West coast people really hear a Midwest accent. I upvoted because it made me laugh.
Midwest is classic “broadcast English”. It’s considered an almost neutral accent without a strong sense of place associated with it.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Yeah lol I will agree that it’s less heavy of an accent, for the most part, but most people can still tell unless you literally talk like a news anchor. Same with West Coast accents tbh.
tourist@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Broadcast English”
Interesting term
I’ve always noticed that In movies and TV shows, North American accents mostly sound “normal”. But when I talk to Americans/Canadians in person or online over voice chat, I cannot pinpoint the accents, it just sounds “American” to me.
I almost never hear the
“I’m walkin here”
“Folks won’t take kindly to you around these parts”
“I pahked my cah at the Hahvahd yahd”
“I’m sorey aboot that”
I’m totally down, I just need to, like, check my schedule?
etc.
kinds of exaggerated accents
everyone sounds like someone from CNN to me and then they say they’re from Arkansas or something
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 days ago
I thought that was the Mid-Atlantic Accent?
FishFace@piefed.social 2 days ago
Not for about 80 years…
DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Never really. Mid-Atlantic was taught in elocution lessons but didn’t really exist outside film and theatre.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 day ago
Oh I actually thought the comment I replied to replied to your comment about broadcast English xD
Triasha@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I thought it was native to wealthy families from Jersey/Virginia/Maryland. People that grew up in Martha’s vineyard.
lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
A so-called “neutral accent” is still an accent.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I never really understood it until I met people from Iowa for the first time. They didn’t have an accent in the way that Sam Diego doesn’t have weather, just a climate.