What's with the Accent?

[Jiro]

I sound like a sexy sexy Australian man. HA. But seriously my accent is probably more fancy pants English than "oi mate let's have a goon sack and get wrecked ya bastard". It's because I have class....and spend a lot of time with English folks

[Old Manus]

I possess a watered down south Wales accent, which is unfortunately the worst accent in the world.

[cloud_doll]

I have the typical american accent. My mother is from Chicago and I was born and raised in Florida so I mix up regional accents all the time. I say "y'all" and the way I say words such as "bag" is apparently humorous to my friends. I think my accent is closer to a southern one though. Especially when I yell.

[ChickenHeart]

Well I'm British, and idk if I have a Birmingham accent or not, I probably do. Just not that black country one that everyone thinks every single brummy has.
I sometimes fake a few accents in front of people i don't know because its fun to see them pull confused faces.

[Yeargdribble]

I naturally have a tiny bit of southern accent. I strive for a more midwestern accent. The only people that I tend to run into that have an unapologetically ridiculous drawl also tend to be dimwits and the types of conservatives who pray at the altar of Glenn Beck and talk about how "fags and niggers need to die."

People can overcome this first impression, but if I hear a thick southern accent I just assume that the person doesn't care if they sound intelligent or not. More often than not these people hang out exclusively with groups of people where this is a badge of honor to sound like a hick.

[Loony BoB]

- Do you have a specific accent?
Everyone has an accent. Mine is that of a New Zealander. I spoke to someone for the first time since leaving NZ recently, and the first thing they said (aside from the initial hello) was "You still have a New Zealand accent." I was kinda amused.

- Is there a certain accent that just makes you cringe?
A strong Indian accent when I'm on the phone. Not that it makes me cringe, but that it is so difficult for me to understand.

- Do you ever fake an accent?
What, you mean sort of like an impersonation? Yeah, for fun, on occasion. Just amongst friends, as I figure most people do.

Hidden part about what accent you love
I love certain (posh?) English accents when spoken by girls. They sound so cute! Kent in particular seemed to supply a few of these accents in my experiences. I also lovelovelove the Irish accent. Some American accents are nice, too. Jamaican is cool.

[fire_of_avalon]

I have a pretty thick accent and I'm definitely not a moron. It seems some of you are just as prejudicial as those you accuse. For something as uncontrollable as the accent with which a person grew up.

People with the same slant made me feel ashamed of myself my first year of college. But then I learned better.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I have a pretty thick accent and I'm definitely not a moron. It seems some of you are just as prejudicial as those you accuse. For something as uncontrollable as the accent with which a person grew up.

People with the same slant made me feel ashamed of myself my first year of college. But then I learned better.

I never picked up a southern accent for whatever reason, but I do find a southern drawl on girl attractive. As long as she can hold a conversation, any way. My girlfriend is from Chicago, but she's lived in South Carolina for many years, so she has a cute combination of accents. It works for me.

Everyone either can't place my accent, or thinks I'm from Ohio.

[Shoeberto]

I never picked up a southern accent for whatever reason, but I do find a southern drawl on girl attractive. As long as she can hold a conversation, any way.

It can vary a lot for me. I've heard some southern accents that were just weird sounding. Specifically this girl who does homework with some people where I normally kill time on campus - she just has the WEIRDEST southern accent. Like you can tell it's Southern, she's got the twang, but she also pronounces things so weird.

Aside from those occurrences (I seem to remember some other similar weirdness while living in Arkansas), I agree that the accent can be pretty cute. I think as far as Ultimate Hotness goes for accents, though, you can't beat French.

[Rye]

I have a New York accent. Specifically, one from the Queens borough area. It used to be stronger but years of being out of state and then out of the country has toned it down to something more neutral.

I'm not taken by the more nasally accents within the US.

I used to fake a bit of an English accent when studying there because people would give me looks for my American accents often and it got tiring.

[Freya]

I have a pretty thick accent and I'm definitely not a moron. It seems some of you are just as prejudicial as those you accuse. For something as uncontrollable as the accent with which a person grew up.

People with the same slant made me feel ashamed of myself my first year of college. But then I learned better.

"Dat dere dog wud chasin' my chickens la nihe. I wud ou wit da dry cows n came hoome ta da damn dog raysin' a starm n da chicken coop." aka"That there dog was chasing my chickens last night. I was out with the dry cows and came home to the damn dog raising a storm in the chicken coop." Is that how you sound?

There is talking with an accent you grew up with and there is talking like a moron.

I was born in Houston. I grew up between Texas, Wyoming and Oklahoma my whole life. I know it's not something that just happens to end up that way. No, I've known many people, even family members with a Texan accent. There's a difference between having a drawl to your speech and sounding like a moron.

[Aerith's Knight]

I'm going to have so much inner fun in Texas, it seems from this thread.

[DMKA]

I'm from California, we don't have accents.

Same here, and truer words have never been spoken.

[Dreddz]

I'm from London so I actually dont have an accent.

[kotora]

Southern accents are awesome. If I'm going to the US I'm gonna learn to speak it.

As for my fairly neutral Dutch accent: it's definitely less retarded than the other accents in this country.