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Doesn't most of the country speak English though? Some of you guys speak better than we do.
ShockingAlberto
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I love the people who watch a lot of Top Gear on Netflix and then decide to start spouting British vernacular.
It's like, bitch, unless you've accidentally asked someone if they would toss you off and not realized what it meant, you keep using your American words!
Canada, bruv.
Devolution
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I know I sound American but I feel like I don't have an obvious region specific accent.
Chuckie
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That means I must be the 10% because when I was on Bali, two Aussie girls actually thought I was an American.
Weirdest experience ever. (Concerning my English that is)
CountAntonius
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Never heard you speak.
let's blow the myth of the beautiful English accent out the water...
http://youtu.be/c8X3swd0rZE
clarence seedorf is the english/dutch speaker...
http://youtu.be/c8X3swd0rZE
clarence seedorf is the english/dutch speaker...
My sister staunchly denies that an "American" accent exists, it's just a collection of different regions. PROVE HER WRONG.
Arjen
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Most of us speak English, although it really depends how good, long fluid conversations are pretty hard for most people, and it sounds absolutly cringe worthy most of the time.
Al-ibn Kermit
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<-------if you see a hobo, then the forum finally accepted the image link.
ShockingAlberto
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Midwestern is more or less the generally accepted "default" American accent.
Devolution
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Next time you're in TC i'll get on mic.
I definitely think there are some areas of the country that don't really have one. This is just my foreign perspective through some travel, but a lot of the west coast seems fairly neutral in that regard. Never really notice much of an accent living here in San Francisco.
I think New York and Boston were the two strongest accents I've heard here. New York was the first place I ever visited in America, and oh boy. Was so hard for me to understand some people :lol
Arjen
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Maybe we think it sounds worse then it actually is? I got mistaken for an Australian a couple of times.
CountAntonius
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I'm in there now.
IrishNinja
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haha, nice catch - it is indeed! didn't have a cricket bat available and most folks out here can't tell the difference, but yeah, my guyanese friends gave me lots of shit about that one, heh.
Chuckie
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I think young gods like us speak pretty well and are just really selfconscious about it. No matter how well you speak it, it's not your first language which makes you a bit too self-aware and critical. So yeah, I think it probably sounds better than you think.
Old farts like former PM Ruud Lubbers actually DO speak with a horrible broken fucked up accent.
I really want to know if I have that NYer accent XD Personally I don't think I have one, and I'm sure everyone can understands me, but I know there are some slang words that I throw around that people don't know.
I sorta wish I had a regional accent though, I know some people with really heavy Brooklyn accents and I wonder if I could ever get myself to sound like them ahaha
CountAntonius
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kisaya go on tinychat and let us hear you.
I can't right now D; maybe tomorrow (well, later today...)
Like "ooh, you're tight!" or "I have mad home work to do today!"
Sometimes I just throw slang if I'm joking around, especially with my sister who thrives off this slang. "Yooo, it's mad brick today!!"
Haha, well hearing it unintelligibly thick was definitely the minority. It varied wildly really. Was surprisingly soft with some people, and much more obvious with others. Pretty interesting. Definitely a wider spectrum compared to some other cities I've been to.
This girl has the clearest irish accent like on earth...
http://youtu.be/7e5_RVBwNjE
Don't know what she's talking about about with oat meal... but damn that voice is clear as hell.
http://youtu.be/7e5_RVBwNjE
Don't know what she's talking about about with oat meal... but damn that voice is clear as hell.
PigSpeakers
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I can barely tell she has an irish accent till she says the word "and".
Also, I think I might try that oatmeal thing. I like having nice looking skin.
Must be a neighbour thing, cause I got her irish accent when she said good morning guys.
But yeah her accent is like the clearest I have ever heard... oh and pic or it didn't happen if you do the oatmeal thing.
PigSpeakers
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I will do it tomorrow morning and see how well it works. Provided I still have some oatmeal upstairs. I'll check on that.
So I searched around a bit and apparently a lot of people in Brooklyn say "close the light" instead of "turn off the light," and vise versa. I thought it was common for most people to make this mistake, especially cause I say that all the time LOL. Also saying "youse" and "yous guys" is very Brooklyn as well, which I'm guilty of saying sometimes hahaha.
Anyway, off to bed. Goodnight!
Anyway, off to bed. Goodnight!
Count Dookkake
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I also heard "shut the light" in NYC.
Another oddity was "waiting on line," instead of "in line".
Another oddity was "waiting on line," instead of "in line".
Last one before I go, BUT YES LOL.
Don't forget "open the light" as well hahaha
Oh man, really thought everyone mistakenly said this. Guess I really do speak Brooklynese ahahaha.
Femmeworth
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The "Texan" accent is horrible. Luckily, I don't seem to suffer from it.
Professor Beef
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I always look down on people who say "oh yeah?" or "c'mere a minute."
Billychu, c'mere a minute.
Billychu, c'mere a minute.
That's too bad, I say y'all quite often. With absolutely 0% accent though, not YAAHHLLL, just 'yol'. I mean, how else do you address a group of multiple people? 'Do all of you people wanna'? Feels weird.
"Hey guys, do you want to..."
But they're not guys... when you talk to girls, you ever say guys? 'Do you all wanna come' vs 'y'all wanna come'. Pure efficiency baby.
I've seen a group entirely made up of girls use "Hey guys" to address everyone. It's gender neutral. Yay, English!
NEOPARADIGM
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Regional, though. My cousin told me after she moved to Texas from Michigan the girls there gave her a hard time when she used guys like that. "We're not guys." /girlvoice
Then I think I read on GAF that it's not like that so much anymore.
Femmeworth
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Even though it sounds weird, when you think about it, I use "guys" regardless of gender. I avoid "y'all" as much as I can.
Speaking of Texas, have you guys watched Friday Night Lights? The TV series, I mean. I absolutely love it, though I haven't watched the final season yet.
How many seasons are there?
friskykillface
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Whoa had no idea it was snowing today , the local weather women all said Sunday lol
Hope no one spins out on the road, happened to me last year, fucking scary
Btrrrrrrrrr I want to move to San Diego
Hope no one spins out on the road, happened to me last year, fucking scary
Btrrrrrrrrr I want to move to San Diego
I dunno, I think y'all is totally fine without the accent. I'm saying it to myself over and over right now and there's really no accent, sounds kinda the 'accent' when you say 'you'll' but with yol.
Femmeworth
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Five.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone pronounce it that way, if I am understanding you correctly.
Does jongens specifically refer to relatively young folk?
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