NationStates Jolt Archive

(Poll'll be up in a minute)

Someone who speaks Mandarin Chinese with a Scottish accent.

Ze spanish

Seth Effrican :D. If I got to choose my accent at birth, it would definitely be South African.

My DCN prof - a Scot - had the most amusing accent. ^_^

Central East-Coast USA

I have the most amusing accents. All 500 of them.

Crikey!

It is really hard. I love most British accents: I'm very partial to English, Irish, and Scottish. But if I had to choose one or be executed, then I would probably just say British, though the English have those fecking awsome pronunciation of "issue" and "schedule". But I even prefer Irish expletives, so I am going to choose Irish.

Well, by definition the California accent* is cool. But anyway....


I would have scoffed at this except just today in a playwrighting workshop there was a chick there with an Irish accent describing her play which I decided was the greatest story ever told. I don't know what it was and I don't care. I just wanted her to keep talking about it.


*Yes we have accents, a few actually. The Valley accent is one ("Like, oh m'god...") Most of them have commonalities, like softening the ends of words such as never pronouncing the 'g' of words that end in -ing. (We're goin' somewhere, etc. Granted a lot of accents have that, but it's the easiest to talk about without being able to verbalise.) It also has a lot of legato tongue (s'up instead of what is up). Dude functions in the same way as Smurf. Depending on where you are from you have an opinion on the word 'hella'.

I would have scoffed at this except just today in a playwrighting workshop there was a chick there with an Irish accent describing her play which I decided was the greatest story ever told. I don't know what it was and I don't care. I just wanted her to keep talking about it.
I know exactly what you mean.

Chicks with Irish accents always melt my butter :)

Nothing beats an angry German.

"Behold! Ze ultimate veapon! Kitties!"

"Aww, they're cute."

"NEIN! Ze are veapons!"

Texas, yall!

Nothing beats an angry German.
You seem to be forgetting angry Scots, then.

You seem to be forgetting angry Scots, then.

I especially like Scottish expletives.

Wisconsin. Da up nort accent. It's not quite Minnesotan, don't ya know? It's not exactly Canadian, eh? It's da Wisconsin accent. Where we shoot da turdy point bucks.

If I could find one yank who can replicate an Australian accent without it sounding like an incredibly exaggerated one (by North Queenslander terms) I would be happy. It's really quite simple. Do a British cockney accent then slow it down because of the heat in the climate. There you have it. Minnesota accents are so bloody funny though. Makes most Canadians sound less goofy. However we Australians do like to rup un the Nuw Zullandas. What with their fush and chups... Now that I've managed to thoroughly insult most people I'll leave now.

I vote för te sweeedes, wee haav te best an cooolest äcksent. ;)

I vote för te sweeedes, wee haav te best an cooolest äcksent. ;)

Do they have Sven and Ole jokes in Sweden, or is that just a Upper Midwest thing?

Do they have Sven and Ole jokes in Sweden, or is that just a Upper Midwest thing?
We don't have those Sven and Ole stories...it's probably a upper midwest thing.
I found some at Internet and they are alright, mate. :D

We do have many jokes about norwegians. Ole is a norwegian name, you know.

Scottish.. Sean Connery have a lasting impression on me.

If I could find one yank who can replicate an Australian accent without it sounding like an incredibly exaggerated one (by North Queenslander terms) I would be happy. It's really quite simple. Do a British cockney accent then slow it down because of the heat in the climate. There you have it. Minnesota accents are so bloody funny though. Makes most Canadians sound less goofy. However we Australians do like to rup un the Nuw Zullandas. What with their fush and chups... Now that I've managed to thoroughly insult most people I'll leave now.

Youer frund in tha frudge!:D:D:D

I've always loved British accents. They have a unique way of stating the obvious ("Mind the Gap", "Way Out", "What's all this then", "Right!!!") that I've learned mostly from Monty Python and Harry Potter. I'm from Philadelphia, and when I visited London, I may as well have been speaking French....it was very interesting, to say the least.

Aussie accents are cool too, especially when I hear Elle MacPherson's voice... ;)

New Yorkers, on the other hand, always sound to me like they speak completely through the nose.

What? No arab or jewish accent?

They usually talk like their clearing their throat.

Crikey!
Mate!

Irish without a doubt

Scottish.. Sean Connery have a lasting impression on me.

shcotish...

Others

Others
Arrrrgh Matey

I vote others too. My current favourite is flemish accented english. But that probably has more to do with my girlfriend than anything else :D

Holy Heck! A SOUTHERN accent isnt on the poll?? Well kiss my grits!

*goes back to snappin' beans*



I am a sucker for a British accent and Scottish accents are kinda cool too. I also like a Boston accent and Brooklyn. Although now that I've heard Aerou's voice sample, I have to say the Polish accent is now on my list of favorites! yay Aerou! :)

Swedes... preferrably hot blondes attached to those accents..

Tie between Brits and Irish, which I don't hear much of in the middle of America :(

Bostonian accent.

Don't pahk ya cah in havad yahd.

I also like how we break down every word to as few syllables as possible; especialy names. Oh yes, and it's a frap, not a milkshake.

I said Brits, to be more exact Lancashire Brits!

It is really hard. I love most British accents: I'm very partial to English, Irish, and Scottish. But if I had to choose one or be executed, then I would probably just say British, though the English have those fecking awsome pronunciation of "issue" and "schedule". But I even prefer Irish expletives, so I am going to choose Irish.

Eh, kind of finding it interesting that you call them British accents collectively. Scottish and Irish and British accents are completely different, even though the Scots Gaelic and Irish languages are close enough. The pronunciation differs greatly from each of the three areas - they are seperate and can't really be referred to as a group

I said Brits, to be more exact Lancashire Brits!
I thought you left us Tink

I thought you left us Tink
i did, but now I'm bored so I came back :fluffle:

i did, but now I'm bored so I came back :fluffle:
wow my first fluffle
anyways welcome back

wow my first fluffle
anyways welcome back
thanks

I'm partial to Brit-ish and frum thuh south. Afterall, I'm frum Phlooriduh. I can't help it but laugh when British people are in an arguement. Especially in British films. They're not that funny in terms of comical value, but man, their expressions and language use. "Fuh-ing Kroist, ya blimey bostord" Anything but New England accents! Florida is South New York; I'm so sick of NY, NJ, and Bawstun accents. :mp5:

thanks
no problem :fluffle:

Now that I have thought about it for a second, Eskimos have the coolest accents.

Circus folk, all that Helium :)

I got yer fancy poll rite here buddy! We New Yawkers dont got accents, you ignoramus!!

;)


ps- Sorry, it's raining hard here and we were late getting into Grand Central this morning. AND there was no lox spread when I got my bagel!! :(

I grew up in northern Wisconsin... very Scandinavian/German in accent.

for instance, no rounding of the vowels... in California, an "O" is pronounced "eh-ooh". In wisconsin, it is pronounced "oh".

THE FUNNIEST accent I've ever heard can be found in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan.

It is a WAY EXTREME version of the Wisconsin accent.

If you saw the movie Fargo... that is a mild UP accent. Minnesotans/Wisconsinites do not have accents as extreme as that in Fargo, and the Fargo accent is not as hilarious as that in the UP.

If a Yooper says the word, "Jesus"... it sounds like a donkey screaming, "EEE-AAAA"

Boston accents are quite interesting.

BASTIN?! WICKED HAHD! (hard)

I gotta say, the wierdest thing I have heard is a black person with a french accent. It's like ebonics with a French culture to it. :)

How come, we have Brits and Scots on the options. The Scots are Brits, they are not English or Welsh, but they are Brits. (Devolution for England.)

I hate to say it, but you forgot Poland. They´ve got a pretty cool accent.

Go Sox! We Love You Nomaaaaaaaah! :)