Do you have an accent? Is it your accent or do you live with someone or somewhere that it just rubbed off on you?
2007-11-27 10:41:25 · 44 answers · asked by blueJay 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I picked up a New York accent from my dad. He's Italian, but he stretches vowels just like a New Yorker.
2007-11-27 10:52:48 · update #1
There really is no "set" or "default" accent that is considered average or normal for people. Everyone will have different pitches in their tones, a slightly different way of pronouncing letters or words, etc. I'm not sure who got the idea thinking that there is a "right" way to speak.
Think about it; for example - if you were born as a Jamaican and lived in the Jamaican area for most of your life and then go to the United States or England or any other country as such -- you'd probably consider their "accent" to be weird or abnormal.
I don't consider myself, or anyone else around me for that matter, to have a "different" accent. It's just the way we speak and the way it has been passed down through the generations.
2007-11-27 15:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mid West Accent, Yep
2007-11-27 10:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by staymay 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Where should I start?
I am Italian, but lived between France, UK and Austria in the past 12 years, and I am now in US (hopefully) for good. So, when I speak Italian, people ask me where I am from and are surprised I can speak their (and my!) language... When I am in France and Austria and speak their language, they have problems in figuring what else is in there. But the funniest is when I am in UK or here in US as they try really hard to guess with no success... I have heard that my accent sounds: Dutch, Irish/Scottish, French, German, Indian (!) and Welsh.... Nobody ever guessed I am Italian!!
2007-11-27 10:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by Red Head Angel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sort of, I live in the south, but after I watch a movie full of british accents I start talking like that for a few minutes....lol
2007-11-28 06:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by Mal777 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems like EVERYONE has an accent. New York accent, British accent, Boston accent, Aussie accent.. what else?
2007-11-27 10:48:44 · answer #5 · answered by OPAQUE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to anyone in the USA but if I were to travel to another country...they'd notice my American accent I am sure. Even if I was using my 4 years of Spanish...I am sure they could tell.
2007-11-27 11:07:10 · answer #6 · answered by yakimablueyes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
East L.A. accent; actually been trying to get rid of it since living in Arizona and Utah
2007-11-27 10:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by mexikostadt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a Northern Accent.
2007-11-27 10:44:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear that I have a spanish accent in english, but then I hear that I have an accent in spanish as well. I can't win for losing.
2007-11-27 10:46:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have an accent to someone in the world.
I could go to Britain and i would be the one with the accent.
2007-11-27 10:43:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋