Brits, do your homework: How to do an American accent

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Asher

It's the easiest accent in the world to do because the people who use it natively can't figure out anything else.

It's my good ol' standby for when I want to say something to convey I'm impersonating a stupid person.

Wow, you type with a Texas accent too?

ACK!

[TheStinger]

No point in trying to do a canadian accent, as no one cares whether it's correct or not

[Heraclitus]

[MikeH]

Originally posted by TheStinger
No point in trying to do a canadian accent, as no one cares whether it's correct or not

Eh?

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by MikeH


Eh?

Hey back off buddy.

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Americans have the most awesome accents. Especially the Texans.

Texans accent is obviously heavily mexican influenced.

I am not trolling, I am being honest.

[Seedle]

I think this thread would be better if the "accent" were left off.

[Dinner]

Accents are an interesting thing. In the 1930's through the 1950's you had the Hollywood Effect where Californian English became the standard American English simply because people all went to watch movies and media (remember there was no TV and people watch 15 minute news reels before each movie) and all those media people were from LA/Hollywood so people picked up that accent. That's why today people say most Californians don't have an accent when in fact we do; it's just our accent has become the standard accent of the media.

My maternal grand parents were from Illinois, Chicago in fact, and for their entire lives they added an "R" sound to words where there was no "R". For example "wash" became "warsh". I never understood it because, of course, I grew up in California and was used to Californian English but to them it was very natural. I won't even bother with my father & his family from Scotland as obviously the Scots have their own accent issues.

[Seedle]

Originally posted by Oerdin
My maternal grand parents were from Illinois, Chicago in fact, and for their entire lives they added an "R" sound to words where there was no "R". For example "wash" became "warsh". I never understood it because, of course, I grew up in California and was used to Californian English but to them it was very natural.

My grandparents (and most people from their region and generation(southwest Ohio)) do this. God, it sounds ignorant. Sometimes I lament the the dulling effect that national media has had on regional accents/dialects, but this is one that I'm glad is dieing out.

[Dinner]

I honestly will never understand why my Scottish grandparents insisted on giving my sister and I wool sweaters every Christmas. I live, and lived, in Southern California for god's sake! We have as much use for wool sweaters as as Amazons do.

[SlowwHand]

Texans do not have a Mexican accent. What have y'all been watching?

[Asher]

Originally posted by TheStinger
No point in trying to do a canadian accent, as no one cares whether it's correct or not

There is no correct Canadian accent. I've found the east coast of Canada and rural Saskatchewan/Manitoba have what is the stereotypical Canadian accent.

The rest of Canada sounds extremely similar to your typical American accent (mid-west maybe?). We sound like most people on American TV except for some words (eg, foul is two syllables, *****es!).

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Asher

There is no correct Canadian accent. I've found the east coast of Canada and rural Saskatchewan/Manitoba have what is the stereotypical Canadian accent.

The rest of Canada sounds extremely similar to your typical American accent (mid-west maybe?). We sound like most people on American TV except for some words (eg, foul is two syllables, *****es!).

Oh come on, can't you at least have a bit of a go for my quite intentional slur on your national identity

[Asher]

That was an attempted slur? Oi.

I don't find Canadian accents offensive. I do find the British accents more offensive. And the slang, christ...

Nip to the lorry 'round the city, ya...

[Kontiki]

The beauty for actors perfecting a Texan accent is that they are equally qualified to play a Texan or someone who's just mentally retarded and not a Texan.