[Carl]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
american accent

never heard of an "american" accent. there's southern, new york, new jersey, ect., but no ameircan accent. Hercules as depicted by Kevin Sorbo has no accent.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Carl


never heard of an "american" accent. there's southern, new york, new jersey, ect., but no ameircan accent. Hercules as depicted by Kevin Sorbo has no accent.

for non american people, there's definitively an american accent, mind you. it has varients, but it's definitively the " I speak english with very hot potatoes in the mouth" accent.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by venom2506


for non american people, there's definitively an american accent, mind you. it has varients, but it's definitively the " I speak english with very hot potatoes in the mouth" accent.

I agree with you there. All the american accents do seem to be closely related.
 Besides you americans often mention people speaking with an English accent which is even more ridiculous!

[Turnsky]

there's even variants in the australian accent.... you'd notice after a while... usually the further up north you go, the broader the accent (i live in tassie) almost imperceptable but you notice....

[Sheepy]

Originally posted by karajorma


I agree with you there. All the american accents do seem to be closely related.
 Besides you americans often mention people speaking with an English accent which is even more ridiculous!

WHAT, YOU MEAN WE DONT ALL SPEAK LIKE THE QUEEN!! damn why didnt anyone tell me earlier?

[Nico]

Originally posted by Turnsky
there's even variants in the australian accent.... you'd notice after a while... usually the further up north you go, the broader the accent (i live in tassie) almost imperceptable but you notice....

of course. I suppose it's the same in every country anyway. sometimes I have problems understanding people from the south of France or from Bretagne ( but they use different words and expressions too, so it's normal, somehow ). I know I have a very slight accent compared to Paris french, but it needs no effort from me to overcome it.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Sheepy
WHAT, YOU MEAN WE DONT ALL SPEAK LIKE THE QUEEN!!

We're saying you don't _have_ to. It's purely a matter of personal preference.

As for you Merkins - most of us Johnny Foreigners can just about tell if you're from Texas or not, but that's pretty much it

[karajorma]

The New Jersey and New York accents are reasonably different and with a little practice you can easily tell them apart but that together with the texas/southern accents are about it for the rest of us unless someone explains the difference.  

On the other hand even after only hearing them once I doubt there would be many people who couldn't tell the difference between the cornish, brummie, geordie and cockney accents (and that's just to name a few of the many varied accents in England alone. Add the rest of Britain and it gets even harder).

[diamondgeezer]

Careful, you'll set Petrarch off on one of his rambles...

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Turnsky
there's even variants in the australian accent.... you'd notice after a while... usually the further up north you go, the broader the accent (i live in tassie) almost imperceptable but you notice....

You mean you don't all sound like Steve Irwin?