Do you have an accent?

OK Obviously if English is your second, or third language chances are you probably do...I'm from South Florida and I dont think I really have any accent..but my family is from Chicago and they all have a definate accent ;example "Shikaahgoh" is how they say it..New Yorkers definatley are identified by their accent,; "Im from Nuu Yaaawk" ... Deep South out to Texas have the "Southern drawl". no example needed there....my buddy from Boston, oh yeah he's got an accent he says "I live in Baahston, I dont need a cah (car) to go to the mahhket (market) to get food, I use the caaahhbs (cabs)" ...

well, i dont have any accent, but in the portuguese islands, in azores specially, people have a very funny accent.
is more difficult to understand what they are saying (they are portuguese), than understand spanish lol, its fucking funny!

no..

Yep, i have lived in southern alabama all my life, i have a deep southern accent with a long draw. Yea most people make fun of it, i have tried to not have a accent but just cant help it.

Everyone has an accent according to others listening to people from different parts of your country.


Except me.

I live in the North West of England, and am from the East Coast, people always ask me where I'm from cos I don't sound like a scouser or a manc, so I guess I must have an accent, although it pisses me off when people ask me if i'm from London, cos i'm bloody not!

Same when people say im from Birmingham.

*looks at BBD*

adman what is a 'scouser' and a "manc"...for those of us Stateside or elsewhere

Scousers are from Liverpool and Mancs are from Manchester!

OK!!! Thanks!!!!!

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Originally posted by Watty

Same when people say im from Birmingham.

*looks at BBD*

Wolverhampton is virtually on Birminghams doorstep though!

adman..how can I tell a Australia accent from a British one?

'Brummies' have gotta have the worst sounding accent in UK

Unless you are totally tone deaf it's obvoius, also Aussies sound a bit funny too!

I guess Im tone deaf...I guess when they say "Crikies look at the fun bags that gal, throw anotha shrimp on the barbaaaay"..that might give it away

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Originally posted by echelon_p

'Brummies' have gotta have the worst sounding accent in UK

I would have to dissagree there, brummies have a very mundane sound to their tone in most cases, however to talk to they are fairly easy to understand, I work in a job where I have people all over the country calling me up for advise, sometimes I find it very hard to understand what people are saying, particularly people from places like scotland and Wales, no disrespect to the people at all, just some have a very strong accent which takes getting used to!

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Originally posted by Stone-Cold

I guess Im tone deaf...I guess when they say "Crikies look at the fun bags that gal, throw anotha shrimp on the barbaaaay"..that might give it away

Can we get Latino to say it into a voice recorder and post it on here, that would be ace!

everyone has an accent. its ignorant to believe that you dont.

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Originally posted by Stone-Cold

OK Obviously if English is your second, or third language chances are you probably do...I'm from South Florida and I dont think I really have any accent..but my family is from Chicago and they all have a definate accent ;example "Shikaahgoh" is how they say it..New Yorkers definatley are identified by their accent,; "Im from Nuu Yaaawk" ... Deep South out to Texas have the "Southern drawl". no example needed there....my buddy from Boston, oh yeah he's got an accent he says "I live in Baahston, I dont need a cah (car) to go to the mahhket (market) to get food, I use the caaahhbs (cabs)" ...

We don't say Nuuuu Yaaawk... that is a common mistake, more then 90% of the ppl frm ny dont say it that way. It is actully ppl that have italian accents that say it that way, more commonly then others.

So back to the q, no i dont have a accent, i do pronounce words differently(but not really too much) and i use diffrent words then in other parts of the US. I do travel alot and thats how i realized this.

Yeah, like I think I dont have an accent...but if im somewhere else they probably think I do...Its all fun,