Do you have an accent?

[k e r f u f f l e]

Kinda! I'm from New York (not NYC) and my accent sounds bland but sharp. Whenever I talk to people out of state, they often note that I'm from New York, so it's noticeable!

 

[Foreverfox]

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)


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


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

I'm from Ohio too! It's funny, I didn't realize saying "ope" was a Midwestern thing, but I do it all the time. Apparently giving "some" as an answer to something is too, because my mom is from NJ, and everything she asks me something and I reply with, "Eh, some" she's like, Oh Lori, you're so Ohio! I think, well yes, yes I am. I also say "pop" instead of "soda" and like you said, "creek" not "crick", "wash" not "warsh" and "root" not "rut". My dad is from Michigan and he says crick and rutbeer it kills me lol.

 

[Imbri]

South-eastern MA here, so I do have an accent. It's a little like the stereotypical Boston one, but not quite, since we're far enough out of that. I do move the letter 'R' around - dropping it from the end of words, adding it in other spots (although not as much on that). It isn't quite "pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd", but 'door' often comes out as 'dooh'. It's more a hint of an 'R' than an actual '-ah' sound.

I don't know if it's from watching/reading period stuff, but I've been asked before if I'm British. Honestly, I think it's more that New England has that slight pear-shape sound that many Americans associate with British accents.

My parents grew up at the other end of the state, and I can hear a difference in the way they say some things.

 

[LadyDestani]

I also just noticed instead of saying "what are you doing" I say "wha'ya doin" lol

I forgot about that, but if I'm speaking casually I say, "Whatcha doin'?"

 

[Mr_Persona]

I really don't know my. I sound different at random times, l should probably ask my parents and actually know what my accent is. I wish l can just sound normal normal without changing all the time.

 

[biibii]

i dont have that strong of an accent but i do have a jaw problem which gives me a speech impediment/problem that makes it hard for me to pronounce most words correctly. it also does this thing where i can pronounce something fine one minute and extremely butchered the next. its really annoying, but i would say i have a very mild mexican american accent.

 

[Bilaz]

I’ve been told I sound like a generic European that learned American English from tv, which is pretty accurate.
As a result my accent sounds pretty neutral American/Californian with a slight hint of something else, which sounds vaguely Germanic European but hard to pin down

 

[Shawna]

I don’t really speak in a certain style.

However, as a Texan, I do use certain phrases like “ya’ll” and “ain’t”. My mom will get aggravated at me for saying “ain’t”.

 

[Blueskyy]

I think this is all subjective. Someone in New Zealand will probably think I have a Southern accent, even though I live in the Midwest.

 

[Stella-Io]

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:

- never pronouncing the “g” in words ending with “ing” (for example I would say “singin” rather than “singing”
- drawing out words

Oh, this is accent stuff? Cause I do the drop the G thing ALOT. I just thought it was my talking issue thing, me making words easier to pronounce. I think I maybe draw out some words too, but since I haven't really been around other people who have regionally different accents (not like a language accent there's plenty of people around here like that) I don't really have anythin to compare it too.

So, yeah guess I have an accent. I'm also from the South but where I live is really not true Southern. I'm the only one in my family that says y'alls as regular vocabulary.

 

[SublimeDonut]

i'm brazilian. i don't know if i have a brazilian accent in english though. never spoke to an american irl to ask them. i know i can't pronounce world or girl for the life of me though. and actually i listen to so much english spoken things that i notice a few english pronunciation things slipping into my portuguese. like the round r sound you have in english and not in portuguese.

 

[Princess Mipha]

My accent when I speak english has become less bad, but when I speak french we can notice really hard that I have a german accent :s

 

[Alienfish]

Yeah, English is not my native language so I most likely have a Swedish accent.

 

[Foreverfox]

Yeah, English is not my native language so I most likely have a Swedish accent.

My grandpa was from Sweden and somehow, my dad never learned Swedish, so couldn't teach me. I really want to learn it as part of my heritage, but I started French and Russian first, so I want to get a little further in those first. I can say, "The woman drinks water" in Swedish though! Haha

 

[Alienfish]

My grandpa was from Sweden and somehow, my dad never learned Swedish, so couldn't teach me. I really want to learn it as part of my heritage, but I started French and Russian first, so I want to get a little further in those first. I can say, "The woman drinks water" in Swedish though! Haha

Ah, that's actually cool. And too common they either never taught their kids or just don't spoke it anymore

Good luck! And that's a start c;

 

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[Corrie]

Technically everyone has an accent, it just depends on where you go. I'm Canadian and therefore pronounce things in a Canadian accent, however not a newfie accent.

My family and I went to Disneyland Florida and we were in line at a ride. We were just chatting away and the couple in front of us turned around and went "you're from Canada, aren't you?" We were surprised, not expecting anyone to really notice or care. It was that day when I realized that yes, everyone has an accent.

 

[Cirice]

When I talk people can tell from which region I'm from so I guess I do have one.

 

[0ni]

I'm from Scotland. I don't think my accent is as strong as others (like Glasgow and Dundee accents) but it is obviously noticeable. a couple of my friends (one of which is English, the other Australian) say that when they read things written by a Scottish person, or written about Scotland then they read it in my accent lmao.

That being said, I don't say the stereotypical "aye" (although a LOT of people in my family do). But I do roll my r's a bit - especially when i'm ranting or a bit miffed. When I swear it usually sounds particularly Scottish lmao, but I won't repeat anything on this site, of course.

 

[N e s s]

No I don’t