Do you have an accent?

[Croconaw]

Basically, everyone has an accent, but I’m sure you understand what I mean. Do you speak a certain way or use certain words or phrases that are only used in certain parts of the world?

I was born and grew up in Pennsylvania (although not currently there), but I’ve been around certain parts of the US, and a few people had asked me if I’m from Pennsylvania after speaking to them. It was kind of specific, and I didn’t realize it was obvious. It may just be the sound of my voice because I don’t use any words specific to that particular state as I’m leaving memories from there behind me.

I do say “y’all” on a regular basis when I’m referring to a group of people, and it even comes out when I’m referring to one person just because it’s how I talk. I know that’s more of a southern thing, but my favorite genre of music is country so I may have picked it up from listening to that.

 

[LadyDestani]

I am from the Southern US and have a slight southern accent. I'm not from the deep South and even in my area I've heard many people with much worse southern accents than myself, but it's still there. I do say "y'all" quite frequently and occasionally drawl out a word, which always embarrasses me. I try to keep my accent fairly neutral, but I know anyone from the North would know I'm a Southerner after just a few words.

 

[Midoriya]

There was another thread like this not too long ago, and apparently everyone has an “accent” whether they realize it or not. I’m from the south but don’t have a southern accent at all. My mom spent years trying to correct her accent and successfully did so so that it didn’t sound southern anymore. Then, when I was brought up I didn’t have one. Just your average American accent.

 

[Toska]

I have a rather strong southern accent. I don’t really say “y’all” but a few things that comes to mind is as follows:

- saying “pop” instead of soda
- pronouncing “for” as “fer”
- never pronouncing the “g” in words ending with “ing” (for example I would say “singin” rather than “singing”
- drawing out words
- other average southern accent things that I can’t think of atm

 

[sleepydreepy]

I have an American accent, specifically from Washington D.C. I grew up about 30 mins outside of the city and say things like "pee-kan" and "cray-fish." My family moved to a big city in Texas when I was older (but I did not pick up an accent) and after graduating high school I went to college in Massachusetts for 4 years. There I picked up bits of various New England accents from friends and professors, but since moving back to Texas I think I'm back to the accent I started with (from the Washington D.C. area).

 

[Cristaaaaal]

I have an American accent with some SoCal tendencies. I've taken a lot of theater, so I say most words with general American English. Sometimes a southern accent comes out (don't know how or why) and sometimes the SoCal "likes" and "gnarly" come out. I'm a dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, cause we're all dudes, HEY.

 

[oak]

I didn't want to believe I had a Canadian twang but at a friends wedding 2 years ago, some people visiting from North Carolina said we all had a Canadian accent. I'm sure the accent isn't as thick as someone from Newfoundland though. My partners family is from there and they have some thiccc newfie accents.

 

[Velo]

So I'm from Chicago but like when people "make a Chicago accent" I'm like what the actual f**k are you saying???

So I don't know where the stereotypical ~Chicago accent~ comes from but uh it is not real.
I do think I have some accent because people from other states / countries have stated it (and asked where I'm from lmao), but it's def not DA BAYURS coming out of my mouth.
People do put an S on the end of every word here, but personally it drives me nuts. I never picked up that part of the dialect, regardless of living here my entire life.

I do say y'all as well, but honestly I think that's just pretty typical for most parts of the US as of this point? It's just the easiest way to address a group haha.

Like Cristaaaaal, I call everyone dude pfft. Or bro, or man. I was talking about that with my sister in law last weekend actually, and how people sometimes get mad at us for that term usage. Totally don't mean any offense by it, but everyone is my bro.


I do like using different accents when playing characters in TTRPGs though. It's fun trying to be from somewhere else.
Although this is totally me as the DM:

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

i don't think so but i've been told i have a california accent .--. (what does that even mean? i'm from cali, but i don't really think we have an accent)

 

[Neb]

The Pacific Northwest technically has a dialect, but it’s very similar to a general west American accent. Although people in eastern Oregon and Washington do have a rural drawl (which I sadly picked up). In my research I did notice some distinct traits.

- Egg is pronounced as “ayyg.”
- “Cot” and “Caught” are pronounced the same way.
- Verbs ending in “ing” always lose the “g,” much like southern accents.
- “Don” and “dawn” are pronounced the same way.
- I say tennis shoes as “tenneh shoes.”
- We say we’re “going to the coast” rather than “going to the beach.”
- We usually say something is “spendy” rather than expensive.

Otherwise it’s basically just a standard American accent.

 

[kikotoot]

When I'm talking with americans I can get really canadian ("car" like" "c are" and "about" like "aboot") otherwise I can't think of too too much! I wish I could properly speak my home country's language but I can't pronounce half the letters

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I was born in Michigan and lived there til I was about 12, so I say "ope" a lot

 

[Xara]

i was initially going to say “no” but now that i’m thinking about it, i think i do have a bit of a canadian accent but i think i have a bit of an american one as well which,, is odd lol. i have literally never said “a-boot” in my entire life but to me, pasta has always been “paw-sta”, creek has always been pronounced the way it’s spelt, etc but most of my pronunciations are american.

 

[mocha.]

Yes, I’m originally from the north east of England so have a geordie accent similar to ant & dec/Cheryl Cole/jade and Perrie from little mix. I was always insecure about it especially with moving around a lot but I’ve grown to like it & im proud of my roots c:

 

[ForgottenT]

From Denmark, learnt both British, and American English in school.
My Danish accent is nowhere near as bad as the general public but it’s there.

 

[buny]

im not a native english speaker and as im from south Europe and we roll the "r" here for example you can hear that sometimes when i talk in english, like that time when i said "horror" but it sounded like "hordor" because of the strong R. xD and a lot of words i can't pronounce properly ;~; im usually told my accent is good for a non native english speaker though!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I'm from Ohio but I do have a slight southern accent cause my mom's family is from Alabama/Mississippi/Louisiana lol

the only thing I don't do that a lot of Ohio people seem to do is I pronounce "creek" and "wash" like theyre spelled (not "crick" and "worsh").
(also random but it seems like a lot of people around here say lightning bug but I say firefly lol)

I was born in Michigan and lived there til I was about 12, so I say "ope" a lot

saying "ope" a lot is the biggest Midwestern mood of all time lmaooo

I have a rather strong southern accent. I don’t really say “y’all” but a few things that comes to mind is as follows:

- saying “pop” instead of soda
- pronouncing “for” as “fer”
- never pronouncing the “g” in words ending with “ing” (for example I would say “singin” rather than “singing”
- drawing out words
- other average southern accent things that I can’t think of atm

this is it for me right here ☝☝
(although I say yall all the time)

 

[Shellzilla_515]

I'm struggling to find the differences between Canadian and American accents. I had to look up some videos to help me and I found one here. After watching the video, I can tell the difference and it turns out I lean more heavily on the Canadian side. So to answer your question, I do have an accent, and it's a Canadian one. Perhaps the differences would be more noticeable if you go to other provinces.

 

[Holla]

I definitely have some form of Canadian accent but I never really notice it much. The common one about said as “aboot” I definitely don’t say though.

Though my parents did grow up on an island called Prince Edward County off of Ontario (not to be confused with the maritime province Prince Edward Island) and I’ve picked up a couple of things from them even though I have never lived there myself. Most people don’t notice unless they pickup on very little things. Someone I used to know who was originally from British Columbia used to really notice it. He said I would even slightly change accents when talking to my Dad especially but it would go away when taking with others. I never even knew I did this haha.

Some examples of unique things I say that come from the island are:

• Across is always pronounced as Acrost. “I went acrost the street.”
• Prince Edward County (the name of the island) is pronounced Prince Edward Counee (you don’t pronounce the t)
• Use the phrase “might better” a lot. “It’s going to rain tomorrow so you might better cut the grass today.”
• Creek is pronounced as Crick. “I’m going down to the crick to go fishing.”

Not specific to the island I don’t think but I always pronounce Toronto as “Torono” again no “t”. Also Sudbury I tend to pronounce as “Sudbree” I only lived there for half a year but picked it up it seems.

 

[Beanz]

I don't really know? I was born in Baltimore, Maryland and I don't really notice anything, I don't know if there's such thing as a Maryland accent. I do say "Ya'll" a lot but that's because I find saying "You all" awkward and not because people around me say it.