Accents

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  1. SouthPaw

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    I have a heavy Boston accent so yeah, my accent gets pointed out everywhere I go. But I don’t hear it. I can hear my “R’s” even though nobody else can.

    My sister and I both moved to CA (we married into the same family). We’ve been told our accents get worse when we’re together, and downright brutal when we drink. That comes from all our in-laws.....with their heavy Spanish accents LOL.
     
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  2. McFuddy

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    Evidently I have an ugly accent. :sob:
     
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  3. tumbling.dice

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    German accents are scary af.

    There's a guy who works in the warehouse who is from Biloxi, MS. I understand maybe half of what he's getting at. He's also kind of crazy.
     
  4. McFuddy

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    Crazy is Mississippi's biggest export, isn't it?

    To be honest I don't think I've ever met anyone from there.
     
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  5. tumbling.dice

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    A tornado struck in my hometown about 2 years ago. Here is some local news coverage of the aftermath. It gives a fairly good example of how people sound around here.

    P.S. LOL

     
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  6. RainyDayHype

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    I love foreign accents and even the different accents throughout the United States.
    I especially like Minnesota accent. Whenever I meet someone with any type of accent, I looove listening to them talk. I met a woman at a bookstore from Mississippi and told her I liked her accent and she laughed. We had a good conversation.

    I do have some sort of accent,it seems but not even sure why or what it is. I have travelled around so maybe I picked up a couple of accents. When I've been sitting alone though, and quiet,I've had strangers come up to me and ask if I'm from France. I need to pick up a French accent.
     
  7. Joshua Tree

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    I'm a sucker for The Lovely Lauren Laverne's Geordie accent.

     
  8. MeAgain

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    Just as an aside I'm reading a book about words and it turns out that the word "Neb" is one of the oldest in the English language, but it's use is mostly confined to Pennsylvania, around Pittsburgh.

    It's used as a verb. To neb into someone's business or to be nebby.
    Nebby
    1. Used Mainly in The Pittsburgh Area.
    To be Nosy, snoopy, inquisitive, annoying.
    (Aka Neb-Shitting, Neb-Shit,Neb-Nose)
    1. Bobby-jo quit bein so nebby and get me a pop.
    2. Amanda quit Neb-shittin around and grab one of dem der Ahrn City Beers.
     
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  9. RainyDayHype

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    I just stumbled upon this term about an hour ago..
     
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  10. Heeey your accent is not ugly.

    And I can actually understand you :sweatsmile:
     
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    Arkansas .. everyone adds an R..
     
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  12. Total Darkness

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    I find Brazilian accent the sexiest. I enjoy the diversity of other spanish accents as well.

     
  13. Irminsul

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    And Notre Dame, they say it No-ter day-m

    I say No-tra darm

    Lol I'm probably wrong. I don't do French.
     
  14. McFuddy

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    Haha
    Yeah I say it that way too. I have no idea how the French say it.
     
  15. Aerianne

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    You're pretty good at that phonetic spelling, lol
     
  16. Irminsul

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    What does that mean? :p
     

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