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tarheel91 on 10 February 2010

There isn't really one American accent. Different regions sound very different. The closest you'll come to a universal accent is that of areas where people are from all over (e.g. around Raleigh in North Carolina, So Cal, Southern Florida, etc.).



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Squilliam on 10 February 2010
twesterm said:
Boring, only Texas sounds normal.

Texas is where Santa Claus spends his summers right?



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alekth on 10 February 2010

I have no precise idea how exactly those accent listed sound. I like Edward Norton's accent, and I'm too lazy to check where he's from.



mrstickball on 10 February 2010

So since I live in Columbus, I have the steriotypical American accent, eh?

Well, to be fair, the 'typical' American accent ranges from PA to CA. I'm not a foreigner, so I can't really say :-p



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pastro243 on 10 February 2010

Which is the normal accent in USA? I would guess the one they use in TV shows mostly(except when they want to portrait a guy with other accent). Id say the one that bothers me is the one they use for farmers or gangsters on tv.

I also dont like the way latins speak in english(At least when they speak like the stereotype).



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CommonMan on 10 February 2010

The average American accent would be the "Accent Neutral" dialect that is taught to newscasters I guess, the closest it comes is to a California accent. Here in lovely Minnesota, we've got a pretty pronounced accent (think the movie Fargo but tone it down a few notches), it is what it is. Texans make fun of me, but I can always be secure in knowing that none of my relatives are married to their sisters/brothers/cattle.

For the record, the sexiest accents are: British, Scottish and French. For women that is. American, not so hot.



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highwaystar101 on 10 February 2010

I've often wandered what English sounds like to someone who doesn't speak it. I bet it sounds slow and clunky.



SeriousWB on 10 February 2010
Slimebeast said:

In general I hate accents. Usually people with accents sound low class and uneducated, no matter which country it is.

That said, I do like some Irish and Scottish dialects. (maybe it's those around big cities? I have no idea).

Everyone has an accent.



famousringo on 10 February 2010

There are so many different American accents, I don't think I can nail down what a person from Ohio sounds like. Most of them seem to have a strong emphasis on 'a' sounds and a slight nasal quality. The average American accent sounds as if its designed to cut through the noise of a crowd, which makes it sound a little obnoxious if there's no crowd to be overcome.



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damkira on 10 February 2010
dtewi said:
twesterm said:
Boring, only Texas sounds normal.

Texas sounds normal? Yeah right. The Northeast sounds normal.

No, you're wrong. California sounds normal... and to a lesser extent, Utah and Wyoming.