Submitted 1 year ago by GB19@lemm.ee to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
I know for a fact that as a child, it was Russian. Now it’s kind of odd. Most of the time, I do have an American accent but have a mix of English too.
Example: I tend to pronounce my “r”’s like an Englishman. When I say “I don’t care/I don’t mind”, something like that, it’s English. I also pronounce words like “bath” or “grass” like an American would.
I love hearing that there is a singular American accent when every place I visit in the US has a different accent, some of which are a struggle to understand.
Any accent of English, including more recent ones, perceived as a mixture of American and British English, and often perceived as incorporating the prestige speech of one or both countries
american with english influence
Mothra@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Even if we knew exactly how you are pronouncing what you wrote, we still don’t know your intonation, which is massive when it comes to accents.
Mine is a mess. My native language is Spanish but nobody ever guesses it right. I work in a customer service role and people often ask me where is my accent from. When they dare risk a guess, they usually ask if it’s French, Russian or Irish. Yes- Irish! Conversely, I deal with lots of tourists as well and the French, Russian and Irish accents couldn’t sound any more different from each other so I don’t know what that means about mine. Spanish accent is typically very easy to recognize so whatever mine is, it sounds nothing like it.
countrypunk@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I am from the US South and have been asked if I’m from Irish because of my accent. It’s crazy how off some people are with guessing.