Who all's got an accent?

puma · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:49 pm

nope. i've been told that i sound like a typical la girl / valley girl (whatever that means). as if!

wenchlette · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:55 pm

I am monotone at all times.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:59 pm

No accent, actually. Though I do pronounce orange with arr beginning. Because I like pirates.

seafoam · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:11 pm

slight southern with a hint of NY- ish at times due to mentors rubbing off on me, some have said I sound like I'm from New Orleans

I think I sound a bit nasal with occassional southern idioms and familiars and mainly animate with a NY accent(that's the italian showing)

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:11 pm

i don't have an accent, but for the life of me, i can't say "ruined" correctly. i always say "rooned".

Harry Monster · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:17 pm

Sen. Two Live Them LooGAR Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

Just like everyone else I have the same factors that influence this:

1) Have I been drinking?
2) Who are you asking?
3) What crowd am I hanging out with?

When I worked in the Midwest I was told I had a thick southern accent. It doesn't come out that much except on certain words.

If I'm drunk and a lot of "I ain't"'s start flying then it could be classified, by Loogar at one point, as "hick". I resent this.

I believe Bloor and I came to the rightful conclusion that, being from Dalton, you are classified as a "hillbilly"

Whoah Senator!
Let's not forget that Dalton, GA is the carpet capital of the world. Where as it is on the way to the hills of Tennnesee I believe it still lies in what may be considered the Piedmont.

Hick or redneck should suffice.

T. P. Warfare · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:40 pm

Been a DJ so long I don't have an accent, but most of those around me sound like a cross between Boomhauer from King Of The Hill and Lawrence from Office Space. Basically the cast of Trailer Park Boys, with the occasional Stephen King-style Maine-uh mixed in.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:57 pm

Harry Monster Wrote:

Sen. Two Live Them LooGAR Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

Just like everyone else I have the same factors that influence this:

1) Have I been drinking?
2) Who are you asking?
3) What crowd am I hanging out with?

When I worked in the Midwest I was told I had a thick southern accent. It doesn't come out that much except on certain words.

If I'm drunk and a lot of "I ain't"'s start flying then it could be classified, by Loogar at one point, as "hick". I resent this.

I believe Bloor and I came to the rightful conclusion that, being from Dalton, you are classified as a "hillbilly"

Whoah Senator!
Let's not forget that Dalton, GA is the carpet capital of the world. Where as it is on the way to the hills of Tennnesee I believe it still lies in what may be considered the Piedmont.

Hick or redneck should suffice.

How could I possibly forget, what with all the bodies Benny has rolled up in used carpet and dumped over dams over the years?

Harry Monster · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:06 pm

Carpet werks............it sinks

Pagoda · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:11 pm

I tend to have an affection problem. ie I affect the accent of those around me. In my normal voice I have been told my accent is totally ambiguos. I do use y'all thought. Most useful word on the planet if you ask me.

I also have the ability to quickly copy accents. And not in that Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins bullshit.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

When I showed a friend of Aurals around town last year she said she was disappointed I didn't sound Scottish enough.

I suppose she expected me to sound like Grounds Keeper Willie or something.

I should ham it up for the tourists.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

konstantinl Wrote:

I suppose she expected me to sound like Grounds Keeper Willie or something.

"YA YEWSED MEH SKINNER! YA YEWSED MEH!!!"

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

<== don't drive no damned Hyundai, drives him a not-so-big ol' V-8.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

people always know i'm from the midwest or chicago. i grew up in the back of the yards (stockyards) area in chicago and although i have managed to work the dem, deeze, doze and udder such tings outa my accent they can still rear their ugly heads when i go back.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:48 pm

DunwoodyDude Wrote:

TheTwilightKid Wrote:

fuck you you fucking fuck....

(NYC accent)

Fair enough, TK. But what kind of NYC accent? Bronx sounds different from Brooklyn. I've got a major Bronx accent. I literally have to consciously speak slowly and enunciate when, for example, I order at a restaurant here in the south.

Steve

Well, actually.....When Im in Florida, people instantly know that I grew up in Long Island, so that's it I guess.

I do saw Cawfee (coffee) and carrr (car), so thats kinda city-like.

puma · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:00 pm

dov you totally have a ny accent. i remember from our baja/amoeba rendezvous.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

TheTwilightKid Wrote:

Well, actually.....When Im in Florida, people instantly know that I grew up in Long Island, so that's it I guess.

Naffunnuthin, but he was talking about NYC accents.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

whut are you's guys tawlkin bout?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:11 pm

Re: the "Canadian" accent.

Just a reminder that Canada is as far across as the US and saying there's one distinct Canadian accent is like saying all Americans speak like Brooklynites.

<---- does not have a Toronto accent.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

ey, ah'm from bensonhoist, look at me!

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:39 pm

pumachik Wrote:

dov you totally have a ny accent. i remember from our baja/amoeba rendezvous.

And I didn't even try and steal your wallet or slash your tires either!!!! Must have liked ya.....I did get ya to spend money that you didnt want to do though....lol.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:39 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Re: the "Canadian" accent.

Just a reminder that Canada is as far across as the US and saying there's one distinct Canadian accent is like saying all Americans speak like Brooklynites.

<---- does not have a Toronto accent.

Don't you mean Tronna?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:43 pm

And while we're on the subject, I've always been curious about why Americans think Canadians pronounce about as aboot. What part of Canada pronounces it like that? Is it a Maritimes thing or what? Cuz I've never known anybody with that particular accent affliction.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:45 pm

those kids on degrassi sure talk funny.

oh shit, did i just say that out loud?

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:46 pm

I think its cause of Degrassi Junior High...Thats why I think it.

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