I'm a valley girl from Central Cali, but I don't think people can tell by the way I talk. What about you?
2006-07-12 16:08:51 · 55 answers · asked by Gorgeous 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
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2006-07-12 16:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes, if your a "Valley Girl" you do have an accent. I've never met one that didn't. I have an accent, but it depends upon where I am living at the time. I guess I just have an ear for language. When I am in the South, I speak with a Southern Drawl, when I lived in California I talked like a Southern Californian, when I lived in Japan, I learned Japanese and routinely fooled Japanese people when talking to them on the phone. But I have learned that each area of each language has its own special flavor. There are special words for certain things in different geographical area's that aren't used at all in others. And this is all in the American English language. Americans speak english.. but the English don't think so. :)
2006-07-12 16:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by InnerCircle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a southern accent, since I live in Arkansas (cue the jokes about Bill Clinton and hillbillies) but I thank my lucky stars that I didn't pick up on the truly heinous drawl that some people around me have. Some people where I live sound like cats with thier tails stuck under a rocking chair when they talk. I don't. In fact, the only time people even take notice of my accent is when I'm up north. So I have one, but not a bad one at all. :D
2006-07-12 16:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by Elle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you went some place else in America you could tell... Cause I am from Texas and people up here in New York are Always asking me if I am from there(Texas) But one you get Georgia and Tennessee together with Texas Oh my goodness it is like a big Louisiana Bayou Mess.. LOL.. People usually tell when I say some numbers of some sort
2006-07-12 16:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have an accent , as I work in a hotel(New Zealand) I talk too a lot of people
and there a lot of them ask me if I am from South Africa , witch I am.
2006-07-12 16:20:42 · answer #5 · answered by kiwinooi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes from the Detroit area. Have an "ear pleasing" mix of Yankee and upper Midwest with all the long Os and short As
2006-07-12 16:13:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People in Chicago notice I don't say "pop" when I ask for a soft drink...I'm from Cali. I think it's funny.
2006-07-12 16:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by Petrarchan Motif 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an Indianan accent.. and when we go out of state people ask if were from the south, and im like no.. and theyre like o you sound like you have a southern accent!
2006-07-12 16:13:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought valley girls were easy to pick out of the crowd by the way they talk. i'm from ohio and when i travel some people can tell where i'm from.
2006-07-12 16:12:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-07-12 16:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by The Foosaaaah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Ontario and my boyfriend says I have a B.C. accent because I grew up out there.
2006-07-12 16:11:51 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋