Accents? Speak 'em if you got 'em.

[jbig31]

Do you have an accent? Apparently I do.

This article is spot on. I guess we are here in Michigan.

http://melbel.hubpages.com/hub/Michigan-Accent

[Navster]

Yeah I have an accent, here's how it sounds,

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[jbig31]

Originally Posted by Navster

Yeah I have an accent, here's how it sounds,

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[Show spoiler]I don't read sign language!

[Navster]

Originally Posted by jbig31

[Show spoiler]I don't read sign language!

[filmnut5]

Originally Posted by jbig31

Do you have an accent? Apparently I do.

This article is spot on. I guess we are here in Michigan.

http://melbel.hubpages.com/hub/Michigan-Accent

Having been to Michigan many, many times in my life I can DEFINITELY vouch for your accent. It's basically the same as Western New Yorkers. People from Detroit and Buffalo sound the same (pop sounds like pap). Thank God we don't have those crazy accents in Canada...No Doot Aboot it...eh!

[MaCruz]

My parents, their brothers, and sisters have accents. As for me, I don't.

[Blu-Benny]

i'm told all the time i have an accent.....apparently i speak "up nort"

[Blu Titan]

I was born in Cuba...think Ricky Ricardo .

[master_8ball]

As a Canadian who has been to the US a number of times the Americans I have met always said they would have never guessed I was Canadian... The whole "Aboot" things is BS and the closest to that pronunciation would be the folks on the East Coast. I am sure I do have some kinda accent when saying certain words but its not noticable to me.

edit: I do say Eh a lot though.

[kpkelley]

Accent? I don't have an accent.

Now you'll have to excuse me while I paahk my caaah at Haahvaahd Yaahd, gonna chaaahgh it on da credit caahd.

[EdDave]

Originally Posted by master_8ball

As a Canadian who has been to the US a number of times the Americans I have met always said they would have never guessed I was Canadian... The whole "Aboot" things is BS and the closest to that pronunciation would be the folks on the East Coast. I am sure I do have some kinda accent when saying certain words but its not noticable to me.

edit: I do say Eh a lot though.

Yup agreed. Most Americans would never be able to tell I was from Canada because we sound no different. Unless you're from Newfoundland or the Northwest Territories then theres usually a bit of an accent.

[P@t_Mtl]

If I speak French, well for most other French speaking people in the world, I do have one and a rather strange one, or so they say. If I speak English, yes I have this French accent that come's out but is usually popular with the ladies

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by master_8ball

As a Canadian who has been to the US a number of times the Americans I have met always said they would have never guessed I was Canadian... The whole "Aboot" things is BS and the closest to that pronunciation would be the folks on the East Coast. I am sure I do have some kinda accent when saying certain words but its not noticable to me.

edit: I do say Eh a lot though.

That's just as big of a stereotype as what the Americans hold about the Canadian accent.

I'm from mainland NS, and when I was in London, Ontario, people assumed I was from Ontario, as I don't have the "East Coast accent."

Some people on the East Coast have accents, others don't. Accents even vary from different parts of the same East Coast province. My mother's family grew up on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, and there's traces of German in their accents, since it was an area heavily settled by Germans. Dad's family grew up on the North Shore about an hour away from Cape Breton, which has more of the celtic tinge to it, since that area was settled predominantly by the Scots, English, and Irish. It's not as strong as say some who come from Cape Breton, but it's there.

[Johnny Vinyl]

I was born in The Netherlands (Dutch), learnt English and French while living in Quebec for 20 years, and now live in Ontario. I probably have some kind of accent.

[filmnut5]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

I was born in The Netherlands (Dutch), learnt English and French while living in Quebec for 20 years, and now live in Ontario. I probably have some kind of accent.

...can anyone understand you? Just kidding bros. Wish I were trlingual...eh!

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by filmnut5

...can anyone understand you? Just kidding bros. Wish I were trlingual...eh!

I'm not 100% trilingual any more, as I rarely get to speak Dutch and French, but I am certainly more than proficient at it. I just lucked out living where I have....had no choice. Either learn the langauge or get the crap beat out of you...LOL!

[master_8ball]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

That's just as big of a stereotype as what the Americans hold about the Canadian accent.

I'm from mainland NS, and when I was in London, Ontario, people assumed I was from Ontario, as I don't have the "East Coast accent."

Some people on the East Coast have accents, others don't. Accents even vary from different parts of the same East Coast province. My mother's family grew up on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, and there's traces of German in their accents, since it was an area heavily settled by Germans. Dad's family grew up on the North Shore about an hour away from Cape Breton, which has more of the celtic tinge to it, since that area was settled predominantly by the Scots, English, and Irish. It's not as strong as say some who come from Cape Breton, but it's there.

Maybe I shouldn't have generalized by saying people on the East Coast, but every person from Newfoundland that I have known had a distinct accent. I spent a few months in B.C. a few years back and noticed some people had a bit of a different accent while others did not.

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by filmnut5

...can anyone understand you? Just kidding bros. Wish I were trlingual...eh!

I met John and I'll tell you: he sounds 100% Ontarian.

[SDon1969]

No typical northeastern accent here; my parents moved around too much, I think (Mass, Colorado, Maine, Germany), for me to develop one.

Of course, living here in Mass I get to hear a heck of a lot of "R"-less speaking (see kpkelley's example, lol)!

[Cevolution]

I was born in New Zealand, my family moved to Australia when I was 6, so I sound 100% Australian, nobody can tell that I'm a kiwi unless I mention it to them. Though my parents have half New Zealand half Australian accents.