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14 Oct 2010, 10:03 pm
my GF's from there and sometimes i almost swear it sounds like she has a bit of one.
does anyone from other parts of the states think people where i live in WA state has an accenct?
i'm just kinda curious 
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15 Oct 2010, 7:19 pm
15 Oct 2010, 7:35 pm
Maybe? I truly have no idea. 
15 Oct 2010, 7:35 pm
happymusic wrote:
I used to live in Indiana and there are definitely a couple of accents going on there. There's the Midwest one - just sort of vanilla American, and then there's a mild southern one that starts as the land gets more hilly south of Bloomington. That's what I noticed anyway.
i've never really understood what "vanilla" means in that kind of context
not really sure what that would sound like to compare.
if anything, maybe hers is a bit midwestern then
? she lives roughly 50 miles south of Indianapolis.
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15 Oct 2010, 8:14 pm
Seanmw wrote:
happymusic wrote:
I used to live in Indiana and there are definitely a couple of accents going on there. There's the Midwest one - just sort of vanilla American, and then there's a mild southern one that starts as the land gets more hilly south of Bloomington. That's what I noticed anyway.
i've never really understood what "vanilla" means in that kind of context
not really sure what that would sound like to compare.
if anything, maybe hers is a bit midwestern then
? she lives roughly 50 miles south of Indianapolis.Vanilla meaning like what you usually hear on television. It's the same accent that most newscasters and President Obama have. It's what's considered the standard American accent in terms of diction.
15 Oct 2010, 10:38 pm
happymusic wrote:
Seanmw wrote:
happymusic wrote:
I used to live in Indiana and there are definitely a couple of accents going on there. There's the Midwest one - just sort of vanilla American, and then there's a mild southern one that starts as the land gets more hilly south of Bloomington. That's what I noticed anyway.
i've never really understood what "vanilla" means in that kind of context
not really sure what that would sound like to compare.
if anything, maybe hers is a bit midwestern then
? she lives roughly 50 miles south of Indianapolis.Vanilla meaning like what you usually hear on television. It's the same accent that most newscasters and President Obama have. It's what's considered the standard American accent in terms of diction.
so basically kinda what you might call no accent?
although i was under the impression that obama had an accent all his own
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