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04/25/12 2:47 PM
TalkingInCircles wrote:You know, his accent doesn't seem that accent-y to me in that video. I'm not especially fond of southern accents (sorry! just seems weird to my northern practically accentless home, haha), but his didn't bother me at all. He sounds normal to my ears. Like not overwhelmingly Texan sounding. (I'm not sure if I'm articulating this well...)
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04/25/12 3:35 PM
One4KC wrote:I don't pick up much of a distinct accent in Florida.My brother-in-law from Chicago says we don't even try to say the syllables. Ha.
xena40403 wrote:Those darn i (ice, nice, right, tight) words get me teased every time! I draw them out. When I first said ice....they thought I said ass.
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04/25/12 5:51 PM
Fastbak wrote:Oh my God, Fastbak, if this ain 't a small world.......that video you posted is my hometown at .48.� (Whitesburg, Kentucky).� The guy talking at 1:14 about not knowing people spoke differently untilhe joined the Navy is our former county(Letcher) judge executive.� In the heart of coal country.�The radio show is however, is from a county over and the where Rebecca Gayheart hails from Perry CountyCounty and her hometown is Pine Top. �Just had a new baby with Eric Dane April 22.Angeleena Presley from Pistol Annies is from just down the road in Martin County, a town called Beauty.Loretta Lynn, Dwight Yoakum, Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley, The Judds, Billy Ray Cyrus are all fromthis area with Kenny Chesney from just over the border in Virginia about 75 miles.Ain't�that a kick in pants......thanks so much for posting can't wait to share on Facebook.The guy talking about people stopping in the road to talk happens here too...they notonly know each other they are probably family. I grew up in San Francisco and the only southern accents I heard on a regular basis was on the Dukes of Hazzard show!Here's a good documentary about American accents:
04/25/12 5:57 PM
"And I'm in a new relationship, and when that happens, all your time goes into that." That's really cool OneForKC! http://blog.zap2it.com/fr...ts---im-super-proud.html Kelly has a boyfriend? who knew?! LOL. The selfish fan in me hopes not all her time goes into that Yoohoo, Kelly, we're still here *waves*
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04/25/12 6:04 PM
Fastbak wrote:"And I'm in a new relationship, and when that happens, all your time goes into that." That's really cool OneForKC! http://blog.zap2it.com/fr...ts---im-super-proud.html Kelly has a boyfriend? who knew?! LOL. The selfish fan in me hopes not all her time goes into that Yoohoo, Kelly, we're still here *waves* Yeah, but she's devoted so much time to just work these past couple of years that she should enjoy this new relationship too! I hope her life right now feels like this montage!
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04/25/12 8:06 PM
dclarke50 wrote:TalkingInCircles wrote:You know, his accent doesn't seem that accent-y to me in that video. I'm not especially fond of southern accents (sorry! just seems weird to my northern practically accentless home, haha), but his didn't bother me at all. He sounds normal to my ears. Like not overwhelmingly Texan sounding. (I'm not sure if I'm articulating this well...) That made me laugh out loud. Northern accents sound just as "odd" or "funny" to southerners......lol
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04/25/12 8:09 PM
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Fastbak wrote:"And I'm in a new relationship, and when that happens, all your time goes into that." http://blog.zap2it.com/fr...ts---im-super-proud.html Kelly has a boyfriend? who knew?! LOL. The selfish fan in me hopes not all her time goes into that Yoohoo, Kelly, we're still here *waves* Yeah, but she's devoted so much time to just work these past couple of years that she should enjoy this new relationship too!
"And I'm in a new relationship, and when that happens, all your time goes into that." http://blog.zap2it.com/fr...ts---im-super-proud.html Kelly has a boyfriend? who knew?! LOL. The selfish fan in me hopes not all her time goes into that Yoohoo, Kelly, we're still here *waves*
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04/25/12 8:19 PM
As a native Texan, I can honestly tell you that Brandon definitely has a heavy southern accent. LOL! I have been told that I myself don't have one with the exception of the way I say pie as in apple pie and my use of y'all from folks from all over the country.
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04/25/12 8:48 PM
I should have specified I'm from the west coast, so that's what I meant about not really having a distinct accent - (According to what I've learned in college: Back when people from various European countries were first immigrating to America, they brought all their unique accents with them. This is why on the east coast, there are so many different accents, even in small areas. In Boston there are apparently at least half a dozen different accents - all in one city! As people migrated west, the accents kind of melted together, and that is why the further west you go, the more people sound the same to each other. Linguists say that people in southern California and northern Washington, and everything in between, all talk pretty much exactly the same. They also state that it is true that by them time you get to the west coast, the English we speak doesn't really have an "accent" - it's more like the absence of accents or something. So it is true that I'm basically accentless, although I do still sound different, even weird, to someone from the south or wherever. In case you wanted to know all that! I didn't mean to write so much, so I'll stop now.)
04/25/12 11:19 PM
Fastbak wrote:I should have specified I'm from the west coast, so that's what I meant about not really having a distinct accent - (According to what I've learned in college: Back when people from various European countries were first immigrating to America, they brought all their unique accents with them. This is why on the east coast, there are so many different accents, even in small areas. In Boston there are apparently at least half a dozen different accents - all in one city! As people migrated west, the accents kind of melted together, and that is why the further west you go, the more people sound the same to each other. Linguists say that people in southern California and northern Washington, and everything in between, all talk pretty much exactly the same. They also state that it is true that by them time you get to the west coast, the English we speak doesn't really have an "accent" - it's more like the absence of accents or something. So it is true that I'm basically accentless, although I do still sound different, even weird, to someone from the south or wherever. In case you wanted to know all that! I didn't mean to write so much, so I'll stop now.) I saw something on television where they explained that when Webster's Dictionary was first published in the early 19th century as the midwest was being settled it helped standardized the language and flatten the vowel sounds of a lot of words . I'm from San Francisco and the only thing that indicates is I use "hella" to mean "a lot" a lot! I grew up saying it and "hecka". Like I got hella tired playing basketball. orThat's hella stupid. and There was hella rain yesterday. It's become more widespread now thanks to No Doubt!
04/25/12 11:25 PM
bixblitz wrote:Fastbak wrote:"And I'm in a new relationship, and when that happens, all your time goes into that." http://blog.zap2it.com/fr...ts---im-super-proud.html Kelly has a boyfriend? who knew?! LOL. The selfish fan in me hopes not all her time goes into that Yoohoo, Kelly, we're still here *waves* Yeah, but she's devoted so much time to just work these past couple of years that she should enjoy this new relationship too! She's always said that if she found someone to make time for, she'd make time for them and.... she's making time for someone right now. I can't make myself be selfish over this because we've had her to ourselves for nearly 10 years. It's new, it's exciting, it's all kinds of things and it'll even out over time. patience grasshopper.
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04/25/12 11:31 PM
TalkingInCircles wrote:Fastbak wrote:I should have specified I'm from the west coast, so that's what I meant about not really having a distinct accent - (According to what I've learned in college: Back when people from various European countries were first immigrating to America, they brought all their unique accents with them. This is why on the east coast, there are so many different accents, even in small areas. In Boston there are apparently at least half a dozen different accents - all in one city! As people migrated west, the accents kind of melted together, and that is why the further west you go, the more people sound the same to each other. Linguists say that people in southern California and northern Washington, and everything in between, all talk pretty much exactly the same. They also state that it is true that by them time you get to the west coast, the English we speak doesn't really have an "accent" - it's more like the absence of accents or something. So it is true that I'm basically accentless, although I do still sound different, even weird, to someone from the south or wherever. In case you wanted to know all that! I didn't mean to write so much, so I'll stop now.) I saw something on television where they explained that when Webster's Dictionary was first published in the early 19th century as the midwest was being settled it helped standardized the language and flatten the vowel sounds of a lot of words . I'm from San Francisco and the only thing that indicates is I use "hella" to mean "a lot" a lot! I grew up saying it and "hecka". Like I got hella tired playing basketball. orThat's hella stupid. and There was hella rain yesterday. It's become more widespread now thanks to No Doubt! That's interesting! I didn't know about the dictionary standardizing English in that way.And I didn't realize "hella" was a regional thing - I've been hearing it since I was in like 6th grade, and I thought it was said everywhere, haha! Of course, that's also when No Doub't Rock Steady album came out, so that must be it!
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04/25/12 11:39 PM
One4KC wrote:Whenever we travel and are called out about our accentspeople always think we are from Texas. Happens everytime.
04/26/12 12:18 AM
xBothEyesOpenx wrote:TalkingInCircles wrote:Fastbak wrote:I should have specified I'm from the west coast, so that's what I meant about not really having a distinct accent - (According to what I've learned in college: Back when people from various European countries were first immigrating to America, they brought all their unique accents with them. This is why on the east coast, there are so many different accents, even in small areas. In Boston there are apparently at least half a dozen different accents - all in one city! As people migrated west, the accents kind of melted together, and that is why the further west you go, the more people sound the same to each other. Linguists say that people in southern California and northern Washington, and everything in between, all talk pretty much exactly the same. They also state that it is true that by them time you get to the west coast, the English we speak doesn't really have an "accent" - it's more like the absence of accents or something. So it is true that I'm basically accentless, although I do still sound different, even weird, to someone from the south or wherever. In case you wanted to know all that! I didn't mean to write so much, so I'll stop now.) I saw something on television where they explained that when Webster's Dictionary was first published in the early 19th century as the midwest was being settled it helped standardized the language and flatten the vowel sounds of a lot of words . I'm from San Francisco and the only thing that indicates is I use "hella" to mean "a lot" a lot! I grew up saying it and "hecka". Like I got hella tired playing basketball. orThat's hella stupid. and There was hella rain yesterday. It's become more widespread now thanks to No Doubt! That's interesting! I didn't know about the dictionary standardizing English in that way.And I didn't realize "hella" was a regional thing - I've been hearing it since I was in like 6th grade, and I thought it was said everywhere, haha! Of course, that's also when No Doub't Rock Steady album came out, so that must be it!you guys are making me feel bad for not starting to study for my linguistics final yet.
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