What's your accent?

[Denmdm]

I've always been a sucker for cultural differences; languages and accents are things I like to research in my free time.

Accents are a regular topic in my family table since sometimes we see some dude on the TV and Radio and wonder where they are from based on their accent. So I wonder about you guys, what's yours? Mine is this! It's kinda cool sounding although foreigners might have the worst time ever trying to understand lmao

 

[fake-kun]

My language doesn't really have accents, unfortunately.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

This is pretty much how I speak.

 

[Antilocal123]

Ion have one I wouldn't know frfr

 

[Skeetos]

American. Now if I could get a British person to recite the ancient texts to me. Ghetto Parties and Bottles of Water.

 

[Samatonic]

My language doesn't really have accents, unfortunately.

Same.

 

[Raziya The Seeker]

Indeedle, Buffalo English by living in Western New York. Mostly a dialect, but there are some pronunciation differences I'm sure. Ones I can't pick up because I don't know anything too different, eheh.

 

[Tonberry]

Norrländska ("Northlandic"? I guess?) is the generic broader term for dialects from the northern parts of Sweden, and the one I speak, though there are tons of specific variants of course. Swedish sounds EXTREMELY different depending on where in the country you are.

The stereotypes from southerners are that we speak in a slower, calm, warm and honest way. It's perceived as very amiable when positive, but very scary when angry.

Won't make much sense if you don't know the differences, but this absolutely horrifying anthropomorphic moose from some old gambling site commercial uses a pretty good stereotypical northern swedish dialect that doesn't sound like an outright caricature.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

If you mean English, I would say mostly British, but sometimes mix the dialect differences, like centre vs center.
In the case of my native language Andalusian Spanish is the closest.

 

[Viviana Santos]

 

[Samatonic]

Indeedle, Buffalo English by living in Western New York. Mostly a dialect, but there are some pronunciation differences I'm sure. Ones I can't pick up because I don't know anything too different, eheh.

Norrländska ("Northlandic"? I guess?) is the generic broader term for dialects from the northern parts of Sweden, and the one I speak, though there are tons of specific variants of course. Swedish sounds EXTREMELY different depending on where in the country you are.

The stereotypes from southerners are that we speak in a slower, calm, warm and honest way. It's perceived as very amiable when positive, but very scary when angry.

Won't make much sense if you don't know the differences, but this absolutely horrifying anthropomorphic moose from some old gambling site commercial uses a pretty good stereotypical northern swedish dialect that doesn't sound like an outright caricature.

Quite interesting, I've never heard of these sides before. Thank you for sharing.

 

[GardeniaSky]

Idk, American. I was born in the Midwest but raised on the East Coast.

I never really developed any sort of regional dialect or accent.

 

[prnzo x BOOZE-o ka-BEER-o]

even though I lived in Vegas for more of meh life than back East in Tri-State Area - I still retained a good chunk of my Jersey accent. I stiLL say 'wuhh-ter' or 'wawk/tawk' like NY-ers

 

[Viviana Santos]

I have a Cearense accent, because I was born and have lived in Ceará for most of my life (but I've also lived in Rio Grande do Sul, so I also have a Gaúcho accent).

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[prnzo x BOOZE-o ka-BEER-o]

I have a Cearense accent, because I was born and have lived in Ceará for most of my life (but I've also lived in Rio Grande do Sul, so I also have a Gaúcho accent).

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bewiLder dem foreign folk with your vocal charms then slap them unmercifuL for not bein cart00ns - only animated ppl will inherit this Oith [no my accent isn't THAT drastic dammit aieeee l3Lz +_+]

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

My accent is more American because of all the western movies and shows I used to watch, but sometimes turns into a very ghetto accent from all the rap music I listen to.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Technically Porteño, but I do my own thing.

I sound like these guys:

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

Jiggly
accent,
of
course.

Uh
Ah
Uh
Ah...

 

[SpcDaicon]

Funnily enough, I always hear that my accent sounds "odd" or different from the accent people have in the state I was born (in Brazil).

I'm often asked, for my dismay, if I'm from another state (or even if I'm a foreigner!) even though I was born, raised and never lived at another state (or abroad, for that matter) in my whole life.

These types of commentaries are a pet peeve of mine. I know people don't intend to offend me when they ask but I can't help but to get slightly annoyed when this is brought up. It's like a Impostor Syndrome for accents

 

[Octopus]

I've been told by non-Canadians that my accent is incredibly thick, and I also talk fast making it probably incomprehensible to most people not used to the accent. There are actually quite a few different Canadian accents;

• Central Canadian (as I call it at least) is from like Saskatchewan to Ontario, this is really the most common one and where the stereotype comes from. It's actually pretty similar to a Milwaukee accent from what I've heard myself and read, so take that as you will. It's not Tuesday, it's Tooz-day and I guess we have that thing where certain vowels we raise in pitch, than lower for others. It has a lot of British-isms in it, as we still use a lot of their phonetics and pronunciations (and spelling!) like avenue being said as 'avenyew'. This is also the one I have, eh. There are even smaller regional sub-accents that I won't get into as it would kinda give away where I live, but what I speak in a relatively big town of my province differs a little bit from someone on the other end in a neighbouring city, mainly just in specific pronunciations.
• Maritime accent, being from Nova Scotia to Labrador and PEI. This accent is fucked, by the way, and even other Canadians (like me) have trouble with it. It's a combination of French and Dutch but is also mainly from Ireland/Scotland given that PEI is directly across the pond from them and they had a lot of settlers from over there in the 1600/1700's, which makes a whole lot of sense once you hear it. Here's an example, and keep in mind that the main guy talking here is not Irish and is in fact from Newfoundland.
• The French-Canadian accent. Obviously mainly from Quebec which is the only 100% French province, but there's also a pretty sizeable French Canadian population within the maritimes, mainly in Nova Scotia. This is a very bastardized form of French French, and I've been told many times that someone from Paris wouldn't understand a word of French from a Quebecois, despite them speaking the same language. Everyone always compares them to Kermit the Frog when they speak English here, and I have to say it's pretty spot-on. Sorry, French-Canadians.
• Vancouver, I don't know what to call this other than the 'Vancouver' accent but it's different enough from central Canadian that I can tell the difference. It's sort of a more evened out version of the central Canadian, almost Americanized.
• Alberta has another pretty distinct accent, almost sounding like Bostonian sometimes but mixed in with the Canadian-isms, where they add in extra y's to words like bag being bayg.

Sorry, I'm a bit of a nerd and am weirdly fascinated by languages and accents.

 

[jiyuuboyetsvi]

American with weird twangs and enunciations that sound nothing like American. My head is constantly swirling between English, Japanese, Spanish, New Jersey/New York accent English and Vancouver Canadian English.

Idk wtf is up with my voice. I also believe I was probably a Starling or a Lyrebird or something in a past life cause I mimic any sound I hear that catches my eyes and ears

 

[Mopeybloke]

I live in Rio de Janeiro, a city with a known peculiarity to its speech amongst Brazilians. We pronounce the "s" at the end of a syllable as "sh". The problem is I don't. Not sure what my accent really is. People over here sometimes know me for a while, then someday they ask where I'm from.

 

[CheelaCheela's icon]

I've always been a sucker for cultural differences; languages and accents are things I like to research in my free time.

Accents are a regular topic in my family table since sometimes we see some dude on the TV and Radio and wonder where they are from based on their accent. So I wonder about you guys, what's yours? Mine is this! It's kinda cool sounding although foreigners might have the worst time ever trying to understand lmao

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soy mas chilota que la shusha! djasdjasdjajsdsda

 

[Asian girls loverAsian girls lover's icon]

I'm italian, so I can do it.

 

[Prism_Red]

Hood English since I grew up with rap and all that shit. I've been mistaken for an African-American twice before.