What do people assume about you from your accent/dialect?

[Mr Sparkle]

They assume I'm white

 

[Sabretooth]

I have a slight Southern accent. I can speak without accent for the most part,but on some words I have a drawl. I'll say ''Tiguh'' instead of ''Tiger'' for instance.

 

[ScottyBBadd]

Not much really.

 

[NJGooner]

The Northeast
Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.


i've been told i have a fairly clear jersey accent. although, compared to some of my friends, it's nothing

 

[Lantern Venom]

When you travel from your current place of residence, do people assume particulars about you from the way you speak, whether you have a certain accent or dialect regarding your voice? I remember going to L.A. for my family reunion back in July and ordering something at a fast food spot and the girl was like, "are you from someplace like wisconsin or something?" I said, close...Indiana. "Yeah, I can tell, you have like a midwest thing going on in your voice. Plus you asked for a pop instead of a soda." Go figure.

I get two versions of this. When I meet people from Northern states, they can pick up on my slight southern accent. Sometimes they assume I like southern guy things like Nascar, hunting and country music. I don't like any of those things.

Conversely, people that I meet from the south often assume that I'm from a neighboring northern state because I speak more quickly than most southerners. Also, my public speaking classes in college rid me of many colloquialisms. For some reason this can lead people to assume I'm a jerk.

 

[jaydawg]

When I'm in LA, people always assume I'm from NorCal. Which I am, because I say hella all the time. Stupid SoCal *******s. They put the infront of everything.

 

[ang_hulk]

that im smart and not from pa.They also assume i have good grammer.

 

[Manic]

According to the quiz, I got Midland. My next highest accent was the West, which makes sense, I guess.

People assume I'm white over the phone, though. Just the other day at work, a customer was shocked to hear how properly I speak (I was borderline offended, too). One of my co-workers thought I was English when he first met me, which was way out there, but the same thing once happened at school

 

[Corinthian™]

I talk with an accent and know that I'm not a native english speaker.. in Mexico they can quickly tell that I'm from the north of Mexico

 

[heypapajinx]

I talk with an accent and know that I'm not a native english speaker.. in Mexico they can quickly tell that I'm from the north of Mexico

damned dirty Mex!
quit taking our jobs!!

 

[britrogue]

People always assume that I'm Australian. I've never even been to Australia

 

[Calvin]

Nobody's ever really been able to place me.

 

[heypapajinx]

Nobody's ever really been able to place me.

well with all your talk on your best friend "Hobbes" i would say your fresh off the boat from the funny farm.t:

 

[Kaleb]

Im from south africa but I dont have a south african accent as my family are from england and italy ,howver watch the trailer for the Blood Diamonds Leonardo decaprio plays a south african , with a really strong accent, the majority of ppl who here that accent think they are slow.

 

[terry78]

Im from south africa but I dont have a south african accent as my family are from england and italy ,howver watch the trailer for the Blood Diamonds Leonardo decaprio plays a south african , with a really strong accent, the majority of ppl who here that accent think they are slow.

Over there it's all about bling bang, I hear.

 

[kane9321]

soda damn it ..not pop

 

[Sean Adisano]

i'm a Brooklyn-Italian, and whenever i go somewhere outside New York...people CLING to everything i say and then they go, "Yep i hear it, your brooklyn accent."

people who know me always tell me my brooklyn accent is so strong!

its true though, my accent is very heavy in brooklyn. i'm happy with it

 

[Sean Adisano]

soda damn it ..not pop

YEA!

 

[terry78]

soda damn it ..not pop

Nope, it's pop, biatch. You from the Chicagoland area, it's pop, always will be. A lot of us sound like the Superfans though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iHvZ_Z0OgxA

The last dude sounds exactly like my dad's friend at work.

 

[Sean Adisano]

Nope, it's pop, biatch. You from the Chicagoland area, it's pop, always will be. A lot of us sound like the Superfans though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iHvZ_Z0OgxA

The last dude sounds exactly like my dad's friend at work.

in New York its soda Bro! no one knows what your talkin about when you say pop.

 

[kane9321]

Nope, it's pop, biatch. You from the Chicagoland area, it's pop, always will be. A lot of us sound like the Superfans though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iHvZ_Z0OgxA

The last dude sounds exactly like my dad's friend at work.

here in killa cali is soda fool..thats how we rollt:

 

[kane9321]

Nope, it's pop, biatch. You from the Chicagoland area, it's pop, always will be. A lot of us sound like the Superfans though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iHvZ_Z0OgxA

The last dude sounds exactly like my dad's friend at work.

here in "killa cali" is soda fool..thats how we roll..wanna make somethin of it

 

[Sean Adisano]

here in "killa cali" is soda fool..thats how we roll..wanna make somethin of it

killa cali...makes me sad

 

[bulok]

People assume I'm American because I mask my accent but I dont even have a green card. I grew up in England and when I talked to my friends back there I talk in that accent and when i talk to folks here it's different.

I don't know if its fake of me to do that but I am already different being Asian but having a Brit accent and Azn just makes me feel like I stick out.

 

[kane9321]

killa cali...makes me sad

lol..me toot: