Current Events > Why don't people just not speak with accents?

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I don't. None of my friends do. It's easy not to

Drugs are bad mmmmkay
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Everyone has an accent, my boy
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Like I don't get why whenever I call customer support for any company the guy always speaks with a deep accent. Couldn't he just not speak with an accent? It'd make him far easier to understand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qjfQieg2w
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

I don't. None of my friends do. It's easy not to

You do. To someone from another part of the country, you speak with a [insert place here] accent.

ArchiePeck posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

I don't. None of my friends do. It's easy not to

You do. To someone from another part of the country, you speak with a [insert place here] accent.

No, I speak normal, I don't have an accent

@Nostradumbass
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

ArchiePeck posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

I don't. None of my friends do. It's easy not to

You do. To someone from another part of the country, you speak with a [insert place here] accent.

No, I speak normal, I don't have an accent

Upload a ten second clip of you saying a couple sentences.

Ushiromiya posted...

@Nostradumbass

Duh. Different tongues

I speak vanilla
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First off TC speak to me in english and not with that accent you are talking with.
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Turbam posted...

Everyone has an accent, my boy

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Errybody gotta accent
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it's absolutely not true that everyone has an accent. some people just speak plainly
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Only special snowflakes use an accent.
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MakoReizei posted...

it's absolutely not true that everyone has an accent. some people just speak plainly

And that too is also an accent.
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I speak with a southern Australian accent, which to me is easier to understand than the American accent.
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I'd like to hear some of you guys accents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH4ZQH_3_pE

This guy explains Australian accents pretty well actually. Also, I can confirm everything he says about Adelaide, as I live there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBYnL5fAXE
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MakoReizei posted...

it's absolutely not true that everyone has an accent. some people just speak plainly

But to who is it plain?

To your ears because it's your native accent.

It's funny, working at a bar, in Toronto, I can spot an American instantly when they speak. American accents are very recognizable.

So am I the one without the accent because I'm Canadian and American accents stand out from the crowd? Or do I have an accent because only Americans "dont have accents"?

Or maybe we all have accents and it comes down to what your familar with, making accents a relative thing.
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MakoReizei posted...

it's absolutely not true that everyone has an accent. some people just speak plainly

People who say this baffle me.
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Even the pacific northwest has an accent, it's just more subtle and noticeable in how we use certain words and pace our sentences.
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MakoReizei posted...

it's absolutely not true that everyone has an accent.

Correct. Some people are mute. Everyone else has an accent.

Some people cant help it.

MachoManSavage posted...

But to who is it plain?

To your ears because it's your native accent.

It's funny, working at a bar, in Toronto, I can spot an American instantly when they speak. American accents are very recognizable.

So am I the one without the accent because I'm Canadian and American accents stand out from the crowd? Or do I have an accent because only Americans "dont have accents"?

Or maybe we all have accents and it comes down to what your familar with, making accents a relative thing.

Nope. There is a standard with no accent. It's how newscasters speak. If your accent is different than that, you're the one with an accent, even if everyone around you is speaking the same way.
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

Like I don't get why whenever I call customer support for any company the guy always speaks with a deep accent. Couldn't he just not speak with an accent? It'd make him far easier to understand

Demand to speak to someone in America. That's what I do.
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

There is a standard with no accent.

Wrong.

It's how newscasters speak.

Also wrong.

DarkChozoGhost posted...

MachoManSavage posted...

But to who is it plain?

To your ears because it's your native accent.

It's funny, working at a bar, in Toronto, I can spot an American instantly when they speak. American accents are very recognizable.

So am I the one without the accent because I'm Canadian and American accents stand out from the crowd? Or do I have an accent because only Americans "dont have accents"?

Or maybe we all have accents and it comes down to what your familar with, making accents a relative thing.

Nope. There is a standard with no accent. It's how newscasters speak. If your accent is different than that, you're the one with an accent, even if everyone around you is speaking the same way.

So what about Newscasters that speak in different languages other than English? Are they too also a "no accent" or maybe it's just like how MachoManSavage said that a "no accent" it's just what you're familiar with. I too also thought that I spoke without an accent until I visited my cousins from Vietnam and said that I spoke Vietnamese with an American accent.
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

MachoManSavage posted...

But to who is it plain?

To your ears because it's your native accent.

It's funny, working at a bar, in Toronto, I can spot an American instantly when they speak. American accents are very recognizable.

So am I the one without the accent because I'm Canadian and American accents stand out from the crowd? Or do I have an accent because only Americans "dont have accents"?

Or maybe we all have accents and it comes down to what your familar with, making accents a relative thing.

Nope. There is a standard with no accent. It's how newscasters speak. If your accent is different than that, you're the one with an accent, even if everyone around you is speaking the same way.

I don't know how you can't understand this though.

The Newscaster accent is an accent.

Accent is how you pronounce something.

Newcasters have to pronounce things.

Otherwise, every language ever is accented, except the "standard newscaster accent" which is the one accent that isn't an accent, which ALSO happens to be your accent (what are the odds!).

And the standard American accent isn't as standard as you might think. Again, what you hear is what you think is a no accent, because you are used to it. American accents stand out when they are the minority (like a Canadian city). Why do you have a higher claim to the no accent clause than me?

Tldr we all have accents
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Lack of an accent IS an accent in and of itself.
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

MachoManSavage posted...

But to who is it plain?

To your ears because it's your native accent.

It's funny, working at a bar, in Toronto, I can spot an American instantly when they speak. American accents are very recognizable.

So am I the one without the accent because I'm Canadian and American accents stand out from the crowd? Or do I have an accent because only Americans "dont have accents"?

Or maybe we all have accents and it comes down to what your familar with, making accents a relative thing.

Nope. There is a standard with no accent. It's how newscasters speak. If your accent is different than that, you're the one with an accent, even if everyone around you is speaking the same way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American

It is still an accent.
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Nah, Ill keep speaking with a slight Newfoundland accent, thanks.
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Paragon21XX posted...

Lack of an accent IS an accent in and of itself.

Do you also think bald is a hairstyle, nothing is a favorite food, and undefined is a number?

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Paragon21XX posted...

Lack of an accent IS an accent in and of itself.

Do you also think bald is a hairstyle, nothing is a favorite food, and undefined is a number?

Does a person speaking General American (American newscaster English) have an American accent? Does a person speaking RP (BBC English) have an British accent?
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I swear to god I thought this was a complete_id0it topic.
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The23rdMagus posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Paragon21XX posted...

Lack of an accent IS an accent in and of itself.

Do you also think bald is a hairstyle, nothing is a favorite food, and undefined is a number?

Does a person speaking General American (American newscaster English) have an American accent? Does a person speaking RP (BBC English) have an British accent?

Yes. Those are accents.

They could speak without an accent if they chose to.

SGT_Conti posted...

MakoReizei posted...

it's absolutely not true that everyone has an accent. some people just speak plainly

People who say this baffle me.

You baffle me.
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

The23rdMagus posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Paragon21XX posted...

Lack of an accent IS an accent in and of itself.

Do you also think bald is a hairstyle, nothing is a favorite food, and undefined is a number?

Does a person speaking General American (American newscaster English) have an American accent? Does a person speaking RP (BBC English) have an British accent?

Yes. Those are accents.

They could speak without an accent if they chose to.

How do you define no accent?
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

The23rdMagus posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Paragon21XX posted...

Lack of an accent IS an accent in and of itself.

Do you also think bald is a hairstyle, nothing is a favorite food, and undefined is a number?

Does a person speaking General American (American newscaster English) have an American accent? Does a person speaking RP (BBC English) have an British accent?

Yes. Those are accents.

They could speak without an accent if they chose to.

By all means. Elaborate.
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

I don't. None of my friends do. It's easy not to

You do. All of your friends do too. It's impossible not to.

Accents develop based on the voices you hear while growing up. You will naturally start to mimic the way those people accent how they speak the words they use as well as their cadence, camber, pitch, etc. etc. etc..

I have a midwestern U.S.A. accent, which a great deal of people within the U.S. don't seem to consider an accent at all because it's basically the accent of broadcasting and considered "normal". This is still a f***ing accent.

Why do other people not speak like, whatever you seem to think is not having an accent? Cause they speak how they grew up speaking, or maybe english is not their first language [and thus they are likely smarter than you since they know more than the 1 language you know. ].

Take, people from Japan. It has 101 different phonetic sounds [don't quote me on that, been a while]. None of these make the same sound of the letter L. The closest thing is the letter R. Which is why they often substitute L with R when speaking english, because they aren't used to making that noise. Aaaannnd I'm pretty sure if you attempted to speak French you'd be throw for a loop with a lot of the sounds in their language. Or the ! sound within some african languages. Why? Because it's f***in' hard to master a language you didn't grow up speaking.

Also, you don't strike me as terribly smart. You're not even aware you speak with an accent.

ScarletTerror posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

I don't. None of my friends do. It's easy not to

You do. All of your friends do too. It's impossible not to.

Accents develop based on the voices you hear while growing up. You will naturally start to mimic the way those people accent how they speak the words they use as well as their cadence, camber, pitch, etc. etc. etc..

I have a midwestern U.S.A. accent, which a great deal of people within the U.S. don't seem to consider an accent at all because it's basically the accent of broadcasting and considered "normal". This is still a f***ing accent.

Why do other people not speak like, whatever you seem to think is not having an accent? Cause they speak how they grew up speaking, or maybe english is not their first language [and thus they are likely smarter than you since they know more than the 1 language you know. ].

Take, people from Japan. It has 101 different phonetic sounds [don't quote me on that, been a while]. None of these make the same sound of the letter L. The closest thing is the letter R. Which is why they often substitute L with R when speaking english, because they aren't used to making that noise. Aaaannnd I'm pretty sure if you attempted to speak French you'd be throw for a loop with a lot of the sounds in their language. Or the ! sound within some african languages. Why? Because it's f***in' hard to master a language you didn't grow up speaking.

Also, you don't strike me as terribly smart. You're not even aware you speak with an accent.

You nailed it dead centre.
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I think the accent stereotypes in America are really played up tbh. Excepting maybe the Bostonian accent, which can legitimately be a little mind-bending if you're not prepared for it. It's also an accent that is actually celebrated stateside in a way. A lot of us sound somewhat similar now due to so much exposure to movies/TV (which of course use a standardized "American" accent largely). But in Britain/Ireland? Yeah, there are some really fucked up accents over there. Places like Liverpool, all of Scotland, etc. Irish people speaking English fast as well.

Here, try this Irish guy speaking English out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47CuQX0gn8
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MachoManSavage posted...

MakoReizei posted...

it's absolutely not true that everyone has an accent. some people just speak plainly

But to who is it plain?

To your ears because it's your native accent.

It's funny, working at a bar, in Toronto, I can spot an American instantly when they speak. American accents are very recognizable.

So am I the one without the accent because I'm Canadian and American accents stand out from the crowd? Or do I have an accent because only Americans "dont have accents"?

Or maybe we all have accents and it comes down to what your familar with, making accents a relative thing.

This.

ScarletTerror posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

I don't. None of my friends do. It's easy not to

You do. All of your friends do too. It's impossible not to.

Accents develop based on the voices you hear while growing up. You will naturally start to mimic the way those people accent how they speak the words they use as well as their cadence, camber, pitch, etc. etc. etc..

I have a midwestern U.S.A. accent, which a great deal of people within the U.S. don't seem to consider an accent at all because it's basically the accent of broadcasting and considered "normal". This is still a f***ing accent.

Why do other people not speak like, whatever you seem to think is not having an accent? Cause they speak how they grew up speaking, or maybe english is not their first language [and thus they are likely smarter than you since they know more than the 1 language you know. ].

Take, people from Japan. It has 101 different phonetic sounds [don't quote me on that, been a while]. None of these make the same sound of the letter L. The closest thing is the letter R. Which is why they often substitute L with R when speaking english, because they aren't used to making that noise. Aaaannnd I'm pretty sure if you attempted to speak French you'd be throw for a loop with a lot of the sounds in their language. Or the ! sound within some african languages. Why? Because it's f***in' hard to master a language you didn't grow up speaking.

Also, you don't strike me as terribly smart. You're not even aware you speak with an accent.

Also this.
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StickFigures720 posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

The23rdMagus posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Paragon21XX posted...

Lack of an accent IS an accent in and of itself.

Do you also think bald is a hairstyle, nothing is a favorite food, and undefined is a number?

Does a person speaking General American (American newscaster English) have an American accent? Does a person speaking RP (BBC English) have an British accent?

Yes. Those are accents.

They could speak without an accent if they chose to.

How do you define no accent?

No accent is talking without an accent.

It's like when you go to the barber shop and ask them to shave you bald - you no longer have a hairstyle, as you don't have hair. You're just bald.

Crazyman93 posted...

I swear to god I thought this was a complete_id0it topic.

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Darklit_Minuet posted...

No accent is talking without an accent.

It's like when you go to the barber shop and ask them to shave you bald - you no longer have a hairstyle, as you don't have hair. You're just bald.

ScarletTerror posted...

You do. All of your friends do too. It's impossible not to.

Accents develop based on the voices you hear while growing up. You will naturally start to mimic the way those people accent how they speak the words they use as well as their cadence, camber, pitch, etc. etc. etc..

I have a midwestern U.S.A. accent, which a great deal of people within the U.S. don't seem to consider an accent at all because it's basically the accent of broadcasting and considered "normal". This is still a f***ing accent.

Why do other people not speak like, whatever you seem to think is not having an accent? Cause they speak how they grew up speaking, or maybe english is not their first language [and thus they are likely smarter than you since they know more than the 1 language you know. ].

Take, people from Japan. It has 101 different phonetic sounds [don't quote me on that, been a while]. None of these make the same sound of the letter L. The closest thing is the letter R. Which is why they often substitute L with R when speaking english, because they aren't used to making that noise. Aaaannnd I'm pretty sure if you attempted to speak French you'd be throw for a loop with a lot of the sounds in their language. Or the ! sound within some african languages. Why? Because it's f***in' hard to master a language you didn't grow up speaking.

Also, you don't strike me as terribly smart. You're not even aware you speak with an accent.

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wow what an effective troll topic
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

No accent is talking without an accent.

That's an oxymoron. You either talk with an accent, or you don't talk at all.

JE19426 posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

No accent is talking without an accent.

That's an oxymoron. You either talk with an accent, or you don't talk at all.

Or you talk with no accent.

Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people don't collect anything. The first two have a hobby, the third one doesn't.