american accent?
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vinnychase — 17 years ago(November 19, 2008 09:19 PM)
You see, almost all the movies and tv shows that people around the world watch are American. The accents are are American. So people have become so accustomed to it they really don't even notice the American accent anymore. It's not foreign sounding after a while.
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Kathryn-3 — 18 years ago(December 02, 2007 09:29 PM)
Holly Hunter is from Georgia, and her accent is pretty distinctive. A lot of people from urban Georgia now sound like they could come from anywhere in the US. Most American's can't tell the difference between the various Southern accents either. Just listen to Kevin Costner try to do New Orleans in JFK. Ouch!
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shainajosh — 18 years ago(December 18, 2007 11:47 AM)
I'm American so I guess my vote doesn't count, but I like many of our accents. I've grown up in the south, but I am told that most of the time I just have the general American accentthat is, until I spend some time with relatives and my speech gets flat and slower. The southern American accent is sometimes softer than ordinary American dialect, and from what I've heard from others, may be attractive to others.
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funeralfriend — 18 years ago(January 07, 2008 05:21 PM)
Well,
I'm an English boy, born and raised in Windsor (South)
My accent is considered to be the queens English. I don't use any slang words or the like mainly because I cannot stand them.
My views on the American accent can differ. I've visited many parts of the United states, There were some accents which, (And I don't mean any offence at all) made the person sound a bit dumb or dim-witted, Mainly those from southern states like Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma etc. However, Accents from California and that area I find quite nice, New york'ers accents I think are great. I have to say though as a whole I do like the American accent. -
Lark_Pash — 18 years ago(January 09, 2008 06:21 PM)
I always wondered on this same topic. I think accents are attractiveI think all of them are so unique. I happen to live in South Carolina and I don't talk that Southern being raised partly in Arizona. So, basically I talk REALLY fast (like Californians) with a slight southern accent. It's weird.
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funeralfriend — 18 years ago(January 09, 2008 08:36 PM)
A lot of the time I seem to read on various comment boxes and forums etc that a large amount of American men disliked the whle British accent as I guess they felt threatened by its power on the American females ?
I have to admit though it is strange how much an accent can change a persons attractivness to people from another part of the world though.
For example I have friends over in Las vegas who I visit often and who come to visit me. When we are out in bars and the like the attention I recieve out there is massive for the sole reason of me being English And vice versa, the guys when over here in England are swamped for being American.
So I suggest this. Countries should just swap and gender and we'll all be happy
though the country size might be a problem, I can't see 200,000,000 American girls fitting in England really, and it would be a bit empty in the states with only 35,000,000 women