Spy Car Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Do you have a strong regional accent? This will be a Public poll (as in other will be able to see who answered what). Just curious :001_smile: ETA: Drat I blew the Public poll part so this is an anonymous poll Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Not very strong to my ear (accent? What accent?) but I live in Northern CA and its amazing (amazing!) how many people can pick out that I'm from MI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Yes. I didn't know I did until I visited Nashville when I was 16. Everyone thought it was hysterical when I wanted to cawl my mom to tawk. BTW, my mom's name is Dawn. Not Don. That's my father's name. Made for much confusion when people outside of the NE would call and ask to speak to either one of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 No accent here. Just East Coast Normal. By the way...it's not public. Bummer, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clwcain Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 New Orleans, which, for those who don't know, is kind of like South Jersey. Mine really only comes out when I'm very tired, irritated, or when I go back home. But I've always been a mimic with a good ear. A few hours in a place and my speech patters adapt to the native patois. This has happend in the mid-Atlantic US, North Texas, England, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and the Mediterranean coast of France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I voted that mine only shows up in certain words. I am a New Jersey native living in the south and people are always surprised to hear that I am from NJ. They think that I am from the mid-west. I have to tell them that not everyone from NJ talks like a Soprano.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I'm the one obligatory other. People never believe I'm from Tx. Ever. People have guessed I'm from NW Am, Canada, Switzerland. But they're always perplexed because *they* say I have no accent. Same was true for my mom & grparents, though, so I guess it *is* inherited, lol. I chose "other," though, because the only choice precluding accent said "typical American accent" or something like that. I'm not sure there is one, & since people have guessed that I'm from another country altogether, I...don't know? :confused: Now I'm feeling silly, though. I guess I should have gone w/ "typical American accent"? Sorry. Seriously overthinking! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I spent the first 9 years of my life on Staten Island, NYC. Sometimes, when I'm tired or tawking mindlessly I slip into a slight New Yawk accent. It greatly amuses my children, "She said dawta (daughter), he he." :lol::glare: Oh, I just remembered something I always say, draw, as in, "Put those socks in the sock draw please." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 No accent here. Just East Coast Normal. By the way...it's not public. Bummer, huh? Yea, I feel like a dope, as that was the whole point, Should we kill it and start over??? :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Yea, I feel like a dope, as that was the whole point, Should we kill it and start over???:auto: Why not? Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 Sometimes people will ask me if I'm from England, which is odd since I grew up in Southern California :D :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I have a very strong accent. The funny thing is, I'm from Philly, but people keep asking me what part of Brooklyn I come from :glare: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I live very near what is considered "Da U.P". Raised with parents for whom "ain't", "t'ree" (3) and "you's guys" is proper English, I have tried very hard to master my diction and enunciation. I'm sure I'm referring more to locale than accent, but it kind of goes along the same lines (think Fargo:D). Ultimately, occasionally I will soften my "s", but not very often, because it really bothers me. I'm confident the only time I've sounded like this is on purpose, for fun (because it is kind of fun ;)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 Threads unofficially closed sorry! Ill make a new one Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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