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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: What American Accent do you have? Reply #25 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 9:36am I might be just a "little" southern... Imagine that honey chile... Hugs BD
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midwestbeth Ex Member	Re: What American Accent do you have? Reply #26 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 10:16am Neutral midwestern accent with no accent at all.... Beth
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Reply #27 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 10:19am

Well, it says I'm neutral - which is fine because I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, then moved to St. Louis, then moved to Vermilion, Ohio, then moved to Philly.

The progression of my accents really did change with each place I lived. Ask Helen, after 8 days in England I was starting to morph - I'm that kind of person who just unconsciously starts talking like whoever I spend time around.

When I first started talking through whenever it finally washed out of me in St. Louis, I had this very very thick southern accent. And actually, so did my mother, who never grew up in the south and never has had a hint of southern accent since - but she truly did when we lived there! (Maybe she's a morph'er (my made-up term) too!)

Then, living in St. Louis and Ohio changed me. There are regional differences in words, but not really accent.

Philly has been the most interesting, and where I have lived for the longest. I'm not sure if that quiz identifies a Philly/South Jersey accent, but I'm thinking it doesn't because then it would have picked up mine.

For instance, how do you say the word water? Does it sound like wooder? How about radiator? (Said with short a like in Cat) How about tournament? That one was a tough one - when I lived in the midwest, we said it like turn-a-ment, but now I say it like tore-na-ment, which is what they say around here. And a final one is culdesac. Before, I would have pronounced that cull-dih-sac, and now I say cole-duh-sac.

My mom even says that out of all of us, she hears the Philadelphia accent most in me. Maybe that's because I live closest to the city and work/spend all my time at doc appts in the city. There are lots of other nuances to the Philadelphia/South Jersey accent, but those above are the easiest to describe!

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Re: What American Accent do you have?
Reply #28 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 10:25am

Oooh one thing to add. Perhaps the most difficult thing about living in this area is the pronunciation of my own name!

I never could tell the difference between Carrie, Keri, or any other spellings. Same with Mary, Merry....

People in this area and in New York City (my college roommate was a true New Yorker) say those names very differently. I can't even phonetically type out how my name is said here, but I cannot tell you the number of people who tell me that I say my own name wrong. That's hilarious. So then, so that people would quit saying that and so that when I was asked my name and someone needed to write it down, I started pronouncing it with the distinctive "aaah" that people around here and in NYC use.

My dad now makes fun of me by mimicking the way I say my name (badly) and saying that I've changed it to sound like people around here. I told him that it depends who I'm speaking to - if someone asks me straight out, I say it the way I always have - but if I'm having to speak it to someone who has to write it down, then I say it in the more Eastern way.

Nothing gives you an identity crisis more than people telling you you don't know how to pronounce your own name! haha

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Reply #29 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 1:26pm

Northeastern

This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn`t sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn`t mean you don`t pronounce R`s.(People in Jersey don`t call their state "Joisey" in real life)

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Reply #30 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 2:19pm

Hmmmmmmm. Well now, aren't I special? Seems I don't have an identity. Since I've lived in California almost my whole life, I don't get it???

Neutral

You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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stevegeebe CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1687 Mandeville, LA Gender:	Re: What American Accent do you have? Reply #33 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 9:55pm Northeastern. Specifically.... Brooklyn. Port city accents are similar...so I've been told. This bears it out I guess. Steve G
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Re: What American Accent do you have?
Reply #35 - Jun 15^th, 2008 at 7:29am

Mine would be Dutch off course. As the Netherlands are a place much visited by you Americans, I can say that most of you think of it as cute, Dutchmen speaking English Grin

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I recently saw 'The devil's rejects' (just LUV horror movies, nothing you can do about it) which takes place in I guess Alabama or Texas or something, some rural area, and have to admit I thought it was so funny (in a good way), such thick accents!

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Reply #36 - Jun 15^th, 2008 at 8:36am

maalstroom wrote on Jun 15^th, 2008 at 7:29am:

Mine would be Dutch off course. As the Netherlands are a place much visited by you Americans, I can say that most of you think of it as cute, Dutchmen speaking English Grin

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Since I speak (some) English and (less) German, whenever I listen to Dutch being spoken, it almost makes sense to me, but.....not quite. It's become quite clear to me that whenever I think I'm getting the gist of a conversation in Dutch, I'm often horribly mistaken.

For example, my tin linguistic ear insists that your moniker--maalstroom--either means this:

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Obviously it is not wise to depend upon my interpretation of Dutch. Wink

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Reply #37 - Jun 15^th, 2008 at 1:29pm

Northern??!

I must suck at taking tests. I've never even been to that part of the country.

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Reply #38 - Jun 15^th, 2008 at 6:14pm

Hi,

born in Liverpool, have lived in London now down in the South west of England - but the quiz reckons I have a Northeastern accent - New Jersey .

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
Northeastern

This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn`t sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn`t mean you don`t pronounce R`s.(People in Jersey don`t call their state "Joisey" in real life)

Crazy or what?

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Reply #42 - Jun 17^th, 2008 at 1:12pm

That was interesting! I was neutral. I live in an area called South St. Louis where people do have a bit of an accent. They say "fark" for fork, "southmore" for sophomore "farty" for forty "warsh: for wash....... you get the idea. I try hard to say those words especially the correct way.

My husband's family is from Eastern Tenn. When we visit, my kids and my husband fall quickly into their accent. One time we were there at a restaurant when a waitress said. " Ya'll ain't from round here are ya? I could tell from ya'lls accent." We cracked up!

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Cathi_Pierce CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1191 x0\|Oregon City\|USA\|\|0\|0\|OR,Oregon Gender:	Re: What American Accent do you have? Reply #43 - Jun 17^th, 2008 at 1:55pm Even though I was born in the South( that's Suthun Califooornia).I am another Neutral....... perhaps thatmakes me a REAL All-Amurican girl? I dunno........... Cathi
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I'm curious. I've always lived in the west, grew up in the Southwest. But after 6 years of Theatre they beat any trace of accent out of me unless I was supposed to have one. Wink

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Neutral You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

Same for me. Makes sense to me. Dad grew up in Montana, Minnesota, Mother is from North Carolina. I grew up in Minnesota, spent time in Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and now live in Kansas.

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Reply #47 - Jun 19^th, 2008 at 1:41am

George wrote on Jun 15^th, 2008 at 8:36am:

maalstroom wrote on Jun 15^th, 2008 at 7:29am:

Mine would be Dutch off course. As the Netherlands are a place much visited by you Americans, I can say that most of you think of it as cute, Dutchmen speaking English Grin

!

Since I speak (some) English and (less) German, whenever I listen to Dutch being spoken, it almost makes sense to me, but.....not quite. It's become quite clear to me that whenever I think I'm getting the gist of a conversation in Dutch, I'm often horribly mistaken.

For example, my tin linguistic ear insists that your moniker--maalstroom--either means this:

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or this:

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Obviously it is not wise to depend upon my interpretation of Dutch. Wink

Best wishes,

George

Well, George, you were right on the second one. Maalstroom is a word to describe to most violent of vortexes, and literally translated it would spell grinding stream.
German and Dutch are indeed similar, but different enough to be very confusing to none-native speakers. The same goes for the Scandinavian languages. I can have a decent conversation in Norwegian, and therefor understand a little Swedish, but not more than to get the jist of it. However, my knowledge of Swedish is so basic, I couldn't reply in a proper manner.

Greetings from the Netherlands.

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Reply #48 - Jun 19^th, 2008 at 10:30am

Western

Western is kind of neutral, but not quite since it`s still possible to tell where you`re from. So you might not actually be from the West (but you probably are). If you really want to sound "neutral," learn how to say "stock" and "stalk" differently.

I'm an oil brat...spent most of my life in Wyoming and Oklahoma...makes sense I guess....

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