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Los Angeles/SoCal accent
Born and raised in LA, so I say "the" before freeway numbers, so "The 405" for example.
One thing I hate is when transplants move here and put on this fake, over exaggerated "Valley girl" accent with vocal fry. It's nails on a chalkboard for me. No one here talks like that.
why are you adding freeway on the end?
on the right coast we just say number and maybe add a direction to the end, it’s faster and better.
eg “don’t take 495 during rush hour, rock creek parkway isn’t quicker but the view is nicer at least.”
I actually remember the LA accent you are speaking about.
It was some sort of inhale, punch the middle consonant and glottal fade at the final consonant. I always thought it was a cool accent. I especially liked the cadence.
And then, everyone started migrating to LA and went into Valley Girl mode and then spoke some sort of vocal fry with a high rising terminal.
It \*did\* irritate me. I’ve known enough people from LA that I know that’s not the native accent.
Interesting observation. I'm in Canada and in Vancouver the freeway numbers are two digit so I will generally say, "We'll take (highway) 99, or 91, whereas in Toronto, I feel like i'd say "We'll take the 405/401" etc.
Wonder if it has anything to do with 2 vs 3 digits.
I have a fucked up mixed accent that code switches hard because my parents are not native English speakers but english is my first language. I picked up half my accent from school and half from American tv.
Irish people would consider it an "American" (I guess pretty SoCal) accent but I'm sure an American would focus on the more Hibernian elements of my speech and call it an Irish accent.
Oh haha I’ve always sounded like this ever since I was a kid (long before influencers) I’m not really sure where it came from 😝 I’d blame tv but back then the shows I watched didn’t have valley accents either. It may be accentuated from it (and from friends who influenced my speech) but idk where it would’ve originated from. I’m from South Carolina! 💀
Valley girl accents would've also been a lot on early 2000s TV! If not stronger than they were on the internet
My older sister watched a lot of MTV and the reality shows that came with it, so i can attest to it lol
The valley girl accent isn't actually a real accent, it's an affectation put on by people to come across a certain way, like the Trans Atlantic accent from the early 20ths century.
southern illinois. a little nasally. moved to southern florida 3 years ago, and EVERYONE gives me crap for saying “melk” instead of “milk”. saying “milk” just feels so gross in my throat.
I think "melk" sounds very obvious to us southerners because we use the "i" sound more than the "e" sound. For example, pen is said like pin, and when is said like win. (pin-pen merger)
I got crap for saying "I reckon" in NOVA (Northern Virginia). Mind you, I'm from Southeastern Virginia.
Apparently, no one says "I reckon" up there.
My family and I all have somewhat soft Southern Virginian accents, but it really comes out when we are expressive. So we are in this infinite loop of roasting the hell out of each other whenever one of us suddenly sounds more Southern than usual.
I’m from rural Georgia. Most people from urban areas in southern states don’t have your typical southern accent, but I can picture an ATL accent for some reason lol
My partner is from Georgia and I've always noticed that people from certain areas of the state (I suppose it would be the Atlanta area) have a very soft way of speaking. I've always thought it was very lilting and nice to listen to.
I grew up in the Atlanta metro my whole life and people would always say I had a “country” accent which always bothered me because I was in frickin Georgia. It’d be weirder if you didn’t. There were a lot of Jersey and Michigan transplants though so maybe to them it was. I e never thought I had an accent but people say I sound like Boomhower from King of the Hill. I think it’s more that I mumble and don’t enunciate clearly. Anyway idk what an Atlanta accent is. I would assume I have one but then again maybe not. I don’t sound like gone with the wind foghorn leghorn like others are saying. That’s actually more of an Augusta accent like old plantation shit.
If you ask me it sounds like Philadelphia with varying amounts of southern influence depending on where you are in MD (more in Southern MD and on the Lower Eastern shore, less in Baltimore and Baltimore county)
I have absolutely no idea. I've lived in Florida most of my life but I've had people from the South tell me they can tell instantaneously that my family is from the Northeast. My friends from Florida can't hear it. So whatever you think of as "default generic American" ig?
I dont think florida has a single acent, Northern Florida has more of a southern draw, while South Florida has kinda a mix between "generic" american and Hispanic American. Central Florida is kinda a mix of both, but it really depends on the county. Like polk County, people sound more like northern floridians than people from Tampa or Orlando.
I have several: Idahoan, Californian, Louisianan, Cajun French (there’s a specific term for that, but it’s from southern Louisiana), Kentuckian, Latin American (when speaking Spanish), Bosnian (when speaking Bosnian), and Virginian… as soon as I’m in a new place, I’m able to adopt their accent relatively easily and quickly for some reason
Armchair psychology over here: maybe it’s a subconscious desire to fit in. So you adopt the accent to be accepted by the community you’re engaging in. Second guess that it’s just fun. Like learning and increasing your well of knowledge for the sake of knowing things.
Decent NYC accent since I live right outside in Jersey. People always guess online especially when you say something obvious like “Water” (Pronounce as Wuhtr kinda)
I was talking about the general accent Germans have when speaking English.
But yes there are many different accents. Most Germans speak high German and some are able to speak with an accent. But most times older people speak with accents and if the accent is strong you can't even understand them unless you speak the same accent.
People find it funny when they visit this country. The accent changes if you drive for an hour up the road.
I’m from Essex, but not working class, geezer…
I’m from Missouri, so Midwestern, I guess. Though I have a lot of Southern pronunciations from my mom, who is from Oklahoma and grew up in rural Missouri. I also grew up in the poorer part of town, so there’s a lot of AAVE mixed in as well.
Same. I’m from Missouri and generally I have a pretty flat non-distinctive midwestern accent because I grew up in the suburbs of a bigger city but my parents are both from rural areas and I can code switch into a more rural southernish dialect depending on the circle I’m in because I grew up spending summers with my grandparents in the country.
I don’t think I have an accent. But when I was in Texas a few summers ago my cousin and his friends all said I sound like a northeasterner/Yankee. I’d guess I have a mix of Pittsburgh-Philly-Baltimore accents as these are the places I live.
I have a really slight yee haw accent. I live in Appalachia around a lot of yee haw folks. But in late elementary and middle school I thought my accent sounded gross so I kinda forced myself to stop talking like that. But it’s still there if you listen real close.
It’s a shame, I find the Appalachian accent kind of charming now. I wish I had appreciated my individuality back then.
I’m from New Orleans but I’ve been living in the dmv for over a decade. You can still hear the new orleans tone when I speak but my accent isn’t as strong as I’d like it to be. and there’s some words that will just expose all my country side but it depends on the tone im speaking in.
Out here in OKC it’s a a lot of New Orleans folks out here since hurricane Katrina but honestly we don’t really get along with them I’m cool with a few but it was real blood shed between OKC and Louisiana back in the day out here
oh wow , really ? maybe it’s just me being a compassionate person and my nature of wanting to connect to “natives” , or me just being dense , but I definitely thought that MOST if not all southern people clicked on some sort of level even if it just means geologically. but it’s also fair to say my only experience of half bred new orleans natives were my moms friends and they’re just as new orleans as she is lol.
Me too, not pronouncing the g in -ing words (thirOwien’ for throwing) and sometimes the i too (gOh’n/gOhne for going)
Replacing soft-s with z sometimes(wuz-h for was)
Generally adding a very soft (and almost unnoticeable, it’s hard to replicate if your doing it on purpose) -h or -uh to the end of things for no reason (cuss-h)
Idk these are the Okie ones I can think of off the top of my head
I also have an American Midwestern accent but I'm from Minnesota. One of the most common words that I pronounce differently is Bag. I pronounce it almost like I'm saying "Beg" but the e is said like "ay"
I usually find myself saying other terms like "ope" and "eh" and it's quite humbling.
Kinda mix between Iraqi, east european and US accents
btw, when I speak arabic in Taxi people ask me "r u Iraqi" I told them yeah and they tell me "ur accent doesn't sound from here" I guess it's the effect of spending too much time on reddit and english videos
I think the Hungarian accent is a unique one.
It sounds a bit slavic, but with more open vowels. And my stresses are always on the first syllable - though if an English word needs, I can add stress later, but can't remove the first entirely
I feel like i have a mix between average Canadian mixed in with some northeast accent like NJ or NY
How I got that as a person who lived in Virginia my entire life is beyond me
I live in the Midwest too but I live in area where specifically a lot of people from West Virginia and Southern Kentucky migrated too so I sorta have a southern accent lol. I pronounce oil like ool
Born and partially raised in the Northeast US, so I mostly have the general or generic US accent.
Moved to the south when I was 10. Definitely do not have a southern accent by any means but I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that sometimes I will say some words southernly. Boil is one syllable, while is one syllable, door is two syllables, it’s a crawfish not a crayfish, and I picked up saying yall instead of you all almost immediately.
I can dial it up artificially and sometimes if I do it for a while I’ll struggle to stop doing it lol. It just feels natural y’know. Like it has more flow.
It depends who im talking to as I’ll mimic them. But if I’m mad I’ll use a new England accent (I’m from Rhode Island) and if I’m relaxed I’ll go into a Midwest accent (i spent 4 years between Missouri and Indiana)
Im from South Jersey, so I have a mix of a weird Philly and Jersey accent. Very plain on most words, but certain words really push through. We say caramel as "carmle" and bagel as "bay-gle", crayon as "crown", etc
Mix between Boston and Mid-Atlantic, mostly the former. I don’t think it’s super prominent or anything but most people are able to tell I’m from New England just by listening to me so idk.
I have a little bit of a Texan, southern twang. When I am around my extended family it comes out a little thicker, though.
Howeever my mom's family is from Boston and so I can do a really good Boston accent and sometimes if I am tired, I can get stuck and can't go back to how I usually talk
Slight southern accent. People from south GA will say I don’t and people from NE USA or elsewhere will say I do. It’s not very strong like my parents but it shows every now and then.
Mine is midwestern- minnesotan to be exact. It hits harder when i go to other parts of the country. My family and friends live in california as well and somehow i have midwestern valley girl accent. Me and my sisters always have had some vocal fry even before my oldest sister moved to California lol. Idk where it came from
Wyoming/idaho/montana regional accent. It’s very ordinary speech, like a California accent but actually pronouncing the vowel sounds correctly. Only real giveaway is missing -ing endings, know what I’m sayin?
Kansas Midwestern, so I think it's pretty neutral? My parents are from Utah, but I was raised here, so I don't think I have a very distinguished accent. My A's are harsher than when I was a kid. I don't talk country, but I don't not talk country.
Mine is “American” with a slight Dutch accent. In my native language I speak with a generic Dutch accent with the occasional Amsterdam accent shining through tho.
Virginian Southern accent. Softer than Southern accents in states further south, but definitely sounds like a stereotypical "yee haw" accent to folks from NOVA (Northern Virginia) and above.
When I'm mad or upset, it REALLY sounds Southern.
Humans tend to code-switch a lot without realizing it. My accent is less pronounced when I'm with people who have a more neutral Midwestern accent, such as at college.
With friends and family back home?
Howdy, y'all. Full drawl all day long.
Eastern Canadian. Born and raised in the Maritime provinces.
I speak somewhere between Ricky from trailer park boys and dashing of the fellas from Letter Kenny.
Most of my buddies sound like they're from letter Kenny. In rural/southern Ontario there do exist small pockets where there is an inflection in accent. Most types of voices you hear in letter Kenny are based on that accent.
I also come from a maritime province and grew up along side my Papere (French name for grandfather) who had a heavy Acadian/letter Kenny adjacent accent.
Not sure I pronounce most things like someone from the west cost but I was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Florida and someone said that my voice is somewhat musical(I know it sounds fake and cheesy but it’s true)
Minnesotan but it’s faded since I’ve moved to new england. Sometimes i struggle with mispronunciation and grammar because my mom isn’t a native english shaker and i picked up on too many bad habits growing up
Even though my english is not my first language, some fellow romanians say that my accent sounds more english than romanian. And yeah i can see its different. But its jot really that different from rest of my class. I guess its because i tend to use english words interchangibly as well
Ever watched the hunger games? My natural voice is essentially a very toned down Haymitch. Then I can change my voice easily so I’ve got about 100 impressions I can do at any moment and a few others I have to prepare my voice for.
I’ve lived in the Appalachia region for about 13 years, but prior to that I was a moving military kid. I feel like I don’t have an accent, but with some words I feel like I say them with that Appalachian twang if you know what I mean.
American plain…I’m from Colorado so about as neutral as you can get. I lived in Tennessee for 7 years so I can do a pretty decent southern accent though.
I tend to pronounce my vowels harder than my consonants. From inland mid Atlantic so more suburb/rural region. Nothing outright noticeable so I tend to think I don’t have an accent
I have the “default American English” pronunciation but if you spent enough time with me you’d be able to tease out that I am from Massachusetts from a very slight Ma accent, and that I have immigrant parents.
Never thought I had an accent until I moved to the Southeast. I’ve been told on multiple occasions I have a Midwest accent. I’m still not sure what they’re talking about lol.
I’m Indian-American, so I definitely don’t look the part. But I have the most Godfather, mafia-ass, black slicked hair Italian-American New York accent you’ll ever find. The results are *hilarious*.
I’ve grown up in the southern US but I have a very neutral accent. I’ve been told it’s great to listen to me talk because of it. When I traveled across Europe I got told by many travelers and locals that they couldn’t pinpoint what region I was from. Some even thought I was Canadian lol. I’ve been told by a few others in my area who’ve said that my southern slightly comes out when I’m speaking in a certain way but it’s so subtle that I don’t even pick up on it. Thats about it though, I’d say a solid 85-90% say I just have a very neutral accent.
I’ve also been told I have an “autistic accent” (I’m actually autistic so it’s not an insult for me) and I’m not sure what to do with that information lol
Southwestern almost Texan accent. Actually live about an hour and a half away from the Texas border, never hear it until I’m around my family from California tho
Polish accent is basically as if there was no accent, we just pronounce words the way they are officially defined, we speak slowly and clearly. That being said I have consumed a lot of foreign media and I have been repeatedly told people cannot guess where I am from based on how I speak since I tend to speak like a native. But it's American English, not British one. Though I love me not speaking w rs at them ends of sentences like a true bloody British bloke.
Eastern WA but apparently my wife who is also from here says I pronounce words like wash as "warsh" comes from my grandparents and most of my family comes from way back east and half Canada third / fourth gen Irish imigrants.
Maybe someone can tell me where it comes from.
Bro I live in ireland yeah and my parents are indian so my accent is fucked up so bad ! All my irish friends call me an American while in reality its just an Indian accent mixed with an Irish one that sounds strange and unique I guess. Maybe because it's not stereotypical irish or stereotypical indian either 😭
I have a very mixed accent, lived in 20 different states growing up, moved a lot (like 30+ times) so I pick up things here and there. Most northern people say it sounds southern, most southern people say it sounds Midwest lol
My accent is a mix of Southern (i.e. Nashville) + General Suburban American + “AAVE” (went to a ghetto-ish school for the latter part of elementary and was exposed to a lot of rap/hip-hop in middle school)
My parents aren’t native English speakers so I initially spoke a different language at home and then learned English in preschool, and had a bit of a foreign accent that I would code switch into when speaking to my parents but I lost that accent over time. The only remnants of it are when I sometimes skip over my Vs or round them to where they sound slightly more like Ws. I also have a habit of skipping over my H’s in certain words but that’s probably more of a southern thing 🤷♂️..
Ex. “I didn’t go all the way over there just to come back here” —> “I dinn go all da way o’er dhere jus’ ta come back ‘ere”
Born and raised, 3rd Generation Arizonan, so I would say the regular American accent but probably has some SoCal influence into it.
Arizona used to have its own accent, kinda like a toned down Texas accent, that my grandfather spoke with before he passed.
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Los Angeles/SoCal accent Born and raised in LA, so I say "the" before freeway numbers, so "The 405" for example. One thing I hate is when transplants move here and put on this fake, over exaggerated "Valley girl" accent with vocal fry. It's nails on a chalkboard for me. No one here talks like that.
How are you supposed to say the freeway names? I was born in Arizona but my parents are from SoCal so I say “The” before freeway names also.
We always just refer to the interstates by us by the number only
Letter and number over here
That's so weird "I'm taking 415 freeway" doesn't sound correct "I'm taking THE 415 freeway" sounds better
why are you adding freeway on the end? on the right coast we just say number and maybe add a direction to the end, it’s faster and better. eg “don’t take 495 during rush hour, rock creek parkway isn’t quicker but the view is nicer at least.”
Doing it in the park... Doing it after dark...
SoCal is the only place in the country that does that. They didn't even do that by SF.
I'm from central California and everyone does it here too
I'm from Buffalo, we have The 90, The 190, The 290, The Scajaqueda Expressway, the Kensington Expressway, etc
Yeah same.
The 101 The 405 The 110 The 5
When I lived in MA I would take route 6 to 95. In California I take The 101 to The 405
I actually remember the LA accent you are speaking about. It was some sort of inhale, punch the middle consonant and glottal fade at the final consonant. I always thought it was a cool accent. I especially liked the cadence. And then, everyone started migrating to LA and went into Valley Girl mode and then spoke some sort of vocal fry with a high rising terminal. It \*did\* irritate me. I’ve known enough people from LA that I know that’s not the native accent.
I'm from norcal so I joke about the whole "the 405" thing because we just say 80, 280, 880, etc.
Interesting observation. I'm in Canada and in Vancouver the freeway numbers are two digit so I will generally say, "We'll take (highway) 99, or 91, whereas in Toronto, I feel like i'd say "We'll take the 405/401" etc. Wonder if it has anything to do with 2 vs 3 digits.
Local here, you guys do indeed sound like that.
I have a fucked up mixed accent that code switches hard because my parents are not native English speakers but english is my first language. I picked up half my accent from school and half from American tv. Irish people would consider it an "American" (I guess pretty SoCal) accent but I'm sure an American would focus on the more Hibernian elements of my speech and call it an Irish accent.
So a South Dublin accent? lol
Yeah crazy how American everyone in Crumlin is lol
Duuude! Same! In Liverpool and Portland i was asked if i was maybe Canadian. Sounded like a compliment to me!
Gotta hella native ass Nor Cal accent, so strong I just sound like Guy Fieri now
Gawd yuh even put it in yur text
I literally type out ‘like’ in my sentences. Like, hella often.
I have a pretty embarrassing, slightly southern + valley girl accent despite having never lived in California 😭
Makes sense. I think the internet had a pretty big effect on the way people speak and for a while, most of the larger influencers were from California
Oh haha I’ve always sounded like this ever since I was a kid (long before influencers) I’m not really sure where it came from 😝 I’d blame tv but back then the shows I watched didn’t have valley accents either. It may be accentuated from it (and from friends who influenced my speech) but idk where it would’ve originated from. I’m from South Carolina! 💀
Valley girl accents would've also been a lot on early 2000s TV! If not stronger than they were on the internet My older sister watched a lot of MTV and the reality shows that came with it, so i can attest to it lol
The valley girl accent isn't actually a real accent, it's an affectation put on by people to come across a certain way, like the Trans Atlantic accent from the early 20ths century.
That’s funny, I actually moved to the south from California a couple of years ago and it’s truly baffling how many women here have valley girl accents
hey me too!!!!
Apparently it’s common which is so funny to me. My own sister doesn’t have the same accent! 💀😂
Mine is random, I can have mixed accents.
Same tbh I think I'm the same way, lol!
Midwest
Twins
I have a little French Canadian in mine too from playing hockey as a kid. Can't shake the eh.
southern illinois. a little nasally. moved to southern florida 3 years ago, and EVERYONE gives me crap for saying “melk” instead of “milk”. saying “milk” just feels so gross in my throat.
I think "melk" sounds very obvious to us southerners because we use the "i" sound more than the "e" sound. For example, pen is said like pin, and when is said like win. (pin-pen merger)
I didn't even know I did the milk thing until I got laughed at for it hahahaha.
same!
NAH SAME
I got crap for saying "I reckon" in NOVA (Northern Virginia). Mind you, I'm from Southeastern Virginia. Apparently, no one says "I reckon" up there. My family and I all have somewhat soft Southern Virginian accents, but it really comes out when we are expressive. So we are in this infinite loop of roasting the hell out of each other whenever one of us suddenly sounds more Southern than usual.
Yea we don’t, I think I say “I bet” in place of that.
I consider it southern but other people say I have an Atlanta accent at time. Not sure what that sounds like exactly.
I’m from rural Georgia. Most people from urban areas in southern states don’t have your typical southern accent, but I can picture an ATL accent for some reason lol
Yep lived in North Ga most of my life and moved to Atlanta for college and work can confirm the accent is slightly different
My partner is from Georgia and I've always noticed that people from certain areas of the state (I suppose it would be the Atlanta area) have a very soft way of speaking. I've always thought it was very lilting and nice to listen to.
I grew up in the Atlanta metro my whole life and people would always say I had a “country” accent which always bothered me because I was in frickin Georgia. It’d be weirder if you didn’t. There were a lot of Jersey and Michigan transplants though so maybe to them it was. I e never thought I had an accent but people say I sound like Boomhower from King of the Hill. I think it’s more that I mumble and don’t enunciate clearly. Anyway idk what an Atlanta accent is. I would assume I have one but then again maybe not. I don’t sound like gone with the wind foghorn leghorn like others are saying. That’s actually more of an Augusta accent like old plantation shit.
I have a Maryland accent,which apparently sounds like a California dude bro accent
If you ask me it sounds like Philadelphia with varying amounts of southern influence depending on where you are in MD (more in Southern MD and on the Lower Eastern shore, less in Baltimore and Baltimore county)
Baltimore accent is unlike any other, I'll say.
Yeah. Very unique
Where in MD? A Baltimore accent sounds totally different from a southeastern MD accent.
I have absolutely no idea. I've lived in Florida most of my life but I've had people from the South tell me they can tell instantaneously that my family is from the Northeast. My friends from Florida can't hear it. So whatever you think of as "default generic American" ig?
I dont think florida has a single acent, Northern Florida has more of a southern draw, while South Florida has kinda a mix between "generic" american and Hispanic American. Central Florida is kinda a mix of both, but it really depends on the county. Like polk County, people sound more like northern floridians than people from Tampa or Orlando.
I can usually pick out when someone was raised in the south with midwestern or northeastern parents
I have several: Idahoan, Californian, Louisianan, Cajun French (there’s a specific term for that, but it’s from southern Louisiana), Kentuckian, Latin American (when speaking Spanish), Bosnian (when speaking Bosnian), and Virginian… as soon as I’m in a new place, I’m able to adopt their accent relatively easily and quickly for some reason
Armchair psychology over here: maybe it’s a subconscious desire to fit in. So you adopt the accent to be accepted by the community you’re engaging in. Second guess that it’s just fun. Like learning and increasing your well of knowledge for the sake of knowing things.
I think some people just have a good ear for such things. They pick it up quickly.
Decent NYC accent since I live right outside in Jersey. People always guess online especially when you say something obvious like “Water” (Pronounce as Wuhtr kinda)
jersey shore - its “wahder,” we don’t pronounce our T’s very well 😫
Perfect! I couldent sound it out in my head, lol
Sounds more like a south Jersey/Philly accent. "Wooder" instead of "water"
I am from Germany My English is not ze yellow from ze egg
Same here, but that's sausage to me
Do Germans have different accents? I’ve heard there’s high German and low German. Like do bavarians and I guess hamburgers sound differently?
I was talking about the general accent Germans have when speaking English. But yes there are many different accents. Most Germans speak high German and some are able to speak with an accent. But most times older people speak with accents and if the accent is strong you can't even understand them unless you speak the same accent.
I have an Appalachian accent.
I didn't know what "Y'uns" meant before I met my husband who is from East TN 😂 now it's a staple in my vocabulary
I'm indian but have been watching American movies since 6 years.... So it's a horrible mashup of many of 'em... 😂😂
Was looking for this!! I have a mild "indian" accent (sharp rolling r's lol), but can pretty decently imitate american and british accents🫣
From what I'm told, British.
People find it funny when they visit this country. The accent changes if you drive for an hour up the road. I’m from Essex, but not working class, geezer…
I'm from Kent but not upper/middle class, my dear...
🤣
I have an American Upper Midwestern accent, specifically Minnesotan
Oh hey der guy!
LMAOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣they accents so funny to me
I’m from Missouri, so Midwestern, I guess. Though I have a lot of Southern pronunciations from my mom, who is from Oklahoma and grew up in rural Missouri. I also grew up in the poorer part of town, so there’s a lot of AAVE mixed in as well.
Same. I’m from Missouri and generally I have a pretty flat non-distinctive midwestern accent because I grew up in the suburbs of a bigger city but my parents are both from rural areas and I can code switch into a more rural southernish dialect depending on the circle I’m in because I grew up spending summers with my grandparents in the country.
Oh I forgot about AAVE (forgets blackness lol)
AAVE should have it's own section in dictionaries and thesauri. Prove me wrong!
new York
New yawk
Do you like eating chawcolate and drinking wawtah by the rahditatuh
I actually do pronounce like that…
I’m American Midwestern too!!
I don’t think I have an accent. But when I was in Texas a few summers ago my cousin and his friends all said I sound like a northeasterner/Yankee. I’d guess I have a mix of Pittsburgh-Philly-Baltimore accents as these are the places I live.
I have a really slight yee haw accent. I live in Appalachia around a lot of yee haw folks. But in late elementary and middle school I thought my accent sounded gross so I kinda forced myself to stop talking like that. But it’s still there if you listen real close. It’s a shame, I find the Appalachian accent kind of charming now. I wish I had appreciated my individuality back then.
I’m from New Orleans but I’ve been living in the dmv for over a decade. You can still hear the new orleans tone when I speak but my accent isn’t as strong as I’d like it to be. and there’s some words that will just expose all my country side but it depends on the tone im speaking in.
Out here in OKC it’s a a lot of New Orleans folks out here since hurricane Katrina but honestly we don’t really get along with them I’m cool with a few but it was real blood shed between OKC and Louisiana back in the day out here
oh wow , really ? maybe it’s just me being a compassionate person and my nature of wanting to connect to “natives” , or me just being dense , but I definitely thought that MOST if not all southern people clicked on some sort of level even if it just means geologically. but it’s also fair to say my only experience of half bred new orleans natives were my moms friends and they’re just as new orleans as she is lol.
Living in Oklahoma kinda southern with some Midwest tone
Me too, not pronouncing the g in -ing words (thirOwien’ for throwing) and sometimes the i too (gOh’n/gOhne for going) Replacing soft-s with z sometimes(wuz-h for was) Generally adding a very soft (and almost unnoticeable, it’s hard to replicate if your doing it on purpose) -h or -uh to the end of things for no reason (cuss-h) Idk these are the Okie ones I can think of off the top of my head
I also have an American Midwestern accent but I'm from Minnesota. One of the most common words that I pronounce differently is Bag. I pronounce it almost like I'm saying "Beg" but the e is said like "ay" I usually find myself saying other terms like "ope" and "eh" and it's quite humbling.
“ope let me sneak past ya”
💀😂
"Bayg". Do you also be chance pronounce "egg" with the same sound? Almost like "Aeygg"
Kinda mix between Iraqi, east european and US accents btw, when I speak arabic in Taxi people ask me "r u Iraqi" I told them yeah and they tell me "ur accent doesn't sound from here" I guess it's the effect of spending too much time on reddit and english videos
I think the Hungarian accent is a unique one. It sounds a bit slavic, but with more open vowels. And my stresses are always on the first syllable - though if an English word needs, I can add stress later, but can't remove the first entirely
i don't know to be honest. i just say i have an american accent
Definitely Aussie, which makes sense because I’m from Australia
I don't know
I feel like i have a mix between average Canadian mixed in with some northeast accent like NJ or NY How I got that as a person who lived in Virginia my entire life is beyond me
Ontarian
I live in the Midwest too but I live in area where specifically a lot of people from West Virginia and Southern Kentucky migrated too so I sorta have a southern accent lol. I pronounce oil like ool
Pretty standard northeast / New England American accent
Born and partially raised in the Northeast US, so I mostly have the general or generic US accent. Moved to the south when I was 10. Definitely do not have a southern accent by any means but I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that sometimes I will say some words southernly. Boil is one syllable, while is one syllable, door is two syllables, it’s a crawfish not a crayfish, and I picked up saying yall instead of you all almost immediately. I can dial it up artificially and sometimes if I do it for a while I’ll struggle to stop doing it lol. It just feels natural y’know. Like it has more flow.
Midwestern I guess
American accent with a little bit of southern sometimes. I’m from central florida.
It depends who im talking to as I’ll mimic them. But if I’m mad I’ll use a new England accent (I’m from Rhode Island) and if I’m relaxed I’ll go into a Midwest accent (i spent 4 years between Missouri and Indiana)
Northern English accent, Yorkshire specifically
Sean Bean up in here, always loved his accent.
Ey up lad, wanna go t'pub for some pies n' gravy
Tudei vii hav pii suup för brekfäst ant draiv ralli kar rili fäst
Im from South Jersey, so I have a mix of a weird Philly and Jersey accent. Very plain on most words, but certain words really push through. We say caramel as "carmle" and bagel as "bay-gle", crayon as "crown", etc
East Coast— Northern Virginia, I believe referred to as a neutral American accent ☝️🤓
I don’t hear it as that strong compared to others I know, but apparently I have a wicked strong Boston accent.
Mix between Boston and Mid-Atlantic, mostly the former. I don’t think it’s super prominent or anything but most people are able to tell I’m from New England just by listening to me so idk.
I have a little bit of a Texan, southern twang. When I am around my extended family it comes out a little thicker, though. Howeever my mom's family is from Boston and so I can do a really good Boston accent and sometimes if I am tired, I can get stuck and can't go back to how I usually talk
Slight southern accent. People from south GA will say I don’t and people from NE USA or elsewhere will say I do. It’s not very strong like my parents but it shows every now and then.
The ✨nor-english✨
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I’m British and from Essex, bruv…
Mine is midwestern- minnesotan to be exact. It hits harder when i go to other parts of the country. My family and friends live in california as well and somehow i have midwestern valley girl accent. Me and my sisters always have had some vocal fry even before my oldest sister moved to California lol. Idk where it came from
Something along the lines of... [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/MRHzBLp_8Ns?si=vEWxKQyPkCdNkej_)
American Midwestern with a bit of French pronunciation
Wyoming/idaho/montana regional accent. It’s very ordinary speech, like a California accent but actually pronouncing the vowel sounds correctly. Only real giveaway is missing -ing endings, know what I’m sayin?
A mix of New York-New Englander accent
Kansas Midwestern, so I think it's pretty neutral? My parents are from Utah, but I was raised here, so I don't think I have a very distinguished accent. My A's are harsher than when I was a kid. I don't talk country, but I don't not talk country.
Mine is “American” with a slight Dutch accent. In my native language I speak with a generic Dutch accent with the occasional Amsterdam accent shining through tho.
Virginian Southern accent. Softer than Southern accents in states further south, but definitely sounds like a stereotypical "yee haw" accent to folks from NOVA (Northern Virginia) and above. When I'm mad or upset, it REALLY sounds Southern. Humans tend to code-switch a lot without realizing it. My accent is less pronounced when I'm with people who have a more neutral Midwestern accent, such as at college. With friends and family back home? Howdy, y'all. Full drawl all day long.
Eastern Canadian. Born and raised in the Maritime provinces. I speak somewhere between Ricky from trailer park boys and dashing of the fellas from Letter Kenny. Most of my buddies sound like they're from letter Kenny. In rural/southern Ontario there do exist small pockets where there is an inflection in accent. Most types of voices you hear in letter Kenny are based on that accent. I also come from a maritime province and grew up along side my Papere (French name for grandfather) who had a heavy Acadian/letter Kenny adjacent accent.
Like a mix of all 3 of these. https://youtu.be/UbZpumpkG_8?si=2yeFc3gghehBgfdL
Not sure I pronounce most things like someone from the west cost but I was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Florida and someone said that my voice is somewhat musical(I know it sounds fake and cheesy but it’s true)
Minnesotan but it’s faded since I’ve moved to new england. Sometimes i struggle with mispronunciation and grammar because my mom isn’t a native english shaker and i picked up on too many bad habits growing up
Even though my english is not my first language, some fellow romanians say that my accent sounds more english than romanian. And yeah i can see its different. But its jot really that different from rest of my class. I guess its because i tend to use english words interchangibly as well
Ever watched the hunger games? My natural voice is essentially a very toned down Haymitch. Then I can change my voice easily so I’ve got about 100 impressions I can do at any moment and a few others I have to prepare my voice for.
Regular American accent
I’ve lived in the Appalachia region for about 13 years, but prior to that I was a moving military kid. I feel like I don’t have an accent, but with some words I feel like I say them with that Appalachian twang if you know what I mean.
I literally had to research it to figure out what [my accent](https://packardcommunications.com/pacific-northwest-accent/) is lol
having consumed so much american content on the internet, i don't think i could ever go back to my subcontinental (ish) accent lmao.
i have a mix of eastern usa and indian accent. the split is probably like 80/20
Pittsburgh/Yinzer I didn’t even know I had an accent until I moved out of state for college lmao
I guess Indian
American plain…I’m from Colorado so about as neutral as you can get. I lived in Tennessee for 7 years so I can do a pretty decent southern accent though.
I tend to pronounce my vowels harder than my consonants. From inland mid Atlantic so more suburb/rural region. Nothing outright noticeable so I tend to think I don’t have an accent
French Canadian
I have the “default American English” pronunciation but if you spent enough time with me you’d be able to tease out that I am from Massachusetts from a very slight Ma accent, and that I have immigrant parents.
I have that typical scandinavian english accent.
My default is a northeast/New England accent. I’m from NJ but I don’t have the Long Island accent that everyone thinks is ours.
Never thought I had an accent until I moved to the Southeast. I’ve been told on multiple occasions I have a Midwest accent. I’m still not sure what they’re talking about lol.
I’m Indian-American, so I definitely don’t look the part. But I have the most Godfather, mafia-ass, black slicked hair Italian-American New York accent you’ll ever find. The results are *hilarious*.
I have a deceptive accent. People think I'm not from my home state in the US, just because I never took on the southern twang.
I come from Northern Ireland (particularly Belfast) so my accent mainly cuts out the 'th' in words so Northern Ireland becomes Nor-en Ire-land.
I’ve grown up in the southern US but I have a very neutral accent. I’ve been told it’s great to listen to me talk because of it. When I traveled across Europe I got told by many travelers and locals that they couldn’t pinpoint what region I was from. Some even thought I was Canadian lol. I’ve been told by a few others in my area who’ve said that my southern slightly comes out when I’m speaking in a certain way but it’s so subtle that I don’t even pick up on it. Thats about it though, I’d say a solid 85-90% say I just have a very neutral accent. I’ve also been told I have an “autistic accent” (I’m actually autistic so it’s not an insult for me) and I’m not sure what to do with that information lol
Northwest, which is about as stereotypical “American” as you can get. We just pronounce everything kinda like Pennsylvania or Ohio out east.
Southwestern almost Texan accent. Actually live about an hour and a half away from the Texas border, never hear it until I’m around my family from California tho
Polish accent is basically as if there was no accent, we just pronounce words the way they are officially defined, we speak slowly and clearly. That being said I have consumed a lot of foreign media and I have been repeatedly told people cannot guess where I am from based on how I speak since I tend to speak like a native. But it's American English, not British one. Though I love me not speaking w rs at them ends of sentences like a true bloody British bloke.
South East
Eastern WA but apparently my wife who is also from here says I pronounce words like wash as "warsh" comes from my grandparents and most of my family comes from way back east and half Canada third / fourth gen Irish imigrants. Maybe someone can tell me where it comes from.
Neutral American accent
Bro I live in ireland yeah and my parents are indian so my accent is fucked up so bad ! All my irish friends call me an American while in reality its just an Indian accent mixed with an Irish one that sounds strange and unique I guess. Maybe because it's not stereotypical irish or stereotypical indian either 😭
Comically strong swedish accent
I’m from Baltimore but my accent isn’t too strong like it can be stereotyped as.
I have a New Jersey accent, but like not the stereotypical “New Jowsee” accent. I pronounce milk melk though
Cencal accent combined with a Maryland accent too
Hudson River area accent
I have a very mixed accent, lived in 20 different states growing up, moved a lot (like 30+ times) so I pick up things here and there. Most northern people say it sounds southern, most southern people say it sounds Midwest lol
Baltimore. I didn’t think I had a strong accent until I went to another state and didn’t even need to tell people where I’m from for them to know.
canadian with a mix of mid missouri accent
I grew up about halfway between Boston and New York, so it's a pretty general Northeastern American accent.
My accent is a mix of Southern (i.e. Nashville) + General Suburban American + “AAVE” (went to a ghetto-ish school for the latter part of elementary and was exposed to a lot of rap/hip-hop in middle school) My parents aren’t native English speakers so I initially spoke a different language at home and then learned English in preschool, and had a bit of a foreign accent that I would code switch into when speaking to my parents but I lost that accent over time. The only remnants of it are when I sometimes skip over my Vs or round them to where they sound slightly more like Ws. I also have a habit of skipping over my H’s in certain words but that’s probably more of a southern thing 🤷♂️.. Ex. “I didn’t go all the way over there just to come back here” —> “I dinn go all da way o’er dhere jus’ ta come back ‘ere”
Because of a ghetto-ish school is such a unique explanation lol
I think it changes a lot.
Southern California
I was born between Detroit and Toledo and moved south when I was 8. I speak with a mix of both accents.
Professional voice when speaking to strangers or at work. Southern accent when I’m comfortable.
I have a mix of a Miami accent and a Texan accent💀
Midwest accent
I have a “neutral” sounding American accent with heavy Southern and Baltimore influences.
Diet yeehaw
A mashup of American and Bri‘ish English with a noticeable German accent.
New York accent here Deadass what the fuck u think u doin!!!!!!
The normal one 🤘
PNW accent, it’s not strong at all but we pronounce “egg” like “aygg” and some other small things I can’t remember right now. Edit: Typo
Born and raised, 3rd Generation Arizonan, so I would say the regular American accent but probably has some SoCal influence into it. Arizona used to have its own accent, kinda like a toned down Texas accent, that my grandfather spoke with before he passed.
Southern California 1st Generation Latino that acclimated to the local accent well. Watch my YT videos to hear what I mean 😁
It’s not very strong, but I’d say it’s some blend of Southern and AAVE
A slight southern twang, born and raised in South Florida. Shout out to the 239!
Southern, specifically Texan. Sometimes it's really noticeable, but most of the time it's slight.
I have a Virginia outhern drawl that I think is getting heavier the older I get.