What kind of accent do you have?
EyeBrock @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:11 pm
That is well true.
EyeBrock @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:13 pm
Newfies are just so Irish/English it's untrue. You guys have way more in common with Brits and Irish than you do with all these Toronto wankers.
xerxes @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:16 pm
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
Yea but I can tell within 2 or 3 miles in Manchester ( a city of 5 million people) where they are from. The same is not true in NA.
It used to be like that about 50 odd years ago in NA. Because people move around a lot in NA, a lot of the accents have become diluted and less geographically distinguishable.
coaster_dot @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:16 pm
I realized that the further away you are from a big city, the more of a accent you will here.
EyeBrock @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:24 pm
50 odd years ago bollocks mate. I have studied this stuff. There are few parts of North America that accents have been preserved since first settelement. NFLD is different as whole communties moved from Eire and southwest England straight to NFLD. The accents remained because of the 'outports'.
Accents in the UK have survived at least a 1000 years, give or take the odd linguistic tweak.
Proculation @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:30 pm
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
But in fact, I have a french accent lol.
In French, I have a "region" accent. I put a lot of "circonflex accent (^)" on my vowels.
Choban @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:32 pm
I have a western accent from being in Calgary for the last 17 years, when I get drunk or hang out with down homers I usually slip a bit and start sounding like them, I have some french friends too so sometimes I sound french.
rawmeat @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:36 pm
North Central
What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before.
EyeBrock @ Wed May 20, 2009 4:40 pm
I'm sorry, but the accent thing in North America is nothing like the UK and Eire. Very minor differences within States doesn't comapare to huge linguistic changes in the UK or Eire within 10 miles.
But it's nice that you guys hark back to the old countries.
ShepherdsDog @ Wed May 20, 2009 5:52 pm
neutral...this why Canadians are used by news services. As for North Americans not having regional accents EB, you've obviously never been north of the Garlic Curtain.
'Boris, vat you tink of my new trock?'
'Vell, Vlad I tink she pretty smart lookingk somnabeetch, but not as nice as my new trasher and swatter dat I buy in Attlebert(spelled Ethelbert).
While this slavic accent is dying out, it can be found in many smaller communities west central Manitoba going west into Saskatchewan, which PJB can confirm.
mtbr @ Wed May 20, 2009 6:13 pm
Neutral, if I spend a month in Northern Ireland or a weekend at my inlaws it can change real fast. 
EyeBrock @ Wed May 20, 2009 6:23 pm
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
neutral...this why Canadians are used by news services. As for North Americans not having regional accents EB, you've obviously never been north of the Garlic Curtain.
'Boris, vat you tink of my new trock?'
'Vell, Vlad I tink she pretty smart lookingk somnabeetch, but not as nice as my new trasher and swatter dat I buy in Attlebert(spelled Ethelbert).
While this slavic accent is dying out, it can be found in many smaller communities west central Manitoba going west into Saskatchewan, which PJB can confirm.
'Boris, vat you tink of my new trock?'
'Vell, Vlad I tink she pretty smart lookingk somnabeetch, but not as nice as my new trasher and swatter dat I buy in Attlebert(spelled Ethelbert).
While this slavic accent is dying out, it can be found in many smaller communities west central Manitoba going west into Saskatchewan, which PJB can confirm.
Nah mate, you've never been to the UK where 2 miles travelled means you speak well differently!
Brenda @ Wed May 20, 2009 6:28 pm
Northeastern
This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn't sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn't mean you don`t pronounce R's.(People in Jersey don`t call their state "Joisey" in real life)
novachick @ Wed May 20, 2009 6:28 pm
HAHA I almost sound like a Canadian . Go figure EH!
My Results:
North Central What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before.
Gunnair @ Wed May 20, 2009 6:30 pm
Northern (west coast) all you other easterners speak like Frenchmen from Toronto chewing peanut butter and crackers...