tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post966066482473170324..comments2023-10-06T01:31:22.002-07:00Comments on rhymingwithoranges's blog: Accentosrhymingwithorangeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325716822774272904noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post-980354076236126542009-10-21T06:54:14.432-07:002009-10-21T06:54:14.432-07:00happy to see your post again (:
my english teacher...happy to see your post again (:<br />my english teacher was from the UK when i was little, he did influenced me of my accent, but when i went into junior high school, almost everyone got an American accent. i couldn't made up my mind that whether i should say 'fast' or 'fast'....(you know what i mean.) and now, however, i got an terrible accent that usually mix up with both of it....i wish i could have the accent like yours, but it's impossible now :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13203726378150502497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post-40532068062872492812009-10-19T21:03:12.613-07:002009-10-19T21:03:12.613-07:00Accents are bendy by nature. My mother's acce...Accents are bendy by nature. My mother's accent the standard non-regional/maybe vaguely Midwestern accent we all have here, but whenever she is even just a little bit upset, or even just playful, she reverts to a full Southern accent. And perhaps just because of her influence, I do it too.<br /><br />But I don't really understand accent envy. You've got what you've got. It always seemed like a stupid thing to fixate on to me.Lubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914552472785064391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post-81861971703762088722009-10-17T00:19:38.219-07:002009-10-17T00:19:38.219-07:00I have the extremeley annoying habit if subconciou...I have the extremeley annoying habit if subconciously changing my accent depending on who I am talking to and their accent. I should have a really strong accent but I don't. That's kind of annoying. When I was in the US people didn't notice I was Scottish.eibborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746534128955860769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post-79727401685813635602009-10-13T04:35:37.989-07:002009-10-13T04:35:37.989-07:00I'm glad you posted again ;D
I'm portugues...I'm glad you posted again ;D<br />I'm portuguese and due to years with British teachers and watching BBC I now have a kind of british accent. But my friends start laughing at me when I speak English because I don't talk with the more americanized accent they all adopted! They are not very familiar with the british wide range of accents... I would blame the complete lack of british TV series in portuguese television xD.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802766495408843878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post-35767364011378266852009-10-13T03:14:33.637-07:002009-10-13T03:14:33.637-07:00I don't know where my accent comes from. I see...I don't know where my accent comes from. I seem to be on both sides of the North/South divide, which I guess makes sense being a midlander! But I don't talk like people I went to school with. Sometimes I say 'grass' and sometimes I say 'grass'... You know what I mean! I think uni changed it quite a lot, and it probably depends who I've been hanging out with lately.<br /><br />But I don't really mind, one of my favourite parts of living here is the range of accents you come across, and I'm happy to be influenced by a lot of them.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964627567287699879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post-80124614016846713742009-10-13T02:20:36.988-07:002009-10-13T02:20:36.988-07:00First off, I'm glad to see you on the interweb...First off, I'm glad to see you on the interwebs again. I have had a Jazza-shaped hole in my internet life. <br /><br />As someone with a fairly bendy accent, I know what you mean. When I'm at home I have a non-regional accent, one that could identify me as someone from anywhere in North America, but when I'm around people with different accents I tend to pick up little bits and pieces of how they speak. I went to a YouTube gathering in Bristol and my accent went everywhere from vaguely Scottish to very london. It's not something I try to do, and most of the time I don't even notice the change, it gets pointed out to me by someone else. <br /><br />My acting teachers love it, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098900050019787192.post-5037650949603646682009-10-12T21:43:20.816-07:002009-10-12T21:43:20.816-07:00Your post made me smile. I am kind of the same way...Your post made me smile. I am kind of the same way when it comes to accents and dialects. I lived my first eight years of life in Texas and when I moved to Indiana my "ya'lls" and calling everyone hon were blatantly obvious. But those faded with time (except the hon part) Whenever I go down south though it is maybe a few hours before I sound like one of the locals. Then recently I moved in with a girl from North Dakota. I find myself saying "dontcha know" and "oh my" just like here. I think its fun. It keeps people on their toes :) In my opinion if you change how you speak well then it means that you are actually listening when people speak thus picking up on their accents, which is a great quality to have.Hope Is Not A Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058066721023625111noreply@blogger.com