2006-12-11 07:28:27 · 9 answers · asked by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
because here we think that the other accents sound amazing...but we really don't know what other countries think of the way we talk...do we sound obnoxious?
2006-12-11 07:29:31 · update #1
how about someone from northern ohio?
2006-12-11 07:34:50 · update #2
There are slight differences in regional accents - the Midwest accent tends to be slight - just a bit flat, but nothing huge, like the south or a severe New York accent. That is why quite a few newscasters and anchors all hail from the Midwest - it's a neutral accent. Everyone else has to try and tone down their regional inflections.
As for being abroad, some people from other countries think the American accent is cool, some don't.There is a great variety after all. It also depends on who is speaking and what they are saying - sometimes if you are saying something very stupid and or insulting - the accent doesn't really matter.
To American ears not all accents are great, so turnabout is fair play to them as well. Most Europeans who try to imitate an American accent usually sound like Bugs Bunny or John Wayne to our ears.
Don't fret about it - concentrate on what you are saying not how your accent may sound. Yours is probably very slight being as you are from Ohio anyway :)
2006-12-11 07:39:57 · answer #1 · answered by slipstreamer 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The way we hear foreign accents is the way that foreigners hear ours. If I hear an English accent, I think it's interesting. If I hear a French accent, I think it's annoying.
Your perception defines your reality. That's true here as well as abroad.
2006-12-11 07:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by DA 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i am from the us....washington....and i can definetly hear others accents. i believe i have no accent but when i travel i get asked where im from and ppl tell me they love my accent! especailly in hawaii. but there isnt a "usa" accent we have so many different ones within this country there isnt a main one. i personally cant stand the east coast accents
2006-12-11 07:35:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, how shall i put it? let's take for example the likes of Britney Spears: when they open their mouths, it kills the myth....had she talked with an English/ more subtle accent, i'd have forgiven her ...But,the accent is only the tip of the american iceberg ....:)
PS: i wondered,do american babies learn to speak with a chewing gum in the mouth?
2006-12-11 07:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by florence 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I am from central massachusetts and claim to have no accent; but southerners claim i do. i believe a new york accent makes you sound like an asshole. a southern drawl just makes you sound like a dumb redneck. the pompous west coast accent makes you sound fake. and the boston accent makes me want to jump out a ******* window. i don't know thats just me.
2006-12-11 07:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by mikey g 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
she did not asked an american this question she's asking the other parts of the world alright!
SO why are americans answering this question?????? I dont understand why huh?
Boo!
to answer your question americans speak very fast and are usually begged to slow down and americans do not speak proper english is what most say or that the words are not pronounced as taugh in other parts of the world!
2006-12-11 07:38:53 · answer #6 · answered by wise 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You mentioned obnoxious you add loud and you have it.
2006-12-11 07:40:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i reckon i dont sound like a redneck ya frekin jack monkey il run over u with my ford truck!!
2006-12-11 07:36:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
stupid and extremely relaxed
2006-12-11 07:30:31 · answer #9 · answered by Kurt 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋