Ok I like to watch videos were people from England try to sound like Americans while having a difficulty trying to impersonate their voices . Apparently it is very hard for non English speakers across the globe including America to learn English . I grew up learning English I think its set up is a lot simpler than other languages because in other ones you have to learn separate phrases and names for things in English they give you letters , they give you pronunciations , they give you sounds the letter make and sound rules such as " Sh " or "Ck"( I know most other people just use a k not a ck ever ) . Than people can for the most make up any word or phrase just by putting together different letters using rules which I think would be simpler than learning every single little phrase in the world . Also I realize the Find English people think America Butchered their language . I would actually like to know how They differ Also they say I sound like one because I pronouciate my words oddly because I had a speech impediment as a child so I don’t use R . That is how they say in England you say CAR . I would just like to know what is the difference between an American and a English accent as in is it more elongated more harsh . If you could describe the accents so I understand them . Also please no I hate British I hate America that English is a horrible thing to speak because that is not a real answer or that America is stupid and fat that is not what the question is I want a real answer because I am very much wondering what the difference between them is because I actually thought it would be easy for English people to speak it the American way because they are the originals right ? So what is the difference what’s the difference between our accents . As every language has a distinct accent to it that you can say as the language over all .
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Anyway, to answer your question, when I hear American accents, I often hear it as a melting pot of European accents. The Irish is very strong in there (in that you pronounce your t's as d's the same in some words like metal/medal, wattle/waddle).
There is some French in there too (as in pronouncing herbs without a strong H sound). If I say "herbes de Provence", I'd drop the H too because it's French. But when I say herbs and mean the English word herbs, I pronounce the H. I think the French influence is why some people pronounce flan as flon and Milan as Milon too.
In Boston accents I can hear a very strong Northern English twang, in New York I can hear Irish/Italian. And I can definitely hear Scottish accents from Canadians.
So if you want to know how you sound, imagine how the Irish/French/English/Italians speak and water it down.
Also, I think a lot of people would find it fun. :)
The Lyrics to Laurie Anderson's whole album Big Science, then.
Or just that F word bit explaining how it's used as a verb, an adjective, noun, etc.
Or Dr. Seuss!
Or I'll just shut up. I've been highly unpopular the last two days.
Nobody loves me or my ideas anymore. :/
Haha anything you guys say, I'm in. :)
I'm actually thrilled you're going to join in with the experiment. I wondered if you would. This makes me a happy dappy. Root beer, bear hugs, and a naughty picture of Bear Grylls are winging their way to you, accompanied by my undying affection. :*
I love my goodies! All four of them!
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Maybe if we set an example and get the ball rolling, people will start talking about it and do it themselves. I'm happy to try!
The Gettysburg Address might be a better theme for it too than what I had thought of.
Personally, I'm always interested in regional American accents. Your namesake in King of the Hill has a great one. I love that and would much sooner listen to it than international American.
Maybe it could be them reading whatever they want, with the Gettysburg Address just being the basic suggestion for something if they can't think of something, or something like that... Lol.
(Damn! I just remembered I didn't reply to your comment! Ha. I didn't watch that movie either, so we do it the way we want it. So our playlist starts with buddy holly by weezer! Haha)
I think it would be cooler if we had only one text, so we can actually compare accents, on every word and sentence, know what I mean. Whatever the length I think it should be something no one has been exposed to so much, as has been said. I haven't looked into it to suggest anything else, so I'll read whatever you boys tell me to. Even the Bible to create divisions in society.
Yeah it would probably be a little more comparable if everybody read the same text, but considering how difficult it might be to just get people to participate in the first place, I would think there needs to be as little restrictions as possible. But I definitely get what you are saying.
On an unrelated note, I read your profile. It made me very sad, in a sympathetic way of course. You are an excellent writer, Dappled. I think you should (if you haven't already that is) consider writing a book. I hope you leave that one up for a while too :)
And thank you, by the way. I'm just about getting to the point in my life where I've had enough experience of things to think about writing a book. I keep meaning to join one of the creative writing night school courses we have here. But our head of creative writing here was a world-famous author (until last year) and I felt a bit insecure. My command of English is okay, but not brilliant. :/
I've heard the O-dragging and always wondered where it was from. :D
Hope that helps!
Yeah, I guess I'm getting bored of it too.
The more cosmopolitan accents, like the ones in all the crappy sitcoms and the NY accent, sounds really nasally and if I had to compare it to anything it would be a cheese grater.
Me and all my friends quite like the southern accents though. They just sound nice and warm and quite musical. Which I find quite funny, as I know most Americans hate the southern accent. But it really is a lot more pleasant.