Do you talk like your regional stereotype?

[Oeditpus Rex]

I often wonder if Kitchy and LaraMN say "Oh, you betcha, yah!" or WIMR says "Pepperidge Fahm remembahs."

I've been told I have like a Kollyforniya accent, but I totally dunno what that, y'know, is. :shrug:









Dude.

[LeftyMom]

1. I do indeeed say "dude" and "hella" a lot. But less than XemaSab, fwiw.

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. I don't recall you sounding like overly, y'know, Kollyforniyan

I do recall you saying stuff in a way that's funny all by itself. :D

[LeftyMom]

10. Thanks!

I try not to devolve into stereotype too often, but I do catch myself doing it when I talk to friends that I grew up with.

[XemaSab]

50. Dude, like, why are you like, all hating?

:shrug:

[billyskank]

2. You've heard my voice so you can probably answer that better than I.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. You sound like a member of the House of Lords or something

Or that dude who does the elephant shows on PBS. :)

[XemaSab]

51. Right, right.

I say old chum, your accent's a lot less fruity than most of the newsreaders on the beeb, but you still sound veddy proper.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. No

I grew up on Long Island (lawn guyland) and nobody ever thinks I'm from there.

[Bennyboy]

4. DOOOOOOOD!

[femmocrat]

5. I can turn it off and on, depending on the situation.

I can speak Pittsburghese with the best of 'em, but at work, etc., I try to enunciate more clearly. Well, I try anyhow.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. No, I sound like I'm from nowhere.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Oh, yah, I sound like Marge in "Fargo."

[Kutjara]

11. Well, I'm told I have a "Mid-Atlantic" accent...

...that's a straight mix of generic "English" and generic "American." I guess that means I sound like I'm drowning.

[zanne]

12. No, but my husband does.

He grew up eight miles away from me, but he has a noticeable Yankee accent. A horse is a "hoss", winter is "winta", etc. (NH)

[SallyMander]

13. Not at all, people never believe i'm from Bahstun

I think it's because my mom is from western KY.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

14. I use "wicked" consistently.

Overall I don't think I'm that down-home, though. :D

[hippywife]

15. I've been told that

folks can tell I'm not from around here originally because of my obvious lack of any kind of accent at all.

[HEyHEY]

16. Yeah, I mumble and speak fast, like all true Vancouverites

[tigereye]

71. yeah, you have a bit of the north about you

you don't say eh, though! :hi:



I don't say yinz, myself.

[Forkboy]

17. "I was in L.A. and some chick asked me to say," Can you, like, park the car in Harvard Yard?"

I said no, what are you, retahded?

[TZ]

31. heh.

I had a TA at the University of Maryland that had a VERY thick Boston accent. We always made him say "Park the car in the garage".
And teased him unmercifully. I wonder what we sound like to you guys. Southerners I expect...:rofl:

[Forkboy]

43. Everyone else sounds dumb to us.

:D

My quote was the great Boston comedian Steve Sweeney, a big home town favorite, unknown almost everywhere else, sadly.

[Cabcere]

18. Sometimes.

I do say "y'all" a lot (and no, not when I'm only talking to one person :mad: ) because it makes sense to me, and in certain situations I tend to lay on the drawl a little more - like when I'm trying to be polite/reassuring/charming to people from the area (usually older, but not always). :shrug: And yes, it works...I don't really know why. I guess it's a form of code-switching or something. Incidentally, I used to tease my mom about how her accent thickened when she talked with her grandmother on the phone, but then I realized that I did the same thing when talking to my cousin from the same area (rural NC). :shrug:

[TZ]

21. I do the y'all thing too. Picked up here I am sure.(from Ohio originally)

When I visit my cousins in Colorado they tell me I have an "Eastern Accent", whatever that means. They don't sound like they have an accent to me.:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. I'd love to hear Python in a Suthuhn accent

"What's y'all's name?"

"What y'all a-lookin' fer?"

"How fast is 'at bird a-flyin'?"









:hide:

[Cabcere]

27. Smart-ay-uss.

:P :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. That's just how Rev. Billy says it!

"Ay-uss." :rofl:



(He's from Chromosome, N.C.)

[Cabcere]

45. Haha, I was hoping the inflection would come across on the computer screen.

:P :hi:


(Chromosome? Interesting...)

[Oeditpus Rex]

63. He used to do a thing in his shows

at the end of "Mennonite Surf Party" where he'd say, "Turn to the person on your left, whether you know 'em or not, and say, 'Eat shit and die!'" Then, "Turn to the person on your right and say, 'Kiss my ay-uss!'"



So, yeah. I know that one. :D


(Rev. Billy's actually from Aiken, S.C., but his First House of Polyester Worship and Horizontal Throbbing Teenage Desire, Our Lady of the White Go-Go Boot, Lord of the 40-Watt Undulating Lava Lamp, Apocalyptic No Pizza Take-Out after 12, Shrine of the Rasslin' JEEsus, Achy-Breaky Love Tabernacle is in Chromosome.)

:)

http://www.reverendbilly.com/

[Cabcere]

68. Hahaha! Excellent.

Thanks for the link. :hi:

[quip]

29. I picked up using "y'all" when I lived in Tucson. It's very down-to-earthy, IMO

I have also found myself altering my laugh around different people. :crazy:

[TZ]

34. ....

You know, they have doctors to treat that sort of thing now.....;-)

[Fox Mulder]

19. I don't know a single Minnesotan that talks like that.

Whenever I go out of state (I'm also located in Minnesota), people ask me if I'm from Canada because of my "accent".

It annoys me.

[quip]

22. Yah. Does hosers der can just get out.

:D :hi:

[Fox Mulder]

25. Ya, sure, you betcha.

Hoser. :) :hi:

[quip]

30. Hey, dere, Fox, if you are near da Twin Cities, we'd love ta see ya next month at da

MN DU soirée thingie dere. :hi:

[Fox Mulder]

32. I'll be moving closer to The Cities in a couple of months.

Hopefully I'll make it then. :) :hi:

[quip]

35. Closer to Da Citz? Excellent. Just in time for a get together without scarves!

(barely) :P

[Fox Mulder]

36. No kidding, eh?

It is warming up here. Now it's only -15 degrees F with a wind chill of -28.

Heat wave. :)

[TZ]

28. Is that even English?!

:P

[quip]

33. What it dere, missy. Dis is Astley Country around here....

:evilgrin:

[TZ]

37. Really. Well I think I might move to James Country....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7453242#7453953

:evilgrin:

[XemaSab]

58. Oh yeah. I have fambly in Minnesota, an dose Canadians all sound like

my relatives, dontcha know?

[lost-in-nj]

20. NOOOOO

Everyone thinks we are supposed to sound like
Tony Soprano.....

NO WAY


that dialect is in the towns closest
to NY


blech


lost

[SalmonChantedEvening]

24. No, but I will Boo at any sporting event.

:hide:

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. I don't know, what's my regional stereotype?

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. I don't think you've got one

Unless it's just reallyreallyfastfromallthecoffee. :P




Hey, I heard your voice once — you had a video on your MySpace page or somethin'. :shrug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

41. That's right, I did.

Hehe :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

42. Well...?

What happened to it? :shrug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

44. LOL I moved it around in photobucket account.

So the link is broken.









..... :P

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v693/Rev_Acts/Beep%20Beep/?action=view¤t=8230f550.flv

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. You just sound like you

I love the look on your face when you can't decide what your name is. :rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

48. Well, you try and pick one!

I have a new one too, Pev_Acts! :o






HEY! I have hearts. :blush:

[Oeditpus Rex]

65. Of *course* you have hearts

You'll probably get at least two for each toe.

:eyes:

[fizzgig]

40. i have no idea

i don't know what my regional stereotype is supposed to sound like

[LostInAnomie]

46. I don't know. Does Indiana have a regional stereotype?

I say "What the shit!?" a lot. :shrug: :shrug:

[XemaSab]

49. Dude! Like, totally.

:D

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

52. I sometimes wonder if I'm picking up a Texas drawl

Several attorneys in my office have it, and I'm afraid it'll rub off. Someone haul me out of here before someone gets hurt!

[rocktivity]

53. I didn't know there was such a thing as a New York city accent

until my mother's doctor said I had one. Of course, SHE sounds like she just fell out of a episode of "Murder She Wrote!"

:rofl:
rocknation

[crim son]

54. Hell no.

But I've lost almost all of my Canadian accent.

[last_texas_dem]

55. Probably not as extreme as my regional stereotype, but

I have a moderate southern accent that is stronger in different situations. I don't even think I have that much control over the amount that it changes. If I'm in a situation where I'm nervous or trying to get something over with, or if I'm uncomfortable with the person I'm talking to (unless I'm angry, in which case it gets stronger), it disappears for the most part. If I'm around people I'm comfortable with, relaxed, tired, etc., it comes out, and I'll play it up in circumstances where that's actually helpful. I think many people seem to find you more likeable with a southern accent, even if they also assume you're dumber than them.

I don't use too many southern "terms", though; at least nothing obvious comes to mind- with the exception of "y'all" a beautiful and practical creation which deserves to catch on all across the nation.

[Redstone]

56. Nah. I never describe anything as being "wicked good."

Redstone

[krispos42]

57. Not too much

I'm from Connecticut, but the southwestern part. My dad is from Illinois, and my mom is from Brooklyn, so while I use New England words for the most part, I don't sound either like a New Yawker or a Bahstahnian.

I've adapted to the Frozen Tundra in that I stopped saying "route" and say "highway" instead. But I still put my groceries in a bag, drink soda, and go to the liquor store.

[TZ]

62. Hey that map is great!

I remember being confused as a child growing up in MD, where it was always "soda", when I went to visit my relatives in Cleveland and it was ALWAYS pop!:)

[BreweryYardRat]

59. Yeah.

My voice would be screwed-up anyway -- it's very monotone, and I've had people tell me that to my face -- but it seems to make my Southern accent a lot thicker than you'd expect from someone born and raised in South Florida.

I've had people ask me if I'm from backwoods Alabama, for crying out loud!

[Pacifist Patriot]

60. I so have a Florida accent.

Bwa!

Born in Atlanta, raised in....Germany, England, Georgia, New Jersey, Alabama, Virginia, Massachusetts, Florida...I think I sound like I speak "network English," but anyone who has heard me is free to correct me on this point.

[Guava Jelly]

61. Hell i dunno

I talk like a white guy

[Squatch]

64. Nah freilich...wenn i' a biss'l etwa gesauft hab'

dann wird's echt Boirisch

[SPKrazy]

66. I have NO ACCENT whatsoever

:D

prove me wrong :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

67. Not really, but then I wasn't born here. I do say "y'all" though.

:shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

69. Not anymoah

I moved away from RI and lost my accent.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

70. I Don't Know. What Are Jerseyans Famous For Saying?

[RainDog]

72. this totally accurate test...

:eyes:

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

says I have a southern accent... which people who are not from the south also say. southerners where I grew up say I "sound like a yankee." to which I say "pa-raise jeeeezus!"

[NC_Nurse]

73. Not really. A real Carolina accent is much more striking

than mine. We moved a lot when I was a kid, so I may have a bit of Southern, not much.

[Adsos Letter]

74. I was born and raised in California...

and everyone says I sound like I'm from Texas... :shrug:

[Inchworm]

75. Regional is hugh!!!11!1!!

I have southern hillbilly, mixed with Florida cracker seasoned by midwestern vernacular tangled with bar and county jail.

So I'm goin with eastern region :)

:shrug:

[NewWaveChick1981]

76. I say "y'all" a lot, but I don't have a really deep Southern accent.

:hi: It's more of a refined Southern accent with a tiny little Yankee thrown in. I grew up in the South, but my dad's from Pennsylvania, so I learned a few things from him.

[DarkTirade]

77. I lived in FL for 20 years so I say 'y'all' now and then

but that's it.

[mitchum]

78. Only if I'm pulled over by a cop or have to take my car into the shop

[PassingFair]

79. I am from bland Michigan.

Newscasters come here to learn how to speak without
accents of any kind.

We are a tiny bit nasally. Just a tiny bit...

[Ariana Celeste]

80. i dunno

do i?

you definitely sound like a left coaster

[Oeditpus Rex]

82. Dude, you're the archetype of Teh Left Coast Voice

First time we talked, I was like, "ZOMD, she's a grunge hippie goth emo stoner!" :D

[Ariana Celeste]

83. hehe

sounds about right XD

[Digit]

81. I am in NC, and so far, I have not picked up on too much of the accent

Although I did naturalize into "Hey" instead of "Hi" as the greeting.
I have also been told that they hear something else in my accent, and when I tell them my mother was German, they nod. I guess it might be in my syntax.

[raccoon]

84. Yes. Molasses over hominy, as was said of Shelby Foote,

the man from MS who was in the Burns Civil War miniseries.

Edited because I remembered his name.

[Shell Beau]

98. He was actually from my hometown!

[sakabatou]

85. No

Is there a stereotype for people in the the Bay Area (CA)?

[Call Me Wesley]

86. I've been told

I have some furriner's accent. Don't know why this happened, with all my educashun 'n stuff.

And no, it's not British!

[Oeditpus Rex]

91. Mister, you no understand

Look, he's a spy and I'm a spy, he work-a for me. I want him to find out-a something, but he no find out what I wanna find out. Now how am I gonna find out what I wanna find out if he no find out what I gotta find out?

[Call Me Wesley]

94. That's an impostor!

He had a fine NY accent! He was as Italian as you and ... never mind.

[Call Me Wesley]

95. That's an impostor!

He had a fine NY accent! He was as Italian as you and ... never mind.

[Oeditpus Rex]

99. Look, I explain it to you

Sometimes you no got enough, it'sa too much, you gotta whole lot. Sometimes you got a little bit, you no think it's enough. Somebody else maybe thinks it'sa too much, it'sa whole lot too. Now, it'sa whole lot, it'sa too much — it'sa too much, it'sa whole lot. Same thing.

[Call Me Wesley]

100. Nah ...

I'd like to stay and see that.

This might be another double post brought to you by DU. Thank you for your patience.

[PVnRT]

87. Southern Indiana creeps into my voice every now and then

I also say "fuck" a lot. All the fuckin' time.

[Burma Jones]

88. If I am a certain amount of drunk or sleepy, I get a Greater New Orleans accent

Given that I grew up all over the place - I went to a different school each year from K through 6th Grade - spending two years of my childhood in Louisiana seems to have stuck somewhere.

[Iggo]

89. Totally.

[Coyote_Bandit]

90. No - but probably that is because

I used to do a lot of drama and competitive speaking in junior high and high school - and I took voice lessons to learn to enunciate and speak properly.

[TrogL]

92. I went on a choir tour of England and Scotland

Came back saying stuff like...

"Aye, it's brilliant, eh?"

[KamaAina]

93. Eh, you know da kine?

Hardly. Only when I'm "doing' it, like an actor would.

Then again, which regional stereotype should I play to? In order, Bawlmer, southern Conn., SF, Chicaaaago, N'Awlins, NY/NJ area, and now Hawai'i.

If I move again, I'll probably need subtitles...

[redqueen]

96. Yup... sometimes.

Depends on whom I'm around... when I'm at work I'm less likely to slip into it... but at home, or if I'm on the phone with someone who talks like I do, then it comes out.

I used to feel bad about it... but now I don't give a shit. :)

[Shell Beau]

97. I talk with a deep southern accent but not country like many people

think southerners talk.

[intaglio]

101. Varies

I live in Cornwall and often come out with "Whes it too?" "Yer tiz" or even "Hows it, mi Bird"

[Mutley]

102. I dunno, hon.

A word or two might slip in once in awhile.

[Oeditpus Rex]

104. Purely by accident, of course

:rofl:

[MissMillie]

103. oh.. you have no idear

I've got a wikkid Bahstahn accent!

[argyl]

105. I can speak in an accent that is hard to peg but I choose to palaver in a Texas twang

so yeah, I usually sound pretty much like a good ole boy,albeit a good ole boy with longer than shoulder length hair,and an attitude and the facts to make hash out of the arguments any Bushbot may care to advance. The ones I work with don't even bring the little shit up anymore. And most of them will now freely admit what a disaster he's been.But I can't take credit for that;the credit belongs to Smirk.

[Z_I_Peevey]

106. I reckon so.

Okie, with a side order of Mississippi.

Hey y'all.