Accents and The Escapist!

[Flunk]

Like the word "decal". Always seemed normal to me to pronounce it "deckle" but apparently the usual American pronunciation is "Dee cal".

I've lived in 4 major Canadian cities from coast to coast, including Vancouver, and I have never heard a single person pronounce it "deckle".

That's funny, I'm from Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and I pronounce it "deckle" but it doesn't exactly come up often.

I have also been told that I don't really sound like I'm from Toronto, I have no idea how that's possible as I grew up here.

I can fake a Nebraska accent if I want, because I used to have a job that involved calling down there every single day. That and It's not really that different, you just have to pronounce a few things differently and say some slightly different phrases. It comes in handy at my current job when I have to call the US.

 

[FateOrFatality]

Predominately Australian, but some people think my accent has a bit of an American sound to it (probably more when I say specific words). It's possible, as my mum is American and my dad is Australian, and I've spent a fair bit of time in the U.S.

So yeah, a bit of a mix but mostly an Australian accent. Not like Crocodile Dundee or anything though - I'm from Sydney.

South Australian with an American/English mother (Born in Connecticut, moved to England then came to Australia) so my accent is quite mixed. Aussies think I'm an American and Americans think I'm an Aussie.

My accent is very much like this, actually. My mum grew up split between Los Angeles and Hong Kong, where she attended an international school and picked up a bit of an English accent.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

Edit: Also,

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I've seen you on a few topics and I feel the need to let you know, your avatar makes me feel warm inside!

Thanks! Nice to see fellow FF fans on these forums. I mean Square, and by extension their fans, are kind of looked down upon by most Escapists, at least from what I've seen. But hey, we stick together and don't let them get us down, right?

Anyway, thanks for noticing!

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

If you've seen Fargo, that's pretty much me, I guess. They exaggerate the Minnesotan accent in the movie, but then again, I'm from the northern rural area of the state and even my fellow Minnesotans from the southern part poke fun at me and my O's.

I blame it on my Scandinavian heritage.

Oh dear, I have family in Northern Minnesota and their accents are so thick it's like I'm in Fargo, as you say. I'm visiting them in two weeks, God help me. And as a fellow Scandinavian, don't you dare! We have Viking's blood!

OT: Well, I'm from Arizona and I don't have one. I will say though that I'm very susceptible to picking up someone's accent and colloquialisms if I hang out with them long enough.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

Californian Accent with a little Korean due to immigrant parents, but you really wouldn't notice.

So do you talk like...

Spoiler: this? ;D

 

[TheRussian]

I live in the SouthEast, but my accent is that of Niko Bellic, and I'm damn proud of it!

 

[ImperialSunlight]

Um, Canadian. Whatever that is. I honestly can't tell, to me it just sounds normal. But of course, everybody's does. I think I have a slight French accent, though, coming from my mother, who is French and maybe a bit of Irish from my dad's family.

I'm also a bit soft-spoken and don't speak very well when I don't have time to think of what I should say. This is venturing away from accents, but I very often say things that I regret because I didn't think about it. Very embarrassing.

I live in the SouthEast, but my accent is that of Niko Bellic, and I'm damn proud of it!

The SouthEast of where?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Well, I've got a good ear for picking apart dialects, but from what I've heard of you on the YouTubes, you don't have an accent. Of course, you could just be doing that whole "try to sound neutral" kind of thing. I wouldn't know a damn thing about that.

I can tell you right now I don't try to alter my voice for my videos or anything. When I do try to alter my voice it sounds strained and forced. So yeah, that's everyday me.

 

[FrozenCones]

A mixture of British (North London) and Australian.

 

[Sperium 3000]

I'm Brazilian, and frankly I have no idea what kind of accent I have. According to some of my American friends, an accent is noticeable, but I actually speak English much better than even some Americans they know.

 

[Death Carr]

Both my parents are english, but I've grown up in Australia, so its kind of a bastard child Aussie/mid-England mash up.

 

[Varitel]

I have a non-regional American accent, more or less. I'm from outside of Boston, but I never had that problem with my r's like a lot of other people from around here. I'm sure that I have a little bit of "Bahstin" in my accent, but not much. However, I do use a lot of the local vernacular, such that very good becomes "wicked awesome". Sometimes I do try and stick the accent in there, like when I talk about "Glostah" (Gloucester).

 

[applesandoranges]

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[Creator002]

I'm from Melbourne Australia and have the general Australian accent. Our accent (and language for that matter) is quite lazy though. Most people I know don't really pronounce the G at the end of words, so it sounds like "I'm goin' fishin' tomorrow" and we don't pronounce our ERs at the end of a words, saying "ah" instead of "er". E.G. Together. "Too-geth-ah" as opposed to "too-geth-er".
Weirdly though, I say "aluminium" the American way (ah-loo-mee-num) rather than the British (and therefore, Australian) way everyone else does (al-yoo-min-ee-um).

 

[Sleepy Sol]

I don't think I have a particular accent, but being from the Southeastern United States means using a few Southern slang words occasionally, I guess. No Southern drawl at all though.

 

[ungothicdove]

If you've seen Fargo, that's pretty much me, I guess. They exaggerate the Minnesotan accent in the movie, but then again, I'm from the northern rural area of the state and even my fellow Minnesotans from the southern part poke fun at me and my O's.

I blame it on my Scandinavian heritage.

Oh dear, I have family in Northern Minnesota and their accents are so thick it's like I'm in Fargo, as you say. I'm visiting them in two weeks, God help me. And as a fellow Scandinavian, don't you dare! We have Viking's blood!

OT: Well, I'm from Arizona and I don't have one. I will say though that I'm very susceptible to picking up someone's accent and colloquialisms if I hang out with them long enough.

Haha, just because I blame it on the heritage doesn't mean I hate it! I like it but I guess I
came across whiny I am disappointed that the Viking blood hasn't gifted me with a long,
flowing, golden beard though!

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

If you've seen Fargo, that's pretty much me, I guess. They exaggerate the Minnesotan accent in the movie, but then again, I'm from the northern rural area of the state and even my fellow Minnesotans from the southern part poke fun at me and my O's.

I blame it on my Scandinavian heritage.

Oh dear, I have family in Northern Minnesota and their accents are so thick it's like I'm in Fargo, as you say. I'm visiting them in two weeks, God help me. And as a fellow Scandinavian, don't you dare! We have Viking's blood!

OT: Well, I'm from Arizona and I don't have one. I will say though that I'm very susceptible to picking up someone's accent and colloquialisms if I hang out with them long enough.

Haha, just because I blame it on the heritage doesn't mean I hate it! I like it but I guess I
came across whiny I am disappointed that the Viking blood hasn't gifted me with a long,
flowing, golden beard though!

Right? Or an axe for the men folk. And for us ladies? A horned helmet. I want one....

But the only thing we should be complaining about is our inability to tan properly. I don't like burning, sun, this is why we are enemies!

 

[CleverCover]

I guess I have a New York accent with a bit of Southern thrown in there from my mama.

 

[merc hunter]

I'm from New Zealand so I say fush and chups instead of fish and chips, along with all of the other stereotypes. In saying that I've also developed a bit of a redneck accent which is a strange hybrid of kiwi and Australian accents somehow. Thats what you get for being from NZ's sunshine capitol Nelson.

 

[holy_secret]

When speaking Swedish, I speak with a stockholm accent (ja venne hu man kan skriva på stockolmska), When speaking Spanish, I speak with a chilean accent (tu tendriai provlema entennerme, o me cachai weon?). When speaking German, I speak with a bavarian accent (owa de saupraissn vastäjn me nierd). Finally, when speaking Italian, I have a spanish accent and influences (ciao bella como estai? Sai ho visto tu amico ieri. No so che dovrei dire.)

That's pretty much it.