A Get To Know You Question

[Mr Spinkles]

sweet-- you guys do not pronounce your 'R's. For example, when an English person says the word 'dark' it sounds like 'dock'. With my midwestern American accent, I would distinctly pronounce the R in 'daRk'. I have no idea if that means you or I have an accent, though!

[Runt]

I have no idea if that means you or I have an accent, though!

Both, from one another's point of view. I personally think a British accent is CLOSER to "unaccented English" though... because in Choir we sing vowels as "proper" as possible (to actually get rid of accents and have the purest possible sound--the general "American" accent is not very conducive to choral singing) and we end up sounding much more similar to Brits than Americans. Until we start talking again, of course! :P

[Lightkeeper]

Originally Posted by sweet666

I'm from London in England-known for terrible weather (which I actually like) but today it's really hot. 20'c/60'f. Do people who live in London have accents or is it just everyone else-I'm confused. I was once told that we spoke unaccented English!

I love a good English accent. Aren't there different accents within England?

[Bastet]

Originally Posted by Lightkeeper

I love a good English accent. Aren't there different accents within England?

Firstly, remind me never to move to London, if 20C is considered "really hot"! :lol:

As for accents, you'll find that within any country, there will be slight (and sometimes not so slight), differences in accents, depending on the region you're in. The differences in Australia aren't that noticeable to me, but I have noticed that Queenslanders (where I have friends I have visited), sound different to Victorians (where I live). Within the UK, there is a vast difference between, say, a Yorkshire accent, and a London accent. Within the US, try comparing a New York accent with a Kentucky accent, or a Texan accent.

[Jaiket]

I'm from Scotland, not too far from Glasgow. It's rainy. It's alway rainy.

I go down to England with my friends often to see bands and the array of accents is mad for such a small country. My favourite is the Geordie accent from Newcastle.

[pegan]

Georgia here. Today was scorching. Yard work, too.

No Georgia accent here, though. I'm from all over Europe and Ohio.

~*Pegan*~

P.S. We have more nuts than peaches.

[tave]

Iam in southern New Brunswick Canada, that would be the tropics :lol:

[Ceridwen018]

Dayton, Ohio. Land of neverending cornfields, where everyone goes to bed at 9. Can't complain though--it's been a nice place to grow up.

My favorite accent would have to be Irish. I speak a little Gaelic myself, so it's very interesting to me, and it just sounds so darned cool!

Here's a question: do you guys say 'soda' or 'pop'? I say pop.

[standing_on_one_foot]

I'm in Socal. It's pretty hot right now, about 85, but I expect it to go into at least the 90's later in the day...

I rather like English accents...I tend to prefer the southern ones to the northern ones for whatever reason. And Indian accents are pretty cool, too.

Down here we say soda. I don't think I've ever heard anyone call it pop.

[Linus]

I'm originally from the Sacramento area (FOLSOM, BABY!), but Im going to school near Tampa. And we are expecting Hurricane Ivan to hit us sometime on Teusday. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers that we may be safe.

Edit:
I say soda, i can't stand it when people call it pop. Or coke for tht matter. If it's root beer then call it root beer, don't call it coke.