Wouldn't it be neat to know where accents come from? Many of the different accents came from people who have ancestry from the same places. But as they were separated by time & space different accents emerged.
Some very distinct accents I can think of are...
Southern
Ausie
English (British)
Joysey (Jersey)
etc.
I would love to know where these accents got their beginning and how they became so entrenched in a geographical area.
I wonder sometimes if an accent might eventually boil down to the influence of one person way back when.
These are just some of the odd things I think about from time to time.
Wouldn't it be neat to know where accents come from? Many of the different accents came from people who have ancestry from the same places. But as they were separated by time & space different accents emerged.
Some very distinct accents I can think of are...
Southern
Ausie
English (British)
Joysey (Jersey)
etc.
I would love to know where these accents got their beginning and how they became so entrenched in a geographical area.
I wonder sometimes if an accent might eventually boil down to the influence of one person way back when.
These are just some of the odd things I think about from time to time.
It gets better-Missouri bootheel southern is distinct from Virginian southern, and both vary from Louisianan southern. There are also several very distinct British accents. In northern Missouri there is an accent that's distinct from southern or central Missouri. I never did figure out where that one came from.
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It gets better-Missouri bootheel southern is distinct from Virginian southern, and both vary from Louisianan southern. There are also several very distinct British accents. In northern Missouri there is an accent that's distinct from southern or central Missouri. I never did figure out where that one came from.
Yep... there are tons of them. I used to be a part of a forum that was frequented by a Brit. I asked her why Brits don't pronounce their T's. As it turns out that is distinct to certain areas and she had never noticed that before and found it interesting once I pointed it out.
The only accent I absolutely cannot stand is the East coast Boston one, for which Ted Kennedy is best known for. It grates on me like fingers on a chalk board.
The only accent I absolutely cannot stand is the East coast Boston one, for which Ted Kennedy is best known for. It grates on me like fingers on a chalk board.
LOL! I know what you mean. Headed out there (Hartford) in a couple weeks.
I guess we will give them a pass, seeing it's unintentional...
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It has always made me wonder how North American accent in English came to differ so much from British English! The settlers came from Britain! Maybe it is the confusion of other accents from other national origins that changed the accent in English.
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I don't think I have a Texas accent, but some Yankees tell me I do.
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