Comments on: Relativity of Accents

By: unknownmami

unknownmami — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:28:00 +0000

In reply to Isaida. Let me know when your post goes up. We're taking turns being sick over here so I don't want to miss it.

By: deborahpucci

deborahpucci — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:08:00 +0000

I’m really surprised he said that to you. Glad you straightened him out!

By: tracismixedbag

tracismixedbag — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Sir, if you don’t prefer my Spanish accent, perhaps we should switch back to English.UGh.Annoying but I think you handled it perfectly.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0000

It’s true – everyone has an accent. I don’t have a cliched Canadian accent – but I do have a different accent than my friend from Salem, MA. Accents truly are relative.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:53:00 +0000

You definitely kept your cool. I don’t know how I would have responded. I have a very good Spanish friend, we have a good time teasing one another about accents and “proper” words. He’s lived here a long time and hangs out with mostly Mexicans. When he goes back to visit, he says he gets a hard time for having “lost” his accent and sounding like “us”. Which is basically an insult because, you know, we speak bastard Spanish. Which we only speak because of colonization and the forced repression of indigenous languages. Ugh, I best not get started…

By: VM Sehy Photography

VM Sehy Photography — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:22:00 +0000

What kills me is he had to ask you where your accent came from. He couldn’t be a snob about it until you supplied him with the information. Good for you for standing up to him. Politely too. I’m impressed. I visited Spain once to see a friend. Apparently I confounded the locals. A couple of little old ladies asked her where I was from. She told them I was from the midwest in the United States of America. They said they had never heard such a flat accent. Well, I can’t deny that.

By: Timmohdali

Timmohdali — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:06:00 +0000

I love accent. But I will not copy the way a local Brit talks when in England. I’ll just comfortably blurt everything out in my stupid Malaysian English accent. I can sense when somebody tries very hard to ‘blend’ in and try speaking a locl dialect, when they fail miserably (their face would show as if they’re constipating LOL), I feel like laughing. Be yourself. He’s a loser!!
– http://timmohdali.blogspot.com –

By: unknownmami

unknownmami — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:55:00 +0000

In reply to Joey. And color (or colour) is a great thing.

By: Judy Retirednottired

Judy Retirednottired — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:02:00 +0000

I am Canadian and when I visit my daughter who lives in the Southern US I get asked where I come from – I didn’t think I had an accent however I think everyone talks differently from everywhere.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:51:00 +0000

Americans love the British accent, and the British love the American accent. But of course the British accent varies a great deal. I’m a londoner, and although I’m kinda posh, I have a bit of a cockney twang to it at times.

Accents add colour to a person.

By: La Principessa Errante

La Principessa Errante — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:44:00 +0000

Que maleducato!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:54:00 +0000

I love that there are accents. I think they are so unique and fun to listen to. That was terribly offensive because, as you said, we all have them. I think the entertainment business feeds into those stereotypes though – don’t they always make the Southerner dumb, and the guy from Brooklyn rough and tough – maybe a gangster, and the woman from the UK brilliant. You handled yourself well though and made your point.

By: AutismWonderland

AutismWonderland — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:41:00 +0000

WTF is wrong with people? That would have gotten under my skin too.

By: lisleman

lisleman — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:26:00 +0000

I enjoy accents. The world would be boring without them.

By: Susi aka Sinead

Susi aka Sinead — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:50:00 +0000

Wow, that was so rude of him!! Excellent response from you. We all have accents and we all should respect that.. and especially that man should be proud that you can speak his language. I’m Swedish but I speak Italian quite ok and every time I’m in Italy people say that I speak Italian so well even though it sucks big time.. because they are proud and glad that someone from Sweden has learned to speak their language.

By: Nita

Nita — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:24:00 +0000

His remark was so very narrow minded. Accents are a part of each of us, signifying our origins. Even across the United States the accent changes drastically, and often you can tell exactly what state a person is from or was raised in just by their accent. I grew up in California then moved north to Oregon then to the Midwest and just recently moved to Virginia. Each time there was an adjustment period during which I had to learn the different inflections of the dominant accent, but I would never suggest to anyone that they need to lose their accent.

By: From Tracie

From Tracie — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Wow. That was pretty rude.

I enjoy hearing different accents. They all have an unique beauty to them.

By: Isaida

Isaida — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:07:00 +0000

I wish I had a spanish accent. I’m Puerto Rican, but raised in a family that didn’t speak spanish all the time, so I didn’t learn. I hate not knowing Spanish. Have tried taking it in school, and college, but that didn’t help. Been working on a post about being Puerto Rican and not speaking spanish. Posting sometime this week.

By: Vidya Sury

Vidya Sury — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:01:00 +0000

Rude guy. I’ve been teased a lot, first for my convent school English accent and then, by virtue of living in Tamil Nadu, for my Tamil accent frequently. I can just imagine how you felt.

I’d love to hear you do a vlog, paper bag and all. But you’re the master of concealing very dexterously – so – your voice would be a pleasure to hear. I suspect you sing well, too.

🙂 Accents are interesting. I love to listen to different languages. I remember while learning Spanish, decades ago – we had a practice conversation class and I walked in a little late for the class. The teacher looked at me and said – quickly – give me a sentence in Spanish. I forgot the word for dinner and said “dinero”. The teacher was shocked. And the class was entertained. In India – we have so many languages that each one has a unique accent. We can recognize where a person is from just by listening to their English or Hindi accent – which are the two common languages in most places.

By: Laurie Matherne

Laurie Matherne — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:50:00 +0000

To speak Castilian Spanish, just use a lisp. At all times, spit your words with the tip of your tongue. I speak Spanish with a Honduran accent. When I am in Costa Rica, I get snubbed at times because the accent is different. However, I am really good at mimicking accents. I love speaking Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cajun French, and Southern English. It is fun. Also I do a good Brit accent. I should have been an actress. I used to be annoyed when people seemed to look down on my Cajun heritage. Who cares? You are a unique and precious person, no matter how you speak or where you are from. Speak on, Unknown Mami! (by the way, Jesus had an accent. He spoke the poor Narazeth accent, as opposed to the correct Jerusalem way, I suppose. He was from the poor hill country. I bet he sounded like a hillbilly. and he was the Son of God. so THere!)