American Accents

[jnd94]

Yep, I live in Chicago too, and instead of saying "oh", we say "ah"

[mybike_yourface]

As an American, I think 'English accents' make everybody... from little children to professors... sound very smart and sophisticated.
What do you [meaning people who live in England-- or actually anywhere other than the USA] think of "American Accents"? Do they just sound funny? Smart? Extraordinarily dumb?

have you ever heard a cockney accent?

[unriggable]

What about us here in the MidWest/Plains?

we have no accent

Selfcentered much?

[Frigidus]

What about us here in the MidWest/Plains?

we have no accent

Selfcentered much?

At least he didn't mention that we're smarter than you guys...

[unriggable]

What about us here in the MidWest/Plains?

we have no accent

Selfcentered much?

At least he didn't mention that we're smarter than you guys...

Because when he gets an answer wrong in class, its not that he got it wrong, but that the facts are wrong.

[Ham]

I dont think an accent is that big of a deal at all. I mean you cant really help the way you were brought up to speak so really people with different accents dont have different Iq's at all.

I have a Southern accent becaue I was raised in the South and thats how everyone talks.

[strike wolf]

The fact that I live near a major airport and the diversity of my neighborhood has really caused me to have a mostly neutral accent. I don't say "y'all" or anything like that.

[Hitman079]

Southern accent - deduct 30 IQ points.

Canadian accent - deduct 10 IQ Points.

Boston or NY accent - deduct 5 IQ Points.

what about midwest accent?

[dcowboys055]

Southern accent - deduct 30 IQ points.

Canadian accent - deduct 10 IQ Points.

Boston or NY accent - deduct 5 IQ Points.

what about midwest accent?

Midwest is supposedly the "cleanest" US accent, or the easiest to understand. I agree but I'm from the midwest so I'm biased. One funny thing I've heard is that Wisconsinites (me) speak really fast? Anyone else ever heard that, doesnt seem like it to me.

[Balsiefen]

Almost everyone thinks they either have no or a neutral accent because thats what they're used to.

[Fircoal]

Almost everyone thinks they either have no or a neutral accent because thats what they're used to.

ya, I have no idea what my California accent is. Just used to it.

[daddy1gringo]

Canadian accent - deduct 10 IQ Points.

How dare you! My acent does not make me stooopid... ...

"e=mc squared, EH"
Does not sound smart.

What is this abooot?!

I don't know what you're talking abut!

Stereotypical rural Canadian accent = "Eh?" at the end of every sentence. For an example rent Disney's "Brother Bear" and listen to the 2 moose talk.

[daddy1gringo]

what about midwest accent?

Midwest is supposedly the "cleanest" US accent, or the easiest to understand. I agree but I'm from the midwest so I'm biased. One funny thing I've heard is that Wisconsinites (me) speak really fast? Anyone else ever heard that, doesnt seem like it to me.

You can tell a midwesterner if he says the words "root" or "roof." He will pronounce the "oo" like "foot" where the rest of the English-speaking world pronounces it like "moon" or "dude." He ill also call "pop" what everybody else calls "soda", except the greater Boston area, where it is "tonic".

[dcowboys055]

what about midwest accent?

Midwest is supposedly the "cleanest" US accent, or the easiest to understand. I agree but I'm from the midwest so I'm biased.

You can tell a midwesterner if he says the words "root" or "roof." He will pronounce the "oo" like "foot" where the rest of the English-speaking world pronounces it like "moon" or "dude." He ill also call "pop" what everybody else calls "soda", except the greater Boston area, where it is "tonic".

It's not 'pop' in Milwaukee, but I hear that a lot when I go to Chicago.

One funny thing about Milwaukee is that instead of saying "water fountain," we say "bubbler" Nowhere else in the US have I heard that.

[dustn64]

what about midwest accent?

Midwest is supposedly the "cleanest" US accent, or the easiest to understand. I agree but I'm from the midwest so I'm biased.

You can tell a midwesterner if he says the words "root" or "roof." He will pronounce the "oo" like "foot" where the rest of the English-speaking world pronounces it like "moon" or "dude." He ill also call "pop" what everybody else calls "soda", except the greater Boston area, where it is "tonic".

I say roof and root like that. But I do say "pop", so I am guilty of one thing.

And when people from Oklahoma come up from the 20 minute drive to here (I live in Kansas) we can tell the big difference of accents. Like they say "Buttin" instead of "Button"

[unriggable]

You can tell a midwesterner if he says the words "root" or "roof." He will pronounce the "oo" like "foot" where the rest of the English-speaking world pronounces it like "moon" or "dude." He ill also call "pop" what everybody else calls "soda", except the greater Boston area, where it is "tonic".

Who the hell calls it tonic?

[Ham]

The person who does his research on wikipedia.

[Stymie]

I am from New Mexico and I have a very distinctive accent. Just because I have a accent does not mean that I am a dumb person.
Yes, there are some goofy people out there, but don't blame it on their accent. That has nothing to do with it.

Someone mentioned the word y'all...
What is wrong with that word?

[autoload]

Yep, I live in Chicago too, and instead of saying "oh", we say "ah"

Ditka...

[Mjolnirs]

I think 'English accents' make everybody... from little children to professors... sound pretentious.

Fixed

Someone mentioned the word y'all...
What is wrong with that word?

Not a thing, especially when spelled correctly.
y'all=correct
ya'll=wrong

[muy_thaiguy]

what about midwest accent?

Midwest is supposedly the "cleanest" US accent, or the easiest to understand. I agree but I'm from the midwest so I'm biased.

You can tell a midwesterner if he says the words "root" or "roof." He will pronounce the "oo" like "foot" where the rest of the English-speaking world pronounces it like "moon" or "dude." He ill also call "pop" what everybody else calls "soda", except the greater Boston area, where it is "tonic".[/quote]Well, can't argue with that. But right now, I'm enjoying a can of pop while my roof is covered in snow.

[Serbia]

I'm from the midwest, and say "roof" like "foot" but "root" like "moon". And pop is almost all I drink.

[muy_thaiguy]

I'm from the midwest, and say "roof" like "foot" but "root" like "moon". And pop is almost all I drink.

I switch between the ways I say "roof" and "root," just depends is all.

[cho a$$ up]

i never noticed the *oo* thing before.

but i dont call soda pop.

[static_ice]

Let's not forget the Midwestern Redneck Accent, a species which have migrated from down under within the last few decades and consume the quality of life for the more native species.