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jaziekjaziek Bad at everythingAnd mad about it.Registered User regular
edited May 2010 in Social Entropy++
A friend of mine just came to the realisation that how his voice sounds to him, isn't what it sounds like to the rest of us, and had a mini breakdown on ventrilo. It was quite humorous to begin with, but now I think he's really gotten fixated on the issue. To the point where he thinks people are talking about how stupid his voice sounds behind his back.


So.


I have a fairly pronounced north eastern english accent. (more specifically mackem, but nobody outside of the NE can tell the difference.) I'm not overly fond of it, but it isn't the worst in the world.

How do people feel about their accents / the way their voice sounds?

What are the best accents?

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I have a regional neutral accent

    it is kinda ok I guess

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  • Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Mine is the best. Pip agrees.

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I like my Aussie accent and I'm planning on keeping it

    My wife keeps finding herself accidentally mimicking the way the locals (we're in Vancouver) speak though!

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I grew up in the south, but don't really have an accent.

    I sometimes slip into one if I'm around lots of my family, though.

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    PiptheFart

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    my girlfriend says I have the accent of someone raised by television

    I think this is the best accent to have

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I have a German accent when I talk English and a Northern German accent when I talk German.

    I like the latter but I could really do without the former.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    A discussion of accents? I'm getting a déjà vu.

    An average Northern/Mid English accents, depends who I'm talking to.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    TLB I don't even know what that accent would be

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I don't think I have an accent.

    I dunno, you people have heard me, do I?

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Captain Cthulhu wrote: »
    PiptheFart

    captain farthulu

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I don't think I have an accent

    but I don't hear my own voice a lot

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    everybody has an accent

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  • vermiculturevermiculture Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    this website is fun for about 10 minutes

    I love those Australian accents, (teennnnn) and recently people have been making fun of my accent.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2010
    I don't have an accent eh

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    I don't think I have an accent.

    I dunno, you people have heard me, do I?

    I haven't heard you but you probably have an American accent.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Oh,also I wish every woman would sound like the one who does Bayonetta's voice.

    Cause that is the most sexy female accent.

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I don't have an accent but the singer from my band is Chilean and he has this super thick accent that's hard to understand.

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  • FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    does the sounds your mom makes when she is gobblin' my cock count as an accent?

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    TLB I don't even know what that accent would be

    I don't either

    I just find it amusing and pretty apt as to how I was raised

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    CHOWDA

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    CHOWDA

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  • DeciusDecius I'm old! I'm fat! I'M BLUE!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm sure I have a bit of a rural accent for my area, but I can't hear it.

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  • vermiculturevermiculture Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    I don't think I have an accent.

    I dunno, you people have heard me, do I?

    Maybe if 'pure sex machine' is an accent, then yes.


    Just last week one dude legitimately thought I was from the UK

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  • Satanic JesusSatanic Jesus Hi, I'm Liam! with broken glassesRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I sound different to different people. Some think I'm english, some think I'm american, some think I'm canadian. Nobody thinks I'm Irish when they hear me.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Klyka wrote: »
    Oh,also I wish every woman would sound like the one who does Bayonetta's voice.

    Cause that is the most sexy female accent.

    nope sorry high french accents are the best deal w/ it

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    vermiculture wrote: »
    this website is fun for about 10 minutes

    I love those Australian accents, (teennnnn) and recently people have been making fun of my accent.

    bah, weak. Doesn't have mine.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    keith has the worst philly accent it is so annoying

    never talk to keith

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  • vermiculturevermiculture Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    jaziek wrote: »
    vermiculture wrote: »
    this website is fun for about 10 minutes

    I love those Australian accents, (teennnnn) and recently people have been making fun of my accent.

    bah, weak. Doesn't have mine.

    what is yours?

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    jaziek wrote: »
    vermiculture wrote: »
    this website is fun for about 10 minutes

    I love those Australian accents, (teennnnn) and recently people have been making fun of my accent.

    bah, weak. Doesn't have mine.

    Jaziek where are you from?

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Klyka wrote: »
    Oh,also I wish every woman would sound like the one who does Bayonetta's voice.

    Cause that is the most sexy female accent.

    nope sorry high french accents are the best deal w/ it

    nope klyka is more right than you.

    That is to say, swedish is more sexy than both.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The Lovely Bastard wrote: »
    keith has the worst philly accent it is so annoying

    never talk to keith

    done and done

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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The Lovely Bastard wrote: »
    my girlfriend says I have the accent of someone raised by television

    I think this is the best accent to have

    ah yes, the hollywood accent. i had this until i moved to north carolina as a teenager.

    i have been forever infected by my hick relatives with a southern accent that creeps out no matter what i do.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I still have trouble with th. I often substitute "d" for the voiced dental fricative (like in "the") or a sound which is somewhere between "d" and the real sound. It's something I'll have to work on someday.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    What does a philly accent sound like? Is it like a boston accent?

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Franko wrote: »
    does the sounds your mom makes when she is gobblin' my cock count as an accent?

    nope.

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  • The InfraThe Infra Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Mexicans from Mexico City don't have accents when we speak Spanish. We just talk. We don't sing or put emphasis on letters. This is something that we use to make fun of people from the North (almost always from Monterrey, who sound like the Mexican equivalent of a Texan, and also from most Spanish speaking countries, like Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba or Spain.

    Now, speaking English I always do my best to speak it properly, but I always lower my guard and sound very Chicano, esse

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    What does a philly accent sound like? Is it like a boston accent?

    his voice literally mugs you

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    philly accent is like a slightly less annoying new jersey accent

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Liiya wrote: »
    jaziek wrote: »
    vermiculture wrote: »
    this website is fun for about 10 minutes

    I love those Australian accents, (teennnnn) and recently people have been making fun of my accent.

    bah, weak. Doesn't have mine.

    Jaziek where are you from?

    Sunderland. I have a mackem accent.

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Klyka wrote: »
    Oh,also I wish every woman would sound like the one who does Bayonetta's voice.

    Cause that is the most sexy female accent.

    nope sorry high french accents are the best deal w/ it

    DEAL WITH IT.

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