Current Events > Non-American people here, which American accent sounds silliest to you

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obviously any given region can have dozens+ accents, but generally, which one do you find silliest? i have some weird mix of new york and long island, which made me feel kinda dumb when I lived in Texas. NY accents can sound so stupid and everyone there thought most of my pronunciations were a riot

that being said, boston accent is the correct answer but i wanna hear what you guys think

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfIWX5vGTEk


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lmao shit i forgot about that vid

urn urn a urn urn

when he goes "damn we really talk like that" i knew exactly how i felt. but jesus i aint that bad at least

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I don't count since I'm from the US from Baltimore but can confirm that's how we talk in both the city and county. They didn't even get into "water" and "on." <3

Personally, I don't like the northern Atlantic coastal accents very much b Wow, okay, just finished reading your OP and apparently I agree. Whoopsiedoodle.

The 'every vowel is an ah' thing the PNW does is pretty tiring, too. "Ahmigod and I sah my frahnd Sahrah ahnd she sahd it's too hot to wahk on the sidewahk." omg just staaaaahp

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Boston and Worcester can be pretty janky.

But the Southern Accent you might find say, calling a Nascar race almost seems like 'a put on' level of silliness.

I can handle a New York City/Long Island accent.
Though when I hear one, if the person seems okay, I always ask them if they are from, like, Arkansas, just to see what reaction I get. ~True story.
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VanananaHeyHey posted...

The 'every vowel is an ah' thing the PNW does is pretty tiring, too. "Ahmigod and I sah my frahnd Sahrah ahnd she sahd it's too hot to wahk on the sidewahk." omg just staaaaahp

Lmao, what? Who talks like that? I must be confused thinking PNW stands for Pacific Northwest, because I've lived in OR/WA my whole life and no one talks like that here, lol.

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The Pacific Northwest has this weird thing where they mispronounced a ton a common words and act like the rest of the English speaking planet are the ones doing it wrong

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Jersey accent makes me laugh
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Should probably give a list for reference, tc. The NE corridor alone has quite a few distinct ones

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioiXqlCOoJs

Also this

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EmbraceOfDeath posted...

I've lived in OR/WA my whole life

This is why you can't hear it.
Diogeknees posted...

The Pacific Northwest has this weird thing where they mispronounced a ton a common words and act like the rest of the English speaking planet are the ones doing it wrong

<3<3<3

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VanananaHeyHey posted...

This is why you can't hear it.

No, it's because people don't say every vowel as "ah" here.

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"Well, hell, I can't imagine two weeks in Boston."

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EmbraceOfDeath posted...

No, it's because people don't say every vowel as "ah" here.

I lived there four and a half years. I heard it. Trust me. It's also documented in linguistics papers about regional accents. "Every vowel" was a loose hyperbole, but no, I promise, there is more vowel raising and fronting than you recognize.
VanananaHeyHey posted...

CE's official linguist

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VanananaHeyHey posted...

I lived there four and a half years. I heard it. Trust me. It's also documented in linguistics papers about regional accents. "Every vowel" was a loose hyperbole, but no, I promise, there is more vowel raising and fronting than you recognize.

No, I'm not going to trust you, some random person on the internet making a bizarre statement, lol. How about a video example or something?

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PNW folks don't realize an 'ah' sound is a short 'o' sound in my experience

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DespondentDeity posted...

"Well, hell, I can't imagine two weeks in Boston."

Hahahahahaha 2 weeks in Boston!
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