I was only just skimming Y! Answers when this thought hit me hard. There's several threads concerning American accents and how they sound to foreigners, and I read so many responses to the effect of, "Americans sound loud and talk fast" (because we're all from Boston or New York City, right?). But the type of answer that truly irritated me related to being a painfully stereotypical southerner, more specifically from Texas. I've talked to some people from the south and even they can't figure out how in the h*ll Bush got his accent. I mean, the vast majority of Americans probably talk with a mild, if not Midwestern type accent (influenced by TV reporters and the like). I'm from Illinois and I've been told from my English friend that I speak clearer than most people he deals with on a daily basis. So what's up with foreigners having such a poor opinion of our spoken English? Surely they can't be so ignorant as to believe we're all a bunch of "cowboys" I refuse to believe that.
2006-11-30 15:38:05 · 3 answers · asked by snapessxy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I'm going to put this to a vote.
2006-12-06 04:48:46 · update #1
we are judged by who we elect as our "ruler". no, i didnt vote for him but thats who they hear speaking for us.
2006-11-30 15:42:21 · answer #1 · answered by nightyzz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because thats the first thing we see after crossing the border be it legally or illegally and that right i said WE people just treat others badly and word gets around of how people are i have relatives in mexico most agree that they would never want to live in the united states because of prejudice and racism i know that not everyone is racist but the majority is and the heavily outnumber the opposition
and i admit i used to think that way that all americans were like that and i hated it i used to get into arguments at school and sometimes fights and its not of ignorance its because people really do act that way more often than not its just sad the way the world is today but theres no changing it and if by some miracle it did change old habits die hard
2006-11-30 23:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its because of the man who represents our country. just like we thing all people from England speak the same way (even though it varies by what part of england the person is from), thats how they see us. Its just one of those things. my whole family is from the south and they all have accents, but they say i dont have an accent to them.
2006-11-30 23:41:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋