the big dialects thread

[wolfwoof]

Did I hear her say Alabasta in the beginning?

It's supposed to be "Allra bästa", but since people down south are trapped somewhere betwenn a real language and Danish they usualy just end up chewing the words up and spitting out something that sounds remotley similar.

And why was "No OFfense" randomly thrown in as english.

Because we are ridicolously americanized, due to watching nothing but subbed american shows for 20 years.

So we pretty much just alternate betwenn the two languages in our daily speech.

I wonder what english sounds like to those who don't speak it.....prolly something like that^^ sounded to me....

Sounds kinda stiff and hard, a good language for oneliners

[JERK DISEASE]

The people I've met from Texas have all sorts of different accents, some sound reeeaally stereotypical, some a little bit, and some didn't have any accent at all.
The heaviest "texan" accents I've heard came from people I knew from Louisiana, namely two of my older roommates.

I've known two people from North Carolina, from the same city and one has a heavy accent and can understand Boomhauer from King of the Hill, the other had none at all.

New Jersey has a funny accent. I know a guy from there who doesn't even really talk with any particular sound, but the WAY he talks is extremely punchy.

Connecticut is kind of like Texas for New England accents because depending where you go you can hear heavy Boston/New York accents, and also plain vanilla American accents, as well as mixtures. Mostly we talk pretty vanilla, entirely in regards to the sound of it, but some pronounciations are slurred in NY style. Like we'll say "whaddya" or "Moun-in" in basic casual conversation and rarely pronounce our "ing"s, and all minus any real distinct accent sound to them.
But if you find an Italian enough area you'll hear something more NYC, the town of East Haven is known as "Staven" for that reason.

I'm no expert on East CT but I'm willing to bet you can find Bostonian accents over there, as you can in Rhode Island.

[Akumu]

I'd love to But it'd be a bit of a con really, I've not got a British accent per se, as in how you'd imagine it. Mines is a more sort of diluted mixed accent.
But my friend moved to America and apparently everyone thinks the accent is great over there, so who knows :P

Dude over here, it doesn't matter if you're the ugliest mug around, if you have a british accent, you are the sexiest creature alive. That goes for both guys and gals!

[Badass SnoCone]

I wonder how the "Texan" accent is so distinguishable from other southern drawls. When I start talking to foreigners, and especailly with people from opposite ends of the country (California and NE), they always go "DAAAAW YOU SOUND SO TEXAN~"

Also knew some people who went to NYC recently, said a couple of words and everyone immediately knew they were from Texas XD

I hate it when that happens. I was in Pennsylvania last Summer, and a lady that worked at the hotel asked me where I'm from. So I told her, "I'm from New York."
Then she said "Ooooh, I love the way you guys say 'New York'"

[wolfwoof]

Gambit from the X-men talks with a Cajun accent right?

If so that's the coolest american dialect.

[Herodadotus]

Gambit from the X-men talks with a Cajun accent right?

If so that's the coolest american dialect.

That would be correct.

In New Mexico, I've heard we talk like a mix of Southern California and Texas accents, but I really don't hear it.

[JERK DISEASE]

Cajun is cool because it shows how much of the American southern accent is French influenced.

[dirt monkey AL]

West Coast must be pretty typical American since no one answered me.

I have heard Canadians say the aboot thing. It's not like abOOt though. Much softer vowel.

And yes, Wolfwood, that guy does sound like he's gagging on a hand towel set.

[wolfwoof]

Isnt west coast the dialect you'd most likely hear in a movie or tv show?

That should make it the most typicaly american one to most people no?

Anybody know where Toby Keiths dialect is from, that's some sweet sounding cowboy talk right there.

[JERK DISEASE]

The "Canadian" accent is pretty much the same as the Minnesotan accent. Which coincedentally Wolfwood I'm pretty sure is Scandinavian in origin.

[wolfwoof]

Does sound a bit like it, heck first time i saw Fargo i thought for sure that they were mocking us.

[CosmicDebris]

I don't think Californians have any particularly noticeable accent...but maybe it's because I'm too used to it. We do, however, have a gift of being able to convey a myriad of emotional statements simply with the word "dude".

[Mister_Anbu]

I'm from Michigan (Midwest) and we're often considered to have the cleanest English. We do not have an accent. Apparently we talk fast though...

[Akumu]

Eh, everyone has an accent whether they hear it or not. Otherwise you'd be missing a lot of inflection in your tone.

[Arei]

Cajun is cool because it shows how much of the American southern accent is French influenced.

Outside of New Orleans, you could get the shit beat out of you for comparing Americans to the French.

I shit you not, I went to a burger/diner place in my hometown (I haven't gone there in years, dont really want that kind of food) and I saw this (just had to take a picture):

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They also have Freedom Toast.

I just about rofled right there.

[JERK DISEASE]

Outside of New Orleans, you could get the shit beat out of you for comparing Americans to the French.

I shit you not, I went to a burger/diner place in my hometown (I haven't gone there in years, dont really want that kind of food) and I saw this (just had to take a picture):

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eedomfries.jpg

They also have Freedom Toast.

I just about rofled right there.

I'm American. And no, no one does that shit where I live. Why the hell do you think Buttfuck Texas is the rule and New Orleans is the exception?

[wolfwoof]

So you Texans basicly changed everything with french in the name to freedom on a permanent basis over France not helping in the Iraq war? Man i thought that was just a joke.

But back on topic i do enjoy Jason Mewes and Kev Smith's Jersey accent, and Joe Pesci's brooklyn accent is it?

Whatever it is it sure is colorful.

[dirt monkey AL]

Yeah, that doesn't happen here either.

[wolfwoof]

Why not go a step further and ban all french products from the american/Texan markets.

That'd show those frenchies what happens when you dont support freedom

[Malintex_Terek]

I'm terrible at accents, and I feel embarrassed even using one I'm good at because I'm afraid people who have the accent naturally can tell it's a fake. I mean, when people from NYC or Jersey here on AP listen to a NYC accent by someone who isn't a native and say it's authentic, it sort of gives me a bit of a morale boost, but maybe it's just easier with English, failspanish and failasian language accents are really obvious and people know and laugh. :|

I don't think I have a dialect, since this state is pretty accent-less unless one is from the backwoods (I mistook that for Texan) or the Southern California beach-front, and I take amends to avoid Northern California lingo as much as I can. You might catch me say fudge, cheese + crackers, lettuce or some other of my profanity filters in public, but never "hella gay" or "that shit is so legit".