounced. Some people say it like flay-g though with the long a. I always hated that. Same with egg and leg. ayg and layg. ick.
i say MAR-idge. like...marr-idge. not mare-idge.

and yeah, i say flag like...not like flay-g, but not like flag (as in the a in apple). but by new york accent i ment NYC accent and your in upstate new york .

but yeah, i didnt know i had an accent until i went to other parts of the country and people knew immediatley i was from new york.

A question for anyone with a New York or Massachusetts accent, do you pronounce the letter R in words like store, car, park, door, etc?
yeah, i honestly don't know anyone who doesn't :lol:

yeah, i honestly don't know anyone who doesn't :lol:

Traditionally, the NYC accent didn't have the R sound in words like store, car, park, floor, door, etc. but maybe the accent is changing. An example is that the English accent (not long before someone will ask which one) used to pronounce Rs, but now you rarely hear them pronounced in England.

Have you ever heard a New England/Boston accent?

Well, I watch Cheers, but I don't know if the actors attempted to put on authentic Boston accents or not.

I must say, I do like Kelsey Grammer's accent.

Well, I watch Cheers, but I don't know if the actors attempted to put on authentic Boston accents or not.

I must say, I do like Kelsey Grammer's accent.

What other accents (in England or in Ireland, Scotland, etc.) do you think have something in common with the American accents? I want your opinion because I am sure yours is different, since you're British.

With my accent,
"I" sometimes sounds like "ah"
so words like, well, "like" sound like:
"L-ah-k"

That and I talk fast. Makes it hard for people to understand me. :lol:

My friend from Ireland pronounces the I sound as oi or oy, depending on the word. so if she says like, it comes out as 'l-oi-ke'.

With my accent,
"I" sometimes sounds like "ah"
so words like, well, "like" sound like:
"L-ah-k"

That and I talk fast. Makes it hard for people to understand me. :lol:

"My mawmaw always said, lahf is lahk a bawx-a-chawcolates."

:D

"My mawmaw always said, lahf is lahk a bawx-a-chawcolates."

:D
:rofl:

I've heard accents THICKER than that.

I grew up on the West Coast, but everybody says that I sound like I'm from the East Coast, New york, or elsewhere.
I have a JEWISH accent, that's the way my mouth and palate are configured.

I have problems with my idiot radio teacher, who dislikes my accent, and singing teacher, too.
I could be in pro radio. For singing, I'll work on it.
:singer:

I dunno.... How the hell does everyone else think a New Mexican sounds like? :lol:

And, no, we are not actually IN Mexico. We are part of the U.S. A lot of you must think it since we get that asked a lot. :eek:

Cali boy fo sho.

i say MAR-idge. like...marr-idge. not mare-idge.

and yeah, i say flag like...not like flay-g, but not like flag (as in the a in apple). but by new york accent i ment NYC accent and your in upstate new york .

but yeah, i didnt know i had an accent until i went to other parts of the country and people knew immediatley i was from new york.
Yeah, I figured that's what you were talking about. I really don't think we have much of an accent if at all here :grr: We might say a few things weird but nothing significant.

I'm from Long Island, NY, and I sometimes I'll slip and it'll come out like 'pawk' (for park) or 'caw' (for car). Usually, though, I pronounce the R's.

The two words I'm really NY with are 'talk' and 'coffee' (they come out like 'tawwwk' and 'cawwwfee').


A question for anyone with a New York or Massachusetts accent, do you pronounce the letter R in words like store, car, park, door, etc?

Standard American English--Kind of middle of the country accent--stretching from Ohio all the way to California; it's not southern, or New England or New York. Most Californians speak SAE. If you hear Californians speak, it's hard to say 'hey, they're Californians'. They could just as well be from Des Moines, Iowa or Russell, Kansas. Standard American English is the accent most used by newscasters and announcers on radio and TV.

I speak SAE because I've lived here in northern California for so long. But I'm one of those people who adapts my language to where I live. So occasionally, I'll use New York pronunciations, from where I grew up saying 'Yeah, and cawfee and tawk' and ARE-gon instead of Ore-gon (for the state north of us.) And since I spent three years in North Carolina while in the military, I sometimes use 'y'all' and its plural :lol: 'all y'all', or I'll say 'fixin to' for 'about to'. I absolutely love the southern accent and people.

However, as I mentioned, I speak Standard American English. Michelle, I'm sure I've heard the East Anglia accent. Is it like the London accent? like the 'Queen's' English, or something different? Are there places in England that pronounce the letter 'r' like most Americans do?

I'm from Long Island, NY, and I sometimes I'll slip and it'll come out like 'pawk' (for park) or 'caw' (for car). Usually, though, I pronounce the R's.

The two words I'm really NY with are 'talk' and 'coffee' (they come out like 'tawwwk' and 'cawwwfee').

Haha, me too! My LI accent isn't as heavy as some people I know, though.

I'm from NYC. Several people have asked me if I was originally from Long Island, or if I`m Jewish, but I'm not either one of those!

I have the traditional NY accent. Has anyone ever seen the show Third Watch? I kind of sound like a boy version of Molly Price, or a younger version of Bosco.

I say stuff like `tawk`, and `wherera you goin?`, instead of talk, and where are you going? LOL

:lol: Yeah, same here...I've heard some really thick accents here. I'd say mine is pretty mild.


Haha, me too! My LI accent isn't as heavy as some people I know, though.

Everyone tells me I have a Boston accent, but I think everyone else has an accent but me. :lol:

At one point I had a rather noticeable Southern [American] accent. But, I've since worked on removing it, and have done a fairly good job at it. Generally now I'm accent-less.

What's fun is that I've learned how to do multiple voices/accents, and if I feel like driving my friends up the wall, I'll switch between them at random.

The only time I ever have a pure, definitive accent these days is when my mild road rage springs up. Pure 100% New Yorker there.

:rofl:

I've heard accents THICKER than that.
same here

sometimes, i honestly cannot understand people who live a mile away from me. It's like they barely open their mouths and it hurts to move their tounges, so it's this thick thick THIIICCCKKK southern slang type accent.

Everyone tells me I have a Boston accent, but I think everyone else has an accent but me. :lol:
i can only hear my accent if i hear it on a voice recorder or something. Just alking, I can't hear my accent. When I went to Las Vegas, Nevada not too long ago, I could not hear my accent when talking with the locals there. But everyone else could. It's weird.

What other accents (in England or in Ireland, Scotland, etc.) do you think have something in common with the American accents? I want your opinion because I am sure yours is different, since you're British.

I tend to think that British and American accents are quite distinct from one another. I think the Northern English accent has similar aspects, because in Northern England, they pronounce some words similar to the way Americans do - for instance, Northerners, when they say "bath", instead of saying pronouncing it "barth" like Southerners do, they say "bath."

[B]Michelle, I'm sure I've heard the East Anglia accent. Is it like the London accent? like the 'Queen's' English, or something different? Are there places in England that pronounce the letter 'r' like most Americans do?

Yes, it's basically like the London accent. To me, all people in the South of England sound similar, though - it's really only when I hear someone from the North talking that I hear a difference.

It's quite common for a number of people in Britain to pronounce the "th" sound like an "f." So, when saying, "I think I'll go and see a film," they'll say, "I fink I'll go and see a film." Not everyone pronounces the "th" sound his way - I don't, and I know others who don't, but there are quite a few who do. I don't know if any other English-speaking country does this, do they?

I also like the Australian accent as well.

I tend to think that British and American accents are quite distinct from one another. I think the Northern English accent has similar aspects, because in Northern England, they pronounce some words similar to the way Americans do - for instance, Northerners, when they say "bath", instead of saying pronouncing it "barth" like Southerners do, they say "bath."



Yes, it's basically like the London accent. To me, all people in the South of England sound similar, though - it's really only when I hear someone from the North talking that I hear a difference.

It's quite common for a number of people in Britain to pronounce the "th" sound like an "f." So, when saying, "I think I'll go and see a film," they'll say, "I fink I'll go and see a film." Not everyone pronounces the "th" sound his way - I don't, and I know others who don't, but there are quite a few who do. I don't know if any other English-speaking country does this, do they?

I also like the Australian accent as well.

do you hear more similarity between American and Northern English accents, or between American and Irish? I have heard many people say Americans sound Irish. It must be due to that a lot of Americans pronounce the r sound like the Irish.

There's a Southwest English accent (called West Country, I think) that sounds very American to me.

No one's ever told me I have an accent before, but since I've lived in WI my whole I guess I guess a midwestern accent. Like the way I pronounce some words. Sort of like a Chicago accent, but it's more like a "Milwaukee accent" if there's such a thing.

do you hear more similarity between American and Northern English accents, or between American and Irish? I have heard many people say Americans sound Irish. It must be due to that a lot of Americans pronounce the r sound like the Irish.

I suppose they are similar, but I've never thought the Irish accent sounds a lot like the American one. I've always thought that British and American accents are very distinct from one another.

I have a good ole Southern sweet home Alabama accent. :D

I suppose they are similar, but I've never thought the Irish accent sounds a lot like the American one. I've always thought that British and American accents are very distinct from one another.

How about Australians, do they sound like accents you hear in England?

Mmmm...I don't know....probably a Chicagoian accent. :lol:

none.

How about Australians, do they sound like accents you hear in England?
I've heard real-life Australians talk, but I can clearly tell a difference between Aussie and British English.

Midwestern accent. I always say I never feel like I have an accent but as soon as I travel to another part of the country, everyone seems to know I am from Michigan.
Same here. We pronounce all our letters. Guess you could call it the TV accent, since newscasters and most actors have this accent.

Well, I live in East Anglia, so you'd probably like my accent. :) East Anglia is also in the south of England, though, which is why I said I have a southern accent. The northern parts of England are Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, York and those places.
I like that accent then too. Actually I like listening to most English accents.

But since Richard Dawson was from Gosport, I'm biased. lol

Most Californians speak SAE. If you hear Californians speak, it's hard to say 'hey, they're Californians'. They could just as well be from Des Moines, Iowa or Russell, Kansas.


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What gets me is how you can hear a light southern accent in some people...in Kansas City. :confused:

Mine is 100% Scottish.

My accent is sort of a cross between the 'LOST' actors HENRY IAN CUSICK and DOMINIC MONAGHAN.

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How about Australians, do they sound like accents you hear in England?

To me, the Australian accent sounds a little similar to both the English and American accents. They pronounce certain words "the English way" and pronounce other words "the American way." Having said that, there is a very clear difference in their accents. There are similarities, but they're not strong enough to make Australians sound like they're British or American - not to me, anyway.

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What gets me is how you can hear a light southern accent in some people...in Kansas City. :confused:

What we're talking about is generalizations. Tara mentioned Southern Californians has having a 'twang' in their speech. I live in northern California and we don't have an accent. When we open our mouth, people don't say, "Gee, you must be from northern California", because we don't sound any different than most 'middle America'--that was my point.

Standard American English is the same as what is called General English, or Broadcast English. It allows for variation but is free of regional distinctives. Walter Cronkite speaks it, and Linda Ellerbee took classes to eliminate her regional dialect for the news. She was told, "You're not supposed to sound like you're from anywhere."
(My Kansas example was a little too far south. You're correct on that: I checked it on a map. People from eastern Nebraska (Omaha and Lincoln), virtually all of Iowa, extreme northern Missouri and central Illinois--speak it, and the vast majority of people in the California Bay Area speak it, including me.

Gen·er·al American (jĕn'ər-əl) http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/pron.gif
n.
The speech of native speakers of American English that many consider to be typical of the United States, noted for its exclusion of phonological forms readily recognized as regional or limited to particular social groups and for its frequent use as a norm of pronunciation by national broadcasters.
USAGE NOTE The label General American is often used to describe a variety of speech that lacks any of the stereotypical markers of regional speech or of the speech of particular social groups, as in the omission of the (r) sound in words like car and card. It should be noted, however, that this label still permits a great deal of regional and social variation. In other words, General American should not be identified with any specific American accent.

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We pronounce all our letters. Guess you could call it the TV accent, since newscasters and most actors have this accent.
Yeah, it's the same over here in New Mexico. We can easily identify someone who has not grown up around this state because they have stronger accents.

I'm from Long Island, NY, and I sometimes I'll slip and it'll come out like 'pawk' (for park) or 'caw' (for car). Usually, though, I pronounce the R's.

The two words I'm really NY with are 'talk' and 'coffee' (they come out like 'tawwwk' and 'cawwwfee').
thats how i pronounce them too :lol:

I have a Russian accent. :)