[ SECRET POST #2085 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2085 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Maybe it's because you are American.

Any American accent will probably sound very familiar, while non-American accents will be 'new' and 'different', and thus more 'fantasy'.

[kallanda_lee]

You might have a point. I'm European and I can't even tell the difference between a lot of regional American accents. Sure, I could spot a Southern accent, or a New York one (and obviously the British varieties) - but a lot of what Americans speak is just "generic English" to me, so it doesn't really stand out.

[(Anonymous)]

If your exposure is mostly through American media, that's because the vast majority of people use General American. Most movies don't reflect true regional accents (New York, Jersey and other Italian-based, New England, and Southern accents are the most common regional accents used; others are typically just General American), and most newscasters use General American. So I wouldn't doubt that you actually are mostly hearing slight variations on General American.

[kallanda_lee]

Thank you for elaborating - that explains a lot!

[cloudsinvenice]

That's interesting to learn - and it strikes me that while I'd recognise the other accents you mention, I can't specify what a New England accent sounds like. Time to go and fire up YouTube, I guess - I'm curious now about what other regional accents we never get to hear on TV...

[(Anonymous)]

It's most recognizable feature is its non-rhoticity.

[(Anonymous)]

If you've seen Good Will Hunting, The Town, or The Fighter, you've heard a the generally excepted (but rather exaggerated) Boston accent, which is the most well-known of New England accent.

One thing about Midwestern American accents: most people accept that Midwesterners have "no accent", but we do. The Northern Midwest (Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, and northern Illinois (around Chicago)) may sound similar to some Canadian accents. Fargo has really, really exaggerated versions of this. The Midlands (Nebraska, Iowa, central Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, and some of western Missouri) are kind of hard to describe (I'd say the vowels are "flatter", but someone might take issue with that). And even then, it really varies by county and region because the states are so large. For instance, my state, Missouri, has a bizarro mix of stuff: Kansas City (on the state's western edge) sounds really Midlands-ish, while the Ozarks (rural, southwestern---think Winter's Bone) and the Boot Heel (southeastern) sound a lot more stereotypically southern, but not quite; and my city, St. Louis, is a weird linguistical island of Midlands and Northern aspects.

And I just remembered a great example of Northern American accents: Mystery Science Theater 3000. They started out on Minneapolis public access, so if you listen to their voices (especially Tom Servo's), they have some much less exaggerated accents than something like Fargo does (really listen to the way they say anything with "ar" sounds in it---it's really pronounced, depending on the word).

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, most Americans are fully aware that Minnesota and Wisconsin have noticeable accents and can imitate them. With the others, it's that General American is based off of Midwestern accents and many people are led to believe that General American speakers have "no accent" when it's really a suppression of marked regional characteristics. This, of course, causes contention with other major dialect speakers, who are of the opinion that all American accents are noticeable.

[visp]

That'd be my guess. Also, European accents can sound more "old fashioned" while American would sound more modern to you.