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werdna123 wrote:

What do you Americans and Australians and stuff think British accents are like?

Generally it's limited to "London" and then the end. Lots of people in my grade do these * English-ish accents, they are all at least slightly painful.

I can do an excellent "Old-Timey Strong Bad," "Old-Timey The Homestar Runner" and Coach Z accent ("Sample of Style"  has examples at 1:32 and 2:56). That's it.

cheddargirl wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

I did tell you that there is no such thing as an American accent because usually different states and cities have different ways of enunciating things. Not like every American suddenly drops the "wo" sound in world. 

If you really want to pin down an American accent, then do the research on American phonetics first.

Good idea... but kinda hard to say to someone, "I'm going to do a philiadelphian accent" especially in australia where noone knows the states 

Then why not say something like "I'm going to do a Philadelphian American accent?" You might as well teach your fellow Australians about the states instead of continue a generalized assumption that everyone in America speaks the same way. 

What most people think of a generalized American accent is really Midwestern American English that's spoken in something like 3 or 4 states out of 50 - the only reason why it's considered to be general is that this is usually the dialect that is used in accent reduction classes because it's considered to be the most clear with enunciation and supposedly pleasant (on a side note, it's also the dialect that most American newscasters are forced to learn because of it's clarity). So if you're using Midwestern American English as a generalized American accent, it's a lot less unclear than what you assume. Again, research on phonetics first before trying to imitate an accent.

That's interesting... all the american tv shows I watch seem to have the same accent 

Mythbusters for example.

It's all greek to me 

But seriously, how different to the regional accents get?

jji7skyline wrote:

British accents could be very interesting to people in the US 

They are.

sadly, movies with russian characters usually have horrible russian.

it's sad because i actually am russian

and then "OH HI, BORIS. I AM NATASHA, AND VE ROB BANK! DERP"

really.

dat horrible stereotyping

spongebob123 wrote:

sadly, movies with russian characters usually have horrible russian.

it's sad because i actually am russian

and then "OH HI, BORIS. I AM NATASHA, AND VE ROB BANK! DERP"

really.

dat horrible stereotyping

I can do russian accent :3

This is a voice acting I did for my sister's "environmental advertisement"

uploading it now...

The first person I did is a russian accent.

The second person is a Southern USA type accent 

I have link now

http://skyline.cassiedragonandfriends.org/audio.wav 

Last edited by jji7skyline (2012-03-05 18:24:47)

Lol I can't do any accents
Except I use a "British" accent when I tell people to shut up
It sounds a bit like Shottop! and hardly British at all, but happily, none of my classmates know how unBritish it sounds anyway

jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

um no offence

but uh
yeah

TBH my South US accent is pretty bad.

But you have to admit my russian accent is good right? 

uh
i plead the fifth

luiysia wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Then why not say something like "I'm going to do a Philadelphian American accent?" You might as well teach your fellow Australians about the states instead of continue a generalized assumption that everyone in America speaks the same way. 

What most people think of a generalized American accent is really Midwestern American English that's spoken in something like 3 or 4 states out of 50 - the only reason why it's considered to be general is that this is usually the dialect that is used in accent reduction classes because it's considered to be the most clear with enunciation and supposedly pleasant (on a side note, it's also the dialect that most American newscasters are forced to learn because of it's clarity). So if you're using Midwestern American English as a generalized American accent, it's a lot less unclear than what you assume. Again, research on phonetics first before trying to imitate an accent.

That's interesting... all the american tv shows I watch seem to have the same accent 

Mythbusters for example.

It's all greek to me 

But seriously, how different to the regional accents get?

Really different. Probably the reason you only really see the one accent (plus maybe some southern accents) is because it could be difficult to understand. Anyway, I think Midwestern is the best to try and learn if you want to because it's the easiest and is easier to recognize.

i wouldn't say the midwest is necessarily the easiest
we're pretty easy over here!

jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

TBH my South US accent is pretty bad.

But you have to admit my russian accent is good right? 

uh
i plead the fifth

Wut? 

oh yeah you're not american

jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Wut? 

oh yeah you're not american

Is that the one that goes against the independance paper?

what
no

jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Is that the one that goes against the independance paper?

what
no

Yes it does.

The 5th thingy says "Do not uprise against the government or you will pay. If this was a free country I would tell you to get out of here while you can. But sadly I can't, we don't live in a free country"

and the independance thingy says that people have the freedom to uprise against the current government if they wanna or whatever 

no it doesnt what are you talking about
it protects against the government abusing their authority
lurn2reed

I know some Russians and I'm picking up their accent, it's amusing to say "No naked flames near clothes, you go woof, like dog".

Garr8 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Garr8 wrote:

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

Redneck... as in a briton? 

no, redneck is a reference to a stupid person (particulary Southerners) who live in mobile homes. Im not a redneck though im Southern, but i sound like one.

redneck does not mean stupid person
it just means poor and uneducated farmers
that's kind of rude to say it means stupid