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Stylediva127 · MagykWire

Your accent

Rye · Angela is always right!

My... accent... um, I don't know.
I don't think I have an accent.
But Emily says I do... so I do? xD

From people who claim I have an accent, they say it's a mix of Canadian and American.
'Cause I grew up in both places on and off... so yeah. My accent is really messed up.
I also have a bit of a French accent mixed in 'cause of my dad and Spanish 'cause of my mom.
Canadian + American + French + Spanish = my accent! Hehe. =P
And the only person here who knows what the heck that could possibly sound like is Emily. X3

Akira_Cat · Your local cat

I accents very very British. Like one of those posh accents. But then again, I do come from Suffolk.

Dragon Wing · Gone

I don't have an accent to speak of. =(

LeiaRules · Beast

I don't even know if i have an accent?!

Rye · Angela is always right!

Dragon Wing wrote:

I don't have an accent to speak of. =(

That's what I said until I talked to Emily with a microphone once.
The first thing she said was, I quote, "OH MY GO[SH], YOUR ACCENT IS SO AWESOME!"
And I was like, "Um... what accent?" XD Her accent is awesome though.

Dragon Wing · Gone

Someone from Australia once told me that Americans have "TV accents". Whatever that means ¯\(o_°)/¯

Ayelet_Ripley · Frelengian

People outside of Italy tell me that mine is Italian.

techfan979 · MagykWire

Dragon Wing wrote:

Someone from Australia once told me that Americans have "TV accents". Whatever that means ¯\(o_°)/¯

Angela, you just don't hear your accent. A scottish person won't hear their own accent either, but you can.

Rye · Angela is always right!

I wonder though... people who can hear a Canadian or American accent... do they hear it as thick as we hear, say, English or Australian accents? o O; Accents are so interesting to me for that...

techfan979 · MagykWire

Of course. The amount of difference between the accents is the same. So an American or Canadian accent should sound just as thick to an aussie.

-- Edited by techfan979 at 11:19, 2008-04-30

-- Edited by techfan979 at 11:19, 2008-04-30

Rye · Angela is always right!

Really...? That's awesome. xD -ponders- I need to borrow someone's ears so I can hear such a difference. Hehe.

Natynicky · Martian

Ummm... I don't exactly have an accent O_o
In fact people say I have a perfect american accent...
Well... I speak english a lot, with my friends, cousins, brothers, and online of course ^__^
Maybe it's because of that

Rye · Angela is always right!

I find it amusing how many people think they don't have accents. And here I thought I was the only one. xD

Natynicky · Martian

Rye wrote:

I find it amusing how many people think they don't have accents. And here I thought I was the only one. xD

I mean I have friends that have accent and most of my family have accent... (the older part of my family BTW XD)
I don't know maybe it's our generation

But I certainly don't have an accent and I don't think so either

and it's tough for me because our main language here where I live is spanish... everything is in spanish... except for the conversations I have with my friends XD

techfan979 · MagykWire

You do have an accent natnicky, you just don't hear it.

Natynicky · Martian

techfan979 wrote:

You do have an accent natnicky, you just don't hear it.

hmm maybe...

I can go with that

although when it comes to my spanish and I compare it with other people I DO have an accent

dOMITUPSYK · Loonatic

X3 Do I need to say it?

My accent's as Dixie as they come. However, I've learned to keep it to a minimum (That looks misspelled) when talking to people outside the family.

Except the following transitions still occur:
I>Ah
Ow> the "a" in "at"
L>W

In other words, everyone here is "atsahd mah family" and we "tawk" to each other. XD

THERE IS AN L THERE IT IS "TALK" NOT "TAHK" KTHNXBAI

Sorry, had to throw that out there. FTR, the Southern accent is the most widely used accent in the US due to the "slang accent" used by people that speak primarily slang. WE TOLD YOU WE'D RISE AGAIN AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I had pinapples. They contain sugar. X3

Shirako · Anthros

That sounds pretty cool. As for me, I do not have a "noticable" accent...I wonder what it would be like to have an Irish accent, though...it sounds funny.

techfan979 · MagykWire

Everyone has a noticable accent. Just not in their own ears.

Someone with an Irish accent will not hear themselves with an accent.

Shirako · Anthros

I know that. I meant that my accent is not really "noticable" where I live. An Irish accent would be fun to have...I think...

techfan979 · MagykWire

I wish I could have an Austrian or German.

Earth Master · Loonatic

I have a mild Canadian accent.
...
...eh?

dOMITUPSYK · Loonatic

Tech: Press control A.
Canadian: I pressed control, eh? And nothing happened, eh?

XD

Canadian: We don't really talk like that, eh?

XD

I had a Canadian friend who, after every, EVERY question, said "eh?" No matter what question, he always said "eh?" DX I miss him.

I forgot to mention I've started eating my "r"s when I talk. DX Instead of "car", "park", and "bored", I say "cah", "pahk", and "bo-uhd". LINKIN PAHK IS TEH AWESOMENESS. XD

techfan979 · MagykWire

Well, don't be sad about it doma. Your accent gives you character.

Stylediva127 · MagykWire

It's kinda cool to have an accent

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

If you talk, you have an accent. If other people around you have an accent, they'll obviously think you have an accent.

Why do people not think that they have an accent? If you can tell the difference between your own accent and a Chinese person's accent, then that would obviously mean to them, you have an accent. D:

AND NAO!

A demonstration of my accent.

*cough*

:3

GIDDAY MAYT! Heow's it geowin'? Noice bluddy day fer a barbie, ay!? She's a roight beaut! Reckon we shuld chuck a coupla snags on th' grill and make ourselves a coupla sangas! Crack open a stubby and watch th' footy. Watch out ya don't come a cropper though. Fairdinkum, don't want ya gettin' smashed on me front lawn! Tell ya what, m' missus would give ya a fair whallop! She's a tough shelia, she is!

*cough*

Sorry, I love overdoing our accents like the Americans on TV do. 8D

Yup! Moin's Australian! True Blue Auzzie! 8D

Dragon Wing · Gone

All Americans associate Australia with Steve Irwin it seems. :-/

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

Apparently, yes...

Although we're not too far off... we're still not as prominent. XD

I should make a voice recording so you can see... ;3

Dragon Wing · Gone

Yeah based on stuff I've seen on TV Tasmanians probably sound like:

GLEBRRH GLAHALRALRAHLRAH GREAAL RARRHHR RAGGARGLEBHHHHh PHTTTBTTTTTT GREHLABLAB! *saliva flies everywhere* *turns into tornado*

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XD

We're nothing like that! Not even the Tassie Devils are like that!!! XD

They go: "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!" *high pitched screaming*

techfan979 · MagykWire

I've seen those on animal planet. Mean little things!

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

They are! 8D

And they really do eat everything. XD

techfan979 · MagykWire

I'd imagine, but that's actuelly not so uncommon.

My aunt once had a little itty bitty chiwawa, and it friggin ate her kitchen cabinets! It would constantly naw holes in EVERYTHING, and eat the splinters. It even chewed a metal stool to peices!

I'm not kidding, that dog practically ate her home!

Rye · Angela is always right!

XtreamCrazy wrote:

GIDDAY MAYT! Heow's it geowin'? Noice bluddy day fer a barbie, ay!? She's a roight beaut! Reckon we shuld chuck a coupla snags on th' grill and make ourselves a coupla sangas! Crack open a stubby and watch th' footy. Watch out ya don't come a cropper though. Fairdinkum, don't want ya gettin' smashed on me front lawn! Tell ya what, m' missus would give ya a fair whallop! She's a tough shelia, she is!

*cough*

Sorry, I love overdoing our accents like the Americans on TV do. 8D

Yup! Moin's Australian! True Blue Auzzie! 8D

Wow, that really is overdone. And I lost you at "chuck a coupla snags." XDD
I could understand you just fine when we talked. I love your accent. It's so awesome. ^___^;

-phone rings- UNO MOMENTE! "While you were away, this message was recorded for you..." -listens to long ramble about New Mexico Dodge car she hasn't made payments on- But... I don't own a car. D: -is hung up on by the robots- GASP.

-cough-

Canadian accents are overdone on TV too, me thinks. People assume that everyone here lives off the expression "eh?"... -shakes head-
I don't know why, but I tended to use eh more when I lived in the U.S. Soon as I moved back to Canada, I stopped using it. It drives me crazy to even hear it. My mom says it all the time. X3
Seriously, Emily, did you ever once hear me use "eh?" while we were talking? I bet noooot. Just like I didn't hear you use all that ridiculously overdone Australian slang. ...Unless you were toning it down for my sake. XDDD

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

I do say "sangas" (sammiches)... and "snags" (sausages)... and "barbie" (BBQ)... and "sheila" (girl)... and "feller" (boy)... and "bloke" (boy)... and "chuck" (throw/place gently - because we don't throw babies into their cribs)... and of course "gidday" (good day).. I do use slang. XD

I say things like, "OH! she's bitter today, i'n't she!?" which translates to, "OH! The weather's cold today, isn't it?"

I call toasted sangas 'Steves'... But that's just me and my family. 83

And nearly ever second word is a cuss... XD

Dragon Wing · Gone

This morning I ate Steve.

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

OMG!

Actually, a single Steve is referred to as "a Steve" as in, "This morning I ate a Steve".

And Steves are the plural, as in, "Can you please make me some Steves?"

...

GAH! MY NEW PEIRCING HURTS AND ITCHES AT THE SAME TIEM!!! D8

Dragon Wing · Gone

Oh! No, I wasn't referring to that, this morning I actually ate a guy named Steve. With food prices on the rise during such an unstable global economy, you have to make cutbacks SOMEWHERE!

Crap I'm off topic in every thread I post.

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

LOLZ! Steve got nommed. 83

Ayelet_Ripley · Frelengian

Dragon Wing wrote:
Oh! No, I wasn't referring to that, this morning I actually ate a guy named Steve.

You do realize this can be interpreted in many inappropriate ways, right? o_o

Rye wrote:
Canadian accents are overdone on TV too, me thinks. People assume that everyone here lives off the expression "eh?"... -shakes head-

I had no idea that was a canadian stereotype. But now I understand why my Canadian friend says it so frequently, which...actually makes it rather true. XD
No really, I practically associate the 'eh?' to this guy and he says it so effing frequently that it annoys me a lot.
Then again, that might just be because in italian that expression is often used as a provocation, so I tend to interpret it that way.

Speaking of which, you have no idea how much i HATE Mario and all his 'mamma mias'. But for a simple reason: there is no truer italian stereotype than that! I say it every single day, whenever i'm surprised.

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

Hmmmmmm... Well, not many people down here say things like, "STREUTH", which is a stereotypical word used when Auzzies are surprised. Mostly we say things like, "F*CK" and "SH*T" and "BLOODY OATH" and "JEEZ"!

=3

Come down here and you'll be envelloped by our filthy language. :3

Dragon Wing · Gone

My parents are Bostonians. There's enough filthy language for the whole world in my house.

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

Oh. My. Gawd. O_O

Rye · Angela is always right!

My family tends to cuss among ourselves, but my mom always tries not to when we have anyone else around. I try not to cuss too much... usually I just make things up to replace words I would otherwise say. For instance... freaking (pronounced fricking) hell, darn it, oh my gosh, freak (pronounced frick), etc. But then something hurts me or someone insults me... and that's when I really cuss. X3

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

Lol! I'm more creative. XD

Floppin' hell! What's with that flippin' shiznit? You're a fish's foot!!! I shun and reject you from my universe of existance you hideously disfigured r-tard. DX

GREAT SNEAKS! 8D

...

I actually use that one sometimes... And 'crumbs'... I'M NOT TRYING TO BE TINTIN I SWEAR. D:

Rye · Angela is always right!

XtreamCrazy wrote:

Lol! I'm more creative. XD

Floppin' hell! What's with that flippin' shiznit? You're a fish's foot!!! I shun and reject you from my universe of existance you hideously disfigured r-tard. DX

GREAT SNEAKS! 8D

Hehe. I tend to keep things short and sweet. ;D Perhaps because I don't yell cuss words at people. I simply want something to mutter to myself... freaking hell is usually just what comes to mind. It's satisfying enough for me. C(x

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

Nah, the crazier the better. XD

Rye · Angela is always right!

XtreamCrazy wrote:

Nah, the crazier the better. XD

Depends on the accent. I can imagine you saying what you said earlier just fine. It's just not the same with my "accent" though. xD

XtreamCrazy · BUT MY CHEESE WILL GET COLD. D8

LOL! So, accents make insults more offensive, eh? XD