Video of Regional Accents....

[miamiman]

Originally Posted by desert sun

Does anyone hear any accents from these people in Hobbs,New Mexico?
I just want to see if people can guess what it is or what it sounds like.


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now all these people probably wernt even born here but it is common of what you will usually here in these towns.

Sounds pretty Texan. I'm surprised that accent extends into New Mexico. Then again, Hobbs isn't that far from the Texas border.

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Yah, hey, now here's one from up nort dare, up by nordern Wiscahnsin ya know.


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Newfoundland probably has the most distinctive accent in North America, and how they love to spin yarns...


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What part of Wisconsin is that accent from?

[Trimac20]

^ Sounds like Irish or Jamaican lol.

[Sharks With Lasers]

Originally Posted by michigan83

The Michigan accent... a few examples


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I have to say that the "Imuhnuh" for "I'm going to" from the first guy gives it away.

[backdrifter]

Originally Posted by desert sun

Does anyone hear any accents from these people in Hobbs,New Mexico?
I just want to see if people can guess what it is or what it sounds like.


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now all these people probably wernt even born here but it is common of what you will usually here in these towns.

They sound Texan to me too.

[backdrifter]

The first two people (Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Zia McCabe of The Dandy Warhols) are a great representation of Northwesterners and their accent.


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Another Northwesterner...


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[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by backdrifter

The first two people (Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Zia McCabe of The Dandy Warhols) are a great representation of Northwesterners and their accent.


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Another Northwesterner...


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I did not know the northwest had such a distinct accent.

[MassVt]

..about Wisconsin appears to be one person's "impression" of an older native Wisconsonite; just an attempt to ridicule the accent a little bit..

[City Fanatic]

Originally Posted by desert sun

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or this one from Lovington,NM

Southeastern New Mexicans speak with a Southern Accent. Most people who study linguistics are aware of this.

[backdrifter]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

I did not know the northwest had such a distinct accent.

Yeah. Kind of. Normally you don't hear it much more strongly than those people in the videos, except mostly in some younger speakers. I, for instance, have a really strong Northwestern accent at times. I should post a video actually...

Also there are so many transplants that you generally hear tons of California/Western/Southwest/Midwest/neutral accents from people of the Northwest more so than this sort of accent.