We just had the question about English accents and heard responses about French, Irish, and others. How about American accents? Do you like southern, New England, New Yawk, or the standard American accent?
2006-10-04 10:55:08 · 12 answers · asked by farahwonderland2005 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I hate NY and NE accents.....but like a slight southern drawl....
When I moved to England I was very popular because of my accent.....same when I came back home after two years, people kept asking me to talk in class so they could hear the english accent.
2006-10-04 11:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by WitchTwo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are so many American accents. There are even accents within accents. I personally dislike the nasal midwestern accents from girls especially. I know that is mean. New York and Boston have cool accents, as do southerners. To me the people out west have the most non-accented English.
2006-10-04 18:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by jojo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but no. The American accent seems lazy, like it's too hard to make every sound in the word. And the way you people pronounce "Nuclear" is just criminal (there's only 1 "U", for the love of God, just 1!) 1 important exception - the Cajun accent is very cool.
2006-10-04 18:10:32 · answer #3 · answered by Dim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as the "standard" American accent (I am assuming you are referring to the current one, which is sort of Midwestern-ish), I don't really notice it. That is probably because I have it am used to hearing it.
Frankly, I find all of the other aforementioned accents to be grating on the ears. This applies to New England even though I live there and am somewhat used to hearing it.
2006-10-04 17:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer the standard American accent.
2006-10-04 17:58:06 · answer #5 · answered by Princess of Egypt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Ohio, and quite like the way I speak, thanks very much. I cannot stand southern accents, nor the sort of ghetto-speak in which the speaker drops entire syllables and twists words into something else entirely. How do these people ever find work?
2006-10-04 18:00:23 · answer #6 · answered by reverenceofme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American accent screams confidence, no matter the situation or geographic location.
2006-10-04 17:58:21 · answer #7 · answered by CHEYENNE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here, in jolly old England - we think the American accent is fine - but you do tend to speak rather loudly!
2006-10-04 17:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, English accent is better
2006-10-04 18:12:57 · answer #9 · answered by svirelka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love any accent........
2006-10-04 18:02:42 · answer #10 · answered by askaway 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋