[Katrinsitter]

[appleiphoneees]

Hawkeye. Everywhere I go in this world, the minute I say something the first thing I hear is "oh, you are from Boston"!

[medshop]

ACCENT?? WHAT ACCENT??

[pymnConyelell]

Funny, I live in the South and don't have much of an accent at all.

[dosugxxx]

Eman has a southern accent.

[valensds]

ACCENT?? WHAT ACCENT??

[MFSSCW2c]

Funny, I live in the South and don't have much of an accent at all.

Mint Julep. You may not think so! Up in New England we do not think we have an accent either!

[pertikuss]

LOL-yep.......

I am usually very cognisant of accents, including my own Calif accent........

Yea, I know, we say we don't have one..lmao

[SmuffNuSMaxqh]

Mint Julep. You may not think so! Up in New England we do not think we have an accent either!

That's true, but mine is pretty slight. I don't sound like I'm straight from the heart of Dixie by no means.

[rozettasmolanov]

LOL-yep.......

I am usually very cognisant of accents, including my own Calif accent........

Yea, I know, we say we don't have one..lmao

I don't think Californians have any accents, do they?

[brandiweb]

That's true, but mine is pretty slight. I don't sound like I'm straight from the heart of Dixie by no means.

Either way I love that southern hospitality. And those southern belles, well, they make my heart melt.

[PetraCromlich]

I don't think Californians have any accents, do they?

I started noticing it after living outside the state for a few years..... As you know I lived in the south & NYC as well as here..........

I started noticing it while in NYC, like talking to my uncles etc..... In general we talk slower & a hard emphasis on the R's.......... In most of the country-north-south it has a more of a ah' sound, here it is pronounced as "ARE"..

To put it in focus, do you recall those movies during the 80's like valley girl, Encino man etc (It was exaggerated a bit in those movies)....... I hear it more in girls/women then men......

Way over board on the "like" as well as dragging certain words out, not to mention over using them......

[RooldpalApata]

ACCENT?? WHAT ACCENT??

That guy sounds like he's from NYC not Boston.

[Intory]

I started noticing it after living outside the state for a few years..... As you know I lived in the south & NYC as well as here..........

I started noticing it while in NYC, like talking to my uncles etc..... In general we talk slower & a hard emphasis on the R's.......... In most of the country-north-south it has a more of a ah' sound, here it is pronounced as "ARE"..

To put it in focus, do you recall those movies during the 80's like valley girl, Encino man etc (It was exaggerated a bit in those movies)....... I hear it more in girls/women then men......

Way over board on the "like" as well as dragging certain words out, not to mention over using them......

The valley girl talk, yeah I remember that.

But as far as noticeable accents, there seem to be far less in the West than in other locations. Anyone I've ever met from there doesn't really have an accent at all. I say things like 'fixin to' and I can talk very Southern, especially if I am around people talking that way, but normally I do not.

How do you pronounce 'tour'? Two-er or Tore. Just curious.

[imporrilk]

That guy sounds like he's from NYC not Boston.

I wouldn't tell him that if I was you...

[Dpkefsuf]

The valley girl talk, yeah I remember that.

But as far as noticeable accents, there seem to be far less in the West than in other locations. Anyone I've ever met from there doesn't really have an accent at all. I say things like 'fixin to' and I can talk very Southern, especially if I am around people talking that way, but normally I do not.

How do you pronounce 'tour'? Two-er or Tore. Just curious.

two-er-sounds like tower..... A big ER......

Part of it is slang "for sure"......lol

But some words are drug out, slower..... Arizona & New Mexico have a very similar & stronger emphasis on the R........ Perhaps influenced from Spanish speakers???

[juspimoubbodo]

two-er-sounds like tower..... A big ER......

Part of it is slang "for sure"......lol

But some words are drug out, slower..... Arizona & New Mexico have a very similar & stronger emphasis on the R........ Perhaps influenced from Spanish speakers???

I never knew I had an accent until I went to Florida and everybody commented on it. I never thought JFK had an accent. That seemed like every day talk to me.

[neerewed]

I never knew I had an accent until I went to Florida and everybody commented on it. I never thought JFK had an accent. That seemed like every day talk to me.

I think because la is here, california is the accent preference.......

Calif is a huge hodge-podge of ppl, including from the south & mid-west.... The west coast & mid-west is not to different, comparatively IMHO.... But the Arkies & Oakies flooded south Calif & they played some part in the unique accent here..........

[CHEAPPoem]

I think because la is here, california is the accent preference.......

Calif is a huge hodge-podge of ppl, including from the south & mid-west.... The west coast & mid-west is not to different, comparatively IMHO.... But the Arkies & Oakies flooded south Calif & they played some part in the unique accent here..........

Hmm Are you in Southern Cali? If so...PM me. I will be back there on Tuesday to pick up my bike & ride it back. L.A. that is.

[craditc]

No, I am in Northern Calif, not South Calif......