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Funny accents! Someone posted this yesterday inside another thread and I thought it needed more publicity :)

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/

These are my favourites:

"Crikey" Australian Accent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english84.html)

Virry Hippy Seth Efrican Accent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english42.html)

New Yorker (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english6.html)

Texan (Do y'all have to speak that fast?) (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english70.html)

French Canadian (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/french7.html)

Japanese (With american accent?) (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/japanese7.html)

Russian (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/russian1.html)

Enjoy :p

LOL......I LOVE this site.


heres what I sound like, except not as old.

southern accent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/)

LOL......I LOVE this site.


heres what I sound like, except not as old.

southern accent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/)

You have to right click the link for it to work...copying from the top doesn't work. I made that mistake with a couple too, oops.

They don't have my accent :mad:

They don't have my accent :mad:

What's your accent?

Oh yeah, if anyone knows where that "Cor blimey!! Dats a par 'o Ing-lind innit?" accent comes from, please tell :)

Princeton, IN, the location of this accent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english67.html) is about 30 minutes from where I live. I don't sound exactly like it (not as breathy), but pretty damn close. It is such a boring accent.

You have to right click the link for it to work...copying from the top doesn't work. I made that mistake with a couple too, oops.



ok see if this works.......and remember....im not as old as this lady!!

southern acccent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english83.html)

They don't have mine either. Also the Birmingham ones don't sound like Brummies.

lmao! this IS me, except spoken by a woman

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english58.html
if i read along with her, it just gets scary :p

oooo everyone should look on this site and find the accent that best fits them! Then we can know what we all sound like.....NEATO!

lmao! this IS me, except spoken by a woman

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english58.html
if i read along with her, it just gets scary :p

Hooray for English accents!!

They didnt have a Bristolian one. I am very upset. The Brummie one was crap.

Well my accent doesn't come on that list at all, but it goes something like this...

Please call Stella. Asker t'bring these things we 'er fromt store: Six spoonser fresh snow peas, fav thick slabser blue cheese, 'n' mebbier snack frer bruvver Bob. We ulcer needer smarl plastic sneck anna big toy frog fert kids. Shicken scoop these things intert three red bagsenwill gummitter Wensdy atrain station.

I challenge anyone on 'ere from Derbyshire t'deny this is 'ow we talk. :)

ok see if this works.......and remember....im not as old as this lady!!

southern acccent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english83.html)

Scary, scary accent...

I have your standard BBC British accent.

oooo everyone should look on this site and find the accent that best fits them! Then we can know what we all sound like.....NEATO!

Mine is somewhere between the Southhampton... and the Oxfordshire...

*TG*

oooo everyone should look on this site and find the accent that best fits them! Then we can know what we all sound like.....NEATO!
Or we could all just record ourselves and then post it.

Well my accent doesn't come on that list at all, but it goes something like this...

Please call Stella. Asker t'bring these things we 'er fromt store: Six spoonser fresh snow peas, fav thick slabser blue cheese, 'n' mebbier snack frer bruvver Bob. We ulcer needer smarl plastic sneck anna big toy frog fert kids. Shicken scoop these things intert three red bagsenwill gummitter Wensdy atrain station.

I challenge anyone on 'ere from Derbyshire t'deny this is 'ow we talk. :)

Wheres Derbyshire?

Or we could all just record ourselves and then post it.

No mic here :(

Princeton, IN, the location of this accent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english67.html) is about 30 minutes from where I live. I don't sound exactly like it (not as breathy), but pretty damn close. It is such a boring accent.

Yeah, that's very....normal. lol, theres no other way to describe it. I wouldn't say boring.

ok see if this works.......and remember....im not as old as this lady!!

southern acccent (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english83.html)

Haha, yeah, it's the familiar southern US accent all right :)

lmao! this IS me, except spoken by a woman

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english58.html
if i read along with her, it just gets scary :p

lol. very refined.

oooo everyone should look on this site and find the accent that best fits them! Then we can know what we all sound like.....NEATO!

Cool!! The Australian one I posted is WAY too thick for me though. I'll look for a better one.

Wheres Derbyshire?

it's not far from Staffordshire and Leceistershire ;)

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english73.html

Very close to me. The thing is, i've never been to Darwin, but i've lived in Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne, which are all on the list, though I sound nothing like them. (Maybe if the Perth one was male instead of female)

This woman (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english21.html) has my exact accent, except she's a woman and I'm a man.

Now that is strange. I come from the west london/north surrey area, Richmond, Windsor, that type of place. The archetypal home of the BBC English accent, and nothing on this site from there.

Yeah, that's very....normal. lol, theres no other way to describe it. I wouldn't say boring.


What I wonder is it that Princeton, IN, a place in the middle of absolutely nowhere, that is mainly a rural farming community, would have what is considered a "normal" accent. :confused:

Now that is strange. I come from the west london/north surrey area, Richmond, Windsor, that type of place. The archetypal home of the BBC English accent, and nothing on this site from there.

You can submit your own voice.

You can submit your own voice.


do it sd! you be the first!

What I wonder is it that Princeton, IN, a place in the middle of absolutely nowhere, that is mainly a rural farming community, would have what is considered a "normal" accent. :confused:

Weird. But believe me, it is.

do it sd! you be the first!

I don't have a microphone. And besides, #21 is pretty spot on for my accent if you ignore the whole wrong gender thing.

I don't have a microphone. And besides, #21 is pretty spot on for my accent if you ignore the whole wrong gender thing.


yeah i dont have one either *grumble*

i love that Boston accent-lol

I have one!! Anyone know where I can upload stuff for free?

Weird. But believe me, it is.

Don't worry I know. It just seems like the British accent would be considered "normal" and the rest would be considered strange. Especially an area as rural as the midwest.

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english24.html
http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english80.html

The second is closer.

Most like mine.... (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/polish1.html)

Not exactly....but close :)

Most like mine.... (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/polish1.html)

Not exactly....but close :)

*drools*

*knees tremble*

Most like mine.... (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/polish1.html)

Not exactly....but close :)

I like East-European accents :)

I like East-European accents :)

I tend to go for British, Irish, or New York/Boston :). Sometimes an Australian accent can do it for me, if spoken by the right person, heh.

I tend to go for British, Irish, or New York/Boston :). Sometimes an Australian accent can do it for me, if spoken by the right person, heh.
lol, fair enough. Mine sounds nothing like the one on the main page, by the way :) I posted one that sounds close somewhere in the thread.

How do you get the samples to work?!?! :confused:

How do you get the samples to work?!?! :confused:


press the triangle shaped play button

I tend to go for British, Irish, or New York/Boston :). Sometimes an Australian accent can do it for me, if spoken by the right person, heh.

Hey! I've got a New York/Boston accent! Go me!

press the triangle shaped play button
Err.. That doesn't seem to appear for me.

I tend to go for British, Irish, or New York/Boston . Sometimes an Australian accent can do it for me, if spoken by the right person, heh.

What, do you not like that midwestern non-accent? Most people think it is rad awesome.

What, do you not like that midwestern non-accent? Most people think it is rad awesome.

Living in Missouri I hear it everyday :). I think I'm immune to it haha, I don't even think of it as an accent anymore.

The Boston accent is wicked awesome.

Hey! I've got a New York/Boston accent! Go me!

I know you do! Its wicked hot =P
:)

Living in Missouri I hear it everyday :). I think I'm immune to it haha, I don't even think of it as an accent anymore.

Where in Missouri?

It isn't an accent, it is the complete lack of one. Like Kanabia says, it is as "normal" as it gets.

Where in Missouri?

It isn't an accent, it is the complete lack of one. Like Kanabia says, it is as "normal" as it gets.

Is your accent the same as an accent of someone in Wisconsin? Because if it is, it most certainly isn't "normal". I once worked with a woman from Wisconsin, and I swear to god, she never used the letter "O".

Where in Missouri?

It isn't an accent, it is the complete lack of one. Like Kanabia says, it is as "normal" as it gets.

Around Kansas City :).

When I first moved to the states I thought Missourians had Southern accents, because I had never heard people speak like they did before haha. Then I went down to the South, and oh my.....

Is your accent the same as an accent of someone in Wisconsin? Because if it is, it most certainly isn't "normal". I once worked with a woman from Wisconsin, and I swear to god, she never used the letter "O".

Not even close. This is the closest. (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english67.html)

The Dutch ones are spot on. Nearly EVERY Dutch guy speaks English like that

Around Kansas City :).

When I first moved to the states I thought Missourians had Southern accents, because I had never heard people speak that they did before haha. Then I went down to the South, and oh my.....

You are all the way on the other side of the state. I go to school about 40 minutes from Cape Girardo.

Yes, I spent a few summers in Georgia, and had started picking up that accent. I try my hardest not to slip into it, but when I am with my relatives from that area it is natural.

This dude is creepy http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/
Upstate American accents are soooo boring!

I know you do! Its wicked hot =P
:)

Wicked freaking awesome!

mm this one is the best. dunno why i just love it!
http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english6.html

You are all the way on the other side of the state. I go to school about 40 minutes from Cape Girardo.

Yes, I spent a few summers in Georgia, and had started picking up that accent. I try my hardest not to slip into it, but when I am with my relatives from that area it is natural.

I've driven through Cape Girardeau a few times, but I don't remember much about it.

People around here have no clue where I'm from based on my accent. I get "Are you German/British/Italian?" I think Those are the only accents a lot of them know, heh.

I have a Malay/Singaporean accent.

The girl in the website speaks rather normal-ish. She needs to get more colloqial in her slang.

Please call Stellalah wei. Ask her to bringlah these things with her from the store ya: enam(Six) spoons of fresh snow peas, fife thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob ok. We also need a small plastic snake and a BIIIIG toy frog for the kids wei. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station ya.

I haff ze hollywood german akzent, jawoll!
No, i sound more like the speaker from Halle, Germany (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/german5.html), only faster.

[QUOTE=Kanabia]What's your accent?

[QUOTE]
English, but slightly more 'local' slightly more stress on the r's, though not my exact local accent (thank...God/Buddha/Dave).

My accent, if you can call it that, is Western Canadian... unfortunately it's pretty bland in my opinion. :(

As for accents that fit my flavour, I like southern accents - depending on the persons actual voice tone and use of language of course.

North-Eastern European accents are a definite turn-on!

Spanish and Italian - butter me up...

and I prefer South African accents to British or Australian... not that the others are so bad, if they are of the eloquent, proper variety they get me pretty warm too!

:)

Most like mine.... (http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/polish1.html)

Not exactly....but close :)

You sound two times sweeter and three times sexier than that Aerou! heh.. ;)

Where is Manchester and Liverpool? Two big English cities, do they have them? No

But they do have Littlehampton, where ever the hell that it.

I obviously have some sort of Australian accent (being Australian and all), but nothing on that site matches me very well. My accents pretty subdued (I think... keeping in mind that I only know what I sound like to me, not what I sound like to other people).

Plus, I've been told I have a slight American or English accent on various occasions by random people, so I think my accent's some random mish-mash of American, English and Australian. Better than just plain Australian, I guess.

Plus, I've been told I have a slight American or English accent on various occasions by random people, so I think my accent's some random mish-mash of American, English and Australian. Better than just plain Australian, I guess.

Yeah, me too. A lot of people think I have a bit of an English accent. Not sure where I picked that up though.

Where is Manchester and Liverpool? Two big English cities, do they have them? No

But they do have Littlehampton, where ever the hell that it.

I'm guessing that site is fairly new and they'll add more as time goes on. (I imagine it would be a pain for an American researcher having to get a sample from every major city in the UK)

Yeah, me too. A lot of people think I have a bit of an English accent. Not sure where I picked that up though.

I probably picked mine up through learning new words from English-accented sources, and thus learning the accent as part of the pronunciation. Or maybe osmosis.

I probably picked mine up through learning new words from English-accented sources, and thus learning the accent as part of the pronunciation. Or maybe osmosis.

Yeah. It's probably because throughout my childhood, anyone who ever spoke a word i'm not familiar with has been British. Australians don't know big words. :p

Yeah. It's probably because throughout my childhood, anyone who ever spoke a word i'm not familiar with has been British. Australians don't know big words. :p

All Australians should be forced to speak with English accents by law. That way I'd probably pick one up properly, instead of just in bits and pieces.

Of course, I'd have to be an exception to the... law... because otherwise I wouldn't need to pick it up because I'd have to have one... by... law.

...

Hrm. I really need to think my plans through a bit more before I write them down.

All Australians should be forced to speak with English accents by law. That way I'd probably pick one up properly, instead of just in bits and pieces.

Of course, I'd have to be an exception to the... law... because otherwise I wouldn't need to pick it up because I'd have to have one... by... law.

...

Hrm. I really need to think my plans through a bit more before I write them down.

lol :p

well, i'm sure we can compromise and both agree that the Australian accent I posted on the first page must be destroyed. Mercilessly.

lol :p

well, i'm sure we can compromise and both agree that the Australian accent I posted on the first page must be destroyed. Mercilessly.

*goes back and listens to accent sample*

o.O

He sounds like he has a crayon shoved up his nose. I think I will agree with you about the death and/or destruction of that accent.

*goes back and listens to accent sample*

o.O

He sounds like he has a crayon shoved up his nose. I think I will agree with you about the death and/or destruction of that accent.

Good! We'll take (some) prisoners, though. We can deport them to New Zealand, corrupt their accent, and provide comic relief for the world. :)

The New Zealand guy sounds a little off for some reason. Maybe its the 23 years spent in isreal. Still sounds enough like a kiwi though.

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english41.html

The New Zealand guy sounds a little off for some reason. Maybe its the 23 years spent in isreal. Still sounds enough like a kiwi though.

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english41.html

Yeah, I didn't think it was a very good one....figured it was the Israel thing as well.

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english1.html

That's how I speak, pretty much.

Around Kansas City :).

When I first moved to the states I thought Missourians had Southern accents, because I had never heard people speak like they did before haha. Then I went down to the South, and oh my.....

yeah, we kansas city-ians havent got much of an accent.. pretty boring. of course we are semi-well known for dropping the last few letters of our words more then we should.

as for myself, i have always been a sucker for a lady with a light british accent.