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ITT we discuss accents. Preferably post an embedded video of your accent or your favorite/funny accents. I'll start.

What people think I sound like cause I'm from Baltimore:

Always liked me some Norwegian accent.

Don't forget Boston.

I don't think I have an accent, but I suppose I probably would have a Minnesoootan accent, don'tcha know?

It really isn't super pronounced, especially here in the cities. It's much much more subtle than what you hear from movies like Fargo.

Even this guy has a larger accent than you will see around the cities. But his accent is fairly accurate for some of the smaller towns up north.

My favorite accent has to be the Scout's from TF2. I know his accent is a terrible mix of boston and brooklyn accent but it's just so great.

I live in the South, and my parents have lived all of their lives' in the South. But they don't have any accent and neither do I. Thank God too, I've always hated everyone's accent down here.

I'm from Germany. I actually don't have a german accent like the Medic from TF2 though,but I still sound rather german (you'll hear it soon). I don't really have an example for it right now,but just wait 5 days more…

Talking about American accents: I seriously love redneck-accents.

Many Americans hate them though…I can't understand them. It sounds so awesome!

I always thought that I had a slight North Walian accent, but lately someone said that I sound "proper posh". The North Walian is awesome, especially if you live on the Lleyn Peninsula. Extremely strong, barely speak English in some cases. Lohts of speeeking like theeeees, eeef yoooou knooooow what I meeeeeean.

I love this guy's accent. Not sure what it is.

Would be curious to hear everybody's accent… anybody want to play along with that accent meme?

There seems to be a few variations of the prompts, but here's one:

Your name and username
Meaning of your url and age
Where you’re from.
Pronounce the following words:
Aunt, Roof, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Avenue, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Pajamas, Caught, Naturally, Aluminium, GIF, Doorknob, Envelope, Drawing, Tomato, Often, Dog, February, Syrup, Leisure, About, Process, Status, Organization, Orange, Talk, Mobile, Idea, Dynasty, Renaissance, Patronize, Breakfast, Drawer, Horror, Herbs.
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is a bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
Choose a book and read a passage from it.
Do you think you have an accent?
Be a wizard or a vampire? [heh heh heh]
Do you know anyone on Tumblr in real life?
What is the bug that when you touch it, curls into a ball?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
End audio post by saying any three words you want.

I might want to do it before/after drinking, since my Jersey accent seems to slip when I'm a bit inebriated :X

Yeah, sure Olivia.

Same as pimp as far as my own accent goes. I figure wherever you may be, the accent of your particular region will be suppressed more in the larger cities, and it's never anywhere near as bad as the movies make it sound unless you're wayyyy out in the shticks, you know?

As far as favorite accents, I've grown to enjoy most varieties from the UK area.

I'm going to assume that I have a southern accent mainly because I am from the south, I can't hear it when I talk but I can hear it when I listen to recordings of my voice.
My favorite kind of accent would have to be either German or Scottish

I have met so many people from around here that talk that way.

I lol'd

I have kind of a Florida accent, with some Jewish phrasings thrown in. It's not exactly Southern or Northern, but more of a mix between the two.

I'm going to do this after my roommate wakes up.

I want to know if I have a noticeable Minnesotan accent or not.

TV Tropes has compiled an excellent list of American and British accents, along with pages on a few more dialects of English. On the American page, my Florida accent is the second one down.

I guess I have just a general American accent. I've lived almost everywhere within the US and have never stayed put for more than a couple years due to having a military family. Most of my friends have said I have no accent regardless of where they are from or what accent they have.

Yeah, I know that feel Suis. My father is still an English teacher after 30+ years so I was brought up with strict grammar. Only a few people I have known have come across to have said that I have a Californian accent even though I have never been there. (Sadly). :Okay:

Sorry my mic is crap. You will have to use headphones or turn up your speakers to hear me.

Have you ever heard a South american talk in english? Well, that's my accent, but more modulated. About my Spanish accent, i have a STRONG southern chilean accent, which, in my opinion, is the most difficult to understand of all Spanish dialects. Anyway, i really like Southern North American accent. I don't know, i think is cool :P.

Sorry, loud and shitty quality, might redo if I have the time.

Accent? What are you talking aboot?

I grew up in Canada so I would say that I have a Canadian accent though like most here, unless you're way out in the sticks its not really pronounced.

I always thought I didn't have an accent but ever since I moved to New Zealand, Kiwis seem to be amused whenever I pronounce "Canada" because they find the accent amusing. :/

As for my Arabic accent, I speak with a Najdi accent which is what people from Central Saudi Arabia use. Arabic accents are a LOT more pronounced than English ones.

As for favourite accents? I always loved all the African accents (West African, South African, Rhodesian…ect)

Fast forward to 1:30

What should I use to upload/post my audio?

I've also found that I can only sound truly serious if I speak in an American accent.

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I always thought I didn’t have an accent but ever since I moved to New Zealand, Kiwis seem to be amused whenever I pronounce “Canada” because they find the accent amusing. :/

KIWIS LOVE ACCENTS!

My Dad and my Sister became instantly famous in my town for having a Californian accent.

My own accent is especially fun. Its a weird mashup of both Kiwi and Californian. In California it sounds Kiwi but in New Zealand it sounds Californian. People love guessing where I am from.

Many Kiwi's don't notice but some Americans figure out my Californian roots. Other people have guessed that I am Canadian, Australian, British and French (Yes, French, that's how messed up my accent is)

To anyone visiting New Zealand:
If you come from Australia, America, UK or South Africa you will make friends easily

If you come from France, Germany or Russia, you will be mobbed by horny kiwi women lured to your johnson by the sweet sound of your accent. I'm serious

I suppose I have a Texan accent. Since I'm from Texas, and all.

As for favorite accent, I'd probably have to say Scottish or Irish. I love me some Scottish or Irish.

Well, I can speak your standard Canadian English pretty well.

What I really like to do to troll is to suddenly start speaking in Newfie English so no one can understand me. Don't know what that sounds like? Look it up.

Ain't any vids on Youtube that I particularly like.

Nice hat.

Pimp Abra, Connor, whatever player you use needs a plugin and doesn't want to say what plugin.

I'll make a recording a later today maybe. I can't say that it will be particularly interesting though, as I have that generic midwestern accent that gets used for pretty much any american character who "isn't from somewhere with an accent". Still, I'll try.

http://vocaroo.com/?media=vxGJLSoJd8oUKbnJK

That was difficult.

Accent thread by Moargun

I've got a southern accent. I say y'all a lot and I don't put the 'g' on things that end in 'ing.
Example: Where are y'all goin'?

Some say I got bit of a British accent, also I do got a speech impediment, also I tend to speak fast and some times I might mumble or some shit, kind of hard to understand me.

In English, I tend to be pretty accent-neutral; I speak Pac-NW English, but depending on if I'm in Canada or the US, my accent adapts accordingly (oatside in Canada, autside in the US). I can also imitate a Queensland accent pretty well.

En castellano, tengo un acento, pues, castellano, ya que vivía en España hace unos años. Pero puedo ponerme un acento mexicano también, por haber vivido en EEUU por muchos años.

En français, mon accent est un mélange d'anglais et espagnol.

Oh, and for Muumi's benefit, en puhuu suomea.

I live in the midwest, in Indiana. I dunno if I really have an accent.
Of course, that's what most people with accents think, right?

I'm ashamed because my pronunciation is on the same level as the pronunciation of a 4-year-old child…

Edit: Jeez,the quality is horrible…time for a new headset…
Edit No.2: I also forgot to explain the meaning of my name. >_<

I crack up at the end, so you might not understand what I'm saying.

Now to play the waiting game to see how many people comments on my voice.

I have no accent.
Why so weird?
I'm Asian.

I tend to do a nice Australian accent.

You speak english better than I can speak any other language, so that's pretty awesome.

There are also people who have worse pronunciation than you here in the US who are native english speakers, so you're doing well.

Yeah, I forgot I made this thread and I said I was gonna do it.

Here is the link

TIL how I sound through a shit mic.

Edit: Does anyone know what the missing plug-in thing is? I want to hear other people.

opspe wrote:

Oh, and for Muumi’s benefit, en puhuu suomea.

"En puhuu suomea" = "I don't speaks finnish."

Heh heh, but it is indeed fun to see you try. It'd be cool to know many diffrent languages, but I can only use finnish, english, and just a tiny bit of swedish (badly).

Of course I can write english just fine, but since I've never had to speak english much, I can't pronounce very well. But I'm able to speak and pronounce english better while using stupid cartoony voices, than I'm able with a "proper" voice.

If I actually tried to speak in english, it'd probably sound something like this.

…Maybe a bit better though…

I wanna hear TrollKing and RussianFedora. xD

You might want to turn up your volume. There are some weird clicking noices along the way, I have no idea what the reason is for that.

I'm pretty sure I have an accent.

No idea. I think it has something to do with Vocaroo, which is where a bunch of people uploaded their voices.

Try going to the main vocaroo website to see what you're missing.

I'm such a slowpoke but…
Oh god, I hate you and I love you all at the same time Blubbermouth.
You can't even sound French.

Pretty interesting.

If there was one thing I noticed it was that you tended to put an sh or a longer ss sound where there normally is just an s.

Otherwise, it sounded very good.

Also, Aluminum > Aluminium

In Dutch you say it like Aluminium.

So yeah, I accidentally said that in Dutch.

If you can see them can you post the link to the recordings, Chris? I heard Blubbers just fine.