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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:49 pm
When speaking English, I often pick up the accents of those around me (or sometimes even from whatever I've been listening to or watching), especially drawls and British, Scottish, or Aussie/kiwi accents.
If I've been practicing my French or German for a long stretch, I sometimes unintentionally affect one of those accents.
They can be a real b***h to shake off sometimes, especially the drawl and German...
My 'natural' accent is a real mish-mash, though. Elements of middle American, British/Canadian, and NYC with a ghastly touch of Californian that I'd give the toes of my left foot to be rid of.
With German, I shoot for a clear, if somewhat generic, Hoch Deutsch accent... High German, the standard dialect. If I ever have the opportunity to spend much time there, I'll try to pick up a local dialect, but for now, high German is the best choice, I think.
In French, I try for Parisian.
With Swahili, there isn't really a mainstream dialect that I'm aware of, and even if there were, I'm not far enough in to be worrying about that much.
I don't even really know how I'd go about learning dialectual Sign, since I've only had prolonged contact with one member of the deaf community.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:59 pm
I guess I have a Pskovite accent with a slight Muskovite twang from the years I spent there, but when I talk with an American accent, I sound like a white kid trying to be black for some reason.
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:54 am
I got a mix accent, I speak Venneslask, Bjellandsk, Kristiansandsk and something my own :S
btw if you are wondering the weird names, it's some locations in South Norway...
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:45 pm
i'm originally an english speaker, but i started learning german young, and i speak german with a british accent (even though i am american and learned german from an american teacher) its a fun combo.
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:02 pm
My accent makes me sound like I "talk funny" wherever I go in the US. I'm Northern born and raised, so I have a pretty distinct NY/NJ accent, but I spent a few years in Georgia and Tennessee, so I managed to acquire a pretty bad Southern drawl. My friends in New Jersey say I sound like something out of a country song, and my friends in Tennessee say I sound like something out of the Sopranos. rolleyes I also pick up a bit of an accent wherever I go, so the mess thickens often.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:08 pm
Koko.Dk Hermonie Urameshi Y'all would hate to hear me talk. we probably would but we'd suppress it around Ya
Mhm. Suppression. Worked for the Nazis!
Or was that oppression?
[Kidding, kidding. :XP:]
Anyway, I've lately adopted this kind of Canadian accent... sweatdrop I roll my 'r's sometimes now, too...
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:47 am
Kalathma Koko.Dk Hermonie Urameshi Y'all would hate to hear me talk. we probably would but we'd suppress it around Ya
Mhm. Suppression. Worked for the Nazis!
Or was that oppression?
[Kidding, kidding. :XP:]
Anyway, I've lately adopted this kind of Canadian accent... sweatdrop I roll my 'r's sometimes now, too...
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:34 am
I have no idea what accent I speak with. I don't think I've picked any particular accent up, even though I've lived in both the south and north of England. Maybe the switching made me not pick one up?
When I asked a friend, he said I had a slight yorkshire/chinese accent, but no one else has ever said that, so I suspect it just being a psychological thing on his part, since he knew I lived in Yorkshire for a few years (and I am Chinese).
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:50 pm
Hah, funny you should ask. I was born in the US, but lived in various countries, so my influence is American, English, etc.
My accent, however, is a mix between East North American, and North Yorkshire. I also roll my R's for some reason(always have), and sometimes switch between random accents out of habit.
That doesn't change the fact that I suck at impersonating foreign accents of languages I've never studied. XP
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:33 pm
Koko.Dk ..............Country music only exists in the U.S for a reason........You were thinking of OppressionYeah mine's kinda like that but still utahnics as well.because it would sound horrible in another language that's why their folk music sounds more pleasant than country. Oh, I know. xd
[By the by, you're country music thing made me laugh. xDD]
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:15 pm
South African and Australia, hate it. sad
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:04 pm
I pretty much have a standard-American accent, thrown in with a little southern-American twist, with a pinch of Finnish. xD
And, my boyfriend says when I speak in German I have a Finnish accent. xd
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:50 pm
Well, Ive been told that I sound british. Others tell me I have got a bit of a Japanese accent aswell. Probably because I do not let my teeth touch me lips whilst I say F.
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:49 am
Mashed Computer Mivi F. Fritzi I'm pretty sure my accent is mainly German-like. I'm really used to saying things like "Vikipedia" or "visky", although I can pronounce W's just fine. I've been told my accent sounds kind of British when I speak English (in addition to that ugly softened-German element). I guess it's just because the British accent is much easier than the American. I can't really speak with an American accent; I never knew how to do that right. Yeah, same here, except that my accent would be more Swedish, I guess. And for me it's usually the opposite, I pronounce my V's as W. >.< But like you said, British English is easier than American English. 3nodding Though I prefer the American one. >.< Is there a difference between W and V?! O.O *shock of the year... so far* In English? Yes, I believe it is. surprised Lol, I speak Swedish funnily; I have a bit of an Icelandic accent. Or perhaps it's Gutnish, I dunno...
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:49 pm
i have a small southern accent from my mom who was born and raised from the South(South Carolina). You can't really hear it unless you listen to how I speak carefully. whee
But I was born in Boston but there is no bostonian accent to be found.. sad
But I guess it depends on who or where you grow up with or around. smile
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