Cosmicomical, Steal?
Treczoks, I have read British and American books galore (i.e. thousands), and I’ve listened to English (BBC, BFBS) and American (AFN, Movies) audio sources. My vocabulary and accent is a wild mix of both, so the British consider me American, and the American think I’m British.
olutukko, Here in finland we also have our very own thing: rally english
fl42v, I’d mix everything just for kicks :)
RoyaltyInTraining, I’m not even aware of what my accent sounds like. Probably a weird amalgamation of everything.
Pulptastic,
b3nsn0w, i’m no expert in vexillology but even i can tell that that’s a c- at best
turkalino, Latin Americans: nah, ima do my own thing
jacktherippah, (edited ) No no, I speak a combination of the three. Although American English dominates my accent. That’s what you get when you grow up watching English-speaking media. You pick up their accents and you make one of your own.
drathvedro, (edited ) Oi cunt!
The bogan talk fits my gopnik soul like cat’s pyjamas
whofearsthenight, American, have considered immigrating just for the ability to use this phrase on the reg.
MargotRobbie, I’ve done so many accents at this point I don’t even know what my real accent is anymore, but people always think I’m actually from New York or New Jersey until I start talking.
noname_yet2077, I’ve got 'em all plus the indian scammer one >:D
Maggoty, Ooooo, which is which!
The_Picard_Maneuver, I’ll never tell
Maggoty, That’s just evil. Anyways, I made popcorn.
TheEighthDoctor, I once did one of those quizzes that figures out where your American accent is from and I got mostly LA and midwest. Makes sense since I learned from watching TV shows.
CaptFeather, Wait how does that work?
sarsoar, Dialect tests. Think about how someone from boston might say “park” like “pahk” vs other parts of the country, or if someone uses “y’all” where they might be from. The way people pronounce o,a, ai, ough, augh type of sounds is very telling. Also phrases are very regional. There are many studies that compile that data. One famous dataset is used in a Times article that is behind a paywall, here are some people talking about it: peabodyawards.com/nytimesdialectquiz/
Another random one from buzzfeed: www.buzzfeed.com/andrewziegler/dialect-quiz
And babbel: www.babbel.com/en/magazine/american-accent-quiz
Or just search for dialect quiz.
samus12345, (edited ) The Buzzfeed one got where I’ve lived most of my life. Wasn’t sure where it would say since I moved around a lot as a kid.
Pipoca, There’s many regional differences in American English.
First, pronunciation is always changing, and changes tend to happen regionally.
For example, there’s the Mary-merry-marry merger. A bit over half of American speakers pronounce all three of those words identically, as mɛri. About 17% of Americans have a full three-way contrast. In NYC, for example, they’d say meɹi, mæɹi, and mɛɹi. And other people merged two of the three.
The pen-pin merger is a famous feature of southern American dialects.
Some words have regional pronunciations - crayon can have one or two syllables, for example.
And then there’s regional words, like pop vs soda, bucket vs pail, firefly vs lightning bug, you vs y’all vs yinz vs youse vs you lot vs you all vs you guys etc.
By asking about all of those sorts of things, you can figure out where someone’s from.
GuitarAbuser, My accent is a mix of all these three, plus the effect my friends from India have hd on me
pewgar_seemsimandroid, i pick English canada always
DragonTypeWyvern, American with “eh” it is.
creditCrazy, It’s amariceh
FurbiesAndBeans, Nah more like American-eh
Buddahriffic, It’s UK spelling. Colour instead of color, etc.
ILikeBoobies, Depends where you are, we do have an accent but it’s really hard to find people with it now
PraiseTheSoup, Really? Because everyone on Trailer Park Boys and Letterkenny has it. And I say that as a northern Minnesotan.
ILikeBoobies, Can people not tell the difference between them and the out for a rip song guy/Bob and Doug?
And yeah, you’ll know the accent but in Toronto people just sound and act American
Moneo, Don’t forget about the ‘sorry’ key.
pewgar_seemsimandroid, i use cookie and biscuit like they mean different things
cookie: has chocolate or hazelnut
biscuit: has jam, has arbitrary flavors like lemon or has no other flavors
_TheThunderWolf_, i use them like this: cookies are chewy, biscuits are crunchy
spudwart, I know a 100% native english speaker, who randomly switches between british, australian, Scottish and American accents.
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