Do you speak with a city accent?

Originally Posted by Hawke

Really, we have accents? I've always read/heard that Midwestern people don't have accents.

Think 'Fargo'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkqbGuVLC2Q


I'm not sure if Ottawa has a distinct accent from other Canadian cities -- but I do have a touch of a quebecois french accent -- this has always struck me as a bit funny, since english is my first language.

Originally Posted by Karma

This would be my answer if people from other places would stop telling me I have an accent.

I'M FROM THE MIDWEST! WE DON'T HAVE ACCENTS!

Everyone has an accent.
If you speak differently than someone else, you have an accent.

I think people who think "hella" is annoying are hella annoying =P

Originally Posted by Tonchiki

I live around Boston, but don't speak with the accent. It's always hard to pick out your own accent, but I'm fairly sure mine's close to the "standard" US accent. It doesn't feel like it has any influence from any particular areas in the country. Some of my nuances do, but not really any ones that can be pinpointed, like Bostonians going "pahk" and all that.

Make "live" past tence, and this is me! I can, however, put on a near-perfect Boston accent.

My lingo, though, is probably influenced by the Massachusetts and/or New England area.

Once again, same.

I call soft drinks "soda" (but not "tonic" as many in this area do), water fountains "bubblers", occasionally say "can't get" to mean "can get" ("let's see if we can't get that to happen"), say "wicked" for "very", say "freaking" or "fricking" in place of certain swear words, say "rotary" for "traffic circle".....

**** dude, we're like twins.

But there's also some things I don't say (and most people probably don't anymore) that is really amusing, such as "bang a louie" for "take a left". XD

I think I inherited that little phrase from my dad, who had a habit of annoying people when they were driving. xD

After living in West Virginia for a good bit of my life, I also can demonstrate a proper country accent. xD

Originally Posted by Ringo Starr

Make "live" past tence, and this is me! I can, however, put on a near-perfect Boston accent.

Once again, same.

**** dude, we're like twins.

I think I inherited that little phrase from my dad, who had a habit of annoying people when they were driving. xD

After living in West Virginia for a good bit of my life, I also can demonstrate a proper country accent. xD

Dude nice.
I suck if I try to imitate other accents, though.
I just sound like an idiot putting on a stereotypical mock accent.

I have a really thick Michigan accent, but there's really not much of a 'city accent', unless you count the west coast having more of a 'Fargo' way of speaking and everyone in the U.P. (or da' yoo pee, eh?) actually have a movie dedicated to the way they talk.

Originally Posted by Trico

Think 'Fargo'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkqbGuVLC2Q


I'm not sure if Ottawa has a distinct accent from other Canadian cities -- but I do have a touch of a quebecois french accent -- this has always struck me as a bit funny, since english is my first language.

I don't find it surprising, considering Ottawa is RIGHT ON THE ONTARIO/QUEBEC Border. =P

As for Toronto, I'm not sure we have a unique accent. =/

Although, I personally can do various accents if I hear enough of it. =P

lol Midwestern people indeed have an accent DONTCHA KNOW!

How about accents you can imitate with mindboggling ease? I can do a pretty convincing british accent and also a good Brooklyn.

Originally Posted by Florina Belmont

lol Midwestern people indeed have an accent DONTCHA KNOW!

How about accents you can imitate with mindboggling ease? I can do a pretty convincing british accent and also a good Brooklyn.

Before someone who's actually British asks you, maybe I should... What kind of British accent?

Oh umm probably just the standard London one. Cant do the cockney style and im not terribly familiar with the areas and how people sound in places like Wales, etc.

Originally Posted by Florina Belmont

Oh umm probably just the standard London one. Cant do the cockney style and im not terribly familiar with the areas and how people sound in places like Wales, etc.

Neither am I, I just figured sooner or later someone was going to bust your chops over that.

probably convincing in America but here in England people will clock on to you.

Mask Man, i have no doubt about that! It is kinda funny though doing it in clubs with a bunch of unknowing people though.

Originally Posted by Florina Belmont

Mask Man, i have no doubt about that! It is kinda funny though doing it in clubs with a bunch of unknowing people though.

American people doing british accents are so jokess, I have my cousin who lived in canada most of his life, sounds joookkesss when he does british accents I can't stop laughing though. Americans and canadians tend to tilt to a Ozzie accent when they do British accents.

Some states even have different accents within their state. For example, the accent in northern Minnesota is much more noticable than in southern Minnesota. Also, in southern Missouri you will hear alot of people with a southern accent and northen missouri seems to be a blend between a northern and southern accent.

I wouldn't say I have an accent, but I if I have to I'll say I have a slight Southern accent with some British in there to spice things up. I sometimes say things in a slightly more sophisticated manner, but I also say things like ain't quite a bit.

Originally Posted by HAPPY MASK MAN

American people doing british accents are so jokess, I have my cousin who lived in canada most of his life, sounds joookkesss when he does british accents I can't stop laughing though. Americans and canadians tend to tilt to a Ozzie accent when they do British accents.

Yeah my friend slips into the Ozzy accent when he tries to do British. I can safely say i do not do that.

Originally Posted by Florina Belmont

Yeah my friend slips into the Ozzy accent when he tries to do British. I can safely say i do not do that.

yeah thing is, even in London there are different accents, Americans tend to think we all speak like posh people.

i have my own, but i usually prefer to use my mixture of british+american. sometimes i throw in the weird turkish accent, for the hilarity.

Originally Posted by Hawke

Really, we have accents? I've always read/heard that Midwestern people don't have accents.

like what i said in my post

im from chicago and im told that we speak fast in the northeast illinois, south east wisconsin, northeast indiana and south west michigan. i would imagine that it would probably be the same in minnisota. when i visit family out west i get impatient because they talk slow.