Do you speak with a city accent?

Hi guys. I thought I would create this thread in my spare time while I am at my grandmas (I know, cool story bro) I didn't want to make this a regular accent thread because everyone is from somewhere and somewheres always have accents.

Anyways, I was curious, how many ZU member speak with a city accent? Such as, Brooklyn, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelfia, Houston, blah.

I myself am from Baltimore, I was raised there for about 10 years until I moved. Of course my accent isn't as strong as most Baltimorians but it's detectable. Instead of "wash" I say "warsh". Instead of "BalTmore" I usually say Baldimore. Or just Balmore. I kind of thinks it's funny because people can detect it and ask me if I'm from Baltimore, but I never notice it.

Anyways go ahead and post if you want. If you don't want to.. that's okay.. I guess.

Umm....I'm from Miami. I'm asian and hawaiian....so I don't have much of an accent. I find myself using a hispanic accent sometimes, just from hearing it soo much.

I love the NYC accent though (:

I don't have an accent. And I don't notice any accents except Brooklyn and Chicago. Well at least the ones from America.

My favorite accent though would have to be the Irish.

I love the NYC accent though (:

Oh me too! Brooklyn accents are just so much win for me! <3

I dont speak with an accent that im aware of. I guess one would say "California accent" if there is such a thing.

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.

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

There is, however, a lot I don't say, and quite frankly think sounds stupid.
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

One thing I always find, though, is that people say Bostonians nickname the subway "the T". But it is, in fact, what it's called. The subway system is offically the T. Not sure if it was always like that, but it is now.

i'm from the san francisco bay area. i don't really have much of a californian accent (which i have discovered is quite real, i never believed we had one), but i guess i do subtly. i don't talk like a valley girl, but i do throw in many "like"s and "hella"s in my sentences.

Originally Posted by Venkman

Anyways,

Originally Posted by Florina Belmont

I dont speak with an accent that im aware of. I guess one would say "California accent" if there is such a thing.

Yeah I am from Cali too but I have no idea if I have an accent. I suppose I have an accent to everyone who doesn't talk like me or other Californians.

Originally Posted by piccolio

i'm from the san francisco bay area. i don't really have much of a californian accent (which i have discovered is quite real, i never believed we had one), but i guess i do subtly. i don't talk like a valley girl, but i do throw in many "like"s and "hella"s in my sentences.

I don't say "like" and "hella" too much. Although I won't lie, I do say them quite a bit more than I'd like. I can't help it. Too many people around here who talk like that. I am a valley girl after all. And by "valley girl" I mean I live in the valley =P

I speak with a British accent.

More specifically, I speak with what I suppose is the "standard" British accent. I lived in the southwest (Dorset), if that helps.

I like the sterotypical new yorker jew accent their awesome.

No, because I don't live in a city.

I speak with whatever accent is prevalent in the area so it's easier to integrate into the community and people are more likely to be more open to people with similar accents.

**** yea change accent ability.

I have a semi-country accent. Like... when I try to say 'wash' I say warsh. don't ask why. Ive lived from Pensacola Florida to Seattle Washington...

you guys be the judge.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjDPUqs-cBQ

Ewww i hate the word 'hella'. It is pretty Bay Area and so is the word 'tight' used in the place of awesome or cool. I use that one on occasion. Living in the foothills of CA doesnt warrent an accent.

Originally Posted by Florina Belmont

Ewww i hate the word 'hella'. It is pretty Bay Area and so is the word 'tight' used in the place of awesome or cool. I use that one on occasion. Living in the foothills of CA doesnt warrent an accent.

I had to sit next to a guy that said hella at the end of every sentence on a bus it sucked.

I'm from Wyoming, so I have whatever the hell accent we have.

I can change my accent at will, like Mafoofoo. The typical southern accent is my default, though, so I use words like "y'all" and "should've," and have that ever so prevalent drawl.

My accent is a mixture of standard English and Australian (not "ocker" Australian, mind).

I'm from CA, so I don't have much of an accent. I do, however, have "word habits" (like, totally, awesome, dude, hella, tight, pimp status, hyphy) that make it obvious to everybody where I am from. I'm currently on the east coast (suuuuucks), and I've noticed some speech differences..:

Most people I've heard on the east coast say words with "ed" differently. For instance, I would say Retarded as "Ree-TAR-ded" whereas people here say it "Ree-TAR-dit". Also, I say the word Horrible like "HORE-ibble" whereas people here often say it "HARR-ibble". Kinda weird to me. I come in contact with a lot of people from NJ, too, and I often hear words like "Kwah-fee" (Coffee). They often say the word Drawer like "Drow-wuh", whereas I'm used to "Droor". Oh, and they say Mirror like "Meer-ruh" while I say "Meer". Can't forget Hulk, either... a lot of east coasters say it like "Howk" while I say it "Hullk".

I've also noticed that, back in CA, we tend to kind of replace A's and E's with the "uh" sound or just drop some syllables altogether, and words often just merge together. It's almost monotone at times. Words like "Santa Rosa" become "Sanna Rosa", and words like "doing" become "doin'".

One thing that REALLY threw me off when I came to the east coast is that people over here ask questions, but the questions sound like statements. Example: somebody will ask, "You want rice with dinner, Zelly?" but they will put emphasis on the word "rice" and not on my name, so it sounds like they are telling me I want rice instead of asking.

im from chicago. ive been told that people from chicago talk fast. so, i guess i talk fast.

I speak with an accent somewhere between Northern Welsh and standard neutral British accent. I lean more towards the Welsh when I've had a few to drink (apparently it's easy to tell where I'm from when I'm drunk but otherwise people seem surprised to find out that I can speak Welsh yet not have the accent).