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So apparently I have sort of a unique accent. But some say I have a kiwi [New Zealander] accent.
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Yes, and when I moved I acquire the accent of the area and sometimes don't even notice it, until my friends tell and kid me about it. There are different accents in the different regions of Texas.
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No, they can tell I'm from the north (UK), but not pin it down to a place. I think its because I pick up other peoples accents
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Nope. I've got no accent, I just sound American. But if I hang out with my family too much I sometimes adopt a strong southern accent (which I absolutely hate).
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From as in where I was born? No, since I speak some kind of English and live in the USA :-)
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People usually think I'm from Chicago, when I'm actually from Detroit.
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No ,I'm from the Netherlands people think I'm British !
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Canadian,A.
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Yes. A NY accent will do that to you :)
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People from Spain, where I live, can tell that I'm British. I'm sure Americans and Australians could tell that, as well. My wife is from a different part of the country and I've picked up bits of her accent. Also I have lived in so many parts of England that I have picked up bits of each area, so I think the best that most people could come up with is that I'm from somewhere "Up North".
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No, I was born and raised in New Jersey but I don't have a 'Jersey accent'.
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I don't think most people could, but my Georgian relatives say I have a "Yankee accent." Shit, I'm from a border state...
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yup [aussie], and therefore, to be abit more suspicious, i speak in a french accent :p just kiddin, the moment called for it ;)
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nope, i don't really have an accent....and other times i can grab on to accents easily...
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ABSOLUTELY! While in the military, on a basic training post, a friend and I thought it interesting to guess the origins of the new recruits. We perfected our "craft" so well that we would ALWAYS guess the State that the individual was from. After a while, we were able to isolate a dialect to within 100 miles ... unless the individual had moved from one State to another. It was a fun game that I still practice from time to time. Unfortunately, without a steady flow of people from all over the country to use as baselines, it is virtually impossible to maintain.
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I've been to lots of places and they know I'm from the Midwest, but my friends say that I have my own dialect. Not quite sure what that means since I think I talk the same as everybody else around me. I think I'm just unique
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Being from the NJ/NY area, at times my accent is detectable. My bf says I say "kawfee" instead of "coffee". HE'S the one with the accent! Not me!
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If I'm in England people can hear very easily that I'm from "The North". The funny thing is I only lived there for a couple of years when little - but my parents were from Leeds - We moved around a lot so I'd pick up and loose accents a bit! But the older I get the more the Northern accent seems to surface.
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Yea I have a fairly thick aussie accent =]
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No.
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No :)
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No. I get Pennsylvania more than anything else. In Germany some people didn't even know I was American.
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You mean that Golden Voice of the Ozarks, they hear from time to time over the air waves.....Naaa I don't think they do....LOL.
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Sometimes. My accent is fairly faint. Most people here just think I'm from the North (of US).
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No, but after some liquor the Texas comes out
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It is obvious from the moment I open my mouth that I am from the Deep South. I don't have a Scarlett O'Hara drawl, but I do sound distinctly Southern!
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Usually....I'm a New Yorker with a normal accent (not like the bad, affected accents of CSI NY - gag) but in the South, people can always tell I'm from the North, most times they guess New York correctly.
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I've lived in the deep south my entire life, but have only a faint accent. Funny because my grandparents say things like "mater" for tomato, "tater" for potato "okrie" for okra and "Co Coler" instead of Coke Cola. Locals that have tried to place my accent, usually guess California. Only when I've traveled (Boston, Alaska, Vancouver) did anyone realize that I was southern, . . . but they always guess "Texas".
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Pretty much.
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I sincerely hope not.
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You can't miss my accent, I'm French!!!
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No they cant. I have a total different accent , u would never even know where i am really from... ha ha, its great.
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I don't think I have an accent but other people say I do. I am from California :)
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At home in the UK people usually can, or at least tell which end of the country I'm from. Foreigners can tell I'm English, but most of them (especially Americans) think that all Englishmen are from London; I'm from Manchester.
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Most people can tell I'm American by my accent. Americans can tell I'm a Latina, but not from my accent, but because I look Latina.
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I am certain that if I went somewhere outside of America most could guess me as American. In the States nobody guesses it. I have a very neutral Californian accent, not the valley accent or any well known Californian accent and had some training in speech classes. When I am intoxicated I have this neutral accent dipped in a "55 gallon drum" of Romanian Gypsy. I picked that up from my father. Most people just think "slavic."
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hoo noo
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I think all they could tell is that I'm from the US and that I'm not from the south, the midwest, Bastin, or New Yak. ;)
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No not really. I was born in Urugay and came to America when I was 11. So my accent is not bad but you can still hear an accent. Is not a Spanish accent. I dunno some people say I talk like a white girl since most people from NYC that are Spanish have that Rosie Perez accent. But I was raised on Long island so that is why I talk the way I talk ;0P
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hmm i dont know maybe.
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No.
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no, they cant tell where im from lol
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yep, a southern drawl, when I lived in New Jersey all my friends, and even my boss (over the intercom!!), called me "Dixie".. many called my job wanting only to speak to "dixie"...
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No, im from Rhode Island and people think im from Brooklyn or the Bronx (NY) lol.
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Yes and no, I'm irish but some people sometime think i'm scottish when i go abroad lol
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not at all.
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No, as far as I know. I have an accent but it's not easy to figure out. LOL
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Not from mine. I have Eastern European accent. People can not figure out where I am from. LOL
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Not me. I was born and raised in California but people say i sound southern...they never believe me when I tell them where I'm from. I was raised by southerners so I guess I picked up the accent...
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NOPE!!!! THEY CAN NOT. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SOUTH. BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK GHETTO OR EBONICS WHATEVER IT'S CALLED PPL AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME I'M WHITE, BUT WHEN THEY MEET ME FOR THE 1ST TIME THEIR JAW DROPS AND THEN THEY'LL ASK ARE YOU FROM CALIFORNIA? HA, I LAUGH , BECAUSE THEY'RE FEELING LIKE A FOOL.
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Yes, apparently my "Canadian Accent" is quite noticable.
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I remember I was in San Francisco where I met a man who was in my country for a couple years. When I told that I was from Malaysia he was surprised because I did not talk like most Malaysians.
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Mine is a little bit of a muddle. I've grown up in the midwest U.S., but I'm originally from VA. My mom is from VA, and my dad was from MA. I use a lot of slang/colloquialisms from all those regions.
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Yea. You can tell I'm from the south. It's not a heavy accent like Paula Dean or anything but you can tell.
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They could tell the country I come from (Scotland), but probably only people from the country itself could tell which area.
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Not when I am at where I am from!
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I'm from New Zealand. Americans often seem to get confused & think I'm Australian but the rest of the world seems to know that I'm a Kiwi.
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Yep, English, Mancunian. though som say i dont have a strong manc accent
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No, not a chance, not even a hope in hell....! Had some good guesses (Australia, New Zealand - even South Africa). Some sort of right, none correct
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No. I've lived in Texas all my life, and people have thought I was from Boston.. weird :)
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Other than I'm American and Middle Class that is as close as most people come. People from my own region have trouble knowing conclusively. Only Southerners with a fine tuned ear can tell but it usually because of a particular phrase I may say.
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Yup, NY sticks out...
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yes pretty much my southern drawl is hard to miss +5
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I sound a bit like an educated hick, so people usually know I'm from one of the southern states.
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An accent is a way of speaking that gives your voice an identity. Accents are part of cultural identity and are of course important for making impressions. Proper grammar is much more important. Accent reflects the unique characteristics and background of a person. Many people take great pride in their accents. A neutral accent is good, but be careful that you don't sound like you think you are better than everyone else. Re: http://www.neutralaccent.com
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SOMETIMES.
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Yes, Australian. But some people do sometimes think its english accent.
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yes, even tho' I have lived in the north of USA for thirty years, most folks know I was raised down south.
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"Orite, om from Wuva-amton, I goh a Black Cuntri accent, I live in uh States no wi mi gir-frend, moh Black cuntri accent's wearin off no tho, yuh cehn still nowiss it if yuh goh a traind e-ya, I ay no Brummie tho, om a Yam-Yam Wuvo boy thru n thru, cum on ya Wanderers!" "Alright, I'm from Wolverhampton, I've got a Black Country accent, I live in the States now with my girlfriend, my Black Country accent is wearing off now though, you can still notice it if you've got a trained ear, I'm not a Brummie though, I'm a Yam-Yam Wolvo boy through and through, come on you Wanderers!" That's the Black Country way of saying it, then that's the real way of saying it hehe Black Country (Wolvo, Walsall, Willenhall, Dudley, West Bromwich, Cannock etc) is different from Brummies (Birmingham) accents :)
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