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Uncle Joe

(65,525 posts) Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:22 PM Oct 2021

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3) WIRED

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Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3) WIRED (Original Post) Uncle Joe Oct 2021 OP

Very interesting Srkdqltr Oct 2021 #1

Native SoCal girl here, I don't get this, no one I know sounds like Jeff Spicoli. chia Oct 2021 #2

My accent is straight out of 1900 White America San Francisco. hunter Oct 2021 #3

Srkdqltr

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1. Very interesting

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Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:40 PM

Oct 2021

chia

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2. Native SoCal girl here, I don't get this, no one I know sounds like Jeff Spicoli.

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Sun Oct 17, 2021, 01:19 PM

Oct 2021

The Chicano is more spot on to my ear, though.

hunter

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3. My accent is straight out of 1900 White America San Francisco.

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Sun Oct 17, 2021, 04:01 PM

Oct 2021

I sound just like my grandmother and her sister who were born there.

My wife's accent is a blend of Native American Mexican Irish Southern California, but she's also a chameleon, easily adopting the local English or Spanish accent of wherever she's happened to land. One of our offspring has that talent as well.

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