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I don't think I have an accent but someone from a different country would probably say I have a "Canadian" accent. I'm not sure what the distinguishing characters of a Canadian accent are though the only word I'm aware a lot of people here pronounce differently is Toronto which we say as "Toronno" or even "Tronno"
I was born and raised in the midwest USA. I would say I don't have an accent, but to everyone else, I do. It's not quite northern, but also not "hey y'all" country southern.
I pretty much have a basic "London" accent, and do quite a few slang words that sometimes people don't fully understand. Although, people i've met often ask if i'm from up north/manchester, and say I have a slight twang, which may be because my parents are scottish (although they mainly speak with an english accent most of the time aswell) and the two accents have somewhat combined.
I don't think I have an accent of any type (I'm pretty sure the dialect in the area I live in is arguably the definition of no dialect) but if I talk to people who live further north than me they always say I sound posh so I suppose I do have an accent? it's a very boring southern english one though, think the queen but nowhere near as fancy
heeeey, fellow philly!! i grew up near philadelphia and moved a couple years ago up north : i do have a bit of a philly twang in how i say, where i sort of slur my words : most infamously, i say water very differently. its not very apparent i think, but my folks tend to make fun of each other's accents from time to time.
While everyone does have an accent as you stated in the original post, I'm one of those people that just has one of those basic, nondescript Midwestern accents that's so lacking in distinguishable characteristics people associate with the word "accent" that it leads people to think it's not an accent unto itself.
I don't really feel like I do, but I guess that's the same for most people I'm from Canada so I suppose that means I have a "Canadian", accent but I don't know. I'm from Ontario (although I did also live in Alberta for a while) and I feel like both those provinces don't have super heavy accents? Not like Newfoundland or Prince Edward Island, anyways! In my head I feel like I sound pretty similar to generic Americans I watch on TV but during my first voice call with my friend from the States she told me I "sounded really Canadian" so??? I'm not sure. I didn't think we sounded different from each other, lmao.
I'll say Toronto as "Torono," dropping the second T but I feel like that's fairly common? I don't say aboot or anything like that, lol.
My accent is weird. I grew up in the North West of England and my parents both have the Northern accents from their respective areas, but I learned to talk by watching a posh children's nursery rhyme video, so my accent ended up being Received Pronunciation (stereotypical posh Southern English accent).
Over the years I've picked up a little more northern dialect, but my accent still sounds kinda southern. I sound posher when I'm talking to strangers and trying to be polite vs when I'm with my family or friends, I'll sound a tiny bit more northern.
I'm Dutch and I speak British English with the (stereo)typical accent since that was also the kind of English that's often taught at schools including mine, and that way, people occasionally think that I'm actually from Great Britain, too
I even spoke to irl people from the Isle of Man that way 1,5 year ago, and they complemented me at how well I spoke English quite understandable if I compare my own accent to those of other Dutch people who speak English, who often have a way too obvious Dutch accent whenever they speak. (I often call it "Conservatory Hotel English" since I especially heard that Dutch accent when the employees of the Conservatory Hotel in Amsterdam spoke English to the audience during 2 jazz concerts that I listened to there.)
Let's see...I come from a Latin American country and when I speak Spanish, I have a normal accent from the place where I was born. The interesting part is that when I speak English, I have a good American accent.
Just a southern English accent. I've been told I sound "posh" or "well-spoken", but to me I just sound normal lol. I don't know, I pronounce all my T's and say 'bath' as 'barth' and 'water' as 'war-ter'. That kind of thing. Lol.
I don't necessarily have an accent? I'm from northeast Ohio but I tend to say things/use slang from all over the world.
I don't pronounce pajamas as 'pa-jam-as', I say 'pah-jah-mas'... I say 'y'all' a lot, I use some New England slang as well since most of my friends live there. They say stuff like 'wicked' instead of 'bad/crazy' (ex: I have a wicked headache). Since I grew up going to Pittsburgh often (and being a Pittsburgh sports fan), I say 'yinz' (which is like 'y'all'), 'crick' instead of 'creek'... It can go on. We call shopping carts 'buggies/buggys', too. Vacuum cleaner is sweeper here as well.
I have never left California, so I don’t know how my voice sounds to others. I was raised in Los Angeles so I guess that I have the manner of speech from that area.
For example, I say “Oh, take the 605 to the 210.” when talking about freeways. Sometimes I accidentally let a vocal fry slip through. I also have a lisp so some words become too difficult to pronounce correctly.
When it comes to Spanish, I do have an accent because it’s my second language. Apparently the Spanish that is spoken in LA sounds different from the Spanish that is spoken closer to the US-Mex border. Who knew? The locals were able to tell right away when we visited that area.
Like most people, I feel like I don't have one, or at least one really basic one haha
I've lived in Australia my whole life, but when I don't think at least I have a very stereotypical "Aussie accent", at least when I listen to people who really do have one I think I've only used a lot of stereotypical slang words and "G'day" as a joke tbh.
I have been told before that I sound like a mix between aussie, some form of british, and something weird they couldn't identify though hahaha.
I also never pronounce t's, I think that's an american/midwestern/southern thing as well (think winter, important, portal, etc). I believe it's British English that pronounces all those extra t's.
I also just noticed instead of saying "what are you doing" I say "wha'ya doin" lol
the only word I'm aware a lot of people here pronounce differently is Toronto which we say as "Toronno" or even "Tronno"
I feel like that's fairly common? I don't say aboot or anything like that, lol.
quite understandable if I compare my own accent to those of other Dutch people who speak English, who often have a way too obvious Dutch accent whenever they speak. (I often call it "Conservatory Hotel English" since I especially heard that Dutch accent when the employees of the Conservatory Hotel in Amsterdam spoke English to the audience during 2 jazz concerts that I listened to there.)
