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I freakin' hate the western NY accent. They might as well secede and become part of Michigan or whatever midwestern states are out that way. At the company I work at now, there's a woman from Rochester who sits behind me all throughout the day and we're the only NYers in the firm and it's ironic that we can't stand each other's accents. We really don't get along, but I find that in most NYers who transplant to other places.
What accent are you talking about ?
I love this acccent it not really big the acccent you know.
1.) That mid-Atlantic, old English, long O as in "I know". "I knooooow". "oh, I knooooow". That gets under my skin. (It's "I know" NOT I knoooow" 2.) Young women that end all of their sentences on a high note, as if they are asking you a question, and drag out their vowels. 3.) The "like" people. "Like, we went to this store the other day". And like it was so cool". "Like, they had these posters". ( Is it LIKE it or is it actually it?) 4.) "You know" people. My friend Jimmy lives down in the city, you know. He has this big white house on the corner, you know. And he has a really big fenced yard, you know. (No, I DON"T know, you're telling me) 5.) People who halfway through your sentence, look at you with a blank stare and say "Huuuh"? And there is nothing physically wrong with them. The front porch light is on but no one is home. "Hey did you see the news the other day where..Huuuuh? I stop and stare at them and soon I can see the gears in their head starting to turn, and finally they catch up and say 'oh yeah".
Most of the US accents drive me nuts. Whatever that accent is that Sarah Palin and the actors in Fargo speak. That one really grinds my ear drums. Boston is irritating, mostly because I can't understand them. Long Island. Terrible accent there, akin to Boston. West coast, Southern, Philadelphian, South Philadelphian and Brooklyn are fine. Also the "American" accent is a good one.
Most of the US accents drive me nuts. Whatever that accent is that Sarah Palin and the actors in Fargo speak. That one really grinds my ear drums. Boston is irritating, mostly because I can't understand them. Long Island. Terrible accent there, akin to Boston. West coast, Southern, Philadelphian, South Philadelphian and Brooklyn are fine. Also the "American" accent is a good one.
You like Brooklyn accents but not Long Island accents?
I was born and raised in Rochester, moved to NC for 13 years, and have now been back in Rochester for 5 years. Growing up I NEVER thought I had an accent. I thought Upstate NY was where people had no accents. Boy did I realize I was wrong after a few years down south. When I would come back and visit...I realized how nasaly everyone sounded! Now that we have moved back....my kids, who mostly grew up in NC (except for the youngest) sound fairly neutral, and my wife and I did too for a while...but now we are right back to our Raaaaaah'chstr accents trying to buy some Paahp eee'yund haahts at Wegmans...where they will put them in a paaay'pr or pleeay-stik "bayg" (bag rhymes with vague...not kidding).
Call it bias...but I find the Raah'chster accent (and the general great lakes accents which are closely related to it) charming. I also enjoy the central peidmont Carolina accent that most native NC'ians had when we lived down there...but NOT the Eastern NC accent!
I was born and raised in Rochester, moved to NC for 13 years, and have now been back in Rochester for 5 years. Growing up I NEVER thought I had an accent. I thought Upstate NY was where people had no accents. Boy did I realize I was wrong after a few years down south. When I would come back and visit...I realized how nasaly everyone sounded! Now that we have moved back....my kids, who mostly grew up in NC (except for the youngest) sound fairly neutral, and my wife and I did too for a while...but now we are right back to our Raaaaaah'chstr accents trying to buy some Paahp eee'yund haahts at Wegmans...where they will put them in a pay-per or pleeay-stik "bayg" (bag rhymes with vague...not kidding).
From what I understand there not much of any accent in Alabama at all now .And place like Huntsville or Birmingham-Hoover you find no accent .There no southern drawl in Alabama and they talk faster in Alabama .
Even places like South Carolina don't have much of a accent .
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