Accents

Do you have an accent? And do you seem to be treated differently because of it? I made this post cause II met a nice guy today who couldn't speak English well and people treated him with some disdain and annoyance.

I have a southern accent that comes out when I'm drunk/tired. Other than that, I don't have that much of an accent anymore.

I am of the opinion that people with accents - especially those who are English-Second-Language - are fantastic people who do not deserve to be mocked/teased.

I used to work in a call center, and we would get outsourced people from India on the phone, and people would be so incredibly rude to them just because they were outsourced/didn't know English THAT well. However, these were people who are doing their JOB, and know a second (sometimes even more) languages while the people I worked with did not. I mean, I'm sure you'd have a weird accent in whatever language you tried to learn.

I have no accent apparently, not even when speaking English which people assume im just from the UK

I have a faint accent that pops up on occasion + my occasional stutter and I get mocked. I can understand how ESL people feel when they get mocked and looked down upon for their accent. It's very shallow to judge someone on the way they speak.

I have a received pronunciation British accent...my voice is not particularly exciting. A lot of people who can hear my accent seem to like it though, and a few people have accused me of being a snob because of the way I speak although I am not especially wealthy. xD

I also have the RP accent but that is from not living in the country and interacting with many non-native speakers on a regular basis. I'm from the north so my accent has definitely changed quite a bit. My sister hates how much my accent has changed and calls me a snob now, playfully of course.

✵ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ✵
❧ In Italiano : 404 accent not found. Full atonality(and sometimes I sound like Microsoft Sam).
❧ In English : last time I spat a few English words I was told I had a bit of an American accent, but it might have changed...
✵ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ✵

everyone's got an accent

i dont

For an Australian, it almost seems like I have no accent, ahaha. I tend to speak quite formally and always politely when in public! Sometimes I sound more British than Aussie because of the way I speak. *shrugs* ^ ^;

I have a rural accent, with loads of slang.

I don't have one but i do tend to change my english accent (american to british) when i am speaking random stuff to myself, and i've never been mocked because of that.

I have somewhat of an Aussie accent. It's been the subject of lighthearted banter but I've never been legit made fun of for it.

Not really, I don't think anyone from here really does.

as far as i know i don't really? i think i might have a northern accent because i lived there so long.

colours said:

i dont

Click to expand...

That's the biggest live I've ever seen on a website not related to politics.

Ivysaur said:

That's the biggest live I've ever seen on a website not related to politics.

Click to expand...

But it's the truth!!

colours said:

But it's the truth!!

Click to expand...

Except it's not because you have a hell of an accent.

Ivysaur said:

Except it's not because you have a hell of an accent.

Click to expand...

n i dont

i have a very neutral accent!!

My accent shifts between hick, Imperial snob and like... nothingness. A void untouched by any worldly influence. I kind of sound like Hiccup from How To Train Your Dragon when I'm in the company of those I find attractive. Sad, that.

I do say "ain't" a lot, though.