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07-11-2009, 10:12 PM
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Northeasterner
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Virginia Beach
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the New Yawk Accent is the best!
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07-12-2009, 07:02 AM
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Not a member
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Collingswood, NJ (Philly metro area)
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New Jersey, New York City, and Philadelphia have my favorite accents, especially the Italian American accents.
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07-12-2009, 11:11 AM
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Member
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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All I know is that when I go to the South or Midwest, the girls love the Boston accent. Love it.
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07-12-2009, 01:39 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: In the heights
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A woman I met from Alabama had the most pleasant accent I'd ever heard.
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07-12-2009, 02:10 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: The Plains of Id with seasonal sojourns in Little Beirut
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The PNW because we don't have one. Ours is as close to the stereo-typical "American" accent as you can get. I hate southern and eastern accents, you all sound uneducated and fake.  |
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07-12-2009, 02:16 PM
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My heart is in Spokane
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Denver, CO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PDX_LAX
The PNW because we don't have one. Ours is as close to the stereo-typical "American" accent as you can get. I hate southern and eastern accents, you all sound uneducated and fake. |
I have to disagree, there is a noticeable accent in the PNW.
Up here in Spokane, there is definitely a dialect/accent that is noticeable and easily imitated. 
You think you don't have an accent, but if you were to ask somebody from another part of the country, I think they might disagree with you. I feel as though I don't have an accent (Southern CA), but I know I sound different to people in/from other regions.
The supposed "General American Accent" (according to a study) occurs in a oval shaped line going from Lincoln, NE east to Peoria, IL. I would say that I agree, based on people I've met from that region.
Last edited by David Aguilar; 07-12-2009 at 02:20 PM..
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07-12-2009, 02:29 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: The Plains of Id with seasonal sojourns in Little Beirut
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Aguilar
I have to disagree, there is a noticeable accent in the PNW.
Up here in Spokane, there is definitely a dialect/accent that is noticeable and easily imitated.
You think you don't have an accent, but if you were to ask somebody from another part of the country, I think they might disagree with you. I feel as though I don't have an accent (Southern CA), but I know I sound different to people in/from other regions.
The supposed "General American Accent" (according to a study) occurs in a oval shaped line going from Lincoln, NE east to Peoria, IL. I would say that I agree, based on people I've met from that region. |
The PNW "accent" is as close to general America as you can get. Also, I have never been accused of having an accent anywhere I've been. I don't even notice any difference anywhere on the west coast. I live most of the year in southern CA and I've never once thought "wow these people talk differently". |
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07-12-2009, 02:40 PM
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My heart is in Spokane
Status:
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Denver, CO
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Differences in accents don't have to be profound, they can be quite subtle. But, I don't doubt your experiences.
I even notice a difference between Southern and Northern CA accents.  |
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07-12-2009, 02:43 PM
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The Chief of Grief
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: On the Texican Border
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If you don't talk like me, you got an accent! Doesn't matter where you're from!  |
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07-12-2009, 02:44 PM
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Senior Member
Status:
"2009.. I'm glad it's almost over"
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Hackensack, New Jersey
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Besides my own (NY/NJ)
I like the Chicago accent
Any accent is better than no accent.
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