This is how Americans talk

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10 Oct 2012, 10:21 am

Nun. 'Bou-chew?

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10 Oct 2012, 10:40 am

It's very nasal over here (northern midwest) which is not the most attractive accent.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYUM7b2zkxs[/youtube]

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11 Oct 2012, 2:43 pm

Mindsigh wrote:

Nun. 'Bou-chew?

Djeet yit? Yumpta?

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11 Oct 2012, 6:15 pm

Fnord wrote:

Many Americans seem to have learned a dialect called "Profanics". It's like Ebonics, except...

The "F" word is both a noun and a verb, and with the "-ing" suffix replaces all adverbs and adjectives.

The "S" word is mainly a pronoun, but with the "-ing" suffix it becomes an action verb.

Other profane words can be used to replace commas, colons, semicolons, and hyphens.

English has always used prefixes ( like the 'pre' in the word 'prefix'), and suffixes (like the 'ing' ending). But linguists are saying that americans have now, for the first time in the entire history of the English language and all its farflung dialects, started using an "infix" ( a unit of meaning stuck in the middle of a word). Other exotic languages have always used infixes, but never English until now.

That newly minted infix is "FAAAAR F**KING OUT!"

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11 Oct 2012, 10:50 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LZSUYoNPMs[/youtube] turn the volume down.

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21 Mar 2013, 11:44 am

What is considered the best American accent by Americans? The standard number one accent? Is it the accent of CNN?

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21 Mar 2013, 1:15 pm

I don't think I have an accent I'm from northern California. I know people from New York and in southern states have accents. I don't like the New york accent or New Jersey.

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21 Mar 2013, 1:40 pm

Mindsigh wrote:

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You don't even want me to start trying to type like my accent.

Hayul yayus!

hey, were trying to lose that southern part of are country, lets not confuse the foreigners, ok :roll:

(joke)

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21 Mar 2013, 1:47 pm

danmac wrote:

Mindsigh wrote:

OliveOilMom wrote:

You don't even want me to start trying to type like my accent.

Hayul yayus!

hey, were trying to lose that southern part of are country, lets not confuse the foreigners, ok :roll:

(joke)

Aren't you a FIB, anyway?

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21 Mar 2013, 1:47 pm

MannyBoo wrote:

What is considered the best American accent by Americans? The standard number one accent? Is it the accent of CNN?

I kind of like a slight southern accent. I wouldn't really say any American accent is the best, though.

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21 Mar 2013, 2:15 pm

MannyBoo wrote:

What is considered the best American accent by Americans? The standard number one accent? Is it the accent of CNN?

I don't know but the main American accent I noticed is the redneck southern one

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFevxqmg92s[/youtube]

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21 Mar 2013, 2:16 pm

MjrMajorMajor wrote:

danmac wrote:

Mindsigh wrote:

OliveOilMom wrote:

You don't even want me to start trying to type like my accent.

Hayul yayus!

hey, were trying to lose that southern part of are country, lets not confuse the foreigners, ok :roll:

(joke)

Aren't you a FIB, anyway?

FIB?
http://fiberfib.com/index.php/en/
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS?

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21 Mar 2013, 3:03 pm

danmac wrote:

MjrMajorMajor wrote:

danmac wrote:

Mindsigh wrote:

OliveOilMom wrote:

You don't even want me to start trying to type like my accent.

Hayul yayus!

hey, were trying to lose that southern part of are country, lets not confuse the foreigners, ok :roll:

(joke)

Aren't you a FIB, anyway?

FIB?
http://fiberfib.com/index.php/en/
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fib :rambo:

assuming Chi town is Chicago...

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21 Mar 2013, 5:41 pm

cakey wrote:

I don't think I have an accent I'm from northern California. I know people from New York and in southern states have accents. I don't like the New york accent or New Jersey.

You know, I've never been clear on the difference in accent between a Noo Yawka and someone from Jurr-zee. But then, here in Holland, we see a lot more of New York on TV than New Jersey.

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21 Mar 2013, 6:54 pm

donnie_darko wrote:

Itz kinduh intristeeng how Amerakinz tok. Yoo mite have a harrrd taim prawcessing it on yer mobul phoan, but yoo saund diff'rint from the Amerakinz yoo heer on tee vee.

It's funny how Canadians think they have American accents when they sound pretty much nothing like this. They sound more like this:

Etz kind of inter-es-ting hou Amerakinz tauk. Canadians mi-i'te hahve a hard taim PRO-cessing et on there mob-EYE-ol phones, but they sound diff-er-rent from the Amerakinz they heer on television.

Maybe that's because Canadian is a kind of French English mix.

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21 Mar 2013, 10:00 pm

I must admit that their profanity is, to say the least, extremely creative.
The "f-word" can be a noun, adjective, verb, or any qualifier.
The way they use the language is very imaginative.
I enjoy the "Philly" accent, as heard in the "Rocky" movies. Although it sometimes sounds like they have marbles in their mouth, it's fun to listen to.

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