What accent do you speak with?

8 Apr 2018

Quote by kiera
I don't have an accent.

*snorts* you totally do. she sounds all posh. like the queen.

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8 Apr 2018

Fluent douche.

8 Apr 2018

Quote by kiera
I don't have an accent.

I ADORE your accent!

8 Apr 2018

Quote by Beffer

I ADORE your accent!

which part of she hasn't got one don't you get? sheesh. two degrees and you still have no comprehension of language? THE WORLD IS GOING TO HELL AND YOU'RE DRIVING THE BUS!

i really need to get breakfast.... Embarassed

You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.

8 Apr 2018

Pidgin.

9 Apr 2018

There are several versions of the southern accent. Mine is from the north Georgia region.

Hollywood mostly mimics the Charleston low country version of the southern accent, and usually does it badly.

9 Apr 2018

Quote by PhilU
I had two teachers in high school French lessons - one who was born in France, and one from Quebec. Their accents did sound quite different in English and en francais. And my accent while speaking French (badly) is part France, part Quebec and (the largest) part just plain awful.

I don't have an accent when speaking English. Okay, maybe just a little bit strine (i.e. an accent where "Australian" can be made to sound like "strine").

If you only learned French from school lessons, chances are extremely high that your way of speaking it would be much closer to the French of France as opposed to the one of Quebec. I say this because whatever you learned through lessons most definitely was 'proper' French, and the language that we speak here in Quebec happens to be immensely 'improper'. Our way of speaking is essentially a slang language where we implement all sorts of weird and nonsensical contractions/expressions. Most people who only learn correct French in a school just can't understand what the fuck we Quebecers are saying when they come to visit us. And ironically enough, a lot of those visitors actually speak a better French than we do ourselves.

For example the sentence:
"I am going to retrieve my car from the garage sometime soon this afternoon."

Would sound like this in proper international French:
"Je vais aller chercher ma voiture au garage sous peu cet après-midi."

But in Quebec we'd say:
"M'a aller chercher mon char au garage kek part st'après-midi."

9 Apr 2018

Quote by SereneProdigy

Question: Can you English speakers spot the difference between the French accent from either France or Quebec? It's always pretty fucking obvious to me...

I cannot tell the various French accents apart, yet. I can recognize a Cajun speaking French, though. I have several Cajun in-law relatives. I also wear expertly tailored suits.

9 Apr 2018

Southern Georgia swamp grass.

9 Apr 2018

Quote by Buz
I cannot tell the various French accents apart, yet. I can recognize a Cajun speaking French, though. I have several Cajun in-law relatives. I also wear expertly tailored suits.

Funny, to me the French accent from France always sounds waaay stronger and much more noticeable than the one from Quebec; just think of the infamous 'ze' when they mean to pronounce 'the' (eg. "Ze man is walking on ze sidewalk."). You'd never ever hear Quebecers pronounce things in such a conspicuous manner; maybe it's because we're much more exposed to the English language here in Quebec, but most of us will at least try to get the pronunciation right rather than displaying such a shameless exaggerated accent.

Somehow, whenever I hear English people expressing that the French accent is 'sexy' I just don't tend to assume that it applies to the Quebec accent all that much. I'm not quite sure how biased I am, but I mostly only discern the awkward faults when I hear a Quebecer trying to express himself in English and just can't perceive any of the 'exoticism' that you guys seem to cherish, haha.

9 Apr 2018

I have a mild Newfoundland dialect. Some would say we speak Newfienese...not sure the correct spelling lol. We do have a strong Irish history and in some cases people have mentioned they could hear a faint Irish lilt in the accent.

Funny thing...I have been told on a couple occasions that I sound like an American or that I sound like I'm from the mainland of Canada. smile

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9 Apr 2018

Quote by kiera
I don't have an accent.

You have one of the strongest non-accents that I've ever heard... laughing8

9 Apr 2018

Quote by SereneProdigy
Most people who only learn correct French in a school just can't understand what the fuck we Quebecers are saying when they come to visit us. And ironically enough, a lot of those visitors actually speak a better French than we do ourselves.

Aren't you just referring to French people? They tend not to speak any other language than French or make an attempt to understand people who don't speak French flawlessly it seems. #généralisationsauvage ;)

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10 Apr 2018

Asshole accent

10 Apr 2018

Quote by noll
Aren't you just referring to French people? They tend not to speak any other language than French or make an attempt to understand people who don't speak French flawlessly it seems. #généralisationsauvage ;)

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that. Are you suggesting that French people specifically from France are usually snobbish regarding their language? People from France have a reputation for being snobbish regarding just about everything, saying that they're pretentious concerning their language really isn't any singular, haha. These folks came up with Louis Vuitton, Coco Chanel and libertinism, you'll definitely have to look elsewhere if you're looking for any modesty. Funnily enough, of all the cultures around the world, we Quebecers are actually the ones who tend to reinforce that stereotype the most since the comparison with us is extremely easy and we're essentially a lineage of poor submissive peasants ourselves.

But no, in all seriousness, the few people from France that I knew here in Quebec really weren't any arrogant and always attempted their best to adapt to our own peculiar version of the French language (which is easily achievable after a few weeks of adaptation). I'm afraid that the onus really is on us in that case, our way of speaking is extremely different from written French and unquestionably improper. It's really not like comparing British vs American English, educated people from Quebec know full well what 'proper' French is (since the written French that we learn is still 100% proper and identical to the one of France), but we still can't help but to fall back to our linguistic idiosyncrasies whenever we're speaking.

10 Apr 2018

Quote by SereneProdigy

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that. Are you suggesting that French people specifically from France are usually snobbish regarding their language? People from France have a reputation for being snobbish regarding just about everything, saying that they're pretentious concerning their language really isn't any singular, haha. These folks came up with Louis Vuitton, Coco Chanel and libertinism, you'll definitely have to look elsewhere if you're looking for any modesty. Funnily enough, of all the cultures around the world, we Quebecers are actually the ones who tend to reinforce that stereotype the most since the comparison with us is extremely easy and we're essentially a lineage of poor submissive peasants ourselves.

But no, in all seriousness, the few people from France that I knew here in Quebec really weren't any arrogant and always attempted their best to adapt to our own peculiar version of the French language (which is easily achievable after a few weeks of adaptation). I'm afraid that the onus really is on us in that case, our way of speaking is extremely different from written French and unquestionably improper. It's really not like comparing British vs American English, educated people from Quebec know full well what 'proper' French is (since the written French that we learn is still 100% proper and identical to the one of France), but we still can't help but to fall back to our linguistic idiosyncrasies whenever we're speaking.

Not sure if it's snobbish or lack of confidence about speaking in a foreign language, but when I visit other countries in Europe where many people don't speak English very well, like Spain for instance, I manage to communicate in some manner. We'all probably have a good laugh about each other's attempts and sometimes the conclusion is that we're just not equipped to deal with the given subject in the languages we know. But at least we've tried, and laughed. In France that seems to be less so in my experience, though I think younger generation are more likely to at least give it a try.

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11 Apr 2018

British accent, if you want to be specific then a London accent although we Londoners don't think we have an accent as long as we don't talk like we are from Essex!

12 Apr 2018

Southern

12 Apr 2018

Quote by kiera
I don't have an accent.

I don't know, I caught a hint of inner New Guinea. Do you wear a shrunken head around your waist?

13 Apr 2018

I speak with my accent.

13 Apr 2018

Born and raised in California. Parents were born and raised in Russia.
I start to speak English w/ a heavy Russian accent if I've been w/ my parents for a few hrs.

Other then that I don't have an accent.

No Cali accent either.

13 Apr 2018

I have a strong Peruvian accent in the morning and in the evening it flattens to French/Italian

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15 Apr 2018

I was born in France to a French mother and an Italian/American father. I learned both snippets of French and Italian when young! My friends describe my accent as strange. I’m asked about it frequently