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[KenKenpachi]

American Accent....? If you mean typical unaccented English then I assume so, but I can assure you we have alot of variations, Southerners, Wisconsion, MidWestern, people out from CA even have several accents. Then you have Spanish, Irish, Italian, Chinese, etc Americans, and even inner city and project blacks have there own accent...So what do you mean by American Accent? Because I mean short of some in hollywood and the current generation that has accents beaten out of them we differ from state to state, and city to city.

And if thats the case I don't like American unaccented English, I like to know where a person is from.

For instance I find a Jersy Accent something I would strangle you for. And if you are from the swamps and are Cajun I most likely won't understand what your saying.



As to "English accents" no I'm not attracted to them at all, or most European accents for that matter. And as to wanting to sound like Bond...I'm sorry England whenever I hear your accent I only think of ways to make fun of it, or how to steal the Lucky Charms from the Irish.  In fact in my local area among the kids I hung out in school, that was pretty much the common opinion, we made fun of those accents.  

 ITS TEA TIME!

Modifié par KenKenpachi, 03 avril 2011 - 09:51 .

[mousestalker]

I accents. My favourite one is one found in New Orleans, The 'yats' sound eerily like people from Brooklyn, but they aren't and there are distinct differences.

Actually for a truly odd aural experience, try listening to someone speaking Frisian.

Modifié par mousestalker, 03 avril 2011 - 09:51 .

[Pacifien]

KenKenpachi wrote...
So what do you mean by American Accent?

I meant exactly what I said in the first post. <_<

[KenKenpachi]

Pacifien wrote...

KenKenpachi wrote...
So what do you mean by American Accent?

I meant exactly what I said in the first post. <_<

Thats like saying someone in Vancouver and Toronto sound the same

So I'll go with Hollywood Accent, in which case I made my opinion made in the above.

Modifié par KenKenpachi, 03 avril 2011 - 10:14 .

[MajorStranger]

Russian accents is the best!

for the english native:
Aussie accent is great for a more personal discussion/friendly chat.
British is good but sometime too impersonal.
Southern American accent is plain annoying.
When they aren't mumbling, northern American accent is about the same as Canadian.
Irish, welsh and Scottish accent is between American and British.

[JaylaClark]

Unaccented == what I call 'CNN Received'. What newscasters sound like. It's an accent that Americans consider to be close to no affectations whatsoever, though it's technically a mild Midwestern accent. (As opposed to Sarah Palin's Minnesotan accent, also shared by most of the cast of Fargo... it's weird how the 'least' accented dialect is so close to one of the 'most' accented.)

[MrDizazta]

I am originally from California and I currently live in Wisconsin. Lets just say that Wisconsin accents ****** me the **** off. If you don't believe me, ask any person form Wisconsin to say bag or Oregon. Now my Californian accent is really considered a Californian accent because of where I came from. The stupid Dust Bowl and all, ****ed the whole accent part in the San Joaquin Valley (city I am from is Bakersfield).

On a side note I am find female Welsh accents to be quite attractive.

[vometia]

In general terms, I quite like accents in general: I like to hear a lot of diversity.  Admittedly there are one or two accents I could never love, but overall I like to hear all sorts.  Dunno if I really have any specific preferences though.

JaylaClark wrote...

Unaccented == what I call 'CNN Received'. What newscasters sound like. It's an accent that Americans consider to be close to no affectations whatsoever, though it's technically a mild Midwestern accent. (As opposed to Sarah Palin's Minnesotan accent, also shared by most of the cast of Fargo... it's weird how the 'least' accented dialect is so close to one of the 'most' accented.)

There's no such thing as "unaccented"; what people will hear as neutral is what they're used to.  Your "CNN Received" sounds like an American accent to me; even English RP sounds like a southern accent to my ears.  There is no "standard" accent.

Edit: unless that's what you were saying.  I seem to be having a bad reading comprehension day...

Modifié par vometia, 03 avril 2011 - 11:26 .

[Volus Warlord]

A nice accent can add 10-15 points to a woman's Hotness Quotient.

Modifié par Volus Warlord, 03 avril 2011 - 11:33 .

[wizardryforever]

Well it is important to note that there are several accents of the English language on both sides of the pond, without bringing other languages into the mix.  There are several different accents in Britain, and several accents in the US (and Canada).  Generically speaking though, I think most would agree that British accents are sexier than the normal "unaccented" American dialect.

I think I heard that Brits find authentic Southern accents sexy, especially on girls.  Largely because it is something they are rarely exposed to.  Hell, even in the US, the Southern accent is not widely circulated, except for bad imitations in movies and TV shows.  Being a Southerner myself, I can easily tell the difference.  Some of my sisters friends went to New York one time, and people kept asking them to say stuff so they could hear them talk.  Could be because my sister's friends were hot, but still.

[Blood-Lord Thanatos]

Oregonian accents do not exist. I am devoid of an accent unless I throw my voice to sound evil in a cheesy way.

[JaylaClark]

vometia wrote...

In general terms, I quite like accents in general: I like to hear a lot of diversity.  Admittedly there are one or two accents I could never love, but overall I like to hear all sorts.  Dunno if I really have any specific preferences though.

JaylaClark wrote...

Unaccented == what I call 'CNN Received'. What newscasters sound like. It's an accent that Americans consider to be close to no affectations whatsoever, though it's technically a mild Midwestern accent. (As opposed to Sarah Palin's Minnesotan accent, also shared by most of the cast of Fargo... it's weird how the 'least' accented dialect is so close to one of the 'most' accented.)

There's no such thing as "unaccented"; what people will hear as neutral is what they're used to.  Your "CNN Received" sounds like an American accent to me; even English RP sounds like a southern accent to my ears.  There is no "standard" accent.

Edit: unless that's what you were saying.  I seem to be having a bad reading comprehension day...

That's pretty much what I'm saying, I do wish I'd put it in louder quotes though.   Seriously, though, what I meant was pretty much the 'average' accent.  But I get picked out as being from New York or Long Island right away where I am (in Central Florida) yet I get picked up as a Floridian when I'm in New York.  There's even a hint of upstate New York in there, and I barely lived there for any time.

But a British accent to me is going to be clearly foreign, whether London, Liverpool, Cornwall (Craig Ferguson being my source for that one, he claims it to be the least sexy accent in existence) or right off the BBC itself.  And admittedly fairly enticing, though I'll say that about a Deep South accent as well... or a French or Polish/Russian accent.  Rowr. 

[J0HNL3I]

depends on the accent, london newcastle liverpool etc same for american i guess

[Dangerfoot]

vometia wrote...

There's no such thing as "unaccented"; what people will hear as neutral is what they're used to.

That's not exactly true, I grew up in the midwest and although drawls are rare in my area, the dialect is pretty lax and lazy. So I'm used to that and I often speak that way, but I can still tell that we're all speaking in an accent. Although "unaccented" might be a stretch, it's clear who is speaking English the closest to the way it is intended to be spoken.

[vometia]

Dangerfoot wrote...

vometia wrote...

There's no such thing as "unaccented"; what people will hear as neutral is what they're used to.

That's not exactly true, I grew up in the midwest and although drawls are rare in my area, the dialect is pretty lax and lazy. So I'm used to that and I often speak that way, but I can still tell that we're all speaking in an accent. Although "unaccented" might be a stretch, it's clear who is speaking English the closest to the way it is intended to be spoken.

So, erm, which accent would you describe as "unaccented"...?  (Edit: or who defines "the way it is intended to be spoken"?)  It won't be anything in North America because they all sound American. ignore this, I fail at reading.

Which isn't me pulling the "I don't have an accent" routine, since everybody has one.  I'd love to see someone from south east England and America's midwest fight it out over which of their accents is unaccented since both regions seem to cling to that rather absurd claim.


Edit v2: though it strikes me I may have reading-comprehension-itis again.  I should go back to bed and finish sleeping.

Modifié par vometia, 04 avril 2011 - 11:07 .

[FlintlockJazz]

Important question: where does liverpudlian fit into all this?  If you don't know what liverpudlian is go and watch Biker Grove and then come back and tell me if you understood a single word of it because I sure never did.

[vometia]

FlintlockJazz wrote...

Important question: where does liverpudlian fit into all this?  If you don't know what liverpudlian is go and watch Biker Grove and then come back and tell me if you understood a single word of it because I sure never did.

Byker Grove was set in Byker, wasn't it?  In which case the accents should be of the Geordie persuasion.  I think my sister watched it about 20 years ago but I tried not to pay too much attention.

Anyway, Liverpool's somewhere down south on the other side of the country.

I found the hardest UK accents to understand are Glaswegian and Essex, both of which leave me feeling rather gaffe-prone.

Modifié par vometia, 04 avril 2011 - 12:11 .

[Druss99]

FlintlockJazz wrote...

Important question: where does liverpudlian fit into all this?  If you don't know what liverpudlian is go and watch Biker Grove and then come back and tell me if you understood a single word of it because I sure never did.

Thats more of a noise than an accent. It often sounds like talking to a wounded goat over a broken walky talky.

Also I don't remember Byker Grove being in Liverpool, wasn't it Newcastle? Weren't those two creeps who can't appear on TV without each other in it? PJ and Duncan I think they were called.

Modifié par Druss99, 04 avril 2011 - 12:12 .

[Moondoggie]

Aparently PJ and Duncan spend all their time together outside of work and live near each other i think they are just in denial. Come on lads it's 2011 you can tell us the truth XD