Do western americans have accents?

[Jon Miller]

I have noticed that people fro, the south. east. and midwest all o=have deffinite accents

but the west does not seem to

and when I ask peopel from those areas if I have anaccent, they say no

what is up?

Jon Miller

[SlowwHand]

All people everywhere have an accent, of some type.
Californian's talk fast.

[DuncanK]

Californians don't have accents. Unless they come from somewhere else.

[MRT144]

northern californians dont have accents, but we do tend to use the word "hella" a lot.

[Imran Siddiqui]

?

Californians have a distinctive accent. You can pick it up from miles away (well, figuratively ).

[Flubber]

its all very subjective

Ask an Englishman or Irishman if those western Americans have an accent. . . .

AS to the accent not being noticeable to other Americans, well they will notice the person is not speaking like a southerner or Bostonian or whatever

but it could be that a LOT of television and movies come form the western US (California) and the sounds people hear on TV and movies are considered to be the norm ( ie unaccented) .

[MRT144]

imran, describe the accent for us...

[Jon Miller]

yah

I know that everyone has accents

I just find it strange that western american is not considered an accent (at least in america)

jon Miller

[Rogan Josh]

Of course you have accents! US West Coast accents are some of the strongest 'English' accents there are!

[Boris Godunov]

I don't have an accent...everyone else does.

Everyone has an accent of some kind or another. You just don't think you do because you are used to it.

[Dauphin]

As Sloww said straight away, everyone has an accent (for better or worse).

[SlowwHand]

People that don't hear accents, are just used to hearing the accent.

[Imran Siddiqui]

The California accent has the subtle *duude* in it. It isn't nearly as bad as the stereotype of the surfers, but you can definetly hear it in a Californian. One of my friends is from San Diego, and the 'surfer' is definetly in his talk, but subtly.

And yes, I have an accent as well... of the Northeast variety.

[KrazyHorse]

Western seems fairly accent-free to me.

It's also the way a lot of english Quebecers seem to speak (at least to me).

East Coast Americans have a bunch of different accents depending where specifically they're from. Midwesterners and southwesterners have an annoying twang or something (they don't round their vowels enough).

[Boris Godunov]

Especially the Brits. It's soooooooo cute. G'Day! G'Day! G'Day!

Oh wait...that's the Australians. Nevermind.