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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 19, 2019 14:59:24 GMT
Well some Americans think that Americans don`t have an accent, but of course they do as everybody has an accent.
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Post by kls on Jan 19, 2019 15:01:35 GMT
There are accents, but not really a national accent.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Jan 19, 2019 16:56:11 GMT
Many are just weird that way.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 19, 2019 16:57:13 GMT
Well some Americans think that Americans don`t have an accent, but of course they do as everybody has an accent. Americans think they don't have an accent because they're stupid. Of course we have accents. If the English language came to us via the British then it's the British who sound correct and we're the ones who changed the accent to something else. We even have accents amongst ourselves depending on the part of the country! |
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Post by kls on Jan 19, 2019 16:57:56 GMT
Many are just weird that way. Americans may have an accent, but there isn't an American accent (if that makes sense). |
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Jan 19, 2019 17:01:36 GMT
Many are just weird that way. Americans may have an accent, but there isn't an American accent (if that makes sense). Yes. But then, few countries have a country-wide accent. |
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Post by kls on Jan 19, 2019 17:11:20 GMT
Americans may have an accent, but there isn't an American accent (if that makes sense). Yes. But then, few countries have a country-wide accent. True. My comment was more leaning towards when someone uses the phrase American accent. I hear/see that then I do Americans denying they have any accent at all. I just would have no clue what my accent is supposed to be (growing up in NY State's Capitol Region). Not sure if there is a name for it. |
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Jan 19, 2019 17:15:02 GMT
Yes. But then, few countries have a country-wide accent. True. My comment was more leaning towards when someone uses the phrase American accent. I hear/see that then I do Americans denying they have any accent at all. I just would have no clue what my accent is supposed to be (growing up in NY State's Capitol Region). Not sure if there is a name for it. Maybe Western New England English? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_England_English |
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 19, 2019 17:17:59 GMT
True anecdote follows:
I was in London England in the early 1970's. I was walking near Trafalgar Square when a long haired doper approached me to offer some dope for a price. I looked at his and said "get the hell away from me creep" to which he smiled and replied "wow, Al Capone, Chicago!!!" To this day, I am still surprised that he was spot on with my Chicago accent.
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Post by kls on Jan 19, 2019 17:19:21 GMT
True. My comment was more leaning towards when someone uses the phrase American accent. I hear/see that then I do Americans denying they have any accent at all. I just would have no clue what my accent is supposed to be (growing up in NY State's Capitol Region). Not sure if there is a name for it. Maybe Western New England English? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_England_EnglishThat would be it. Thanks for posting that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 17:28:50 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 19, 2019 22:31:36 GMT
Well some Americans think that Americans don`t have an accent, but of course they do as everybody has an accent. Where did you get the idea that "Americans think they don't have an accent" ? * noted that the word some has been added to the subject heading. Fwiw, SOME people everywhere think erroneously. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Jan 19, 2019 22:33:40 GMT
I'm Canadian but when I worked in the U.S. I found myself adopting the way they pronounced certain words in order to blend and not answer a bunch of questions. Words like house, mouse, sorry, I would switch over to Yankeese! Then I couldn't shake it after so many years of doing it and was accused of becoming Americanized by my Canadian friends.
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Post by kls on Jan 19, 2019 22:40:05 GMT
I'm Canadian but when I worked in the U.S. I found myself adopting the way they pronounced certain words in order to blend and not answer a bunch of questions. Words like house, mouse, sorry, I would switch over to Yankeese! Then I couldn't shake it after so many years of doing it and was accused of becoming Americanized by my Canadian friends. What would be the difference in how most Canadians say those words as compared to most Americans? |
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Post by Salzmank on Jan 19, 2019 22:42:00 GMT
Perhaps I’m naïve, but I’ve never met any of countrymen who deny having an accent. On the other hand, we tend to define ourselves regionally rather than nationally.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 19, 2019 22:48:56 GMT
I'm Canadian but when I worked in the U.S. I found myself adopting the way they pronounced certain words in order to blend and not answer a bunch of questions. Words like house, mouse, sorry, I would switch over to Yankeese! Then I couldn't shake it after so many years of doing it and was accused of becoming Americanized by my Canadian friends. What would be the difference in how most Canadians say those words as compared to most Americans? They say the OU sound in words like house differently … listen to Alan Trebek and listen for OU words. My mom had a Canadian dad and went to college in Ontario and I picked up the sound from her … I have heard me on recordings sounding like an Ontario-ian … not that that's a bad thing  ( Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄  ) MANY American TV news people are from Canada ,, listen and then look up their Biogs. Actors too. It becomes a game. It's mostly that one OU letter combo that sounds "different". |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Jan 19, 2019 23:53:51 GMT
What would be the difference in how most Canadians say those words as compared to most Americans? They say the OU sound in words like house differently … listen to Alan Trebek and listen for OU words. My mom had a Canadian dad and went to college in Ontario and I picked up the sound from her … I have heard me on recordings sounding like an Ontario-ian … not that that's a bad thing ( Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 ) MANY American TV news people are from Canada ,, listen and then look up their Biogs. Actors too. It becomes a game. It's mostly that one OU letter combo that sounds "different". Yeah, we say ho or mo and Americans say howse or mowse.We say soo-ree and Americans say sarr-ee. |
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Post by Nora on Jan 20, 2019 1:37:34 GMT
to me americans have an american accent which is clearly different from britsh or austrailian accent and within that american accent they have subgroups of coastal, regional and sometimes even urban one on top of it. i have never met any american that would claim they dont have an american accent (as opposed to other countries where english is spoken), but I think most people see their own way of speaking as the accentless and everybody who is differnet Then They are Those who have an accent  What I find odd is how different nations guess different thing for my accent. I got: Irish, German, Russian, Canadian (neither is right and all seem very diff) but most often here people guess irish. but in ireland they say canadian or sometimes american. |
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 20, 2019 3:32:45 GMT
I definitely have a Texas accent but it's not that strong (i don't sound like a cowboy basically)... |
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Post by kls on Jan 20, 2019 3:36:20 GMT
I definitely have a Texas accent but it's not that strong (i don't sound like a cowboy basically)... I have an uncle who grew up in NY and moved to Texas for about 12 years. The Texans say he sounds like a Yankee when he goes back and the New Yorkers think he sounds like a Texan. |
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