Has anyone ever moved from one place to another where the accent was different? I am trying hard to keep my "Philly" accent, but I'm noticing little things I'm starting to say like Wisconsin"er". I swear I'm not trying to talk like them, but is it possible that your accent just changes because it's all you hear? Is it possible that you pick up the new accent, without trying, just because it's all you hear??
2006-12-04 13:48:23 · 10 answers · asked by Sue A 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Yes, moving around will blur your accent. I grew up in the midwest, moved to Cleveland, then Maryland, then Australia, then South Texas, then Florida. People meeting me for the first time have a hard time categorizing my accent with the overlay of all the different places I've lived.
When I visit my family, I notice my regional-speak coming out and I start to sound like a Kansan again. My mom has commented on my speaking faster, which is from living in Maryland.
2006-12-04 14:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its hard, my parents are pomes, and im VERY aussie in my accent, but if i go and visit them for a week or two i find myself talking with a liverpudlian accent again, which i grew up around. I'd assume when you move to another town or country the same would happen after a while because its what you're hearing
2006-12-04 13:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by Aussieblonde -bundy'd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I moved from Pittsburgh, Pa(where we have a very strange dialect) to North Carolina within a month or two I was speaking with a sounthern accent and all my friends could tell. But I know longer live there, and now I'm speaking Pittsburghese which is now 'normal' I guess lol.
2006-12-04 13:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could happen, especially of you are talking with the same person and the same accent everyday. You will catch that for sure and with out you noticing it you already had the same accent like them. It happens to me many time.
2006-12-04 14:06:47 · answer #4 · answered by linda c 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've lost my Grenadian accent. Most people who hear me are surprised; they say it's slight or they don't hear it at all. I guess, it blended with the New York accent or something. I think it's unconscious, you start to pick up little things at a time.
Oddly, I do notice it if I hear myself on a tape, etc.
2006-12-04 13:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had lived in the south all my life, and had a cute drawl. But then I moved to Minnesota, and because my brain tries to conform, I now have the northern accent. It is sad because I really liked having a little southern flavor to my voice.
2006-12-04 13:58:14 · answer #6 · answered by amybabe29 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can spend just a couple of days with my southern relatives and end up hearing myself say "y'all." It's embarrasing but it happens. Conversely, I've known people from england and Ireland who never seem to lose their accent though it might soften a bit.
2006-12-04 13:56:08 · answer #7 · answered by BRAINS! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can happen. I used to live in Houston Texas and i moved to Colorado and people tell me ..."Really your from Texas?..You don't have a Texas accent"
2006-12-04 13:52:41 · answer #8 · answered by mystic_rage879 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think some folks do and some folks don't. It's difficult to be aware of your own accent anyway. It's everyone else that has one!
2006-12-04 14:02:18 · answer #9 · answered by Eyebee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dunno, but I have a pretty decent southern twang that won't go away. I live in south Texas and when we go see my family up north, it is pretty obvious.
2006-12-04 13:55:35 · answer #10 · answered by emmadropit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋