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What kind of accent do you speak with?
- Thread starter TP Rich
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Not sure... I used to just have a generic English one, but it's getting a bit more northern the more time i stay in Manchester. Used to have a cute little Somerset accent but that died when i moved up north, everyone thought i was a farmer so i think i just forced myself to speak normal english..
Uncle Arly
Strata Poster
10 years of Coventry (think heavily diluted brummie) mixed with 10 years of South West. People think I am pretty well spoken. I guess it's a mix of my really fast talking Coventry accent, and the slower drawl of the south west creating a balance.
Jason Voorhees
Hyper Poster
General American. Sometimes I sound Canadian and sometimes I soundAustrailian sometimes.
ATTACKHAMMER
Strata Poster
Cambridgeshire accent.
madhjsp
Giga Poster
This is what lots of people from my area sound like. Predictably kind of a hybrid of North Carolina & West Virginia.. a southern drawl with a little bit less twang than what you'd ordinarily hear in deep southern states like Mississippi or Alabama. Some local people have it much thicker, others very little:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2I0d1DHZas[/youtube]
I grew up in southwest Virginia, but since my parents weren't native to this area & don't have the accent, I personally don't speak with one most of the time either. Every now & then it can creep into my speech, though, especially if I'm talking with other people whose accent is more pronounced than mine. It also comes out in the way I say a handful of words (I pronounce "syrup" more like "sirrup," for instance) but usually, the only way that people can tell that I'm from the south is when I use a word like "y'all" or "soda" (rather than pop), which are both things that I say fairly often.
Also, even though I don't speak with a southern accent, I think it can be really attractive when a girl has a nice refined one. I think it's the most pleasant-sounding American dialect when the speaker doesn't slur their words & sound like a hillbilly.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2I0d1DHZas[/youtube]
I grew up in southwest Virginia, but since my parents weren't native to this area & don't have the accent, I personally don't speak with one most of the time either. Every now & then it can creep into my speech, though, especially if I'm talking with other people whose accent is more pronounced than mine. It also comes out in the way I say a handful of words (I pronounce "syrup" more like "sirrup," for instance) but usually, the only way that people can tell that I'm from the south is when I use a word like "y'all" or "soda" (rather than pop), which are both things that I say fairly often.
Also, even though I don't speak with a southern accent, I think it can be really attractive when a girl has a nice refined one. I think it's the most pleasant-sounding American dialect when the speaker doesn't slur their words & sound like a hillbilly.
