Moonlit_Angel
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meegannie said:If you go abroad/to a different region in the US for a while, you'll probably be able to hear the accents really easily.
That's true-I can definitely tell when someone has a southern accent, and the northeastern U.S. people have a bit of one, too (that whole New York City/Boston/Jersey-ish type of thing).
Originally posted by meegannie
Now I don't notice most English accents (except maybe Liverpool ones and Geordies [because of the inflections of Scousers and I can't understand some Geordie accents at all!]), but American accents are sometimes REALLY noticable and some sound way too nasal/grating to me now. Last year a friend of mine from college (in Kentucky) was in London, and her Kentucky accent seemed very thick, while I always thought she had a little to no Southern accent when we were in college.
LOL, oh, yeah?
I'm originally from northern Iowa...have you ever had any experience talking to anyone from my area of the country? Or has anyone else?
My dad likes to go online and look up radio stations from other parts of the world-we came across a New Zealand one tonight...it almost sounds like they're mumbling at times down in that area of the world, like they don't open their mouths fully when they talk or something, LOL. It's a neat accent, just a bit funny to hear at first.
Angela