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There's many different accents right across N.A. Maritimers have a distinct accent, Quebeckers, eastern US (NY and Boston), SE States, West coast....still, we pale compared to Europe. There's probably twice as many accents in Britain alone, than in N.A. Och Aye!!

The Chicagoan accent is clearly the best and least distorted of all American accents.

Yup... Midwestern US "English" has been the "standard" for general US spoken words in movies and TV for years. It is only when they are going for some New York, Upper Eastern, Southern, Hick/hillbilly, or whatever *specific* accent to make sure that we know where the person is from that they stray away from the "Midwestern accent"...

The areas surrounding Washington DC are pretty accent free, as is the entire west coast.

Peter, I'm having a hard time understanding you. Could you type slower?

No, my key repeat delay is too low and my repeat rate is too high. If I slow down, you'd see ttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiissssssssss.

It's funny, this is a common stereotype yet I still haven't heard a Canadian say it this way myself. Eh?! on the other hand, daily heard and said. Of course if you go further west it seems it's always hey?!

Neither had I until I was watching "Destroyed in Seconds" on Discovery and there was a cruise ship crashing into a bridge.

"These Canadian tourists caught it all on tape!"
'Ooh, nooh... dat boat's aboot to hit dat bridge!'


That's when I figured out exactly what they were talking about.

Bren R.

Accents are fun. Even in our tiny province you can often identify what town somebody is from by their dialect. Where my wife is from, every time they say the word "more" I think they are talking about a lawn "mower".

And yes, Winter is fun!

I've heard some people throw the letter 'r' into the word 'wash'??? "I have to warsh my car".