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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[RacersEdge]

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

[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.

[wayabvpar]

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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.

[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.