Do I have the Miami accent? (Hialeah, Kendall: teach, water, culture)

[WV2MIA]

i say that every location has its own accent, and if your there for a extended period of time ur gonna pick up on it...trust me im From WV and every time i say a word people start...due to my hillbilly accent,loll,its just something that naturally happens!

[i love ny]

There absolutely is a typical Miami accent! However from what I've noticed over the years with my family (Cuban) it is only a typical Miami accent with Cuban Americans. All of my cousins have the accent even though they were born and raised in the U.S. I can pin it out in a heartbeat!

[Sinikal]

Originally Posted by Osito

What's the Miami accent?

This is a question that cannot be answered in a simplistic manner. The miami accent is easily distinguishable if viewed in a more individual, culturally specific manner. But if it were to be viewed as a typical accent that is commonly associated with a city, then it starts to become vague. if that makes any sense. so to answer the question, yes there are indeed miami accent(s). however, there's just not one monolithic accent that a majority of the citizens uniformly speak. To put it more simply, there's just not one common accent you can say the majority of miamians use. it really varies from culture to culture. the cuban americans (and most other latin americans) definitely have their own unique speech patters. but those accents don't sound anything like the haitian americans. and the haitian american accent sounds nothing like the jamacian americans. and the african american accent in miami is an entire different animal unto itself. as the miami accent among AA's closely resembles the southern accent alot more than it resembles the alleged "miami accent" you here in the movie scarface.

[gymbuff]

Again with the scarface!
If you listen to latin folks who went to school here (I don't mean ESOL in MDC; I mean k-12) and speak English from a very young age, then you will hear a pattern of pronounciation that is quite peciliar to the area. I agree with AA's not sounding like latins, Haitians not sounding like AA's, etc. But come one, we all don't sound like refugees with white powdery stuff clogging our nostrils while we shoot up a place!

[Reptoid Humidian]

I don't think he's necessarily implying that. Even Caucasian non-Spanish speakers have a type of accent that is local to Miami. Provided they're not heavily influenced by the New York accent, they seem to develop an accent with a light southern drawl but for the most part it's very subtle and there's something very "international"about it if that makes any sense. it's very hard to define. It's almost like there's a light Dutch or Belgian influence in there(???).

[Manolón]

I bet there was a local non-hispanic caucasian accent 80 years ago, but it was replaced eons ago by NY accents, Jewish Accents and Cuban accents. Nowdays, the majoritary Miami accent is the Hispanic accent. People that speak good English in Cuba also have the Miami accent.

[rebsosaurus]

i like when people who have the miami accent try to sound caucasian and it comes out anyway.

[rebsosaurus]

*cubanos with the miami accent who try to sound caucasian but epically fail.

source: i am cuban-american.

[WINTERFRONT]

What's the caucasian sound??

[Manolón]

Are Caucasians related to Klingons?