What Accent do you have?

1895ss · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Bushmaster wrote:

Are you Canadians finding out that you are more American then you thought? Well glory be...

Actually when you think about it there are probably more people getting married between these two countries then almost any place else in the world. .... Smile

Hey I don't have a problem if all of North America was all one country......... Cool

Let me retype that..... If the U.S. and Canada were all one Country.... Very Happy

tracker · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Yep, we do tend to think of y'all as the 11th province ROFL

1895ss · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Bushmaster wrote:

Are you Canadians finding out that you are more American then you thought? Well glory be...

Well then again we found out Shocked

that you're more "Ceh neh dian" then you let on yourself there Bushy......... Very Happy

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Canucks....Is that correct or is that improper politicaly correctness.

Wait a minute. Be right back...This coffee isn't strong enough...Needs more whiskey...

Aah...There. Much better...Where were we...?? Oh yeah...

I would have to admit that if this continent was one country it would be pretty darn nice except we would have to invade mexico so we could spend all our tax dollars rebuilding it... You guys up for that?

1895ss · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Canucks Shmucks it don't matter to me...... the majority of us have red blood Very Happy

Sure lets invade Meheeco and then rebuild it, as what.......? Laughing

tracker · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

I do recall that when I referred to us as Canuckistanians (an American senator's appellation for us if I recall) that Dimitri warned me that some people might find that offensive...hmm....I find them offensive. I think it's all a laugh. Politically correct can kiss my....ahem neighbor's wife..Wanna call me something, call me Stu that's m'name, or tracker, that's my nickname. Can call me friends with 1895 and Bushy and they're on different sides of the border!! Invade Mehico? OK, I'll bring the usual Canajun contribution to invasions....beer!!!

(Now if I happened to be in the right place at the right time and some big old buck turned and happened to step south of the 49th parallel, would I decline the shot? Oh yes officer, absolutely ROFL

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

I've had enough...I've got to go check out the news to see if it's still safe out there... ROFL

1895ss · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Tracker and I will defend the North Border but you'll have to look after the SouthCentral part................. Very Happy

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946

Bushmaster wrote:

Are you Canadians finding out that you are more American then you thought? Well glory be...

As Canadian's we tend to be proud of our history (well most of us) so we tend to fight off comperisons to the Americans or the British, but really we Canadians are probably somewhere inbetween but at the same time unique, we have had alot of British infulance in the past, and more recently American influance.

A Canadian-American country would be interesting, could get the 2nd Ammendment into Canada. Cool

Canucks is the proper nickname for Canadians, Very Happy

Cankastan is a Anti-Canadian American name for Canada. Mad

Dimitri

1895ss · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Dimitri wrote:

Bushmaster wrote:

Are you Canadians finding out that you are more American then you thought? Well glory be...

As Canadian's we tend to be proud of our history (well most of us) so we tend to fight off comperisons to the Americans or the British, but really we Canadians are probably somewhere inbetween but at the same time unique, we have had alot of British infulance in the past, and more recently American influance.Dimitri

Yep he's right, we're proud of some things............ like ??????8O

gelandangan · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Funny, they way I talk is Inland North accented. And of course I am from Sydney Australia which is err... Overseas South West Razz

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

gelandangan...Do you feel lost maybe?? I guess they (the authors of the questionair) should have asked the question "Do you say "eh", "Mate"
or "Matey"??? That might get every one on the right continent or right part of a continent...

coyotehunter_1 · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Poll says: "That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it."

Well, shucks... you all... guess it was my southern drawl that gave me away. Very Happy

Vince · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:21 am Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Now there's a good laugh. The quiz says that I am from the NorthEast ... most likely Philadelphia. wtf

Pretty odd as I was born in Sydney Australia and now live in Brisbane Australia. Laughing

Just goes to show how "stats" can be interpreted to suit the whims of the organisation collecting them. Very Happy

Cheers, Vince

Arron · Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have?

Gave me an Inland North, with a very high Midland type.

The funny thing is if I am around someone for any amount of time I can pick them up right now and the vocal sounds would get me pegged for a local. When I was up in Alaska(Togiak) about three weeks before I found out about some bio family about 20 minutes east Moorehead, MN I fit in perfectly up in that part as I could make the sounds just like them as I had picked it up in Alaska from the Yupik natives, and they(relatives) were very surprised I was from South West Iowa, both areas had abut the same type of vocalizations it was kind of bizzare. Far-Gho, Nort-Da-koTah and snho, you wanna' come with?; let's see what else is there? Oh lots of different things. I once talked with a linguistics student at ISU and she was taught that the folks in this part of the country actually have no accent as we tend to pronounce words almsot exactly as they should be pronounced. Had a room-mate at Iowa Sate who was from Janesville, Whi-Skon-sin who got me to talking like him. So I am not sure just which "accent" I have as it varies according to who I am talking too. You call it I can pretty much do it except for most of the Asian stuff the vowels are so different from what I am used to, but I can say some Chinese words very well. My favorties are Scots and Irish with a good New Zealand and Austrailia, and pretty decent eastern Europe. I have not had the opportunity to try out the Scandanavian types as the only person I knew who could really teach me has been gone since last August but I know I could probably pick it up fairly decently. Had one gal at a local winery tell me I should try out for some acting roles as I sounded "unbelievably perfect."