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closeupready

(29,503 posts)
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 05:29 PM Jul 2014

American accent you find most annoying?


23 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
New York
4 (17%)
Boston
2 (9%)
Deep South
12 (52%)
Midwestern
1 (4%)
California
1 (4%)
Alaskan
0 (0%)
Other (specify below)
3 (13%)
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American accent you find most annoying? (Original Post) closeupready Jul 2014 OP
Proudly ignorant. It's found all around the country. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #1
That's a good point. closeupready Jul 2014 #2
Hope it's OK if I'm ordering a sammitch. bluedigger Jul 2014 #4
or happy valenTIMES day orleans Jul 2014 #51
Teen Girl Squad speaks to this issue ... dawg Jul 2014 #75
Absolutely! greatauntoftriplets Jul 2014 #68
Whatever you call that accent? You know the one? Where everything is a question? Even statements? arcane1 Jul 2014 #3
I think it's Jewish you're talking about? bluedigger Jul 2014 #6
LOL I'm thinking more of that white, SoCal "Valley Girl" type of accent arcane1 Jul 2014 #9
No way! Barf me out! bluedigger Jul 2014 #11
It's called "uptalk" Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #31
I think? pipi_k Jul 2014 #42
Good point? arcane1 Jul 2014 #44
other - those that speak Faux News/unhinged far right-ese NRaleighLiberal Jul 2014 #5
That Yelly one. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #7
Valley. So much the CA valley accent. Chan790 Jul 2014 #8
Yeah, that's the one for me, too - if accents had metaphors, closeupready Jul 2014 #10
But isn't that more lingo than an accent? ailsagirl Jul 2014 #29
Go to Huntington Beach. Throd Jul 2014 #37
I think we're mixing up "accent" with "slang" ailsagirl Jul 2014 #39
It was both. They sounded weird and used odd words. Throd Jul 2014 #43
Yikes!! ailsagirl Jul 2014 #53
Joisey Throd Jul 2014 #12
What exit? KamaAina Jul 2014 #13
Nobody talks like that here. name not needed Jul 2014 #14
I used to encounter it up around Tuxedo when I lived in Yonkers. Chan790 Jul 2014 #16
'Fargo' Electric Monk Jul 2014 #15
People don't really talk like that here in MN geardaddy Jul 2014 #96
I guess not many here have ever been sweet talked by a Southern Belle NightWatcher Jul 2014 #17
That's what I was thinking as well. Xyzse Jul 2014 #76
I have. Iggo Jul 2014 #109
Can't stand the Boston Packerowner740 Jul 2014 #18
my English mum would have disagreed Skittles Jul 2014 #100
Not only is it "fevah" MissMillie Jul 2014 #117
More and more, I'm beginning to sound like Art_from_Ark Jul 2014 #19
I see DU's usual hatred and bigotry against all things southern is still a constant CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #20
A poll on accents is "hatred"? Really? Arugula Latte Jul 2014 #27
Before I even opened the thread OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #55
It is certainly a good method of showing DU's bias. kentauros Jul 2014 #64
Well for one Sherman A1 Jul 2014 #62
I like all accents too. It's what I find interesting about the US... Phentex Jul 2014 #69
I love Rachel Maddow but her accent drives me nuts aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #21
But she was born and raised in the SF Bay Area ailsagirl Jul 2014 #28
It might come from her parents aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #33
That could very well be true ailsagirl Jul 2014 #116
I know what you mean about the uber rhotic "rrrrrrrr" thing. Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #32
I think she's from Castro Valley which is about 13 miles from Oakland, CA mackerel Jul 2014 #59
I speak with a Southern accent. Solly Mack Jul 2014 #22
W.F. Buckley Jr. The Second Stone Jul 2014 #23
I don't know the region or name of it, but the faux high-class/measured tone one. Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #24
I'm glad I live in Wisconsin. mysuzuki2 Jul 2014 #25
WisCAHNsin Skittles Jul 2014 #61
Ya got it right dere hey! mysuzuki2 Jul 2014 #72
Columbus Skittles Jul 2014 #77
There is a certain type of Texas accent that is the worst, IMO. Arugula Latte Jul 2014 #26
Philadelphia DFW Jul 2014 #30
I was born in Philadelphia and moved to Miami when I was 6 years old. RebelOne Jul 2014 #104
I definitely never got used to it. DFW Jul 2014 #111
I think I like most accents. herding cats Jul 2014 #34
Me, too ailsagirl Jul 2014 #41
me too, it is more certain kinds of voices that irritate me than accents Kali Jul 2014 #56
NY tabbycat31 Jul 2014 #35
"Other" = Texas TWANG, "John WAYNE" crap n/t UTUSN Jul 2014 #36
That is the one that makes me cringe, also. Think w and Rick Perry. femmocrat Jul 2014 #70
California has an accent? NV Whino Jul 2014 #38
I know what you mean! ailsagirl Jul 2014 #40
lol - if you were unaware of that, you haven't been paying attention. closeupready Jul 2014 #50
Midwestern, as in "Hai, Aim Bahb, Am frahm Ahia, an' Aye wanna baht'l of pahp!" Glorfindel Jul 2014 #45
That sounds like LOL Catese Sanity Claws Jul 2014 #73
Noo Yawk! pipi_k Jul 2014 #46
Most annoying? Marie Marie Jul 2014 #47
Sometimes I wonder what a pirate from Boston would sound like. Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #48
Arrrrgh... pipi_k Jul 2014 #65
... Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #67
Full onslaught Cajun alphafemale Jul 2014 #49
For me, it depends on what they're saying... Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #52
I hate when people say either "like" in every other word or "hella". nt Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #54
That's a Northern California accent. Xithras Jul 2014 #84
I heard that "hella" Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #85
Hunters Point or Hayward. Xithras Jul 2014 #94
Hunters Point is a section of SF. KamaAina Jul 2014 #115
None. I love language and all of its dialects! kentauros Jul 2014 #57
Right on OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #74
You have a beautiful soul MissMillie Jul 2014 #118
Thank you! kentauros Jul 2014 #119
It's not the accents that I find annoying, PumpkinAle Jul 2014 #58
Moon accent fucking drives me nuts. Systematic Chaos Jul 2014 #60
I chose Alaskan because until this poll, JoeyT Jul 2014 #63
I thought the same thing until pipi_k Jul 2014 #66
Sorry, New Yorkers and New Jersians. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2014 #71
Hate the Midwest/PA habit of dropping "to be" blueamy66 Jul 2014 #78
That's the first I've ever heard of that turn of phrase, closeupready Jul 2014 #79
I'm in Indiana and I hear it daily blueamy66 Jul 2014 #80
Well I'm familiar with "if ... needs changing, call Vinnie" or similar. closeupready Jul 2014 #81
Can't seem to find it..., blueamy66 Jul 2014 #82
Seriously? RobinA Jul 2014 #87
The last time that I Googled it, PA came up. blueamy66 Jul 2014 #89
It is common in western PA. femmocrat Jul 2014 #92
LOL blueamy66 Jul 2014 #98
I can't stand it... a la izquierda Jul 2014 #99
Could be.... blueamy66 Jul 2014 #110
That sounds British/Australian to me gollygee Jul 2014 #102
any accent where a hard O is pronounced the same as a hard OO Skittles Jul 2014 #83
Isn't That RobinA Jul 2014 #88
What about an accent where the word "wire" is pronounced "war"? aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #103
here in Texas when I hear OR pronounced as ARE Skittles Jul 2014 #105
Any accent when it is used to form hateful words. eShirl Jul 2014 #86
Well, yall can kiss mah foot! nt raccoon Jul 2014 #90
Fuhgeddaboutit! closeupready Jul 2014 #91
I really think this is an offensive topic.....JMHO a kennedy Jul 2014 #93
Upstate NY... Agschmid Jul 2014 #95
I don't really hate any accents geardaddy Jul 2014 #97
by "deep south" d_r Jul 2014 #101
You forgot the ultra twang of Dallas Texas... MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #106
lol Ross Perot is a great example nt d_r Jul 2014 #107
I like 'em all...especially the Southern ones. (n/t) Iggo Jul 2014 #108
Which NY and Boston accents? MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #112
The New England "Kennedy" thing. Bum did a baaaay bid a bum bum baaaayyy.nt clarice Jul 2014 #113
Here is a link of Jackie Mason doing Ted Kennedy and Kissinger. clarice Jul 2014 #114
I hate fake accents the most IronLionZion Jul 2014 #120
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Proudly ignorant. It's found all around the country.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 05:34 PM
Jul 2014

Folks who deliberately mispronounce words.

IE "eye-talians", instead of Italians.

People know better but wear their ignorance with pride.

bluedigger

(17,077 posts)
6. I think it's Jewish you're talking about?
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 05:41 PM
Jul 2014

One of my friends always "likes" it when I talk like his parents on FB.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
9. LOL I'm thinking more of that white, SoCal "Valley Girl" type of accent
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 05:45 PM
Jul 2014

Bonus points if creaky-voice is included.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
42. I think?
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:51 PM
Jul 2014

That's probably more a speech pattern?

Than an accent?

But whatever?


I hate it too?


Hee hee

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
7. That Yelly one.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 05:42 PM
Jul 2014

Y'know...the one that I don't listen to because it's loud and obnoxious and intended to sound threatening, but just makes me wanna punch someone in the face.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
10. Yeah, that's the one for me, too - if accents had metaphors,
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 05:51 PM
Jul 2014

Californian is verbal sign language. Many of that state's residents seem to skip critical thinking required in order to communicate well verbally, and go right for T&A, flash cards, and explosions.

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
29. But isn't that more lingo than an accent?
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 08:39 PM
Jul 2014

I am a native Californian and sure as hell don't talk like that! In fact, I was told that I have no discernible accent.

And, BTW, I understand that the most dominant accent in the US is the southern accent.

I like the fact that we all pronounce words differently-- it would be so boring if we all sounded the same.

I also like to point out to Europeans that there IS no such thing as "an American accent." Not with all our diversity.

Throd

(7,208 posts)
37. Go to Huntington Beach.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:31 PM
Jul 2014

I moved there right after high school and was astounded that a lot of people really did talk like that without a hint of irony.

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
39. I think we're mixing up "accent" with "slang"
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:44 PM
Jul 2014

This explains it far better than I.

Key Difference: Accent is a mark used to show the stress on a syllable or to pronounce with emphasis. Slang is a type of language that consists of terms, which are regarded to as unofficial way of speech.

http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-accent-and-slang
 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
16. I used to encounter it up around Tuxedo when I lived in Yonkers.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 06:48 PM
Jul 2014

North of the City, far bank of the Hudson. It's like where stereotypes go to die.

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
96. People don't really talk like that here in MN
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 11:04 AM
Jul 2014

Not even old people. It's an over-the-top take on the upper midwest MN-ND accent.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
76. That's what I was thinking as well.
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 12:37 PM
Jul 2014

If you listen to the guys, it just makes me cringe how bad it sounds.

However, the way Matthew McConaughey is done well.
I wish I could imitate that drawl.

MissMillie

(38,459 posts)
117. Not only is it "fevah"
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 09:00 PM
Jul 2014

but some of work in Boston and live in Wisstah (Worcester), and we eat chowdah. I used to live in Lestah (Leicester) and I worked at Hahvad (Harvard) so I know all of this without question.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
20. I see DU's usual hatred and bigotry against all things southern is still a constant
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 07:26 PM
Jul 2014

Anyone else bored with how fucking predictable this place is?

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
55. Before I even opened the thread
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 11:16 PM
Jul 2014

I knew that would be the results.

Would I get alerted if I said "fuck all y'all"? I better not then. But you's guys what voted southern can kiss my grits.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
64. It is certainly a good method of showing DU's bias.
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 07:51 AM
Jul 2014

If it had been posted in GD, then just multiple the above results by 5 or 10. One could also accurately surmise that the majority of DUers live in either the NE or the NW. The vitriol lobbed from those areas of the country at the southern states is palpable.

It's just too bad that so many people are so shallow.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
62. Well for one
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 04:04 AM
Jul 2014

I find no accents unbearable and always enjoy talking with a cousin who lives in rural NC. Love the way her voice sounds when we talk. I like you had a pretty good idea that southern would take a pretty good hit before I clicked on the poll and frankly find the poll to be something of a rather negative call out in general. It simply does not further the discussion at all.

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
69. I like all accents too. It's what I find interesting about the US...
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 09:46 AM
Jul 2014

I also know there are many different kinds of southern and I love that.

I have relatives in Wisconsin, New Jersey and Mississippi as well as here in Georgia. It's a blast to listen to everyone when we are all together.

I think this poll is divisive but at least it'll save me some future typing.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
21. I love Rachel Maddow but her accent drives me nuts
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 07:59 PM
Jul 2014

She has kind of a midwestern accent where she stresses the "r" sound ("rrrrrrrrr&quot and the "l" sound deep in her throat.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
33. It might come from her parents
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:14 PM
Jul 2014

And wide sections of California have been settled by midwesterners. Maybe she had them around her at school. Rachel's accent isn't as thick as some people from the midwest who have very pronounced "r" and guttural "l" sounds but I can hear it when she says a word like "old". The "l" is said in the back of the throat and dragged out. It's a testament to how much I like her for me to listen to her, as the midwestern accent is the one I don't care for. I like all the others, Boston, Brooklyn, southern, Maine, etc.

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
116. That could very well be true
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 08:14 PM
Jul 2014

I don't know if her parents were Californians by birth-- it's so hard to know much about accent origins but it's sure fun to speculate!

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
32. I know what you mean about the uber rhotic "rrrrrrrr" thing.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 08:49 PM
Jul 2014

My aunt used to care for an elderly French woman and I cracked up when she said that when she hears Americans talking, especially in a group, it sounds like a bunch of people just saying "RARR RARR RARR".

I know it was an exaggeration, but I know what she meant.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
24. I don't know the region or name of it, but the faux high-class/measured tone one.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 08:25 PM
Jul 2014

You see it depicted mostly by teens or 20-somethings on TV. Most noticeable thing is pronouncing seeming every vowel with a shallow short "u" sound. "Wet weather" comes out as "Wut Wuthuurrr".

Makes people sound like airheads.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
26. There is a certain type of Texas accent that is the worst, IMO.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 08:30 PM
Jul 2014

I'm not sure what part of Texas it is from, but it is awwwful.

DFW

(54,059 posts)
30. Philadelphia
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 08:40 PM
Jul 2014

Oh naaaayyooo, cumaawwwwn.

When I left for Massachusetts after five years, it was like hearing Simon and Garfunkle after hearing nothing but The Blue Cheer for five years.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
104. I was born in Philadelphia and moved to Miami when I was 6 years old.
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:03 PM
Jul 2014

But I have never lost my Philadelphia accent. Sorry you don't like it, but I am stuck with it. I now live in Georgia, but do not have a Southern accent.

DFW

(54,059 posts)
111. I definitely never got used to it.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 07:22 AM
Jul 2014

As for Georgia, there are LOTS of people who settle there from the North who never acquire a Southern accent. Even Newt Gingrich was from Pennsylvania and never acquired a Southern accent, and yet he got to be Speaker of the House from Georgia. No shame in being stuck with an accent. My wife still detects an Anglo accent in my German after 40 years, and her German accent takes Anglos about two and a half seconds to recognize.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
34. I think I like most accents.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:17 PM
Jul 2014

I can't think of one I've ever found really annoying. I enjoy regional flavor.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
56. me too, it is more certain kinds of voices that irritate me than accents
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 11:30 PM
Jul 2014

love accents, and I love to be somewhere where there are multiple languages being spoken. Just love the feeling.

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
35. NY
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:24 PM
Jul 2014

And I say this as someone who was born and raised in the NYC suburbs (my parents are not from NY and corrected us as kids if we spoke like we were from NY).

I listen to my friends with NY accents and think I'm watching a Geico commercial featuring the Brooklyn Bridge.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
38. California has an accent?
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:39 PM
Jul 2014

Who knew?

I've always been amused that British TV shows (generally speaking, but specifically MI5) represent the USA with a (horribly done) southern accent.

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
40. I know what you mean!
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:47 PM
Jul 2014

Certainly we on the west coast have less of a regional flavour than, say, mid-westerners, southerners, or east coasters.

IMO

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
50. lol - if you were unaware of that, you haven't been paying attention.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 11:01 PM
Jul 2014
There are so many examples - a good recent one is from the most recent Survivor season - the Asian-American guy from the San Francisco area whose accent was SO thick, that it became a legitimate target of scorn from some of the other contestants. I'll see if I can find an example(s).

Glorfindel

(9,706 posts)
45. Midwestern, as in "Hai, Aim Bahb, Am frahm Ahia, an' Aye wanna baht'l of pahp!"
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 10:28 PM
Jul 2014

Translation: "Hi, I'm Bob, I'm from Ohio, and I want a bottle of pop." Naturally, as a hillbilly from the southern Appalachians, I have no accent at all.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
47. Most annoying?
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 10:40 PM
Jul 2014

Whatever it is that comes out of Sarah Palin's mouth. Oh wait, not an accent - just stupidity mixed with screech. Never mind.

Xithras

(16,191 posts)
84. That's a Northern California accent.
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 09:38 PM
Jul 2014

The use of the word "like" is common in Californian English throughout the state, but "hella" generally pinpoints someone as being from Northern California. As a born and bred Northern Californian, I have to admit that I use it a lot more than I should. I grew up with it, and in this part of the state it's hella common.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
85. I heard that "hella"
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 03:02 AM
Jul 2014

started either right here in Oakland or in SF. It's no wonder why I hear it so much.

Xithras

(16,191 posts)
94. Hunters Point or Hayward.
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:48 AM
Jul 2014

Depending on which version of history you choose to believe, it probably started in one of those two cities. Objectively, it looks like it got started in Hayward, and then spread into Oakland where it became common, and radiated outward from there.

Hearing it is still uncommon outside of California, and hella rare on the east coast. With so many people moving out of California over the past few decades, it's starting to become a bit more common in some of the surrounding states though. Much of my family now lives in Oregon, and according to my nieces and nephews the "California Accent" (including the word Hella) is common enough that nobody pays attention to it anymore.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
115. Hunters Point is a section of SF.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jul 2014

Down in the southeast corner, near Candlestick Park (for now, anyway ).

It is the center of what remains of The City's African American community. Gentrification has followed a new Muni line down there.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
57. None. I love language and all of its dialects!
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 12:02 AM
Jul 2014

Now, what does annoy me is when people think I'm stupid and uneducated simply by my Texas accent.

Maybe that's the better poll to set up: How intelligent do you perceive people just from hearing their regional speech patterns (dialects)?

At least then some of us would get a nice list of whom to put on ignore

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
74. Right on
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 10:59 AM
Jul 2014

I love meeting people from somewhere else and hearing how they talk. I enjoy learning new phrases and expressions. Regional accents make life more fun. One of my favorite examples is the time I went to a former company's HQ in Maine and one of the old-timers there tells me "Ayeah, Ah knew you wuh the Flawda boy because you talk funny!" I was happy listening to that guy talk all day and we were just talking about warehouse management.

I dunno - I think it's pretty silly to be so annoyed by an accent (which is largely something a person can't help unless they go out of their way to drop it) that you can't communicate with another human being. IF a person actually gets annoyed by someone else's accent it's probably due to their own personal prejudices and maybe some self-reflection is in order.

And lest anyone accuse me of thinking I'm better than the annoyed ones, I am guilty of it too. When I was a kid in Texas we didn't like anyone from New York - that was mostly because we Cowboys fans hated the Giants (in the sports fan kind of way - not that we literally hated people) and so anyone with a NY accent was suspect.

As I got older I realized that was silly. I self reflected. Overcoming prejudice is as hard as overcoming your accent but even more worth the effort.


NOW I let people do or say something despicable before I hate them. Regardless of the accent.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
119. Thank you!
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 10:30 PM
Jul 2014


I certainly try to do that, mostly through all of the music of the world I like. And I really just enjoy listening to languages, whether I can understand them or not. They're all beautiful!

PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts)
58. It's not the accents that I find annoying,
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 12:30 AM
Jul 2014

it is the people who try and correct every word you say that isn't their "state speak" i.e. Nevada should be Nevaduh and then they become all smug and condescending when you try and fail.

My ear isn't too good when listening to (any) accent that is heavy, but I try and usually laugh with the person when I mishear them - can lead to some interesting talks and lots laughter.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
63. I chose Alaskan because until this poll,
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 06:04 AM
Jul 2014

I wasn't even aware there was such a thing as an Alaskan accent, and no one else had chosen it, so I'm guessing it either isn't very common or isn't very noticeable.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
66. I thought the same thing until
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 08:51 AM
Jul 2014

it occurred to me that it might have been a sly reference to Sarah Palin...



Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
71. Sorry, New Yorkers and New Jersians.
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 09:59 AM
Jul 2014

Fuggetaboutit.

Southern accents can really, really vary. They can be either very soft and melodic and pleasing to the ear, or they can be loud and trashy.

 

blueamy66

(6,795 posts)
78. Hate the Midwest/PA habit of dropping "to be"
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 02:27 PM
Jul 2014

Car needs washed.
Dog needs bathed or walked.
Book needs read.
Laundry needs done.
Grass needs mowed.




 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
79. That's the first I've ever heard of that turn of phrase,
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 02:28 PM
Jul 2014

and I'm as Midwestern as they come (though I live in the much-maligned New York now, lol).

 

blueamy66

(6,795 posts)
80. I'm in Indiana and I hear it daily
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 02:29 PM
Jul 2014

Heard it in Ohio as well. There's a term for it. Let me Google and get back to you.

Even saw it on a sign in an apt bldg...if thermostat needs changed, call the property manager.

RobinA

(9,878 posts)
87. Seriously?
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 08:41 AM
Jul 2014

That's PA? I'm from PA and talk like some of those examples, but I never even thought about it!

 

blueamy66

(6,795 posts)
89. The last time that I Googled it, PA came up.
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 09:27 AM
Jul 2014

I think it's mostly IN, IL and OH.

Drives me up the freaking wall.

Skittles

(152,967 posts)
83. any accent where a hard O is pronounced the same as a hard OO
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 03:39 PM
Jul 2014

for example, the words BOTH AND BOOTH would sound the same. I'm a home video fitness buff but have never been able to do FIRM workouts because their accents annoy me greatly.

RobinA

(9,878 posts)
88. Isn't That
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 08:43 AM
Jul 2014

Canada? Hockey players (my only exposure to people from Canada talking) talk like that.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
103. What about an accent where the word "wire" is pronounced "war"?
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 08:39 PM
Jul 2014

I was a kid in Oklahoma in the 1950s and heard that accent a lot but I don't know what you call it.

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
93. I really think this is an offensive topic.....JMHO
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:46 AM
Jul 2014

We're all here because of who we are, the sound of our accent is part of what makes us American. Sorry, not going to vote on this subject,and again, JMHO.

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
97. I don't really hate any accents
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 11:12 AM
Jul 2014

I'm an amateur linguist and find them all interesting. I might find some more pleasing than others, but they're all interesting to me.

-someone from MN who doesn't sound like "Fargo"

d_r

(6,907 posts)
101. by "deep south"
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 08:21 PM
Jul 2014

do you mean the slow drawl of central Alabama, where o's are drawn out in u's? Or the twang of Eastern Kentucky? Or the sing-song of central Tennessee? or the aristocratic drawl of Virginia piedmont? Or the no "r's" drawl of coastal carolina? Or the extra r's of NW Georgia? Or the west florida crackerism? Or that unique new orleans whatever it is?

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
106. You forgot the ultra twang of Dallas Texas...
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:54 PM
Jul 2014

Not a fan of it. Listen to H Ross Perot… It makes you want to go number 2.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
112. Which NY and Boston accents?
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 07:35 AM
Jul 2014

Bronx ain't Brooklyn, and Revere ain't Medford.

And the Kennedy accent is really a Maine accent, as far as I can tell.

IronLionZion

(45,269 posts)
120. I hate fake accents the most
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:04 AM
Jul 2014

Like suburban white kids who try to act like urban thugs. Or Americans who put on a fake British or other European accent.

As for real accents, I hate anything with a twang, like Appalachian or Tennessee. The NY or Boston accents can be annoying or great, depending on the person.

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