Why kind of American accent do you have.

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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by hadespussercats » Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:38 pm

klr wrote:I have to say that simplifying certain words - e.g., pronouncing "premiere" as "prem-eer" - grates on me.
I do that. I only say three syllables if I'm acting fancy.
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:39 pm

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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:...an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.
Thanks, and agreed. I just don't hear a difference between of pronunciation Valley-Girl talk and what may be generally termed a Californian accent. All I hear is a difference in intonation.
There are a lot of different ways to talk that are all from California. It's a really big state.
Yeah, the Oregon-border area is mellower than the Bay Area, to my ear.
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by hadespussercats » Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:42 pm

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klr wrote:I have to say that simplifying certain words - e.g., pronouncing "premiere" as "prem-eer" - grates on me.

Not to mention al-you-min-ee-yum.


(And then there is the whole "hundreds and thousands" debacle! :leave:
I explained this one already. ALCOA- the Aluminum (note the spelling) Company of America changed the spelling of the word for branding purposes. And since pretty much all the aluminum in America comes via ALCOA, their version spread and stuck.

If you say al-you-min-ee-um here you sound like a pretentious dingbat.
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:56 pm

hadespussercats wrote:
Cormac wrote:
klr wrote:I have to say that simplifying certain words - e.g., pronouncing "premiere" as "prem-eer" - grates on me.

Not to mention al-you-min-ee-yum.


(And then there is the whole "hundreds and thousands" debacle! :leave:
I explained this one already. ALCOA- the Aluminum (note the spelling) Company of America changed the spelling of the word for branding purposes. And since pretty much all the aluminum in America comes via ALCOA, their version spread and stuck.

If you say al-you-min-ee-um here you sound like a pretentious dingbat.
There's an ALCOA plant in Lafayette, Indiana. If you see a semi trailer with "Wabash National" on it, it came from Lafayette because the aluminum was readily available.
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by hadespussercats » Sat Apr 27, 2013 2:07 pm

Are Wabash cannonballs made of aluminum? :D
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Apr 27, 2013 2:11 pm

hadespussercats wrote:Are Wabash cannonballs made of aluminum? :D
Actually, there's a drink called the Wabash Cannonball sold at the local bars. It's quite disgusting.
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Kristie » Sat Apr 27, 2013 3:00 pm

I got 'neutral'. But, I've been told I have a bit of the south in my voice, especially certain words.

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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by SteveB » Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:58 pm

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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I thought you read his book! If you actually think that was written by a genuine brit, you had better stick to proof-reading strictly American writing!
Bangers and Mash? Gorblimey! The only way it could be more British is if each story ended with 'Ave a banana! :hehe:
'Ave a banana? What's this? I'm not familiar with this expression. Is it terribly British? It's not too late to edit my book!
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Jason » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:04 pm

Neutral

You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

Like most Canadians (Besides Islanders, other weird Eastern places, Quebecers, and natives).. although I've been told I sound Albertan since I've lived here in B.C. I don't know what to make of that.

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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Svartalf » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:44 pm

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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Svartalf » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:47 pm

hadespussercats wrote:
Svartalf wrote:The quiz pinned me to the Northeast... I'll need new yorkers of bostonians to meet me to compare notes.
I'm both, but apparently I can't help you there. :sulk:
Your not pronouncing it that way doesn't mean you're not familiar with people around you having a weird accent.
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Re: Why kind of American accent do you have.

Post by Hermit » Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:28 pm

hadespussercats wrote:ALCOA- the Aluminum (note the spelling) Company of America changed the spelling of the word for branding purposes. And since pretty much all the aluminum in America comes via ALCOA, their version spread and stuck.
ALCOA was founded in 1888 under the name of Pittsburgh Reduction Company. 80 years earlier Humphry Davy identified the existence of a metal base of alum, which he at first termed alumium and later aluminum. More on the etymology of aluminum / aluminium here.
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