I'm from Indiana. Do people from other parts of the country or other countries think I have an accent? Why are southerners or New Yorkers or people from other countries known for having the strongest accents?
2006-11-14 07:12:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Everybody in the whole word speaks with an accent. When you are with people of the same, or similar accent you often don't think you have an accent. Accents only seem stonger the more different they are from your own. New Yorkers seem to have a fairly unique accent that makes nearly everyone who doesn't come form there comment about their accent.
2006-11-14 07:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by rchlbsxy2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know, I was born and raised quite a white in WV and then when I was young, we moved to northern michigan. We lived there for quite a few years. When we moved back to WV when I was a teen, everyone I talked to said I talked funny. I guess I picked up some kind of northern accent and didn't even know it. To me I sounded like I always did, so I guess sometimes we don't hear the difference in our own voice. My uncle is from New York and of all the accents I have heard, his does tend to be the strongest, most noticable. Don't know why. Good luck in your quest.
2006-11-14 15:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by Cool Callie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People from different parts of the country pronounce words differently and this is why it is perceived to be an accent. My husband is from North Carolina and he has a southern drawl and I am from Philadelphia and whenever we visit North Carolina, people ask where I am from because they hear an accent.
2006-11-14 17:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by juicie813 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from NY and have an accent I am sure since I am reminded of it by Texans who REALLY have an strong accent. I think that everyone has one to a certain extent. It depends upon who is listening to the person speaking. Frankly, I dont think I have an accent, everyone else has one.
2006-11-14 15:15:06 · answer #4 · answered by edaem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You and everyone else will certainly have one English accent or the other. I guess the people who might think that you have an accent, have an accent of their own. So why do you think your English has an accent, but theirs is free from it.
2006-11-14 15:29:05 · answer #5 · answered by yezdi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up in Minnesota and have lived in Nevada for 30 years and people say I have a midwestern accent!
2006-11-14 15:21:04 · answer #6 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess no since its likely we are raised around people with the same accents, and thus we think the accent is normal. I dunno about regional dialects, but ppl have told me that i have sounded white and other times i sound black. But i'm hispanic.
So the short answer is: Probably not.
2006-11-14 15:36:35 · answer #7 · answered by Danny S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am from south africa,now living in israel.my hebrew sounds like an indian accent,as i grew up with many indian people.my english is oxford,but try as i might hebrew is a language with many acccents from all over the world,or they think im russian or indian.it really gets to me sometimes. but thats life and i just have to live with it,no offence on indian people,from mikhal in israel
2006-11-14 15:23:50 · answer #8 · answered by mikhal k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you notice it around people in other parts of the US.
i can spend three months in Texas, come up around Columbus and cringe when i notice that i don't sound like the people around me.
it happens everytime i go visit family, and i know it'll happen, but i still cringe.
other times i don't even notice that i do a accent until someone says something about it.
2006-11-14 15:17:02 · answer #9 · answered by Rozene 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Having an accent is rather subjective...it depends on who is speaking and who is listening...pronunciation is the key here...
2006-11-14 15:26:41 · answer #10 · answered by wbenjaminn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋