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[dog]

hi, i was thinking about what kind of accent everyone here has. i thought it'll be cool if we record ourselves saying something quickly, to show other people what accent we have. i tried uploading an audio file but it didnt work. just a suggestion. bye

[Freebase Dali]

Hmm...
I could imagine that thread getting pretty hilarious.

I don't have an accent though, so it wouldn't be beneficial to anyone if I made a recording. I do have some impressive burps though...

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Veridical Fiction

I don't have an accent though, so it wouldn't be beneficial to anyone if I made a recording.

Everybody has an accent.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Everybody has an accent.

Apparently not according to everyone I've ever met who's commented on the fact.

After being in the military, I've met A LOT of different people from different places. When asked where I'm from and they find out I'm from Louisiana, they always remark that I don't have the accent and in fact don't have one at all.
I speak extremely flat.
If that's an accent, then it's new to me.

EDIT:
I'm talking about American English, btw.
Although I'm no professor about it... So the above is merely deductive reasoning.

[Alfred]

But to the British it would be an accent, an American accent.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Veridical Fiction

Apparently not according to everyone I've ever met who's commented on the fact.

After being in the military, I've met A LOT of different people from different places. When asked where I'm from and they find out I'm from Louisiana, they always remark that I don't have the accent and in fact don't have one at all.
I speak extremely flat.
If that's an accent, then it's new to me.

EDIT:
I'm talking about American English, btw.
Although I'm no professor about it... So the above is merely deductive reasoning.

Maybe you have a broad an generic American accent like I've been told I do but it's still an accent. Someone from another country wouldn't listen to you speak and think that you have no accent.

[Freebase Dali]

^ True.

I remember hearing a British guy saying Americans have no accents... I don't remember when or where. I guess I got that perspective from what I'd heard.
But since I'm not British, I'd need a British person to confirm or deny that to Brits, Americans have or don't have an accent.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Veridical Fiction

^ True.

I remember hearing a British guy saying Americans have no accents... I don't remember when or where. I guess I got that perspective from what I'd heard.
But since I'm not British, I'd need a British person to confirm or deny that to Brits, Americans have or don't have an accent.

You really need confirmation on that? The word "accent" just means a distinct way of pronouncing words. Since Americans pronounce words in a way that is distinct from other ways of pronouncing words we have accents, American accents.

[PinkCigarette]

Americans have accents. Oh yes, we do.

[Freebase Dali]

You really need confirmation on that? The word "accent" just means a distinct way of pronouncing words. Since Americans pronounce words in a way that is distinct from other ways of pronouncing words we have accents, American accents.

I don't need that confirmation. I was simply offering that I can't speak for British people in order to nullify what I was told by a British person.