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re: Europeans rate the American accents
Posted on 3/5/18 at 2:38 pm to Pilot Tiger
Posted on 3/5/18 at 2:38 pm to Pilot Tiger
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I highly doubt Europeans can tell the difference
You don’t think Europeans can tell the difference between Spanish and a Deep South accent?
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Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:12 pm to TejasHorn
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7. Minnesotan (5 percent)
Way too high.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:26 pm to ctiger69
In Italy we met several people from UK and a few from Australia. Got into a language/dialect conversation. They all expressed that their favorite American accent was none other than the southern accent. Said it was pleasing to the ear and wasn’t thought of as “ignorant” or slow like our yankee brethren think. They told me I sounded like Britney Spears, which of course didn’t seem like much of a compliment at the time—during her meltdown years.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:28 pm to northshorebamaman
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Anyone have any distinct examples of a Midwestern accent? I just know they say "warsh" instead of "wash".
Maine has a distinct accent.
Pittsburgh has a distinct accent.
Michigan (parts of it at least) now has a weird accent.
All of them are atrocious.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:29 pm to Pilot Tiger
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1. Deep South (20 percent)
5. Texan (14 percent)
These should really be categorized together. The southern twang is present in both. Texas can't be more than another subcategory of the broader southern dialect and there's no way Europeans know the difference. Hell I wouldn't hear someone with a "Texas" accent and assume they have to be from that state.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:30 pm to TejasHorn
What about southern black? I suppose they don’t have a very strong presence in hostels
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:36 pm to TH03
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feel like they’re probably thinking of the regal South Carolina/Georgia type accent. More foghorn leghorn than some bama trailer trash.
When I moved to Alaska as a teen I quickly discovered the girls at school loved my southern accent and manners. This fact coupled with my terrible fear of having the dreaded Yankee accent rub off on me resulted in my sprach resembling an absurd mixture of Foghorn Leghorn/Rhett Butler.
Don’t laugh though, it worked.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:55 pm to goofball
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Anyone have any distinct examples of a Midwestern accent? I just know they say "warsh" instead of "wash".
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Maine has a distinct accent.
Pittsburgh has a distinct accent.
These really aren't the best examples of Midwestern accents.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:04 pm to northshorebamaman
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Fargo is set in Minnesota so assumed it fell under "Minnesotan accent".
Fargo is set in North Dakota. No geography points for you. But I do think the accent is largely the same as many Minnesotans, so for all intents and purposes....
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:12 pm to tigahbruh
Only part of the movie is in ND. In fact, the woman in the pic he posted is playing the role of the Brainerd, MN police chief.
No movie trivia points for you.
No movie trivia points for you.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:13 pm to tigahbruh
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Fargo is set in North Dakota.
A lot of the movie is in Minnesota. Brainerd and all eh.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:15 pm to TejasHorn
Did Chalmwtte or Morgan City make the list?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:19 pm to tigahbruh
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Fargo is set in North Dakota
Never seen the movie or the show?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:24 pm to TejasHorn
My nephew who is from a small town in south Mississippi went to college in Washington State and everyone thought he was from Australia.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:26 pm to northshorebamaman
quote:because neither is anywhere near the midwest
Maine has a distinct accent.
Pittsburgh has a distinct accent.
These really aren't the best examples of Midwestern accents.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:28 pm to OWLFAN86
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because neither is anywhere near the midwest
I know it's subtle but that was the point of my comment.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:29 pm to LSUbase13
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What is a Texan accent?
Chicano accent.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 5:26 pm to TejasHorn
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Minnesotan
The absolute worst
Posted on 3/5/18 at 5:28 pm to baldona
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4. Southern Californian (16 percent)
What is this? Like hippie beach bum surfer?
Spanish
Posted on 3/5/18 at 6:11 pm to TejasHorn
A bartender in British Columbia thought I was from Australia. He was shocked when I told him Alabama.
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