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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:07:03 AM EDT
I have noticed quite a few Latinos speaking with a Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, etc. accent, even though they are 2nd or 3rd generation Americans. In many cases, even other members of their families don't use the accent.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:08:53 AM EDT
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Dunno. Ask the pseudo-Gotti jersey emo boys why they talk the way they do, also. 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:14:15 AM EDT
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Cause its cool....I sometimes speak with a French accent.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:15:54 AM EDT
[#3]
Still traumatized from yesterday?  SBG |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:16:09 AM EDT
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Wha' choo tawkin' 'bout esse? don' make me gum ova' der.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:16:53 AM EDT
[#5]
And WTF's up with urban white punks that speak the same way. That I could never figure out.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:17:03 AM EDT
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Probably for the same reason white kids emulate black language. Why do gay men acquire a 'feminine' accent when they didn't have one to begin with? It's about identity.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:43:05 AM EDT
[#7]
Why do you axe this question?
TC |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:46:31 AM EDT
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I will forever read your posts with a french accent..... |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:52:21 AM EDT
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I've always thought that was weird too. My girlfriend doesn't do that, nor should she since she was born here, her parents were born here and so were their parents.
I guess it's cool to be as far away from "White" as possible, so by talking that way everyone will know that you are definetely not white.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:56:12 AM EDT
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What I think is even worse is when an American news anchor speaks normally UNTIL he or she comes to a foreign name, then has to try to put an ethnic flair into the pronunciation, often mangling it horribly in the process.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:22:43 AM EDT
[#11]
"...Nicarrrrrrrragua..." |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:26:46 AM EDT
[#12]
When I speak english, I do so with a fake American accent.  |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:28:03 AM EDT
[#13]
Because there are alot of stupid chicks who thinks this is sexy.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:28:11 AM EDT
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What's really funny is it's only on hispanic words. You never hear them say "spaghetti" "lasagna" with an Italian accent. It would be hilarious if every word that had a different backround was said with the accent of it's history. Cheers |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:34:21 AM EDT
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A perfect example is "J lo". Speaks with a fairly pronounced PR accent.
I heard her sister on Stern, she speaks PERFECT unaccented English. "splain that one to me. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:34:35 AM EDT
[#16]
The right accent can get you laid.
Aussie, cheesy russian, french or italian will all probably work on US chicks. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:35:37 AM EDT
[#17]
 Peggy Hill! |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:40:35 AM EDT
[#18]
Whenever I do use an accent, I generally pick "The Swedish Chef"
 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:43:35 AM EDT
[#19]
Henry Kissinger fakes a German accent, yet his brother sounds like any other American.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:22:40 PM EDT
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I dunno about the fake accents, but having traveled quite a bit, and having had 97 Texans in my company at boot, all it takes is for me to run into someone with one of three or four recognizable accents and I fall right into them.
It's not intentional, just happens. Surprised the hell out of myself when I got a Kentucky Sheriff on the phone a couple years ago, trying to deal with a deal gone bad, and found myself drawling. The goods showed up two days later. The charge, by the way, is "theft by deception" |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:26:57 PM EDT
[#21]
I absolutley hate that. 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:37:14 PM EDT
[#22]
SO TRUE!!!! |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:47:43 PM EDT
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I hate it when Zaphod does that,meng!
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:00:01 PM EDT
[#24]
I have a friend that speaks with a mexican accent even though he is American. His parents are from Mexico and had the accent when they taught him english. He doesn't even speak spanish, so it's funny watching the mexicans try to talk to him
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:05:05 PM EDT
[#25]
Quoted:
Becawse eet's keuel. Aieh sahm-tiahmes speek weeth eh fwreuunch accennt. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:10:47 PM EDT
[#26]
It's fun.
One of the easiest ways to annoy people is for my sister and I both to don the Minnesota accent and talk back and forth. I swear, it makes people's ears bleed.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:14:27 PM EDT
[#27]
I have no idea what you're talking aboot. Take off, hoser ...eh?
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:14:47 PM EDT
[#28]
What does that sound like? I don't know if I'm familiar with that accent. Is it like a Canuck accent? |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:15:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:16:47 PM EDT
[#30]
Similar, with the long O's. "Oh gash, oh crayp. I grew up on a cheese fahrm there now, doncha knoow." |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:19:41 PM EDT
[#31]
to stay true to their culture. I married into a mexican family. My wife never talked or talks with such an accent, but some in her family are big on that (staying true). But they're also not very successful in life.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:28:29 PM EDT
[#32]
Rent a movie called "Drop Dead Gorgeous", but be warned your ears will be bleeding within about 5 minutes. SBG |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:14:52 PM EDT
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Oh yeah, there it is. *shudders* At least the Canuck accent sounds funny. That was half of why Strange Brew was so good. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:17:18 PM EDT
[#34]
So do I and I'm getting quite good at it. Although, after a few drinks more "eh" and other colloquialisms come out and the American accent slips a little. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:19:04 PM EDT
[#35]
Shit, I'm hispanic and I sound like a redneck.
Its awesome. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:25:59 PM EDT
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Frommy experience and I deal with hispanic peope everyday, ones that dont speak english to well, if I speak in my normal voice they dont understand me. If I use their english and say it with a screwed up accent they understand me. so I guess I am guilty of speaking with a fake accent, only 40% comprende mi espanol
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:39:50 PM EDT
[#37]
Learned a pretty decent British accent (not sure which type) from watching A LOT of Mony Python.
Had some Russian down pretty good when I was studying Russian. (Helps a ton on pronunciation) When I get drunk, I sometimes put on a Scottish accent just for fun. Still working on the Irish since I always seem to overdo it and drop into Scottish. Figure nothing goes with drinking like a Scotch or Irish accent. Before any Scots or Irish types get offended, I am part Scotch and Irish. Doesn't bother me. At some point I may try my hand at the Gypsy or slang as portrayed in "Snatch". Listening to that is a riot! I'm also part Dago too... 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:44:58 PM EDT
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Hey there, I'm from Minneso-da and all you other folks talk funny, not us! Seriously we have a strong accent, especially up in the northern part. It's more similar to a UP (Michigan) accent than to a canuck. Most of the canuck I know always tried to sound British, but just ended up sounding constipated. And we don't talk like them hollyweirdos on fucking FARGO! God I hate it when people assume that! It's like accusing all new yorkers of sounding like Archie Bunker! lol |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:45:58 PM EDT
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My ultimate pet peeve is a false British accent. Most people use it are arrogant fuckwads who want to appear "witty" or intellectual...
ETA: I mean this in the context of people who seriously try to come off as British-sounding, not people who do it for fun, like Mike Myers, etc.. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:50:44 PM EDT
[#40]
What're you talking about? Americans don't have accents! 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:51:02 PM EDT
[#41]
I speak Jive fluently. I guess that could be considered an accent.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 7:34:41 PM EDT
[#42]
Funny you say that, since it's my favorite movie. No joke. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 8:08:53 PM EDT
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It is usually because you end up picking up the accents of the people you hang around with. This is not always the case, but it happens. A friend of mine who ended up getting stationed in the Army in North Carolina came home on leave talking like he was born there or something. |
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