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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.

[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.

[Alfred]

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

[Molecules]

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.

From what you claim (you could be from Taiwan for all I know), you have an American accent. British are of course crap at differentiating between North American regional accents, except we can usually tell if they are from the south or that place in Fargo.
I only recently found myself able to distinguish Canadians from their yankee brethren as well, they really don't sound the same... So maybe I'm not the best person to ask