These are not meant to be offensive, quite to the contrary I LOVE accents. These are just the way I hear accents.
Brits drop their h's and and 'ite becomes 'oyt'. "Royt you ah then 'arry."
New Zealanders have very long e's on everything. "I hit me heed on the beed".
French are very 'vowel-y' and speak in the backs of their throats.
Germans are gutteral and sound like they're clearing their throats alot.
Polish make a lot of 'zhounsh' sounding words.
Chinese are very sing-songy.
Japanese sound 'clipped' to me.
What do Americans sound like in your opinion?
2007-02-12 02:17:28 · 11 answers · asked by comet girl...DUCK! 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sorry about the stereotypes. I know not every Brit sounds like an East Londoner and I know there are MANY different American accents, I'm a Texan. I'm just asking how it sounds to YOU.
2007-02-12 02:28:41 · update #1
It obviously depends on the place you are at, places like Boston and Washington have what I like to call Preppy English...looong words, melodious sounds, while Texas has that cowboy accent that I just can't help but love, shorten their words.
What cracks me up is English speakers trying to speak Spanish, the rrrrr sound just gets me every time...
Carrrrrne asada...lol.
Hell ow ma frr end, ha ow ew doo in?
2007-02-12 02:31:51 · answer #1 · answered by White 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Australian. There are many American accents. Many Americans "announciate" too much, so that they sound too slow - I can fall asleep waiting for them to finish their sentence. Some Southerners have a wierd ping-pong sound that sounds funny. On the news, American presenters sound very serious and professional. There's a strange Californian accent that sounds like surf-talk, which just sounds stupid. Americans generally pronounce "R" everywhere, even inserting it where there are no Rs. This slow-speaking R-inserting is very distinctive and immediately indentifies someone as (North)American. It can be hard to differentiate between Americans and Canadians. Another distinctive feature of Americans is that they talk really loud, almost shouting. This is a bit of a generalisation, because it is possible that it's the loud talking Americans who stand out. But there is a common thing Australians say about Americans, "Why do they have to talk so loud!?"
2016-05-24 00:44:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I am American and I think that we have a great many different accents because there are so many different kind of people and the north talk different than the south.
2007-02-12 02:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by ?Sherbear ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ok well there is more than one british accent, to start off with and not being offensive, but probably am, the califini american accent, sound harsh and unyielding and too bloody loud
2007-02-12 02:22:28 · answer #4 · answered by pixoncoke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your British one was very stereotypical. I sound nothing like that.
Oh and Americans are OK I suppose but I do hate the way American teenagers say dude all the time.
2007-02-12 02:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what area of the US they are from. I have heard many types of accents.
2007-02-12 02:23:27 · answer #6 · answered by Chewie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they need to curl their tongue for the R's.. so it sounds like currrrrrl.
thirty and thirteen almost sounds the same
the ladies have the oh my god expression much too often.
2007-02-12 02:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by sah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what part of the US. There are still dialects within the US.
2007-02-12 02:30:24 · answer #8 · answered by Chistiaŋ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sound American
2007-02-12 02:20:33 · answer #9 · answered by Katherine P 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
im american and i do have to agree-WE ARE LOUD!!
things that get to me:
i like like like l
i was all..
dude
ohmygod...
again we are loud some one tell us how to use our indoor voices...please
2007-02-12 02:26:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋