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veggieman001 wrote:

yeah it's a bit silly saying there's one 'american' accent, especially because the country is so large and diverse
i sound very different from someone from like florida for example

Except you're irish...

veggieman001 wrote:

i'm irish?!
what

You said.

._.

jji7skyline wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Y'know americans make all words with Rs in them really distorted right?

And Ts sound like Ds

Actually, different states (and even different cities) usually have different way of enunciating things. The turning of T sound into D sounds is pretty prevalent in New York City, not so much outside of New York City, for example.

Really? I didn't know that, see how uninformed and generalising I am?

A general image of how foreigners see americans though... sadly 

Generalization is pretty prejudicial when placed upon people. This is why people need to do research and stop generalizing stuff about people from other places (whether it be continent, country, city, neighborhood, etc.)

Back on the subject of accents: when it comes to accents, one can expect to hear a broad range of dialects and phonologies from any country that's relatively large (both in terms of population and area). For example, while people have a generalized idea of what an English accent sounds like, but it's incorrect because it can vary based on specific area - a London accent is different from a Cockney accent, for example.

If you're interested, you might want to do some research on regional phonology and dialects before jumping to conclusions.

Dinoclor wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Really? I didn't know that, see how uninformed and generalising I am?

A general image of how foreigners see americans though... sadly 

Generalization is pretty prejudicial when placed upon people. This is why people need to do research and stop generalizing stuff about people from other places (whether it be continent, country, city, neighborhood, etc.)

Back on the subject of accents: when it comes to accents, one can expect to hear a broad range of dialects and phonologies from any country that's relatively large (both in terms of population and area). For example, while people have a generalized idea of what an English accent sounds like, but it's incorrect because it can vary based on specific area - a London accent is different from a Cockney accent, for example.

If you're interested, you might want to do some research on regional phonology and dialects before jumping to conclusions.

Yes.
This.
I have a London-Oxford type accent.

For my purposes, generalisations are more convenient :3

But I understand how prejudicial generalisations are. I've been generalised as part of a group once, and it's not nice.

But with accents, it's easier to speak a british accent than a manchester accent 

jji7skyline wrote:

Luke121 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Hahaha 'ats royt mite! (mate sounds like mite in aussie accents)

American sounds like they don't know the difference between many vowels    No offence 

I don't know whad yur talking aboud.

Y'know americans make all words with Rs in them really distorted right?

Not leaving them out does not distort the word!

KalinaStar wrote:

I can do a British accent, but my friend classified it as 'working class'. At least it's good enough to be classified 

I did some voice acting, check my 'Alice and Wonderland Voice Audition' project. It kinda failed there though 

Good accent! :3

@veggie: I can't be bothered to find it now, but you know where you're from 

You live in the US now of course 

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veggieman001 wrote:

i've always lived in the us
i've never been outside of north america

What about your parents.

veggieman001 wrote:

nope, they were both born in america
i'm partially of irish descent, but that's several generations back

That must have been what you said.

I'm like some gigantic mixture of descent I believe.

or all the bad stuff

i can do a southern accent (because im from the South), I can do a British and Scottish accident unintentionally but i can never seem to do it on purpose no matter how hard i try. I can sorta do a German accent and sometimes Australian. People say i sound like a redneck when i say my long I's

soupoftomato wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

I'm like some gigantic mixture of descent I believe.

That's what most Americans are, a mixture of multiculturalness 

Good though, all these cultures mixing, because you can get all the good stuff 

I was made fun of on Friday for how far my forehead protruded from my eyes.

The kid insulting me acted like he was the basis for which life's beauty is judged.
Which he definitely isn't but man he wouldn't shut up.

That's just stupid, pay him no heed 

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Luke121 wrote:

I don't know whad yur talking aboud.

Y'know americans make all words with Rs in them really distorted right?

And Ts sound like Ds

what do you mean distorted?

For me its impossible to say "world" correctly... ·_·