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Old 11-16-2008, 07:53 PM
 
Location: So. Dak.
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I like Texas women and their accents. An accent that can be a little irritating is from the Minnesota/North Dakota area.

Now, should I go up the Minneapolis forum and tell them that? No, that's rude and just incites hatefullness.

Threads like this (and the one from an _____ who stated the the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup was animal creulty) make me wonder what motivates some of these folks.
AHHHH, you must be referring to dem Norvegian accents, huh? I hear it often since they live just north of me.
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Old 11-16-2008, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Austin
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Does that make them uneducated, however? Or is this just your own supercilious observation? At the same time, I apologize if I misunderstood your intent...so please explain what you mean. Fair enough?
Yes, you're misunderstanding what I meant. There is a huge difference between a drawl/accent and a "strong" drawl. Most strong drawls, and yes this is a huge stereotype and probably grossly overestimated, come from the deep grassroots of uneducated areas and people just don't learn to talk "properly". But, "Golly" didn't Gomer sound a tad uneducated every time he opened his mouth?

I could go into how I feel ebonics would be considered a strong drawl, but I'll leave it at that, and I'm also not going to read the rest of the 6 pages before this as I can only imagine how the rest of this thread ended, but I thought I would answer your inquiry.
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Old 11-16-2008, 09:06 PM
 
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I think it's probably my least favorite.

From what I see the most stereotypical accent today to display ignorance is the valley girl and the jersey guy accent. I thnik in teh past it wqas probaly the southern accent but times change. I have to say that accents are fine as long as can understand them;many in the northest I frankly can't.Many from claifornia seem to be speaking in a run-on sentence to my ears/
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Old 11-16-2008, 09:07 PM
 
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I think it's probably my least favorite.
Short of a pronounced browridge, prejudice is one of the clearest indicators of one's ignorance.
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Old 11-16-2008, 09:29 PM
 
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I would have to say the New England accent is my least favorite. I like a slight southern accent, but just not one of extreme. I prefer a Texas accent to Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama.
I love southern accents. I love Louisiana the best (it's so different), then TX and GA. I do not like upper east coast accents (NY, ME, NJ...etc), at all..
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Old 11-17-2008, 12:01 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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I think it's probably my least favorite.
We make fun of you Yankee's too
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Old 11-17-2008, 12:27 AM
 
Location: Buffalo, NY area
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We make fun of you Yankee's too
We have no accent here

Maybe a slight one.
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Old 11-17-2008, 05:53 AM
 
Location: Camphost in Durand, IL
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I love accents. They have some history in them. In some cases, it can be from the people who settled an area long ago.

Languages across the globe all have different accents and dialects. American English is no different. Imagine how boring it would be if we all had the same accent.

To me it all comes down to history and tradition, nothing wrong with that.
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Old 11-17-2008, 06:20 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh--Home of the 6 time Super Bowl Champions!
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We have no accent here

Maybe a slight one.
I BEG to differ with you on this one! I lived in Buffalo, NY for 1.5 years...went to Canisius College right after high school. Western NY definitely has an accent. And sometimes it is downright annoying because you do not emphasize the last syllable of words--they kind of have a sharp, soft sound, like when you say "car", the "r" isn't pronounced.

A little advice: Don't go shooting your mouth off about other accents when you, yourself have one! So, you don't like the Texan drawl/twange--keep it to yourself or post it on your hometown board and have a ball with making fun of Texans if you so wish to. BUT, don't come on a Texas board and think that people are not going to defend their way of talking.

What you did in the opening post was open yourself up to the ire of Texans. It was rude and offensive. 'Nuff said!
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Old 11-17-2008, 07:18 AM
 
Location: The Big D
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Really? Never been to NYC???? Hmm, how come this then?




Does anyone smell what I do?
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Pictures, my friend, pictures.

Soon enough I will go there. Seems like a nice place.

To be honest I've never been to Texas either, so I have no idea how it is, but that accent....

You base all of your OPINIONS on pictures????? One can take a GREAT picture of a landfill and at the right angle it can look like paradise. Zoom out and one sees it for what it is.

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I guess you hear such accents on TV or lots of Texans are living in New York.
Yes, did you not know that ALL TEXANS no matter where they are from or their level of education sound like those HORRIBLE over exagerated accents some idiot producer in Hollyweird comes up with. . Those grate on my nerves every time. I sit there dumbfounded saying, "NO ONE IN TEXAS TALKS LIKE THAT."

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From what I see the most stereotypical accent today to display ignorance is the valley girl and the jersey guy accent. I thnik in teh past it wqas probaly the southern accent but times change. I have to say that accents are fine as long as can understand them;many in the northest I frankly can't.Many from claifornia seem to be speaking in a run-on sentence to my ears/
NO KIDDING! The jGeezE accent kills me. Talk about nails on a chalkboard. I can listen to a Soft as handspun silk dripping like molasses PROPER Southern accent all day long. They PROPERLY PRONOUNCE their words, sound them out, do not run on words. Stop between each sentence. EASY to understand and does not sound the least bit uneducated. I hear the loudmouth obnoxious jGeezE accent and I'm heading the other way. People STILL speak "Valley Girl". OHMYGAWD!


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Short of a pronounced browridge, prejudice is one of the clearest indicators of one's ignorance.
You are correct my friend. Especially when ones "prejudice" is based solely on fiction from movies and tv.

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We have no accent here

Maybe a slight one.
Right . Record yourself and then listen to it.

Oh, and I have some LOVELY beach front property for sale in close proximity to Downtown Dallas. No worry of hurricanes since the last one that hit the Dallas area was back in the early 80's during the filming of the show "Dallas". You can see the skyline of downtown from your "inland" view balcony.
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