DisneyJill
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Boston accents are HOT :kiss:
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Boston accents are HOT :kiss:
WDW-Imagineer
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When I'm at WDW most can guess that I'm from NY, but I really don't (at least I don't think I do) have an accent. I guess in the south it shows.
Wckd Queen
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Same here, Christy. I was surprised as well. Pleasantly surprised, none the less :animwink:
Wckd Queen
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I think its just us :lol: I get the whole "You arent from around here, are you?" everywhere I go...Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Montreal :lol:
Wckd Queen
New Member
Originally posted by barnum42
As long as you did not take the accent from Richard VanDyke
Edited due to auto censor not liking the shortened version of "Richard"
We cant say DickVanDyke? But he was Burt in Mary Poppins! :hammer:
WDW-Imagineer
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I get the "You aren't from around here, are you?" too, but somehow they are able to pick out that I'm from NY. Strange.
barnum42
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My sister has been living in Boston for about fifteen or so years now. It was interesting to watch her English accent deteriorate over the years.
First was the generic American trait of not pronouncing the letter “T” a “D”. For example “priddy” when saying “pretty”. Then gradually the Bostonian thing of not using the letter “R” and replacing it with as many “ah”s as is deemed necessary at the time. Her husband “Mark” is now “Maahk”. She still puts that "H" in and has not gone the full Boston by calling him "Maak"
The final hurdle happened when she said “tom-mate-oh”. However her Boston friends think she has an English accent.
First was the generic American trait of not pronouncing the letter “T” a “D”. For example “priddy” when saying “pretty”. Then gradually the Bostonian thing of not using the letter “R” and replacing it with as many “ah”s as is deemed necessary at the time. Her husband “Mark” is now “Maahk”. She still puts that "H" in and has not gone the full Boston by calling him "Maak"
The final hurdle happened when she said “tom-mate-oh”. However her Boston friends think she has an English accent.
Wckd Queen
New Member
My Brooklyn cousins flush their terlit all the time :lol: Sometimes, I cant understand them (dem) on the (da) phone :lol:
My mother is from the Bronx, and yet she has no Bronx accent. Her cousins who also grew up in the Bronx have the classic 'Bronx' accent. I think it just depends on the person, really, how much of your regional accent you pick up.
I dont know why people think we all sound like extras in a movie about the mafia (for reference, rent A Bronx Tale :lol: which, btw, was actually filmed in Astoria, Queens and not in the Bronx! )
Yummm...soft southern accent...Jonnie and Harry Connick, Jr (hmm..time to rent Hope Floats again :slurp: :lol: )
DMC-12
It's HarmonioUS, NOT HarmoniYOU.
Originally posted by Maria
Then I guess you are good to give the good morning greeting, huh?:kiss:
Well...lol I have been told I have very good diction. :kiss:
*Minds out of the gutter folks... I mean:
Main Entry: dic·tion
Pronunciation: 'dik-____&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin diction-, dictio speaking, style, from dicere to say; akin to Old English tEon to accuse, Latin dicare to proclaim, dedicate, Greek deiknynai to show, dikE judgment, right
2 : choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
AliciaLuvzDizne
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this thread makes me think of what my cousin said to me
She was born in Charlston SC and she said that ever since she's moved to Virginia, her southern accent has disappeared.:lookaroun
:lol:
i think that was one of the mose redicilous statements i have ever heard lol
but funny!!:lol:
She was born in Charlston SC and she said that ever since she's moved to Virginia, her southern accent has disappeared.:lookaroun
:lol:
i think that was one of the mose redicilous statements i have ever heard lol
but funny!!:lol:
FigmentJedi
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I can use a cheesy french accent (ala Monty Python),Australian accent, and a Scottish accent.
WDWSwashbuckler
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I have somewhat of that dumb ol' Minnesota accent. I guess you could say I sorta sound like I came straight out of Fargo in a way.
crazygirley
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Hey MouseMadness...where are you from?
I am also from west of Detroit...I don't say waygon, though...lived here all my life.
I tned to silent my G's...like, instead of saying, "Are you going" I say "Are you goin"
R's are always hard...like, instead of "That's hard", I say "That's harrd"
T's usually become a D, like instead of "It's little", I say "It's liddle"
And T's with N's are like, instead of "The apartment", I say "The apartmenh"
Other than that, I don't think I talk much different than anyone else...
...I like to call it Lazy English...that's what us Michiganders have...
...that and Michigan Left's...
