Community Chat

[straykatz]

I've picked up a twang since moving to TX but even with a twang I apparently still have a distinctly Canadian way of saying "about, shout, out, pout, etc."

[Kalli]

I'm a combo of phila and northeastern. My parents grew up in Brooklyn, NY. When they say father or mother, even though it's very faint, I still hear fahtha, muhtha.

-Kalli

[Pianomama]

A mixture of Ark, TX and SC. even though I have been in California over 20 years.

[hckynut]

Hicksville

[Lotus]

On 7/16/2014 hckynut said:

Hicksville

Hahahaha.....that's actually the name of a town here on Long Island.

[hennypenny]

Californian

[gazelle77]

Washington... no accent.

[ivanatrump]

On 7/16/2014 SnarkyLips said:

What's your?

[LizAnne_1]

On 7/16/2014 gazelle77 said:

Washington... no accent.

Accent is a matter of perspective. Believe me, to someone from the south you would have an accent.

[RainCityGirl]

I've never thought of myself as having a discernible accent in the West. By that I mean, pronunciation is pretty much as indicated in Webster's Dictionary. However, there are some areas of my state where there IS a definite accent. People in those locals describe it as farm twang. Other than that, every urban area has its ethnic areas where there is either a Scandinavian, Hispanic, Asian, or another accent particular to those specific locations.