Who has an accent??

26 replies since 27th July 2011 • Last reply 27th July 2011

Mine is more or less Glasweigan, I'm from a town called Bearsden which is about 20 minutes from Glasgow. I tend to say say 'aye' alot Happy

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Scottish- but its not super-thick. When I live in Scotland you can't notice it, but when I'm in England EVERYONE points it out.

Julie G. Don't knock the west country accent. I used have a boyfriend you sounded like a Cornish farmer and I thought it was super-cute.

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Cornish farmer works. Professional Bristolian not!

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Wow we have a lot of people here with accents! I looove the sound of accents and while I really like any English accent I have to say the Irish accent always makes me smile. ^^ I've always wished that as a child my family would have moved to Europe and I would pick up an accent but alas it has never happened. So with that said it is safe to say I'm pretty envious of all of you! hahaha

My friend did say that I talked like chef Ramsay once because I tend to say "yeah" a lot. Like... "You brought the garabge out yeah?" or "You're going to do that now yeah?" but it's better than saying "eh" all the time. Some people say that I sound more american than canadian because I say the word "about" like "a-bow-t" bow being like take a bow, not a bow and arrow. Some stereotypical canadians say it like "a-boat" or "a-boot" ALSO the word "bag" gets pronounced like "beg" sometimes over here but I don't say it that way either. Words like "roof" sometimes get pronounced like "ruf" OR another word that really varries is "aunt" now I can tell you that when I say it the u is completely silent. I say it like "ant" so my mother's sister and the tiny insects are the same. hahaha

I find it strange that most canadians and americans LOVE english/aussie/scottish/irish accents but do european people find american accents sexy? For some reason I just don't see it happening. For instance if a guy is really hot AND has an accent then he's the perfect man whereas if he's hot but has an american accent (which to me sounds like no accent at all) then he's still hot but it's nothing special. hahaha

So if english women had to pick a guy based on his accent which accent would you pick? Do you find american accents sexier than english accents because they're foreign or does it not work that way?

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ugh. Well, when I moved to New York, everyone told me I had a Detroit accent [or Southern, for whatever reason]. During my internship in Kentucky, people thought I had a New York accent.

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I've got what my English boyfriend calls a "Southern Twang" which I think is his way of saying I have a Southern accent (it makes sense, I'm from South Carolina) but it isn't really thick.

For two cents Lo, my boyfriend told me about a conversation he had with his mates and they all found American accents hotter than English accents. That's a male perspective and they're all really obsessed with Meagan Fox so there might be a bit of a bias haha. ;)

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I have the sterotypical clean American accent ^_^

I'm from Idaho (so the North West Rocky Mountians area), which doesnt really have an accent, I dont sound like a Southern Bell, or a Texan, New Yorker, or anywhere in between... and now living in Hawaii I can tell you I dont sound like a beach bum either, lol.

Its kinda lame not having a accent people can pinpoint, but I use certain "country slang" a lot. like a roof is said like Ruf, and creek is crick, what else... wole is wuff, where I come from things that are cool are "the bees knees", if your a liar your " full of purple pollywogs". If I were to tell you a story about when I was a little kid, I'd tell you it was when I was "knee high to a grass hopper" and anything that I cant remember the name of is a "dill", ie "hand me that dill" "Have you seen that one dill?" Were just crazy potato farmers where I come from! What can I say Happy

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Hahaha that's funny Pammerz. My grandmother (who's irish) used a lot of strange sayings and so does my mom. While I havn't adapted most of them I do find they are familiar and not at all strange if used. My mom does say "knee high to a grass hopper" I don't know where she got it but she's been saying it forever but I've never heard of any of the other sayings you've listed. lol

I have a very clean canadian accent (that's probably closer to an american accent) and I tend to use more european words like "the post" instead of "the mail" which is strange for where I live because no one says post. For example I said "Look at that strange post box" and I sounded like an alien to some people.

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I'm from Colorado, smack dab in the middle of America and I don't think I have an accent. Apparently I talk fast though, I don't know if that's the same thing.When I moved to a small town in Kansas EVERYONE pointed out how fast I talk, whereas I think everyone talks really slow here.

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i cant seem to figure out whether i have an accent or not

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I actually don't think I have an accent in the least but so many people ask if I'm scandinavian or an aussie.
The funny part to me is that I have strong nordic roots and aussie but all the girls in my family get asked lol.
I have to admit I'm rather keen on the dorset accent, it's attractive for some unknown reason.
Apparently after two weeks in Weymouth I picked up the accent lol.
Random!

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Holy Molly listening to Adele concert she was born 4 miles from me and it's just scary !!!!!
" in it " !!!!!

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