2007-07-16 10:05:05 · 13 answers · asked by lord_andys_new_id 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Everyone has an accent! This is part of the system of language. It is a bit hard to explain with American English, but with British English it works very well.
You probably have heard the Queen speak sometime. Well, her accent is called RP (Received Pronunciation). It's considered the standard accent in Great Britain.
And this is the very point: she speaks standard and yet she is speaking with an accent.
Language and accent are inseparable.
(Should you ever have heard the term Queen's English: that's not about accent but vocabulary.)
2007-07-16 10:36:14 · answer #1 · answered by Masterswot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a slur unless I've been drinking... LOL I think we all have an accent of some kind, different areas of the country and different areas of the world have different accents as well as languages. I have been told my accent is hard to detect since I have moved around alot and have a blend of accents of the entire country. So I'd say everyone has an accent! =)
2007-07-16 17:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by DB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are programs that train individuals to speak a language without a discernable accent. Some individuals have developed a lack of a specific accent as a result of moving frequently.
I use to have a fairly strong New Jersey/New York accent, but while studying in Canada and Washington DC I developed more of a generic North American accent.
2007-07-16 17:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by christabella611 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm hispanic (dominican/spaniard) and i dont speak with a really thick accent or a "slur"
Some people can tell i'm hispanic over the phone but others cant tell, i guess when i use good vocabulary and grammar it hides the tiny accent i may have.
I do have a problem with annunciating. Thats when you pronounce every little letter in every word.
2007-07-16 17:11:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Technically, everyone has an accent including you. You're from a certain state and you'll talk different than people in another state. For example, people from Georgia talk different than people from Maine. Black and white people talk different. They both have accents...technically. An accent is not a slur.
2007-07-16 17:08:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has an accent, by definition. What is a slur, in your mind?
2007-07-16 17:14:03 · answer #6 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i always thought my voice was COMPLETELY normal until people started immitating me in a valley-girl voice...that's always fun.
i guess not, everyone probably does have an accent or slur of some sort....people from different areas will think that of you, im sure.
2007-07-16 17:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by cakes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think everybody does because i used to think that i didn't and then my friends started making fun of me they say i have a really bad country accent but i still don't think it's that bad
and then my school took a trip to key west and we got called red necks so many times
by the way i'm from kentucky
2007-07-16 17:14:28 · answer #8 · answered by Courtney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak proper english when necessary. heard on a news editorial once that nebraska has been chosen as the site for many call center/telemarketing firms 'cause they have the most bland speech in the country
2007-07-16 17:09:34 · answer #9 · answered by rachel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone has some flaw in there speech. I still don't speak proper English.
2007-07-16 17:07:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋