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Definitely love the northerney/Canadian accent. Didn't like it on Sarah Palin, though.
There is no "Canadian accent", just like there is no "American accent". There are multiple accents in Canada that sound nothing like each other just like there are in the U.S.
The PNW because we don't have one. Ours is as close to the stereo-typical "American" accent as you can get.
A sterotypical "American" accent is still an accent. It is just not regional. To someone from England, you would still have a very strong "funny foreign accent".
A sterotypical "American" accent is still an accent. It is just not regional. To someone from England, you would still have a very strong "funny foreign accent".
Right, but our accent sounds like the accent most British people would think of when they imagine an "American accent".
As a woman, it makes me want to punch you in the throat until you learn to speak like a human being.
Accents in general don't bother me until they reach that "overwhelming" level. There's a point at which I feel that words became so misshapen by an accent that it's beyond ridiculous. I have a friend from Maine and god help me if I don't want to strangle her. She just has to know how she sounds, no one sounds that ridiculous without being conscious of the fact. It sounds like Captain Ahab were fighting with Spock.
I prefer the accent of the highly educated American. It has very little variation from one person to the next. Welcome to 2009.
Punching, eh? I guess I'm cool with that. What's our safe word?
Right, but our accent sounds like the accent most British people would think of when they imagine an "American accent".
I disagree. When people outside the US think of an accent that "regular Americans" have, they don't think of the accents they usually see in t.v. and movies. If anything, they think of a Texas accent. At least that's my experience.
I disagree. When people outside the US think of an accent that "regular Americans" have, they don't think of the accents they usually see in t.v. and movies. If anything, they think of a Texas accent. At least that's my experience.
Well I have no idea why that would be. In any case, you're right the "normal American accent" is prevalent in tv and film as well as the news - and that's what we have in the PNW.
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 disagree. I met a handful of people from Eugene and Portland, OR and they sound nothing like the t.v. accent. They sounded West Coastish or Californian, but different.
I honestly found it annoying.
The typical generic accent is more of a generic midwestern sound.
And foreigners usually think of loud and obnoxious or the texas cowboy image when they think of Americans.
Just as we sound uneducated and fake to you, the people I met from the PNW tended to sound "slow" to me.
Of course you don't. I doubt you've ever even been to Britain, or anywhere overseas for that matter. Bush being the president for eight straight years certainly contributed to their ideas of an "American accent".
Of course you don't. I doubt you've ever even been to Britain, or anywhere overseas for that matter. Bush being the president for eight straight years certainly contributed to their ideas of an "American accent".
If foreigners imagine George Bush speaking when they think of an "American accent" all I can say is no wonder they all hate us.
And btw, I know dozens of people from Texas. Not one of them sounds even remotely like Bush. Not even Bush Sr. sounds like Bush. Bushtalk is his own language.
I disagree. I met a handful of people from Eugene and Portland, OR and they sound nothing like the t.v. accent. They sounded West Coastish or Californian, but different.
I honestly found it annoying.
The typical generic accent is more of a generic midwestern sound.
And foreigners usually think of loud and obnoxious or the texas cowboy image when they think of Americans.
Just as we sound uneducated and fake to you, the people I met from the PNW tended to sound "slow" to me.
That's mostly unique to you. Most people, when asked, would say the PNW accent sounds like the "general American" accent.
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