Do you like my accent? (Europe, American, African, irish)

Tobias · 11-20-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by shiseido_red

Pretty much your accent is determined by the earlier years of your life when you're brain is still developing. So if you're, say, 21 years old and move to Ireland I doubt you'd take on an Irish accent.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It probably depends a bit on how old you are when you move there too. It seems like the younger a person is the more fully they pick up an accent of a place they move to.

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Originally Posted by xxawwxsugarxx

I'm pretty sure it's subconscious, though.

I don't think you can go somewhere and simply get the accent.

It's more that one spends so much time around people with a certain accent, that they speak like them because it's easier to converse.

Just like when a friend or someone you know well says something all of the time and you just adopt it because you spend so much time around them.

Like, everyone at my school says, "That's legit," when something makes sense.

Although I SAID IT BEFORE ANYONE AT MY SCHOOL and they all stole it.

Rawr.

But yeah.

>.>

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Originally Posted by xxawwxsugarxx

No I'm pretty sure it's possible.

I think my dad was older than twenty-one when he went to North Carolina.

makes sense. I guess I need to move to Ireland...just to see

Arya Stark · 11-20-2008, 08:25 PM

Go for it.

I heard they have grass roofs..

o.o

lucifer_sam · 11-20-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by shiseido_red

Pretty much your accent is determined by the earlier years of your life when you're brain is still developing. So if you're, say, 21 years old and move to Ireland I doubt you'd take on an Irish accent.

My (American born) friend lived in Germany for 2 1/2 years when he was in his early twenties and came back with a strong German accent. It took him about 6 months to lose it, and he went a second time for a shorter stint. He came back with the same accent.

Believe me, age isn't an issue to develop an accent. It's definitely your surroundings.

Arya Stark · 11-20-2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

My (American born) friend lived in Germany for 2 1/2 years when he was in his early twenties and came back with a strong German accent. It took him about 6 months to lose it, and he went a second time for a shorter stint. He came back with the same accent.

Believe me, age isn't an issue to develop an accent. It's definitely your surroundings.

Agreed. [=

Astronomer · 11-20-2008, 08:29 PM

Fair enough!

Arya Stark · 11-20-2008, 08:31 PM

Muaha.

**Janszoon** · 11-20-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by shiseido_red

It probably depends on the person. I have a friend who spent the first 15 years of her life in America. Now, she's been in Australia for 15 years but she still has the American accent.

Definitely depends on the person. I have a friend who moved to the US from Ireland when he was in his early to mid 20s and he pretty much sounds like an American. You have to listen to him for a while before you start to notice traces of an Irish accent.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 11-20-2008, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by savannah

you know, its funny that you say this,....while in europe, i found that people wanted to hear me talk,....and just talk about texas in general,...i got all kinds of crazy questions and free drinks because i've my texas southern drawl,.....

Sweet, a fellow Texan.

Seltzer · 11-20-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I don't have a Guernsey accent , thank god.

in other news...

garish

grocery mart

Oh, well the Guernsey accent is interesting to say the least. The lady in the second video is completely clueless.

I think my accent is easily moulded because I tend to imbibe the accent and lingual mannerisms of a person when they speak. By lingual mannerisms, I mean words/phrases which are commonly used by them... for example, does someone say "What is the time?" or "What time is it?" or something completely different? And I notice Indians and Sri-Lankans tend to say 'today morning' instead of 'this morning' which I suppose is quite logical when you consider 'yesterday/today/tomorrow morning'. And everyone has a palette of words which they use regularly (containing I think 1000 words or so) - some people stick to that palette and some people go beyond it in daily conversation. Either way there are certain pet-words which people favour and will use regularly.

Anyway... this is why my accent is influenced by those with whom I speak. I've tried but failed to retain my Aussie accent so I've ended up with a harmless mix of the two.

Anyway, here's Alan on South Africans (and their accents). Too bad only half the scene is here.

Tobias · 11-21-2008, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonace

Sweet, a fellow Texan.

there's quite a few of us on here

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