Do Americans notice other Americans accents??

Question

Something always fascinates me. I'm british, and when I watch other british people on tv, i dont really think they're that interesting or laugh at them or nothing, probably because they have the same accent as me. But when I watch american tv, I find it interesting and laugh at different things, mainly because their accents make it funny and i like the accent. But I always wondered what americans think when watching american movies and tv. Most of them laugh at something in it, and I always wonder why they find their own "accent partner" so funny. just as funny as other countries find it. And do americans notice that the movie stars have the same accent as them when watching them on movies?

Answer 1

We can definately tell whether someone is from the South, Westcoast, New England, up North, where ever. As for the movie thing, I really don't notice or think about the american accent. I think it's funny that some British actors use American accents in movies then you see them on TV speaking all British. Same with American actors & British accents.

Answer 2

Actually there are a multitude of accents in the US. Some are ethnic, others are regional. I've been told that many people not from the US can't hear the variations. We all sound Mid-Western to the rest of the world.

I did a Miss Scarlet (deep South) impression at work one day. The other Americans all cracked-up but the guy from Wales couldn't figure it out. What I was saying wasn't funny. It was the accent I was using that made it funny. He couldn't hear it.

Answer 3

Yes, we notice other accents. Some aren't that obvious at first to me, but then a Midwest vowell will emerge and make me take notice.

I thought Britain had tons of accents, too, besides the obvious Cockney, Welsh, Scots, Irish, Cornwall, etc. I can't always distinguish what they are, but I've noticed I tend to have English subtitles turned on when I watch British production DVDs.

Answer 4

Lots of American people have different accents. In example, I'm from New York but lots of people laugh at Jersey accents (I've never heard a Jersey accent but it should sound very stuck up ish I suppose? Because Jersey is more suburban than New York). There's also accents like hill-billies and whatnot. I don't usually laugh at accents or notice unless someones purposely trying to pull that off.

Answer 5

Yes, we notice it. Every region of the country has their own accent and sometimes even slightly different dialect.
That southern "drawl" accent is probably the most noticeable and funny. East coast/ New York accent is funny too.

Answer 6

Yup... Where I'm at, despite being on the opposite coast, our accent is the same as where most people live who do movies, etc. So I don't notice much difference in film/tv other then those who got into the business that came from elsewhere.

Answer 7

It surprises me that individuals (properly, some, a minimum of) won't be able to tell the adaptation. i'm French and that i'm able to tell the adaptation, even inspite of the undeniable fact that i does not have the skill to breed them in any respect, and does not have the skill to place them as I stay in London, and you get to hearken to maximum of different accents (and pronunciations). the only ones i'm able to comprehend are RP English (properly, that's what we hear the main in school), Scottish, and Manchester accents. i'm able to additionally make the adaptation betzwwen American and British English, or perhaps between American accents (even inspite of the undeniable fact that, as quickly as back, aside from the accessory from Wisconsin - the place I lived - or Texas, i does not have the skill to place them the two. Accents from different international places, I actually have a tendency to confuse them with the two American or British accents. My ears have not been knowledgeable sufficient!

Answer 8

Yes. There are so many different accents, but you can generally tell what part of the country someone is from just by listening to them for a sentence or two.

Answer 9

Being a Texan, I often get nailed for a cowboy no matter how I'm dressed. When we go up to Maine, my wife sort of interprets for me. The Mainers get frustrated with my "slow" speech. Of Course, they butcher their Rs, Add an, ah and switch the s to a p when they say yes, and talk so fast, they're done before I catch up to the first word.

I don't open my mouth or listen to anyone in a 100 mile parameter around Manhattan---they talk from another world.

Answer 10

We surely notice different American accents. Boston accent, southern accent, midwest accent, etc. You can pretty much tell where people are from just by listening to them talk.