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UristMcDwarf

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What kind of accent is this?
« on: April 27, 2012, 03:28:57 pm »
I know a guy who has a odd accent, mostly with his As. Whenever he makes the A sound, it sounds almost like two As, making "car" sound almost like "care".

Is this an accent, or just a speech pattern, and if accent, from where?
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 03:44:31 pm »
Could be an accent. IIRC, Scots English would do that, as would some coastal New England and even coastal Mid-Atlantic accents. Parts of West Virginia have an odd thing of pronouncing "ou" as a hard o, so that "out and about" sounds like "oat in a boat".
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2012, 03:48:21 pm »
I was thinking Scots English as well.
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2012, 03:57:29 pm »
Could be any of the Celtic accents. I am Welsh (South Wales accent, quite distinctive), but Americans and Canadians have mistook it for Irish and Scots on many occasions.

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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2012, 04:02:41 pm »
You all sound funny the same way.  :P
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2012, 04:20:44 pm »
I was thinking more northern/canadian american accent.
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2012, 04:45:07 pm »
Quote from: RedKing on April 27, 2012, 04:02:41 pm
You all sound funny the same way.  :P

TBH over here we have more accents in a 200 mile radius than most other entire nations.
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2012, 04:50:33 pm »
Car-> care immediately makes me think S'Efrican, personally.  Scottish doesn't quite go in that direction and I'd expect you'd just recognise it from more obvious signs (like out->oot or whatever.  Get him to say "iron" if you're really not sure).
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2012, 04:51:36 pm »
Can you find a video of it or anythign?
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2012, 02:55:02 am »
Could be a east coast canadian? They have some pretty crazy accents there. My coworker from Halifax had a pretty neutral accent but pronounced "car" like "Kaehr" and everyone bugged her about it.
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 11:37:18 pm »
Quote from: Baijiu on April 28, 2012, 02:55:02 am
Could be a east coast canadian? They have some pretty crazy accents there. My coworker from Halifax had a pretty neutral accent but pronounced "car" like "Kaehr" and everyone bugged her about it.
As an east coast Canadian (from a town close to Halifax, no less) my friends in Alberta laugh hysterically whenever I pronounce car. I literally cannot tell the difference between the way I pronounce it and the way they pronounce it.
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2012, 06:19:44 am »
Quote from: MonkeyHead on April 27, 2012, 03:57:29 pm
Could be any of the Celtic accents. I am Welsh (South Wales accent, quite distinctive), but Americans and Canadians have mistook it for Irish and Scots on many occasions.

Cerdiff iseh?
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Re: What kind of accent is this?
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2012, 01:02:11 pm »
Quote from: lordcooper on May 01, 2012, 06:19:44 am
Quote from: MonkeyHead on April 27, 2012, 03:57:29 pm
Could be any of the Celtic accents. I am Welsh (South Wales accent, quite distinctive), but Americans and Canadians have mistook it for Irish and Scots on many occasions.

Cerdiff iseh?

Nah, im a Jack from South Central Wales. Much more "steretypical". Cardiff/South East accents are more harsh and less singsong
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