Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3)
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Date: 2022-07-06
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akihoshi2
I am really, really sad you guys spent no more than 20 seconds on Alaska and Hawaii. As usual, we're essentially left out/forgotten. Yes, there are a LOT of mid-westerners in Alaska (yay, pipeline in the 70's) but I really felt like a lot of the things that were mentioned about the West coast apply here more than just the -Sarah Palin- Mat-Su valley. (She didn't even sound like that pre-running for the vice presidency) Additionally, there are a lot of interesting things about English spoken by Native Alaskans that wasn't even mentioned in other segments, as far as I could tell. Or, at least wasn't attributed to that region. I know this wasn't meant to be comprehensive, but I really hope you continue to flesh this series out! Also, thank you for allowing BIPOC to step in for areas that they have first hand knowledge and expertise in!
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I am really, really sad you guys spent no more than 20 seconds on Alaska and Hawaii. As usual, we're essentially left out/forgotten. Yes, there are a LOT of mid-westerners in Alaska (yay, pipeline in the 70's) but I really felt like a lot of the things that were mentioned about the West coast apply here more than just the -Sarah Palin- Mat-Su valley. (She didn't even sound like that pre-running for the vice presidency) Additionally, there are a lot of interesting things about English spoken by Native Alaskans that wasn't even mentioned in other segments, as far as I could tell. Or, at least wasn't attributed to that region. I know this wasn't meant to be comprehensive, but I really hope you continue to flesh this series out! Also, thank you for allowing BIPOC to step in for areas that they have first hand knowledge and expertise in!
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Den
I have some advice for Ms. BlondX cut the LatinX crap out!
Most real Latino people don't like it, don't like it at all!
White liberals have a very bad habit with f trying to change other people to be more they would like them to be. You do it to everyone, you do it to black folks, Latinos, Native Indian People, immigrants you need to resit your urges to but into other peoples lives, their culture & language should be off limits to all white liberals.
Remember -Ebonics- and the nonsense about yeah lets keep black folks speaking the language of their slave holders - that
is just the kind of help that will help them the moving forward.
Luckily some black folks came to realize that was a horrible idea to start teaching slave English!
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I have some advice for Ms. BlondX cut the LatinX crap out!
Most real Latino people don't like it, don't like it at all!
White liberals have a very bad habit with f trying to change other people to be more they would like them to be. You do it to everyone, you do it to black folks, Latinos, Native Indian People, immigrants you need to resit your urges to but into other peoples lives, their culture & language should be off limits to all white liberals.
Remember -Ebonics- and the nonsense about yeah lets keep black folks speaking the language of their slave holders - that
is just the kind of help that will help them the moving forward.
Luckily some black folks came to realize that was a horrible idea to start teaching slave English!
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Caroly
Thanks for this video. I think I see why now as a native English speaker in southern California many people in Oklahoma found my accent and speech patterns annoying. As well as the speed at which I spoke. I had a mix of the Bakersfield African American accent, and the Chicano as well as the So Cal. And Rez accents- Because this is who I was raised around and grew up with. After living for a decade in Oklahoma I lost a lot of my accent and picked up more of an Oklahoma accent by way of survival and now I live in Missouri where there's a definitely different accent especially between different communities even within the same city. So I think my accent has become more generalized over time.
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Thanks for this video. I think I see why now as a native English speaker in southern California many people in Oklahoma found my accent and speech patterns annoying. As well as the speed at which I spoke. I had a mix of the Bakersfield African American accent, and the Chicano as well as the So Cal. And Rez accents- Because this is who I was raised around and grew up with. After living for a decade in Oklahoma I lost a lot of my accent and picked up more of an Oklahoma accent by way of survival and now I live in Missouri where there's a definitely different accent especially between different communities even within the same city. So I think my accent has become more generalized over time.
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Craig
So, the reason I waited to comment until this part of the series was to make sure the point I was making was still valid. I waited to see what you covered in the Midwest and I saw next thing nothing. You covered Chicago, Iowa and Minnesota with one quick mention of Detroit. A huge swathe of area was ignored, but I have a theory as to why. I have heard for years that a majority of linguists feel that the Midwest speaks the most dialect free form of American english. I may be wrong, but your lack of coverage of this area leads me to believe I-m not.
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So, the reason I waited to comment until this part of the series was to make sure the point I was making was still valid. I waited to see what you covered in the Midwest and I saw next thing nothing. You covered Chicago, Iowa and Minnesota with one quick mention of Detroit. A huge swathe of area was ignored, but I have a theory as to why. I have heard for years that a majority of linguists feel that the Midwest speaks the most dialect free form of American english. I may be wrong, but your lack of coverage of this area leads me to believe I-m not.
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nikflagstar
I know you didn't have time for all the minutia, but in the -piney woods belt- starting right around Panama City along the coast there are very noticeable differences in each metro area as you get closer to New Orleans, Panama City has a -surfer meets Appalachian sounds- Fort Walton Beach is a -Midwestern meets Appalachian sound- Pensacola has a sort of -San Francisco meets South Alabama- Mobile Alabama has a real mix of -Cajun and classic gone with the wind southern- the Mississippi gulf coast becomes more Cajun etc
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I know you didn't have time for all the minutia, but in the -piney woods belt- starting right around Panama City along the coast there are very noticeable differences in each metro area as you get closer to New Orleans, Panama City has a -surfer meets Appalachian sounds- Fort Walton Beach is a -Midwestern meets Appalachian sound- Pensacola has a sort of -San Francisco meets South Alabama- Mobile Alabama has a real mix of -Cajun and classic gone with the wind southern- the Mississippi gulf coast becomes more Cajun etc
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Gretchen
I don-t know if you will find this interesting: My parents were born and grew up in the New England states in the early 1900s. They had a distinct accent. When they moved to Washington State where I was born, of course I had that New England accent. So when I started school in the early 1940s, I was teased because of my accent. Your program reminds me of how much our accents have changed and merged through the years. Our dress attire has also changed between the east coast and the west coast.
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I don-t know if you will find this interesting: My parents were born and grew up in the New England states in the early 1900s. They had a distinct accent. When they moved to Washington State where I was born, of course I had that New England accent. So when I started school in the early 1940s, I was teased because of my accent. Your program reminds me of how much our accents have changed and merged through the years. Our dress attire has also changed between the east coast and the west coast.
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HeRo
next I wanna hear about the gradual phasing out of the plural, lol. in like, -here 'is' some cool resources. - I know it all started out with, -there's several things- because -there are- is a tad awkward to say and may just sound like a five year old tugging around his hot wheelers, quickly got a hold of, -where's-. but now, more and more instances seem to be affected. is it just -hipper- to stick with the singular or what's that fuss all about?
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next I wanna hear about the gradual phasing out of the plural, lol. in like, -here 'is' some cool resources. - I know it all started out with, -there's several things- because -there are- is a tad awkward to say and may just sound like a five year old tugging around his hot wheelers, quickly got a hold of, -where's-. but now, more and more instances seem to be affected. is it just -hipper- to stick with the singular or what's that fuss all about?
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Mercedes
LOL. 2: 41 I definitely use less vowel reduction. I have a bit of a valley girl accent (especially when I was a teenager because I purposely talked like a valley girl to make fun of valley girl accent [ in a fun way].
I do try not to to because (I do pronounce as bee cause) it makes it harder for my son and daughter, who are dyslexic, to learn to speak correctly so that they can spell correctly.
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LOL. 2: 41 I definitely use less vowel reduction. I have a bit of a valley girl accent (especially when I was a teenager because I purposely talked like a valley girl to make fun of valley girl accent [ in a fun way].
I do try not to to because (I do pronounce as bee cause) it makes it harder for my son and daughter, who are dyslexic, to learn to speak correctly so that they can spell correctly.
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AliceInStitches
My dad was in the Army before my birth through age 14. I use both 'soda' and 'pop'; and 'tennis shoes' not 'sneakers'. 'Cot' and 'caught' sound the same, but 'there' and 'their' do not. Born in MA, lived in Maryland, Southern CA, Germany, Texas (Eastern and Central, and in Washington State for 50 yrs. Heinz 57 Sauce.
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My dad was in the Army before my birth through age 14. I use both 'soda' and 'pop'; and 'tennis shoes' not 'sneakers'. 'Cot' and 'caught' sound the same, but 'there' and 'their' do not. Born in MA, lived in Maryland, Southern CA, Germany, Texas (Eastern and Central, and in Washington State for 50 yrs. Heinz 57 Sauce.
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WelcomeToJ
As a Canadian I was ready to judge this hard, because we're so often lumped together (the ENTIRE country east to west) as one accent and misrepresented enough for us to roll our eyes at all the -oot- and -aboot- jokes. But he did well. Would've loved a deeper dive (because there are so many more) but I give him a pass.
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As a Canadian I was ready to judge this hard, because we're so often lumped together (the ENTIRE country east to west) as one accent and misrepresented enough for us to roll our eyes at all the -oot- and -aboot- jokes. But he did well. Would've loved a deeper dive (because there are so many more) but I give him a pass.
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