What's your accent? - Page 7

dmod nj · ‎10-04-2011

On 7/16/2014 LyndaGee said:
I'm from southwest CT. Sometimes, if I hang out with NYers, I start to pick up their accent. Same thing happens when I spend time with Jersey relatives.

Hi Lynda,

NJ does not have an accent. Cool Must be your imagination. ${#emotions_dlg.lol}$

You can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take Jersey out of the girl. Jersey Girl living in CNY.

foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

I think it would be weird to have a newscaster not speak like the population does where he lives and works. So, whether it's in MA, NJ or NY....why would they speak with a western accent?

SnarkyLips · ‎04-14-2014

I had a suitemate in college who had a very thick Arkansas accent. She thought that she needed to sound more "neutral" before going out into the business world. She started taking voice lessons to help her get rid of her accent. I don't think she ever went very far with her voice lessons so she still has her accent.

Also, I had a roomie from Mobile, Alabama and she said "oil" and "on" weirdly....among other things.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

On 7/16/2014 ILikeShade said:
I think it would be weird to have a newscaster not speak like the population does where he lives and works. So, whether it's in MA, NJ or NY....why would they speak with a western accent?

Could it be so that they can fit in any region of the country jobwise? Local news readers are often coming from and going across the country to take advantage of new career opportunities.

PurpleBunny · ‎03-09-2010

On 7/16/2014 dmod nj said:
On 7/16/2014 PurpleBunny said: Bawsten.

Good to see you, my favorite Bahston speaking bunny. ${#emotions_dlg.wub}$

OT, I agree with your posts about Tre on the RHONJ thread. I was scanning quickly, and your posts stood out.

OP, I have no accent. ${#emotions_dlg.biggrin}$ ${#emotions_dlg.laugh}$

Xo my favorite Joisey girl!!

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littleblueparakeet · ‎08-23-2013

Budgerigarian

MickD · ‎03-10-2010

Chicagoan.....people say I still have the accent even though I've been in Cali for 14 years.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.... ~ S & G

foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

On 7/16/2014 deepwaterdotter said:
On 7/16/2014 ILikeShade said:
I think it would be weird to have a newscaster not speak like the population does where he lives and works. So, whether it's in MA, NJ or NY....why would they speak with a western accent?

Could it be so that they can fit in any region of the country jobwise? Local news readers are often coming from and going across the country to take advantage of new career opportunities.

That would be the exception. I would think NY pays the highest.

dooBdoo · ‎06-27-2010

On 7/16/2014 Hooty said:
I speak "city" Southern not "country/hick" Southern!

Hi, Hooty! That's what I speak now, too! But I grew up speaking "Appalachian." ${#emotions_dlg.biggrin}$

On the topic of newscasters, I can understand the tendency to homogenize their sound but I like it when they keep at least a wee bit of their homegrown accent.

Few things reveal your intellect and your generosity of spirit—the parallel powers of your heart and mind—better than how you give feedback.~Maria Popova

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I'm from CA, so I don't have an accent. But that map is kind of messed up! There are quite a few different accents in the NE, feven numerous different ones just for the state of NY, just as there are quite a lot of different accents in the south.