I live in East Midlands but I'm not originally from the UK, nor is English my first language. So yes, I've got a distinctive European accent which I'm unable to get rid of.
Do you speak with an accent?
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I don't know why, but:
I say "Alright" like I'm Irish (I'll also say "Irish" in the same accent)
I'll ask questions like I'm British (Not the accent, just the words I enunciate, if that makes sense)
I'll say "About" and "Again" like I'm Canadian (A-Boot, and A-Gain)
As for everyday speech, I have a pretty normal (boring) American Accent.
I say "Alright" like I'm Irish (I'll also say "Irish" in the same accent)
I'll ask questions like I'm British (Not the accent, just the words I enunciate, if that makes sense)
I'll say "About" and "Again" like I'm Canadian (A-Boot, and A-Gain)
As for everyday speech, I have a pretty normal (boring) American Accent.
I'm from central New York. However, in high school, I was sometimes made fun of for the way I pronounced certain words. I realized it was because I did so with a hint of southern, and it was very easy for me to figure out why. My mother is from Cincinnati, and she grew up listening to Kentucky blue collar workers talking. Clearly some of that has filtered into my own accent.
That is true, I share the feeling - all of my English teachers been like that. Hell once in gymnasium course I had to translate my speech... To the teacher and students alike. Mainly because I spoke with accent described earlier and used the correct words relative to the subject.excalipoor said:
Nope but in saying so I don't have an accent in general (I guess I didn't develop one when I was taken in the Chinese and English dialogue spoken by my parent as a baby). In saying so my driver instrustor once thought my accent is American but I disagree (yes I have been to the US but I don't think did caught an accent from there).
I was five when we moved from Costa Rica to holland, so my spanish is simple and I cannot bring myself to swear in it, as swearing is one of the worst things you can do when you're young.
Spaniards find my speech boorish, partly because my refusal to pronounce the z with a 'lithp'. My Dutch, however is perfectly and completely accentless.
When I speak english I tend to sound a bit on the British side, because I've always thought it sounded nice.
Spaniards find my speech boorish, partly because my refusal to pronounce the z with a 'lithp'. My Dutch, however is perfectly and completely accentless.
When I speak english I tend to sound a bit on the British side, because I've always thought it sounded nice.
I have a mess of an accent. Even I can tell it's there, listening to myself, but it has no discernible nature.
I also have a habit of picking up mannerisms/accents unintentionally over time. Which makes me a very different person to talk with every few months.
I also have a habit of picking up mannerisms/accents unintentionally over time. Which makes me a very different person to talk with every few months.
Hmm, i think i have a accent when talking English,but What it is,varies.
Some say it sounds Canadian...but i think many Finnish people sound like that.
Some say it sounds Canadian...but i think many Finnish people sound like that.
Moved to Scotland from England, so yeah.
The accents I find interesting are from overseas students at uni. You sort of have an idea of how someone from say China will speak english, but then they speak this weird variant which is like the Chinese accent you expect, but then randomly Scottish all over the place.
The accents I find interesting are from overseas students at uni. You sort of have an idea of how someone from say China will speak english, but then they speak this weird variant which is like the Chinese accent you expect, but then randomly Scottish all over the place.
I was born in the American South but I never really developed a strong accent. My family is mostly from California and my friends from the Northern US, so never really developed that "twang".
And I just have to say, thank God. That "twang" is annoying beyond belief.
And I just have to say, thank God. That "twang" is annoying beyond belief.
Stockholm, Sweden, and I speak like everyone else here. I do however speak quickly and suck at articulating, so no one understands me anyways.
Well I live in Sweden and don't speak English with a Swedish accent, so SCORE! My accent is pretty all over the place though; American with a side of Irish - or, on a good day, Irish with a side of American - and some British English thrown in for good measure.
Here's me reading the first few paragraphs of Neil Gaiman's American Gods: http://vocaroo.com/i/s19CYu7bvuCL
Here's me reading the first few paragraphs of Neil Gaiman's American Gods: http://vocaroo.com/i/s19CYu7bvuCL
Well the basingstoke accent is basically London with most of the particularly outstanding cockney inflections subdued. My accent is a mix of that and the odd twang from various influences in my family. There's posher bits and Welsher bits and decidedly less posh bits...
+ I tend to go Irish when I'm drunk. That's not a joke, I really do...
+ I tend to go Irish when I'm drunk. That's not a joke, I really do...
I have a pretty heavy Canadian accent. Even when speaking other languages it seeps through a little.
My accent's sort of vaguely posh English, but I do tend to drawl sometimes and use ain't instead of isn't, which sort of ruins the sophisticated effect. I'm told when I'm angry strong traces of Brummie creep in as well.
I live in a small market town in the UK and the people in the area speak with a sort of country twang that other people from outside the area notice very quickly.
Apparently though I do not have the same twang and I sound very accent neutral and a bit posh. I don't know why though, my parents and siblings all speak as per the local accent and dialect but I don't.
Apparently though I do not have the same twang and I sound very accent neutral and a bit posh. I don't know why though, my parents and siblings all speak as per the local accent and dialect but I don't.