American accents that really bug you

[NoRiverRats]

Yes most of us speak English, some on this forum can even write it properly, but we all speak with at least a mild accent. Which ones drive you nuts? As a native New Yorker I have heard some brutal pronouciations(mostly from my aunt in Brooklyn), but I have to say that some Bostonians lay it on pretty thick. They get my vote.

[SomethingClever]

Anyone with a twangy hick accent drives me crazy. I like east coast accents.

I'm from Oregon.... we have no accent whatsoever.

[steelcmg]

I hate the ones when people are like yall want some peaches.

I forget where this is from i think its southern

[M2d]

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I'm from Oregon.... we have no accent whatsoever.

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you're high. I spent two years in Oregon and decided that there's a wormhole in the universe that connects Oregon with Georgia. I had friends with no ties to the deep south who spoke with a southern twang. they were from medford, sweethome and crescent city, so it wasn't a regional thing,either.

[mmbt0ne]

If you've never been with a girl with a southern accent, well, I don't know what to say. You're missing out.

[jakethebake]

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some Bostonians lay it on pretty thick. They get my vote.

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[RacersEdge]

Southern accents on guys bad - on women...nice.

[M2d]

that minnesota accent really bugs.

[M2d]

ebonic writing by asian american and white kids really sucks as well. only saving grace is that my kids will be competing with these idiots one day.

[Izenra]

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I hate the ones when people are like yall want some peaches.

I forget where this is from i think its southern

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Southern accents on guys bad

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The " yall" is the worst IMO.
I like british accent for some reason.

[JTrout]

Well it isn't exactly American, but the Aussie's get my vote.

They pronounce all words that end in "er" with an "ah"
Pokah. Rivah.

Then,
they turn right around and pronounce words that end with an "a" with a damn "er" sound!
Sheiler. karmer.


And to all you sumbeeches that don't like southern accents,
"fxck yall!"

[jakethebake]

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The " yall" is the worst IMO.

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I'm from Texas, and I say y'all. But one thing that does really bug me is when people use y'all to mean you, and in the singular. Just say you! Also, y'all is, at least a legitimate contraction, unlike yous. That one bugs the [censored] outta me.

[LALDAAS]

Southern kills me and they talk to damn slow

[JTrout]

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that minnesota accent really bugs.

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ya. you betcha.

[Pocket Trips]

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The " yall" is the worst IMO.

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I'm from Texas, and I say y'all. But one thing that does really bug me is when people use y'all to mean you, and in the singular. Just say you! Also, y'all is, at least a legitimate contraction, unlike yous. That one bugs the [censored] outta me.

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as long as your not one of those texan's who say I was "fixin to" go to the store your ok in my book

[James Boston]

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Southern kills me and they talk to damn slow

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We basically slow down vowel sounds, and draw them out. I know very few people who literally talk slow. What bothers me, and I do have a slight accent, isn't the accent as much as the colloquialisms that make no sense..which I try to avoid.

My biggest pet peeve in southern speech- "fixin" as a substitute for "about."

e.g. "I'm fixin to leave."

No accent really bothers me as long as people don't butcher the English language.

[steelcmg]

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Southern kills me and they talk to damn slow

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We basically slow down vowel sounds, and draw them out. I know very few people who literally talk slow. What bothers me, and I do have a slight accent, isn't the accent as much as the colloquialisms that make no sense..which I try to avoid.

My biggest pet peeve in southern speech- "fixin" as a substitute for "about."

e.g. "I'm fixin to leave."

No accent really bothers me as long as people don't butcher the English language.

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Yes that word Fixin is pretty dam gay

[LALDAAS]

What about " I reckon..."

Who says that!

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

I think the worst is the Boston accent, followed by a real thick NYC accent. I don't like the real thick southern drawl, and I can't stand the California surfer-dude accent. I hate people who say 'brah'. The finlander accents aren't real smart, either - Northern Minnesota/Dakota and the Yooper accent in Michigan's UP.

[tbach24]

I hate people who are too tonal when they talk or those who are monotonous. I don't dislike any region's dialects.

[jakethebake]

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What about " I reckon..."

Who says that!

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When someone asks me a question I love putting on a thick accent and saying "It don't make me no nevermind." It bugs the [censored] outta people. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Skjonne]

All of them

[lu_hawk]

east coast accents are all kind of cool i think. i don't like the southern ones. but i think it is kind of unattractive when a girl has a strong east coast accent, i have a new jersey accent and i personally hate girls that have a thick NJ accent.

[Pocket Trips]

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What about " I reckon..."

Who says that!

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only Karl from SlingBlade mmmhhhhmmm

[Pocket Trips]

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east coast accents are all kind of cool i think. i don't like the southern ones. but i think it is kind of unattractive when a girl has a strong east coast accent, i have a new jersey accent and i personally hate girls that have a thick NJ accent.

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I agree anyone who walks around ounding like drea demateo should be slapped

[jakethebake]

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east coast accents are all kind of cool i think. i don't like the southern ones. but i think it is kind of unattractive when a girl has a strong east coast accent, i have a new jersey accent and i personally hate girls that have a thick NJ accent.

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I agree anyone who walks around ounding like drea demateo should be slapped

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Yes. Hard.

[Jazza]

all of 'em. i just don't like the american accent. which sucks, because i sort of have one

[chaas4747]

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I agree anyone who walks around looking like drea demateo should be slapped on the ass repeatedly

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FYP

[CallMeIshmael]

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I'm from Oregon.... we have no accent whatsoever.

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You cant say 'I dont have an accent'

Accents are relative. Everyone has one.

[CallMeIshmael]

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I'm from Texas, and I say y'all. But one thing that does really bug me is when people use y'all to mean you, and in the singular. Just say you! Also, y'all is, at least a legitimate contraction, unlike yous. That one bugs the [censored] outta me.

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Do people ever say w'all in Texas?

[jakethebake]

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Do people ever say w'all in Texas?

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Wtf is w'all?

[CallMeIshmael]

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Do people ever say w'all in Texas?

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Wtf is w'all?

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What are y'all doin' today?

W'all goin' to the mall.

[jakethebake]

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What are y'all doin' today?

W'all goin' to the mall.

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I have no idea what you're talking about, dude.

[JTrout]

"we" means more than one.
"you" can mean one or more.

When we say "yall" it clears up any possible confusion about whether I am speaking to "you" or "yall".

[bosoxfan]

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some Bostonians lay it on pretty thick. They get my vote.

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That's a wicked pissah!!!

For the record I've never said this in my life.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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some Bostonians lay it on pretty thick. They get my vote.

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That's a wicked pissah!!!

For the record I've never said this in my life.

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Yeah, but I bet you've hit something wicked haahd before.

[istewart]

FWIW, anybody that says y'all on a regular basis should be put in front of a firing squad.

By "on a regular basis" I mean more than once in his life.

[Morgan O'Mally]

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some Bostonians lay it on pretty thick. They get my vote.

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Jesus were her for like three seconds and we run into a barney!

[JTrout]

At a golf tournament one time, I split a hotel room with a guy from Boston.
Hung out with him for a couple of days, didn't think the accent was too thick or anything.
Then,
he gets on the phone with his brother back home, and OMG!
I thought he was putting me on!
When he finished, I mentioned it. He had no idea what I was talking about.

[bosoxfan]

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Yeah, but I bet you've hit something wicked haahd before.

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I plead the 5th /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[M2d]

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he gets on the phone with his brother back home, and OMG!
I thought he was putting me on!
When he finished, I mentioned it. He had no idea what I was talking about.

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My wife says i do this with my hawaiian accent

[Mayhap]

I love all American accents.
The only ones that I don't like are ones put on, especially white guys waxing ebonic.

[jakethebake]

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FWIW, anybody that says y'all on a regular basis should be put in front of a firing squad.

By "on a regular basis" I mean more than once in his life.

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Boooooo

[JTrout]

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FWIW, anybody that says y'all on a regular basis should be put in front of a firing squad.

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You are a hickophobe.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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white guys waxing ebonic.

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waxing ebonic - nice

[wayabvpar]

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I'm from Oregon.... we have no accent whatsoever.

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You cant say 'I dont have an accent'

Accents are relative. Everyone has one.

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Most people on the West Coast have a neutral accent- they speak 'Broadcast English'. Do you think that Joe Average CNN/Fox/MSNBC anchor has an accent?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I'm from Oregon.... we have no accent whatsoever.

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You cant say 'I dont have an accent'

Accents are relative. Everyone has one.

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Most people on the West Coast have a neutral accent- they speak 'Broadcast English'. Do you think that Joe Average CNN/Fox/MSNBC anchor has an accent?

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Lately, there have been more and more accents showing up on the news.

[jakethebake]

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white guys waxing ebonic.

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This reminds me. I watched Be Cool last night. Not the greatest movie, but Vince Vaughn was pretty funny.

[CallMeIshmael]

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Most people on the West Coast have a neutral accent- they speak 'Broadcast English'. Do you think that Joe Average CNN/Fox/MSNBC anchor has an accent?

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Again, everyone has an accent.


Just because 'broadcast joe' sounds this way, doesnt mean he doest have an accent.


You are arbitrarily defining that speach pattern to be without an accent. It's your definition. If I choose to define people from London as not having an accent, then, yes, of course, those people have HUGE accents.

[mmbt0ne]

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he gets on the phone with his brother back home, and OMG!
I thought he was putting me on!
When he finished, I mentioned it. He had no idea what I was talking about.

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My wife says i do this with my hawaiian accent

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I have a friend who goes from total Southern accent, to full on proper British accent whenever he talks to his parents. It's the most amazing thing.

[Jersey Nick]

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some Bostonians lay it on pretty thick. They get my vote.

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That's a wicked pissah!!!

For the record I've never said this in my life.

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I spent two hours in Foxwoods one night and I started to pick up this accent.

PA - can't stand a drawl with the use of "yunz". Makes me insane.

Ohio - now there's some broadcast-no-accent-flat-speech.

[jakethebake]

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PA - can't stand a drawl with the use of "yunz". Makes me insane.

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Agreed. And I'm not sure if it's pittsburgh or all of PA that says "inat" to mean "and that". They stick it at the end of every other sentence. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[RicktheRuler]

I HATE the way people from Detroit talk. I wasnt to blow my brains out. Wisconsin too.

[CrazyEyez]

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that minnesota accent really bugs.

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It's awful. Here's the worst - there's a whole group of these people that literally* can't correctly pronounce -ag. "Bag" or "[censored]" becomes "baig" or "faig," "jaguar" is "jaiguar."

But when they are SUPPOSED to make the "ai" sound, they don't, as in "bagel." They say "beg-al" or "baah-gal."

Fvcking idiots.

* I don't mean figuratively. I tried for five minutes once to get this chick to say "bag" properly. She couldn't.

[goofball]

white trash accent, you see it on springer all the time. and ebonics.

[Reef]

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I can't stand the California surfer-dude accent. I hate people who say 'brah'.

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This actually comes from Hawaii, as a "pidgin" language exists which is a mixture of English and (insert many ethnic groups that came here 100+ years ago).

[masse75]

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I'm from Texas, and I say y'all. But one thing that does really bug me is when people use y'all to mean you, and in the singular. Just say you! Also, y'all is, at least a legitimate contraction, unlike yous. That one bugs the [censored] outta me.

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Um, no. Bullshit.
2nd Person Singular: You.
2nd Person Plural: You.

Making [censored] up because it's a regional thing is lame.

[jstnrgrs]

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some Bostonians lay it on pretty thick. They get my vote.

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That's a wicked pissah!!!

For the record I've never said this in my life.

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For the record, The only times I've every heard that said are when people are describing, or making fun of, Boston accents. I've never heard anyone say it in a "normal" conversation.

[SomethingClever]

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I'm from Oregon.... we have no accent whatsoever.

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you're high. I spent two years in Oregon and decided that there's a wormhole in the universe that connects Oregon with Georgia. I had friends with no ties to the deep south who spoke with a southern twang. they were from medford, sweethome and crescent city, so it wasn't a regional thing,either.

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I'm from Portland. We have no accent whatsoever.

FMP.

[CallMeIshmael]

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Also, y'all is, at least a legitimate contraction

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HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

[SomethingClever]

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Accents are relative. Everyone has one.

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No, people in Portland and Seattle really don't have accents. I swear.

[CallMeIshmael]

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No, people in Portland and Seattle really don't have accents. I swear.

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Dude.. Take someone from Portland, and put him in London, England.

Is everyone going to be able to understand him? Is everyone going to say he is speaking without an accent?


EDIT: America didnt invent this language, you know. I dont see how you can be speaking someone else's language, and then say that we are the basis around which accents in that language are defined.

[SomethingClever]

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No, people in Portland and Seattle really don't have accents. I swear.

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Dude.. Take someone from Portland, and put him in London, England.

Is everyone going to be able to understand him? Is everyone going to say he is speaking without an accent?


EDIT: America didnt invent this language, you know. I dont see how you can be speaking someone else's language, and then say that we are the basis around which accents in that language are defined.

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No, but I thought we were talking about American accents. In fact, that is the title of the thread.

Relative to America, Portland and Seattle have no accents.

[tbach24]

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No, people in Portland and Seattle really don't have accents. I swear.

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Dude.. Take someone from Portland, and put him in London, England.

Is everyone going to be able to understand him? Is everyone going to say he is speaking without an accent?


EDIT: America didnt invent this language, you know. I dont see how you can be speaking someone else's language, and then say that we are the basis around which accents in that language are defined.

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No, but I thought we were talking about American accents. In fact, that is the title of the thread.

Relative to America, Portland and Seattle have no accents.

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Also, Britons are the ones with the accents.

Nice avatar /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[BWebb]

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If you've never been with a girl with a southern accent, well, I don't know what to say. You're missing out.

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This is correct.

[CallMeIshmael]

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No, but I thought we were talking about American accents. In fact, that is the title of the thread.

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Im aware, but, I was using that as an example. Just illustrating that this is a relative thing.

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Relative to America, Portland and Seattle have no accents.

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I disagree. I believe new yorker's have no accent.


The people I know from Portland have a strong accent, imo.

[tbach24]

Noooo. They pronounce words the way they are supposed to be prounounced. New Yorkers don't.

[CallMeIshmael]

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They pronounce words the way they are supposed to be prounounced.

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According to whom? You?

[tbach24]

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They pronounce words the way they are supposed to be prounounced.

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According to whom? You?

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Look at the pronounciation. It's not ku-uouf-ee (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=coffee)

[scotty34]

This is mah pet peeve /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[CallMeIshmael]

Dude.

There is always going to be a bias when going from something that is phonetically spelled, to the spoken word.

That bias is the result of your upbringing.

When you go from the phonetics to the word, you can't say 'this is wrong' because you think it's wrong.

Its only wrong, if its end result isnt another person knowing what phonetic it was supposed to be.



(also... you need to get your sarcasm detector fixed. When I said New Yorkers dont have accents, I was illustrating that I can arbitrarily choose any local)

[hmohnphd]

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Dude.

There is always going to be a bias when going from something that is phonetically spelled, to the spoken word.

That bias is the result of your upbringing.

When you go from the phonetics to the word, you can't say 'this is wrong' because you think it's wrong.

Its only wrong, if its end result isnt another person knowing what phonetic it was supposed to be.



(also... you need to get your sarcasm detector fixed. When I said New Yorkers dont have accents, I was illustrating that I can arbitrarily choose any local)

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OMG. You have totally rocked my world to its core and made me question everything I previously _thought_ I knew about the English language.

Thanks.

[tbach24]

You're just saying that because you say "eh" and "aboot."

Canadians.

And yes I knew that you were being sarcastic DUHHH

[CallMeIshmael]

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OMG. You have totally rocked my world to its core and made me question everything I previously _thought_ I knew about the English language.

Thanks.

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Its not like I started this or anything.

[jdl22]

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I'm from Oregon.... we have no accent whatsoever.

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you're high. I spent two years in Oregon and decided that there's a wormhole in the universe that connects Oregon with Georgia. I had friends with no ties to the deep south who spoke with a southern twang. they were from medford, sweethome and crescent city, so it wasn't a regional thing,either.

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To be honest, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm from Oregon and don't recall hearing anything resembling a Georgia southern twang except for this girl I was an undergrad with but she wants to move to the South and imo uses the accent conciously or subconciously as discussed in the thread about talking in a different way when around different people.

My roommate (also from Oregon) and I were discussing the accent thing and I think there is actually an accent but it's pretty slight. For example we tend to say 'uh' instead of a.

edited to add: if we meet up next month you can judge for yourself whether I have said southern twang.

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I can't stand the California surfer-dude accent. I hate people who say 'brah'.

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This actually comes from Hawaii

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Also, nobody in california says "brah" unless they want everyone to think they are retarded.

[jdl22]

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he gets on the phone with his brother back home, and OMG!
I thought he was putting me on!
When he finished, I mentioned it. He had no idea what I was talking about.

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My wife says i do this with my hawaiian accent

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Just happened to me a couple hours ago with said hawaiian accent. Having a normal conversation with my fiance and we went to order our wedding rings which are going to be hawaiian heirloom kine. I call up the place (RHHJ in case you're familiar) and order them. We're picking them up later but they still needed a contact address so I hand the phone to my fiance for her to give her parents' address. As if by flipping a switch on comes the accent. Her accent isn't as thick as others' since her parents didn't want her to sound uneducated (for example she never says da instead of the), but it definately gets going when she's talking to anybody from home.

note: use of kine purely intentional and for comedic purposes only.

[M2d]

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it definately gets going when she's talking to anybody from home.

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I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

[TimM]

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The " yall" is the worst IMO.

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I'm from Texas, and I say y'all. But one thing that does really bug me is when people use y'all to mean you, and in the singular. Just say you! Also, y'all is, at least a legitimate contraction, unlike yous. That one bugs the [censored] outta me.

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This was explained to me once.

"Y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is the plural. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Once a woman called me to order something from our website (this was back when most people were afraid to order online). She had a thick southern accent. I have to see if I should charge tax, so I ask if she's from NY. She immediately starts laughing like a donkey, and yelling to her husband "this guy just asked if ah was from Nyew Yawk". /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[mockingbird]

I'm not fond of the accents from rural Maine.

Sometimes southern girls deliberatley exagerate their accents thinking that it is attractive and seductive.

I LOVE Cajun accents. Not many people left around who really talk like that anymore.

[bennyk]

"yinz" and "innat" are pittsburgh and suburbs only. i lived in pittsburgh for a while and agree that this is mildly annoying.

i, for one, can't stand philadelphia accents.

bk

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PA - can't stand a drawl with the use of "yunz". Makes me insane.

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Agreed. And I'm not sure if it's pittsburgh or all of PA that says "inat" to mean "and that". They stick it at the end of every other sentence. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

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Definitely not all of PA. I'm from the eastern part and have never heard that one before. Now I'm in Jersey and I hate the Jersey accent.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I can't stand the California surfer-dude accent. I hate people who say 'brah'.

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This actually comes from Hawaii

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Also, nobody in california says "brah" unless they want everyone to think they are retarded.

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Alright, I didn't mean that 'brah' was a CA thing, but I can see the confusion. I still hate the CA surfer accent, as well as people who say brah. Unfortunately, brah is getting to be somewhat popular with the lame poser crowd, which happens to be about 85% of all American males age 16-29.

[CallMeIshmael]

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"brah"

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What does this mean?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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"brah"

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What does this mean?

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Instead of 'bro', like "sup bro?". Like how Peachy says "mah" instead of "my". Similarly annoying.

[wonderwes]

Depending on what part of Texas you are in, can depend on the accent. People living in Austin, Dallas, or Houston have really no accent. Now just go a little ways out into the country, and you will hear a true country Texan voice.

In Texas, just like with NY, and Cali and any other such place, there is a difference in accent between a native born Texan and a transfer resident.

Using "ya'll" though is a typical word in my vocab. Guess it just comes natural.

The best twang accens come from the deep deep south.

[JTrout]

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This was explained to me once.

"Y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is the plural.


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It was either explained wrong, or you misunderstood.
And you talk funny! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[JoshuaD]

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If you've never been with a girl with a southern accent, well, I don't know what to say. You're missing out.

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Sometimes I make my girlfriend talk to me with her virginian accent. It's amazing.

[TimM]

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This was explained to me once.

"Y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is the plural.


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It was either explained wrong, or you misunderstood.
And you talk funny! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Here you go:

NOTICE TO NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH (http://www.dobhran.com/humor/GRhumor405.htm)

[jakethebake]

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I'm from Texas, and I say y'all. But one thing that does really bug me is when people use y'all to mean you, and in the singular. Just say you! Also, y'all is, at least a legitimate contraction, unlike yous. That one bugs the [censored] outta me.

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Um, no. Bullshit.
2nd Person Singular: You.
2nd Person Plural: You.

Making [censored] up because it's a regional thing is lame.

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As already pointed out, because you can be both singular or plural, the all is added to clarify. It's perfectly reasonable.

[jakethebake]

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"yinz" and "innat" are pittsburgh and suburbs only. i lived in pittsburgh for a while and agree that this is mildly annoying.

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I forgot about "yinz". It might be even worse than "inat". "Are yinz goin' to the store inat?" Wtf?

[jakethebake]

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Depending on what part of Texas you are in, can depend on the accent. People living in Austin, Dallas, or Houston have really no accent. Now just go a little ways out into the country, and you will hear a true country Texan voice.

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This is funny. I'm from Houston and get told all the time that I don't have a Texas accent. The only give away is the y'all and that I tend to call women "Darlin'" with a little twang. It's a terrible habit.

[Roy Munson]

Several people that I know from Oregon have a subtle accent that only shows when saying certain words.

Specifically pronouncing the words measure, treasure and pleasure as maysure, traysure and playsure.