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Like...most of the first immigrants to America were Europeans right? So how did the "American accent" start? And who twisted it into a southern or Boston accent?

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There should be entire studies out there. My old Dutch teacher was very interested in those and how accents are on the decline over here.

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accents get lost/changed when in isolation or when mixing different accents together

like think of australian accents and how it used to be some sort of british accent. then you have new zealanders who have their own accent from the same source. being on a separate island away from your original homeland causes people to start talking differently. accents usually reinforce each other

like you ever met 2 different people from texas, one that has a stereotypical texan accent and one that just sounds like any other american with the generic american accent? both born and raised in the same area. probably cause one of them pretty much only hung out with other people in texas that had the same accent, and the other probably never developed a texan accent cause he spent most of his free time watching TV or playing stuff online or whatever and was mostly exposed to people that didn't have a texan accent

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honestly over here you can travel 20 miles and you'll hear a completely different accent

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I kind of want to be the rare ass Filipino American dude with an Irish accent tbh

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ThyCorndog posted...

accents get lost/changed when in isolation or when mixing different accents together

like think of australian accents and how it used to be some sort of british accent. then you have new zealanders who have their own accent from the same source. being on a separate island away from your original homeland causes people to start talking differently. accents usually reinforce each other

like you ever met 2 different people from texas, one that has a stereotypical texan accent and one that just sounds like any other american with the generic american accent? both born and raised in the same area. probably cause one of them pretty much only hung out with other people in texas that had the same accent, and the other probably never developed a texan accent cause he spent most of his free time watching TV or playing stuff online or whatever and was mostly exposed to people that didn't have a texan accent

Yeah, I only got an accent in my 20s as my parents were very adamant that I learned to speak properly. Now I'm able to speak proper Dutch without a hint of an accent or dialect, but I'm also able to quite adequately mimic dialects and accents from around the country. People have no idea which region I'm from if I feel like it

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Touch posted...

I kind of want to be the rare ass Filipino American dude with an Irish accent tbh

i thought you were korean

also i'm going to jollibee today. one of my best friends swears its the best fried chicken around. he eats it all the time he's back home with his fam

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Parappa09 posted...

i thought you were korean

also i'm going to jollibee today. one of my best friends swears its the best fried chicken around. he eats it all the time he's back home with his fam

It's pretty good chicken but I wouldn't say it's the best. Make sure to get the Filipino spaghetti also. The spicy chicken is great if you're into spicy. Peach mango pie is also dope if you're tryna get dessert.

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Touch posted...

Like...most of the first immigrants to America were Europeans right? So how did the "American accent" start? And who twisted it into a southern or Boston accent?

Someone once told me that pre-American Europeans had the American accent, and it was only when America had their revolution that Europeans started talking like how we hear them talk today.
Idk if that's true. Cave rat told me so.

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Parappa09 posted...

also i'm going to jollibee today. one of my best friends swears its the best fried chicken around. he eats it all the time he's back home with his fam

It's ok. Just be aware the spaghetti there is sweet. Like very sweet. There is literally brown sugar or 'banana ketchup' added to it.

EDIT: There may be hotdogs in it as well.

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ApherosyLove posted...

Someone once told me that pre-American Europeans had the American accent, and it was only when America had their revolution that Europeans started talking like how we hear them talk today.
Idk if that's true. Cave rat told me so.

That'd be quite the twist

brestugo posted...

It's ok. Just be aware the spaghetti there is sweet. Like very sweet. There is literally brown sugar or 'banana ketchup' added to it.

EDIT: There may be hotdogs in it as well.

I have it on good authority that parappa enjoys hot dogs

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Touch posted...

Like...most of the first immigrants to America were Europeans right? So how did the "American accent" start? And who twisted it into a southern or Boston accent?

According to David Hackett Fischer in Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (Oxford University Press, 1989), it was possible to trace in the "Yankee twang" and the "Southern drawl" echoes of the pre-20th century regional English dialects of East Anglia and southwest England respectively.

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Spoken language changes far more rapidly than written, particularly wrt vowel sounds. Geographical, national, communal boundaries etc exacerbate the divergence that occurs in different dialect/accents

ApherosyLove posted...

Someone once told me that pre-American Europeans had the American accent, and it was only when America had their revolution that Europeans started talking like how we hear them talk today.
Idk if that's true. Cave rat told me so.

Absolutely untrue lol

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RebelElite791 posted...

Absolutely untrue lol

Fucking cave rats I swear to god

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ApherosyLove posted...

Fucking cave rats I swear to god

Lol what are these cave rats?

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ApherosyLove posted...

Someone once told me that pre-American Europeans had the American accent, and it was only when America had their revolution that Europeans started talking like how we hear them talk today.
Idk if that's true. Cave rat told me so.

I remember reading something about the development of the Boston accent being a conscious effort on the part of the people there. to differentiate themselves from the Brits. I'm also not sure if that's true

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Touch posted...

Lol

Don't you laugh at me! I know a spell that will make you show your true form!

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ApherosyLove posted...

Don't you laugh at me! I know a spell that will make you show your true form!

Careful! They got spies all over.

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Touch posted...

It's pretty good chicken but I wouldn't say it's the best. Make sure to get the Filipino spaghetti also. The spicy chicken is great if you're into spicy. Peach mango pie is also dope if you're tryna get dessert.

yeah i agree, the fried chicken is p good but not the best i've had. it was also expensive here, not sure how it's priced elsewhere. but i would def go back

loved the spaghetti as well it might have been my favourite thing lol. i didn't know it had ham and. hot dog sausage in it as well. they did not have peach mango pie :(

brestugo posted...

It's ok. Just be aware the spaghetti there is sweet. Like very sweet. There is literally brown sugar or 'banana ketchup' added to it.

EDIT: There may be hotdogs in it as well.

to me it was sweet but not over sweet or too much. i really liked it, hit the spot

Touch posted...

I have it on good authority that parappa enjoys hot dogs

omnomonom

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I'm not surprised lol. Every non Filipino friend I've had that I introduced to Filipino spaghetti absolutely loves it

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filipino food is just p good anyway. sisig, adobo, bbq pork on a stick, etc

coming from another islander, it's a bond we share. he loves jerk chicken, curry goat and other caribbean food

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I like Filipino food but I just never have been able get into the spaghetti. I have no problem with hotdogs in the sauce but the sauce is always just too sweet for me. I have the same experience with Japanese Curry and Indian Curry. I guess I'm not real big on sweets....

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