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What brand of English do you speak?

Nanatsu no Tsuki
25-03-2009, 02:36
Yes NSG, what brand of English do you speak?

I, and those who have spoken with me, agree that I speak with American undertones when I speak English.
Zombie PotatoHeads
25-03-2009, 02:36
shyte mostly.
Vetalia
25-03-2009, 02:37
American, the only English there is. Everything else is just an imitation.
Cannot think of a name
25-03-2009, 02:38
I have a pretty clear Californian accent.
Sarkhaan
25-03-2009, 02:38
American English with a combination of Western and Eastern (specifically, Bostonian) New England accents.
Hydesland
25-03-2009, 02:42
English English.
AB Again
25-03-2009, 02:43
Portuguese - see Hamurabs thread on the evolution of God.
greed and death
25-03-2009, 02:43
Texan.
Der Teutoniker
25-03-2009, 02:49
I speak with da Minn-e-sodan accent hey.
Conserative Morality
25-03-2009, 02:51
I don't even know.:$
Getbrett
25-03-2009, 02:52
Middle-class Glaswegian Scottish.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
25-03-2009, 02:53
I've recently followed my own advice and sold the naming rights to my language. I now speak "Starburst Fruit Flavor Explosion English."
It's a lot like normal English, but I have to constantly compare things to Starbursts. For instance, my daily conversations are almost as filled with references to the juicy flavor of Starburst as actual cherry-flavored Starbursts are filled with AIDS infected blood.
Sarkhaan
25-03-2009, 02:54
I speak with da Minn-e-sodan accent hey.

don'cha know?
Hammurab
25-03-2009, 02:55
Portuguese - see Hamurabs thread on the evolution of God.

Would you be interested in work as a translator?
Der Teutoniker
25-03-2009, 02:59
don'cha know?

eh der... don't make fun!

:tongue:
Hammurab
25-03-2009, 02:59
I've recently followed my own advice and sold the naming rights to my language. I now speak "Starburst Fruit Flavor Explosion English."
It's a lot like normal English, but I have to constantly compare things to Starbursts. For instance, my speech daily conversations are almost as filled with references to the juicy flavor of Starburst as actual cherry-flavored Starbursts are filled with AIDS infected blood.

I am compelled by regulation to provide the necessary materials to you in your primary language.

Therefore, the following homosexual overture is going to be far less dignified then if I could use Portuguese or Esperanto.

Wow, your asscrack is like the tart lemon of a Starburst candy!
Assburgh
25-03-2009, 02:59
I talk Hillbilly. If I were to name my own language or accent I guess I would call it flatuance of the face english. `
Der Teutoniker
25-03-2009, 02:59
as actual cherry-flavored Starbursts are filled with AIDS infected blood.

Hmm... I'd better cut back then, I suppose?
AB Again
25-03-2009, 03:00
Would you be interested in work as a translator?

Pode ser, depende em parte em quanto paga e em parte no tamanho da obra!
Lunatic Goofballs
25-03-2009, 03:00
http://www.boomspeed.com/looonatic/english.wav

:)
greed and death
25-03-2009, 03:01
http://www.boomspeed.com/looonatic/english.wav

:)

So your dialect is Samuel L. Jackson then ?
Nanatsu no Tsuki
25-03-2009, 03:01
Pode ser, depende em parte em quanto paga e em parte no tamanho da obra!

Vamos, pero si el portuguesillo me ha salido algo holgazan y tal. Si la paga es buena, curratelo!
Galloism
25-03-2009, 03:05
I speak a special "Low-IQ English." It allows me to avoid using all the extraneously elongated terminology that NSG utilizes in habitual discourse.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
25-03-2009, 03:06
I speak a special "Low-IQ English." It allows me to avoid using all the extraneously elongated terminology that NSG utilizes in habitual discourse.

:eek2:
Hammurab
25-03-2009, 03:07
Pode ser, depende em parte em quanto paga e em parte no tamanho da obra!

I shall use my tremendous powers of deduction to determine what this means...

"I must make potty, Sir, which depends in part on how many pre-christian spiritual beliefs can celebrate with a large red fruit in women's lingerie."
Lunatic Goofballs
25-03-2009, 03:07
I speak a special "Low-IQ English." It allows me to avoid using all the extraneously elongated terminology that NSG utilizes in habitual discourse.

*defenestrates you*
Conserative Morality
25-03-2009, 03:08
I speak a special "Low-IQ English." It allows me to avoid using all the extraneously elongated terminology that NSG utilizes in habitual discourse.

I see what you did there. -.-
Galloism
25-03-2009, 03:08
*defenestrates you*

I learned a new word!
Lunatic Goofballs
25-03-2009, 03:09
So your dialect is Samuel L. Jackson then ?

My dialect is the one that says, "Bad Motherfucker". :cool:
Sarkhaan
25-03-2009, 03:09
eh der... don't make fun!

:tongue:
Sorry...my 8th grade history teacher was from Minnesota.
"You tell that Tess that Mrs. Hallbach is on a war path. That was unacceptable behavior, don'cha know?"

I speak a special "Low-IQ English." It allows me to avoid using all the extraneously elongated terminology that NSG utilizes in habitual discourse.

"And you, sir, are a festizio"
Rolling Dead
25-03-2009, 03:11
I speak whi' cheh Good Ol' Southern Accent.

Heh you go dow to the store eh?
AB Again
25-03-2009, 03:12
I shall use my tremendous powers of deduction to determine what this means...

"I must make potty, Sir, which depends in part on how many pre-christian spiritual beliefs can celebrate with a large red fruit in women's lingerie."

OK - In English - 'Could be - it depends partly on how much it pays and partly on the amount of work"

However, as my native language is English (of Her Majesties variety), if you want English translated to Portuguese, H2 - being Brazilian - would be better at it than I would.
Smunkeeville
25-03-2009, 03:13
Oklahoman, we say things like "y'all" and "yonder" and we call everything by brand names even if we don't have that brand.......the couch is a "davenport" the ice box is a "fridgidaire" the tub with the bubbles is a "whirlpool", when you get hurt you get a "bandaid" when you sneeze you get a "kleenex" and when you're thirsty you get a "coke" even if it is a Dr. Pepper. Also, Spanglish.
Lunatic Goofballs
25-03-2009, 03:14
I learned a new word!

I entertain and inform. :cool:
Sarrowquand
25-03-2009, 03:16
Overly americanised British English.
Liuzzo
25-03-2009, 03:28
Yes NSG, what brand of English do you speak?

I, and those who have spoken with me, agree that I speak with American undertones when I speak English.

I speak the American dialect of English with a blended accent that mixes Southern Appalachia and Brooklyn, NY. It could be because I've lived in the southern parts of the US, as well as Brooklyn, the NJ Shore, and now the northern NJ suburbs. I say both Y'all (although I try not to) and dog (pronounced dawg). That work for you Nanatsu?
Nanatsu no Tsuki
25-03-2009, 03:29
I speak the American dialect of English with a blended accent that mixes Southern Appalachia and Brooklyn, NY. It could be because I've lived in the southern parts of the US, as well as Brooklyn, the NJ Shore, and now the northern NJ suburbs. I say both Y'all (although I try not to) and dog (pronounced dawg). That work for you Nanatsu?

Gracious of you, darling. :)
Big Jim P
25-03-2009, 03:30
Texan
The Parkus Empire
25-03-2009, 03:31
Eclectic.
Liuzzo
25-03-2009, 03:35
Gracious of you, darling. :)

It is wise to defer to those who are more elegant and beautiful than yourself. Tis why I bow to you out of honor and respect. On a side note, Barney Frank (Who I always wish to call Fife) calling Justice Scalia a homophobe is the giggliest I've been in quite some time.
Poliwanacraca
25-03-2009, 03:36
I shall use my tremendous powers of deduction to determine what this means...

"I must make potty, Sir, which depends in part on how many pre-christian spiritual beliefs can celebrate with a large red fruit in women's lingerie."

Stop trying to kill me! I just about choked to death with laughter, damn you!

To answer the actual question, I speak pretty much standard, newscasterish American English. The only trace of a non-standard accent I have that I'm aware of is a tendency to pronounce the word "for" as "fər" or "f'r".
Smunkeeville
25-03-2009, 03:40
Stop trying to kill me! I just about choked to death with laughter, damn you!

To answer the actual question, I speak pretty much standard, newscasterish American English. The only trace of a non-standard accent I have that I'm aware of is a tendency to pronounce the word "for" as "fər" or "f'r".

Yeah, apparently my OK accent comes out when I say lawyer, because it sounds like LA/yər.
Chernobyl-Pripyat
25-03-2009, 03:42
mid-western american if I hide my obvious accent. I can sound like a Brit at times, too.
Marrakech II
25-03-2009, 04:09
Standard American accent which means I do not have an accent. Same as the common tv accent. Here is a test I found. In this test they call it the Midland accent.

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
25-03-2009, 04:18
I am compelled by regulation to provide the necessary materials to you in your primary language.

Therefore, the following homosexual overture is going to be far less dignified then if I could use Portuguese or Esperanto.

Wow, your asscrack is like the tart lemon of a Starburst candy!
Are you saying you'd like to share something juicy with me?
Because, unfortunately, Fiddlebottoms' homosexual phase has gone the way of the Lime Starburst. That is to say, it was wildly unpopular with the purchasing public, and not even moving to Baja, California (for a limited time only!) helped increase demand.
Skallvia
25-03-2009, 04:18
I speak a very Southern-American English dialect, however, I have almost no accent, so the main thing is just the slang of the area...
The Final Five
25-03-2009, 04:21
i speak UK English and im well spoken but not posh accent wise
Sarkhaan
25-03-2009, 04:30
Standard American accent which means I do not have an accent. Same as the common tv accent. Here is a test I found. In this test they call it the Midland accent.

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

I ranked highest for midland and northeast...not a bad test, but misses out on certain aspects of my accent (I drop T's, have started to drop R's, etc)
NERVUN
25-03-2009, 04:30
Depends. Now-a-days I find myself speaking ALT English which is very slow with great emphasis on sounds and avoids any long or complicated words.

When I get annoyed or excited I slip back into my native Nevadan accent and modes of speach.
Megaloria
25-03-2009, 04:50
Canadian with a touch of Bad.
Wilgrove
25-03-2009, 04:53
American English with a slight Southern accent.
Neo Art
25-03-2009, 04:55
My english is the bastard hybrid of an american boy who grew up in a former British colony.
Skallvia
25-03-2009, 05:19
My english is the bastard hybrid of an american boy who grew up in a former British colony.

Which Colony?
Sapient Cephalopods
25-03-2009, 05:40
While my accent has shifted a bit, I speak the Texas variant of Gulf Southern American, with some local Houston variations.
Elves Security Forces
25-03-2009, 05:47
American English with a slight Texan accent.
Errinundera
25-03-2009, 05:50
Somewhere between "broad" and "general" Australian; not as clichéd as Steve Irwin but broader than Cate Blanchett.
Neo Art
25-03-2009, 05:51
Which Colony?

Grenada
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 05:57
I would say australian English but then there are different accents to it. So mine is much more East coast which means 'a' is much more pronounced in words such as dance, graph and plant rather than a pommy accent which has speak those words with a plum in their mouth. Other parts of this accent will also say words such as school as skwel.
Errinundera
25-03-2009, 06:00
...Other parts of this accent will also say words such as school as skwel.

skwel?

You mean skewel?
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 06:01
skwel?

You mean skewel?

Yes that is much closer.
Pope Lando II
25-03-2009, 06:15
I have a pretty clear Californian accent.

Dude - no way! That's, like, totally what I've been told too! I was like: dude, what? I'm not even, like, from California, but he was all like: yeah, but you totally sound like it, for reals. I was hella confused.
Pope Lando II
25-03-2009, 06:17
Grenada

Were you there when Clint Eastwood invaded and killed all those Cubans? That looked pretty cool.
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 06:22
Actually speaking Australian english I will also say the "yeah nah" bit, and having grown up in the 90's also saying "but" as the end of some sentances but that has stopped and only occasianly siad.
Port Arcana
25-03-2009, 07:15
Mid-Atlantic English.
Pope Lando II
25-03-2009, 07:16
Mid-Atlantic English.

Are you a mer-man/maid? If so, cool! :)
Landrian
25-03-2009, 08:18
Although I don't typically have much of a noticeable accent, in Maine we pronounce "car" as "cah" and my dad says "wicked" like "wicket".
SaintB
25-03-2009, 08:29
There is brands of English? I just buy the cheap stuff...
Cameroi
25-03-2009, 08:34
northern california amerenglish mostly, though my mother, who is now 90, happy birthday to mom, her birthday was yesterday, well as i was saying, much of my life growing up, she still spoke broklinese, her having groan up on what was then the lower east side of that big place on the other coast, called nyny, in the 1920s. me though, we was in cali from the time i was 3. i've been a couple of places since then, but 40 of my 60 years at least, right here in placer county.
Dundee-Fienn
25-03-2009, 09:10
Ulster Culchie probably sums it up best. I tend to overly use words like "th'onder", "th'onyin", etc and instead of "cat, car, cow" I end up saying "kyat, kyar, kyow". It does drop off a lot however when i'm not at home.
United Anacreon
25-03-2009, 09:10
Very powahful singlish lah!
Pope Lando II
25-03-2009, 09:11
Ulster Culchie probably sums it up best. I tend to overly use words like "th'onder", "th'onyin", etc and instead of "cat, car, cow" I end up saying "kyat, kyar, kyow". It does drop off a lot however when i'm not at home.

What do those mean? I'm guessing the second isn't a contraction of "the onion." :tongue:
Taboksol
25-03-2009, 09:20
Standard so-called-"Middle-Class" Scottleburgish (I resent the indignation; I'm scum and probably speak with more clarity than most of these posh-speaking silver-tongue psychos). I use, to a fleeting degree, various artifacts of working class slang too; without pronouncing them properly and possibly coming off as some kind of 'faggoty weirdo' to others. Most often, I forget apologetics and pronounce the hard sounds, as one example of many many mistakes in adopting slang.
Risottia
25-03-2009, 09:23
I would like to speak RP.
Two days ago I sustained an oral entry test for a course of English (First/Proficiency and TOEFL) and I was placed into the "upper-intermediate" class. The teacher (an American I'd guess from the accent) told me that my pronounciation is foreign, yet quite understandable.

Overall, I've been told by many English-speaking people that my attempts at British English have a German sound. Must be the 8 years of German at school.
SaintB
25-03-2009, 09:23
People say I speak totally generic english :S
Taboksol
25-03-2009, 09:29
People say I speak totally generic english :S

Microsoft Sam synthesizer style then?

That'd be hilarious. "OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW". Have you ever seen the Speakonia videos on YouTube?
Peisandros
25-03-2009, 09:53
Lower North Island Pakeha English.
Whampoa
25-03-2009, 10:06
i speak jibberish
Rambhutan
25-03-2009, 10:31
Middle-class southern England received pronunciation with a touch of midlands regional accent from living here so long, filtered through a vaguely hippy drawl.
Eofaerwic
25-03-2009, 11:08
The Queen's English of course. Actually not quite that posh, Received Pronounciation is probably a better descriptor (aka BBC english) with the occasional hint of franglais in there.
New Kereptica
25-03-2009, 11:25
New England English, with undertones of British English.
Agolthia
25-03-2009, 11:58
Ulster Culchie probably sums it up best. I tend to overly use words like "th'onder", "th'onyin", etc and instead of "cat, car, cow" I end up saying "kyat, kyar, kyow". It does drop off a lot however when i'm not at home.

I love the bolded pronunciations.

I'm a mix of Belfast, Portadown accents with a slight hint of Dubs. Its an intresting combination.
South Lorenya
25-03-2009, 12:11
The correct (suburban new york) form. :D

...and occasionally the Alexander Yalt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao) version :p
Extreme Ironing
25-03-2009, 12:14
Home Counties, dear.
Kryozerkia
25-03-2009, 12:24
Some kind of hybrid Canadian English, since I do have a valley twang mixed with the local dialect.
Itinerate Tree Dweller
25-03-2009, 12:51
I speak american english with a very midwestern/ohio accent.
Dundee-Fienn
25-03-2009, 13:02
What do those mean? I'm guessing the second isn't a contraction of "the onion." :tongue:

Th'onder = Over there

Th'onyin = That one over there

Edit :

e.g.

"Th'onders a qwer big kyow"

"Which one?"

"Th'onyin"
Bottle
25-03-2009, 13:06
I've been told I have a very odd speech pattern. I grew up in Minnesota but apparently don't have the "Minnesotan" accent because everyone tells me I sound like I'm from New York state. I lived in Boston for many years and have adopted some Bostonisms (I use "wicked" far more than is strictly necessary). And for absolutely no reason that I can think of, I've always used "bloody" as a curse word, which makes people ask me if I've spent time in England. I've spent a grand total of maybe 6 days in London, and I was saying "bloody" long before that trip.
Tiesa
25-03-2009, 13:11
I live in the South Suburbs of Chicago, and I speak American English with a distinct Chicagoan Accent. I don't say soda, I say pop, I don't say ATM, I say Cash station, and I prounounce Chicago "Shi-Caw-Go" over "Shi-Cah-Go."
SaintB
25-03-2009, 13:31
Microsoft Sam synthesizer style then?

That'd be hilarious. "OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW". Have you ever seen the Speakonia videos on YouTube?

No I said generic, as in really no accent or strange way of speaking. Not like a computer, that'd be weird.
Dundee-Fienn
25-03-2009, 13:35
No I said generic, as in really no accent or strange way of speaking. Not like a computer, that'd be weird.

Here comes the "there's no such thing as no accent" discussion
SaintB
25-03-2009, 13:40
Here comes the "there's no such thing as no accent" discussion

I agree, but people continue to insist I don't have one.
Dundee-Fienn
25-03-2009, 13:43
I agree, but people continue to insist I don't have one.

Post a sound clip
SaintB
25-03-2009, 13:43
Post a sound clip

Buy me a microphone.
Dundee-Fienn
25-03-2009, 13:46
Buy me a microphone.

Give me the cash
Sdaeriji
25-03-2009, 13:47
I pahk mah cah in Hahvahd Yahd, I think a drink from the bubblah is wicked awesome, I use my blinker before I bang a yooey when I go to the packie, I put jimmies on my Hoodsie cups, and I use elastics to hold the batteries in the clicker for the TV.

edit: Oh, and the thing you put your food in when you're shopping at the supermarket? A carriage. I didn't even know that was a local term.
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 13:47
Give me the cash

Get a job, hippy. :)
SaintB
25-03-2009, 13:48
I pahk mah cah in Hahvahd Yahd, I think a drink from the bubblah is wicked awesome, I use my blinker before I bang a yooey when I go to the packie, I put jimmies on my Hoodsie cups, and I use elastics to hold the batteries in the clicker for the TV.

edit: Oh, and the thing you put your food in when you're shopping at the supermarket? A carriage. I didn't even know that was a local term.

That's English?
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 13:54
edit: Oh, and the thing you put your food in when you're shopping at the supermarket? A carriage. I didn't even know that was a local term.

A carriage? They must be massive shopping trolley's to be called a carriage.
No Names Left Damn It
25-03-2009, 13:54
I speak English English, my dialect is mainly standard crossed with South-West, plus a little bit of Midlands.
SaintB
25-03-2009, 13:56
I've got a bad chest cold coming on anyway.
Sdaeriji
25-03-2009, 13:59
That's English?

A carriage? They must be massive shopping trolley's to be called a carriage.

I suddenly recall why I don't participate in threads about accents. Assholes who think that their way is the only right way of speaking the language, and act as if they don't have certain colloquialisms that people outside their region would find totally retAHded.
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 14:01
I suddenly recall why I don't participate in threads about accents. Assholes who think that their way is the only right way of speaking the language, and act as if they don't have certain colloquialisms that people outside their region would find totally retAHded.

I suddenly remembered why I don't post replies intended with harmless fun to you because any thing said in jest is taken far to serisouly.
No Names Left Damn It
25-03-2009, 14:03
edit: Oh, and the thing you put your food in when you're shopping at the supermarket? A carriage. I didn't even know that was a local term.

That's occasionally used by older middle class people over here.
SaintB
25-03-2009, 14:03
I suddenly recall why I don't participate in threads about accents. Assholes who think that their way is the only right way of speaking the language, and act as if they don't have certain colloquialisms that people outside their region would find totally retAHded.

You need to chill out and cultivate a sense of humor.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-03-2009, 14:17
American English with a bit of British English.
Tantranesi
25-03-2009, 14:28
Ich sprache DeutsheEnglisch y Espaningles and West Virginia English.
Aschenhyrst
25-03-2009, 14:28
American English, with a mix of midwestern and southern accents. Born and raised in the midwest, descended from southerners. I sound just different enough to either group that they think I`m from the other.
Kryozerkia
25-03-2009, 14:30
I suddenly recall why I don't participate in threads about accents. Assholes who think that their way is the only right way of speaking the language, and act as if they don't have certain colloquialisms that people outside their region would find totally retAHded.

Well, well, well... looks I get someone different to discipline today. ;)

Now then...There is no reason for calling people assholes. In fact, that whole comment was really not necessary. At least in the way you phrased it. Warned for flaming.
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 14:44
American English with a bit of British English.

What no Finnish accent behind it?
greed and death
25-03-2009, 14:51
What no Finnish accent behind it?

Finns all speak perfect American English out of high school. Signs of their superior education system.
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 14:53
Finns all speak perfect American English out of high school. Signs of their superior education system.

Yeah, except for those Finns which don't.
Holy Cheese and Shoes
25-03-2009, 14:59
BBC English. With a hint of ITV, Channel 4 and Orchard FM.
greed and death
25-03-2009, 14:59
Yeah, except for those Finns which don't.

its the law. If a fin doesn't speak perfect English he loses citizenship and is kicked out of the country.
Blouman Empire
25-03-2009, 15:00
its the law. If a fin doesn't speak perfect English he loses citizenship and is kicked out of the country.

haha then he is sent to the UK where they can't collect benefits because they didnt bother to learn the damn langauge.
greed and death
25-03-2009, 15:04
haha then he is sent to the UK where they can't collect benefits because they didnt bother to learn the damn langauge.

And they are officially called Polish.
Edwards Street
25-03-2009, 15:55
American English, Midwestern accent, note the location line....
DrunkenDove
25-03-2009, 16:29
I speak Oirish.
Davorka
25-03-2009, 17:29
Midwest/News Anchor/Non-Accented American English
Western Mercenary Unio
25-03-2009, 17:37
What no Finnish accent behind it?

Well, yeah. A bit.
Draksi maz
25-03-2009, 17:41
northen english english
Call to power
25-03-2009, 17:52
Northantonian flows through my lungs meh' duck

*makes some shoes*

Finns all speak perfect American English out of high school. Signs of their superior education system.

or rather that they watch allot of television

northen english english

ooo white fuckin' northern mon-ey :p
Blouman Empire
26-03-2009, 06:19
Well, yeah. A bit.

Yeah, mate that's what I thought. :p
Ryadn
26-03-2009, 06:25
I have a pretty clear Californian accent.

This. My accent stays pretty consistent, although the slang I use changes sometimes depending on who I'm talking to, but it's all NorCal slang (just different regions). Although sometimes I say certain words with a bit of a Chicago/Upstate NY accent that I picked up from my mom. This usually comes out in words like "box" and "card".
Anti-Social Darwinism
26-03-2009, 06:28
American Standard. My accent has been muddled up so much, no one can tell my origins (Northern California).
Ryadn
26-03-2009, 06:40
Very powahful singlish lah!

Dat one dun even count real language meh?
Lackadaisical2
26-03-2009, 07:14
"American Inland North"- In other words, great lakes region, NYS

I rather like the quiz someone posted before, as I find the Boston accent to be a bit annoying and unfamiliar- it got rated second lowest :)

And yes, it is "Pop".
Landrian
26-03-2009, 07:21
I pahk mah cah in Hahvahd Yahd, I think a drink from the bubblah is wicked awesome, I use my blinker before I bang a yooey when I go to the packie, I put jimmies on my Hoodsie cups, and I use elastics to hold the batteries in the clicker for the TV.

edit: Oh, and the thing you put your food in when you're shopping at the supermarket? A carriage. I didn't even know that was a local term.

Ah.. in Maine, its this, except the really old guys that sound like this plus "hick". They are so hard to understand when they're on the news...

Although I've always said shopping cart.
Pyschotika
26-03-2009, 08:10
Midwestern/Californian?

I've been nick named Gnarly Charlie once..

I don't know, you.. evaluate it.

Of course, then, I'd have to provide a clip.

However, if you're referring to text/typing then I'll say a combination of 'American' English and 'English' English.

I much prefer my u's behind my o's if you catch what I mean.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
26-03-2009, 12:33
Of course, then, I'd have to provide a clip.

Em... I refuse, now and ever again, to provide clips of my voice, either in Spanish or in English. I did once, enough is enough. <_<
Mirkana
26-03-2009, 15:45
American English, Pacific Northwest accent. I can also speak Britlish.
Stabistan
26-03-2009, 16:05
I speak in a very mild "New Yahk" accent with a smattering of british terms and slang.
The imperian empire
26-03-2009, 16:05
Real English.

I have a mixture of my Mothers south London accent, which I picked up from her and from where we lived in the early years, crossed with the mid/west Kent accent from my current location.

Its not pretty. And its a shame my Dad's middle/upper class Kentish accent didn't wash on me
Ifreann
26-03-2009, 17:34
Oirish, for obvious reasons.