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I don't mind it. But I don't love it, either.

If ever an American voice annoys me, it's because of the tone. American accent + cocky tone = incredibly irritating. British accent + cocky tone = Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw = awesome.



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Kantor said:
I don't mind it. But I don't love it, either.

If ever an American voice annoys me, it's because of the tone. American accent + cocky tone = incredibly irritating. British accent + cocky tone = Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw = awesome.

Not every American sounds like Makingmusic476!...!!!!!



Tease.

SeriousWB said:
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.

Technically your right, but I mean that I hate accents that aren't default accents.



Slimebeast said:
SeriousWB said:
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.

Technically your right, but I mean that I hate accents that aren't default accents.

There's no such thing as a default accent, especially for a country as large and diverse as the United States.



Khuutra said:
Slimebeast said:
SeriousWB said:
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.

Technically your right, but I mean that I hate accents that aren't default accents.

There's no such thing as a default accent, especially for a country as large and diverse as the United States.

In Sweden there is. "riks-svenska", meaning "national Swedish". People on Swedish TV and in the Stockholm area speak it.



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Slimebeast said:
Khuutra said:

There's no such thing as a default accent, especially for a country as large and diverse as the United States.

In Sweden there is. "riks-svenska", meaning "national Swedish". People on Swedish TV and in the Stockholm area speak it.

....now is that an accent or a dialect?

And how big is Sweden?



Also, if I go to an English class anywhere in the world, the teacher will (try to) speak "default" English, which is the clean English you hear on English TV.



Khuutra said:
Slimebeast said:
Khuutra said:

There's no such thing as a default accent, especially for a country as large and diverse as the United States.

In Sweden there is. "riks-svenska", meaning "national Swedish". People on Swedish TV and in the Stockholm area speak it.

....now is that an accent or a dialect?

And how big is Sweden?

I'd say dialect. But no one is calling it a dialect because it's the default.

What does it matter how big Sweden is? It's got many different regions.



Slimebeast said:
Khuutra said:
Slimebeast said:

In Sweden there is. "riks-svenska", meaning "national Swedish". People on Swedish TV and in the Stockholm area speak it.

....now is that an accent or a dialect?

And how big is Sweden?

I'd say dialect. But no one is calling it a dialect because it's the default.

What does it matter how big Sweden is? It's got many different regions.

There's a difference between dialects and accents. Most United States citizens speak in dialects that are similar enough to one another that they're hard to tell apart for native speakers, but almost every single region has its own accent that is completely dissimilar to many others.

It matters because getting a standardized dialect or accent is a lot harder with a larger population.



Khuutra said:
Slimebeast said:
Khuutra said:
Slimebeast said:

In Sweden there is. "riks-svenska", meaning "national Swedish". People on Swedish TV and in the Stockholm area speak it.

....now is that an accent or a dialect?

And how big is Sweden?

I'd say dialect. But no one is calling it a dialect because it's the default.

What does it matter how big Sweden is? It's got many different regions.

There's a difference between dialects and accents. Most United States citizens speak in dialects that are similar enough to one another that they're hard to tell apart for native speakers, but almost every single region has its own accent that is completely dissimilar to many others.

It matters because getting a standardized dialect or accent is a lot harder with a larger population.

I dont really understand this.

Besides, in Sweden the words are used so that a "dialect" is a regional variant of pronouncing the language, while "accent" only applies to a foreigner pronouncing the language.