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Fri Dec-05-03 11:05 AM
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| 39. Am pretty non-regional, but my father was from West Texas... |
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And my wife swears that she can hear a bit of cowboy twang in my speech.
I can't detect it.
I do, however, cuss way too much. Mea culpa.
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| -Do You Speak With An Accent, And If So, How Strong Is It? |
Magic Rat |
Dec-05-03 09:14 AM |
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Well, I suppose |
Coventina |
Dec-05-03 09:16 AM |
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I come from NC and everyone thinks I am supposed to " twang " |
CarolinaPeridot |
Dec-05-03 09:16 AM |
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I do have the "twang" |
BlackVelvetElvis |
Dec-05-03 10:49 AM |
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People are shocked that I'm from Alabama |
bamademo |
Dec-05-03 09:16 AM |
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Anywhere between 2 and 8 on a 10-point scale |
carolinayellowdog |
Dec-05-03 09:39 AM |
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I can do that to a certain extent |
kitkatrose |
Dec-05-03 10:00 AM |
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I have a different way of speaking |
La_Serpiente |
Dec-05-03 09:17 AM |
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A fairly strong Irish accent, yes. |
Padraig18 |
Dec-05-03 11:17 AM |
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I've spent 23 years in Texas, and I don't have much of an accent. |
GOPisEvil |
Dec-05-03 09:17 AM |
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That's a drawl |
Booberdawg |
Dec-05-03 09:19 AM |
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Texassippian here...you can just imagine... |
jchild |
Dec-05-03 09:39 AM |
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Oh dear...some East Texans are darn-near unintelligible. |
GOPisEvil |
Dec-05-03 10:56 AM |
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South Texas and South Mississippi... |
jchild |
Dec-05-03 11:09 AM |
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I'm from Iowa. When I was in CA I was told I had an accent |
Booberdawg |
Dec-05-03 09:19 AM |
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I received a similar reaction in CA. |
Redneck Socialist |
Dec-05-03 10:33 PM |
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Yeah, I grew up in various parts of Scotland, |
Screaming Lord Byron |
Dec-05-03 09:19 AM |
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I dunno |
JohnKleeb |
Dec-05-03 09:20 AM |
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Depends on who I'm talking to - |
bitchkitty |
Dec-05-03 09:23 AM |
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I do this too! |
eyesroll |
Dec-05-03 10:00 AM |
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Ha! My husband's cousin |
bitchkitty |
Dec-05-03 12:52 PM |
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Ah sure do. |
trof |
Dec-05-03 09:25 AM |
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I'm from Philly and I don't have............. |
Oz |
Dec-05-03 09:25 AM |
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I was born in Philadelphia |
RebelOne |
Dec-05-03 09:29 AM |
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My Philly accent gets stronger when I go back home.... |
phillybri |
Dec-05-03 10:57 AM |
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Baaaaaaaahston |
Loonman |
Dec-05-03 09:26 AM |
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I'm in nearby Wusstah |
MissMillie |
Dec-05-03 01:10 PM |
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You mean War-chest-er? |
Redneck Socialist |
Dec-05-03 10:35 PM |
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I was told I sound like I have an English accent |
SpikeTrees |
Dec-05-03 09:31 AM |
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a bit of everything |
unblock |
Dec-05-03 09:36 AM |
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Midwestern twang |
forradalom |
Dec-05-03 09:44 AM |
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Grew up in Minnesota and assumed |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-05-03 09:45 AM |
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Standard lower Midwestern, with a slight Southern Ohio touch... |
Whitacre D_WI |
Dec-05-03 09:47 AM |
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I Have A Terrible Southern Drawl Ya'll |
INTELBYTES |
Dec-05-03 09:50 AM |
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I'm from Chi-CAGO. I live in Texas. |
bearfan454 |
Dec-05-03 09:51 AM |
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Accents |
Gigi |
Dec-05-03 09:55 AM |
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Silly, an accent is what "other people" have |
Independent429 |
Dec-05-03 09:55 AM |
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Also born and raised in the NYC metro area... |
thom1102 |
Dec-05-03 10:02 AM |
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Well I speak like I come from Boston. |
izzie |
Dec-05-03 10:19 AM |
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My parents were exactly the same... |
SiobhanClancy |
Dec-05-03 10:58 AM |
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I have a "southern accent" |
mobuto |
Dec-05-03 10:24 AM |
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I don't, but the people from 'Away" sure do!!! |
Throckmorton |
Dec-05-03 10:25 AM |
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No accent |
cmf |
Dec-05-03 10:28 AM |
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I keep hearing from people that I do, but I don't hear it, myself. |
SOteric |
Dec-05-03 10:41 AM |
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A strong English accent |
hussar |
Dec-05-03 10:54 AM |
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Another for the strong English accent. |
rjbcar27 |
Dec-05-03 11:10 AM |
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Awright mate |
hussar |
Dec-05-03 11:14 AM |
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I'm from Shropshire |
rjbcar27 |
Dec-05-03 11:16 AM |
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You did not just refer to Americans as Septics |
mobuto |
Dec-05-03 01:05 PM |
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I'm from the Midlands myself |
BritishHuman |
Dec-06-03 07:19 AM |
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Am pretty non-regional, but my father was from West Texas... |
rezmutt |
Dec-05-03 11:05 AM |
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ugggh.. |
JonathanChance |
Dec-05-03 11:16 AM |
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I godda Milwaukee accent from down by the lake, hey |
htuttle |
Dec-05-03 11:18 AM |
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Tharesa have neverneverland accent. |
Tharesa |
Dec-05-03 01:13 PM |
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Och aye! Scottish. Glaswegian to be precise. -nm |
pink_poodle |
Dec-05-03 09:36 PM |
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aye lassie |
maxanne |
Dec-05-03 09:46 PM |
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I live in Connecticut, but grew up in Nebraska |
populistmom |
Dec-05-03 09:45 PM |
#52 |
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From Cleveland... |
johnnie |
Dec-05-03 09:57 PM |
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I really don't want to "swim in the poo." |
Whitacre D_WI |
Dec-05-03 10:14 PM |
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I used to have... |
AlFrankenFan |
Dec-05-03 10:00 PM |
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I don't have much of an accent |
kayleybeth |
Dec-05-03 10:06 PM |
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I'm so confused! |
flama |
Dec-05-03 10:14 PM |
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Everyone has an accent... |
aquaman |
Dec-05-03 10:40 PM |
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Don't know |
ibegurpard |
Dec-06-03 07:21 AM |
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