Foo - Do Y'all Have An Accent?

In the continuing saga of getting a better picture of each other....

What do y'all talk like? I'm a southerner by birth, but grew up in an international household. No regional accent for me.:) (I use y'all with my tounge in cheek);)

How 'bout the rest o' y'all? What's yo accent, folks? Hmmmm?

Also, is your voice pitched deep or high? Have a lisp? Stutter? Speak slowly or rapidly?

Inquiring, bored minds and such want to know!:beer:

I speak in a series of clicks, squeaks, sqawks, and groans. As near as I can tell, my speach is completely devoid of accent.

BEEP BOO BEEEP!

Seriously, I have no accent at all - it's everyone ELSE that has an accent!

Actually, i used to have an accent. As a wee young lad, I had a very strong Baw-ston accent. The elementary school I went to in NY didn't like that, so they sent me to a speech therapist to beat it out of me.

I speak in a series of clicks, squeaks, sqawks, and groans. As near as I can tell, my speach is completely devoid of accent.

Flipper?! You can type?

I'm told I have a ker-azy hybrid accent, composed of upstate (where I grew up) AND downstate new york (where/with whom I went to school), some Boston (not a clue), and a smattering of Irish/Gaelic (thank you, grandpa). I'm a language *****.

No, its everyone else! :P I have an Yootawn accent I'm sure. At least that's what I've been told. :p

I have a southern accent...no doubt about it...ya'll.

Flipper?! You can type?
I have a water-proof pad with BIG touch-sensitive keys on it. It was actually quite easy to learn. You apes have an extremely simple language.

I do say y'all. But I don't have a Texas drawl or accent.
However, back in my drinkin' days, put a few beers in me and aw'd go ta soundin' lak awe ain't never sit foot outta Gun Barrel City. ya hear

I have a water-proof pad with BIG touch-sensitive keys on it. It was actually quite easy to learn. You apes have an extremely simple language.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Southern born and raised ,california 10 years, settled else where. I have no accent at all. I wasn't smart enough to realize that I was supposed to have an accent. I talk fast and low, my mom keeps telling me she is listening with Southern ears and I have to repeat everything.
Everyone else in my family have heavy southern accents......go figure...

Born and rasied in Scotland, Teenage years in England, Back to Scotland, 7 Years in Maimi and now North Carolina.

Yep I have an accent and most people do not have a clue where from...

YEP. Southwest Va drawl, y'all

I don't think I have an accent, but I am third generation Texan, so what do I know. I do know my father can get three syllable out of the word "*****" when he is angry enough. Growing up I could tell how mad he was at me by counting the syllables in his cuss words!

Outta the deeeep south, my accent is closer to a "Jimmy Carter" than a "Larry the Cable Guy".
Hollywood would not know a real southern accent from yak call.
It's pronounced:
PEAcan, not paCON, just look at how it's spelled
One does not pronounce the "L" in Dekalb county, but one does in the word "walk"
Veye (like the woman's name) Dale (like the male name) Yuh, Vidalia Onion
If ya'll have a layover in 'Lanta, Ponce Delenon Ave. is Ponts (pon as in pond, ts as in haunts, Duh Leon (as in Larry the Cable Guy's brother) Ponts Duh Leon Ave. usually just "Ponts"
and it goes on, and on.....

--A

I grew up on the east coast until I was 8, then west coast. I've been told I have a very neutral accent, though someone once thought I was from Canadia....

I've spent my time in eastern PA (west of Phila suburbs), west central PA (Altoona area), western NJ (east of Phila 'burbs) and eastern PA (north of Phila suburbs)... in that order. So I use the vernacular of those areas. I don't detect an accent, but if I go to other place they say "You not from roun'hea."

Vioce sounds like a mix of Lily Tomlin & Gilbert Gotfreid.

Raised in The Citay in a tough neighborhood. Have been accused of having a part Chicano/Queens accent only when I get stirred up or excited. (Must be my environment)

Goes back to normal when not.

If you never saw me, you would never be able to tell I am Asian.

To a Northerner it would seem I have a thick Southern accent. But compared to many people around here I sound like a Yankee myself. :D I'd prefer to have no accent at all, but oh well. And yes, Hollywood is clueless when it comes to Southern accents. Example: Nicholas Cage in "Conair". *shudder*

i got no axxent

Y'all axe too many questions. :(

I've got a "closet" stutter; comes out occasionally with too much caffeine. [Uh-Buh-Deee; Uh-Buh-Deee; Uh-Buh-Deee, Uhhhh That's ALL folks!] A career requiring loads of public speaking has wrestled it down to a manageable level. Still, there are words that just don't "go".

Irish Accent

North Central Illinois(you don't pronounce the s) I don't hear an accent
Being in a call center taking calls from around the nation, I have been told I sound like I'm from the east coast. I enunciate every syllable, in Illinois we say the "l" in Dekalb

I've like, tried to, like, you know, rid myself of my like, Valley Girl accent (born in the San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys to be precise). It makes one sound extremely vapid. My father was from Chicago, and I've been told that I have traces of that in my vernacular, i.e. "caa-er" instead of car. My mom is from "Flar-i-dah", where they say ah-renge for orange, but I seem to have escaped that aspect of speech. No lisp, no stutter, voice a bit low for a woman, but nothing frightening.

I'm not from the Midwest, but my Dad and Grandparents were from Minnesohda....(yah, yoo betcha!) So I sound a little like them, dontcherno.

Despite growing up on the mean streets of Rochester (New York), waaay back in the '70's (I think Siu and I could both make it as inner-city to white-folk translators), I think about the only way to nail me is to get me to pronounce "orange" without getting my attention. Aside from that, I'm quite convinced (whether rightly or not) that my slight nasality is free from accent.

Hey Zorro, awwange ya finna sayit fo us?


Ha ha. I love it when Boogs says raHtha. Like he'd raHtha play his guitar than play on the computer. :D

I've met Canadians that say I have an accent, but besides that, no.

I'm chinese.
I'd type the way I speak my accent but I'd get banned.

Hey Zorro, awwange ya finna sayit fo us?


Ha ha. I love it when Boogs says raHtha. Like he'd raHtha play his guitar than play on the computer. :D

Actually, it's more like pirate-talk. "Arnj" - as a single syllable is closer. :D

Didn't know I had an accent until last year, when I heard myself get into character for a film a buddy of mine was making. Raised in N.J., but Brooklyn is how I sound.

I get my wife to order things most of the time - I don't talk loud enough and when I try to pronounce things so someone can understand me, she says my accent gets even thicker. English parents, 10 years in Zimbabwe, 10 years in South Africa, 9 years in Canada - don't ask me what accent I have :-)

Actually, it's more like pirate-talk. "Arnj" - as a single syllable is closer. :D


AWW hell. I can't spell words that aren't words. My bad.

I'm from a border state. When I go south, I'm a yankee. When I go north, I'm a southerner. When I was living in Chicago about 20 years ago, a young lady ask me if I was from Georgia (due to my accent). I laughed and said "honey, if you talked to someone from Georgia you would both probably need me to translate!" It must have been while I was living in Chicago that I taught myself to say 'wash' instead of 'warsh'.:D

french here ( canadian) and yep, i speak as funny as i type:p

I have lived in east Texas for 30something years, and I definitely do have a lil ole Texas drawl, y'all. (I don't say "ain't" though!)

I have a Southern accent, but I can "dumb it down" or "polish it up" depending on the occasion and who I'm conversing with. I have a good vocabulary, but words with over 3 syllables tend to baffle other mechanics, however, when I'm in class, I let my vocabulary fly. I also curse like a sailor, but can shut it off when I talk to my Mom or am on Bikeforums. :) I say "y'all" because you all sounds forced and unnatural. I find some regional accents to sound like nails being scraped across a chalkboard, but I won't say which ones. ;)

The word that will always be my tell is can't. It rhymes with ain't not ant in my vernacular.

french here ( canadian) and yep, i speak as funny as i type:p


I'd love to see you typing in French and slvoid typing in Chinese, having a conversation about miscommunication. :p

Of COURSE not! Everyone ELSE talks funny! (And anybody that says "y'all" is OK in my book!)

Ne mai chow gai ah?

I;ve been told I sound american hahaha

Ne mai chow gai ah?

[non-moderator deleted] ha ha thought I didn't know that huh? :lol: That was bad. And besides, I don't like vienna sausages. Better delete it before we get banned :p


DON"T MESS WITH THE WONGS!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Ne mai chow gai ah?
Do the tonal differences have any significance, like conjugation does in Latin? I was curious whether the tones had an overarching meaning, (like male, female, nominative, causative, etc.) or were just meant to differentiate each specific word.

I have a bit of an irish brogue ..some think it sounds australian. I am irish, though.
anyway
It's not heavy ..just noticeable.
I was severely aphasic as a young child and this sound forming just stuck with me
It's funny and it's different, I guess. It's my trademark. Girls have always seemed to like it. Sweet. I'm the quiet, soft-spoken type with a deep voice who would rather listen than be heard (most of the time)
So, I guess all that combined just makes a nice-sounding voice.

I've been told I pronounce socks like soaks (lol Tiff) and five -somewhat- like foive.



I do not like my voice, however.

My Michigan relatives tell me I have a west coast accent after 10 years in Oregon. People in Oregon who can recognize a Michigan accent say mine comes out when I'm angry.

(Ever hear Don Gonyea on NPR? He has a Michigan accent. (Monroe, MI) It was very strong when Bush was first elected but it's mellowed after these years of working out of state. I still hear it.)

I have lived for the most part in the city of Atlanta. So my accent is not strongly southern and definitely not country. Most people who live in Georgia say I don't have an accent. However, when I travel to other places i.e. Seattle people notice I am fromt he south right away. It was strange when at a dinner table everyone would stop and listen to me when I talk. Most people like my voice it's very calm and relaxed. This includes talking to people from Asia, Russia, and Manchester UK.

Do the tonal differences have any significance, like conjugation does in Latin? I was curious whether the tones had an overarching meaning, (like male, female, nominative, causative, etc.) or were just meant to differentiate each specific word.

A different tone totally changes the meaning of a word. In Mandarin Chinese, there are four different tones: flat, rising, falling-rising, and falling. The standard example to show how this works is the word "ma" (pronounced as it looks):

Flat -- Mother
Rising -- Hemp
Falling-Rising -- Horse
Falling -- Scold

Slvoid and Siu might be able to tell you more about how it works in Cantonese -- depending on who you ask, it has anywhere between 6 and 9 tones.

Sorry to be geeky, but I might as well put my language classes to some use :)

My accent in English is entirely unplaceable. I think it sounds Canadian, but many people disagree -- people often think I'm from England. I've never lived in England and my parents don't have British-English accents, so I don't know where that would come from. A Canadian friend of mine suggests that I don't have a British accent so much as I just enunciate clearly and don't use lots of slang.

I also have a tendency to unconsciously adopt the accent and intonations of the person I am talking to. That can be weird sometimes.

Chicks with accents are hot!

I tend to speak pidgin english about 70% of the time, and I guess there's some kind of an accent that goes along with it. Pidgin english can usually be turned on or off at will.

SoCal dude! Growing up, the words "dude", "like", "you know", and "and stuff" were used liberally throughout each sentence.

"Dude, I was like talking this chick and she was like 'hi' and I was all like 'hey' what's up' and she's like 'do you workout' and I'm all like 'yeah'. So I like, you know, got her number and stuff." :D

My high school English teacher used to make fun of how we would talk to each other. Something about "maturity" and "getting a job in the real world." Obviously, I don't like speak like that anymore, you know. :p However, when I hit the beach and talk to locals it's soooo easy to slip back into it. "Dude, nice bike. Like where you headed to, bro?" "Dude, I'm like riding to Mexico and stuff." "Whoa, right on, bro. Late." "Yo."