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**UriyVlasov** · 07-15-2012, 10:43 AM

But in my country, we all just sound dumb apparently.

I agree. People attack others all the time based upon where they are from.

People sound differently to different people. There is no "American" accent, for example. A southern American accent seems like a redneck accent to many Americans, a New Yorker/Jersey accent sounds like a mobster accent, and the "normal" accent is the Midwestern accent. Here in Canada, a "Newfie" accent also sounds like a hick accent. Again, all these sound differently to different ears. Even in Pakistan, a person who speaks Urdu with a pathan accent, especially in Karachi, is not seen as someone respectable.

07-15-2012, 10:43 AM	#10
UriyVlasov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	But in my country, we all just sound dumb apparently. I agree. People attack others all the time based upon where they are from. People sound differently to different people. There is no "American" accent, for example. A southern American accent seems like a redneck accent to many Americans, a New Yorker/Jersey accent sounds like a mobster accent, and the "normal" accent is the Midwestern accent. Here in Canada, a "Newfie" accent also sounds like a hick accent. Again, all these sound differently to different ears. Even in Pakistan, a person who speaks Urdu with a pathan accent, especially in Karachi, is not seen as someone respectable.
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