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Xithras

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94. Hunters Point or Hayward.

Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:48 AM

Jul 2014

Depending on which version of history you choose to believe, it probably started in one of those two cities. Objectively, it looks like it got started in Hayward, and then spread into Oakland where it became common, and radiated outward from there.

Hearing it is still uncommon outside of California, and hella rare on the east coast. With so many people moving out of California over the past few decades, it's starting to become a bit more common in some of the surrounding states though. Much of my family now lives in Oregon, and according to my nieces and nephews the "California Accent" (including the word Hella) is common enough that nobody pays attention to it anymore.

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American accent you find most annoying? [View all] closeupready Jul 2014 OP

Proudly ignorant. It's found all around the country. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #1

That's a good point. closeupready Jul 2014 #2

Hope it's OK if I'm ordering a sammitch. bluedigger Jul 2014 #4

or happy valenTIMES day orleans Jul 2014 #51

Teen Girl Squad speaks to this issue ... dawg Jul 2014 #75

Absolutely! greatauntoftriplets Jul 2014 #68

Whatever you call that accent? You know the one? Where everything is a question? Even statements? arcane1 Jul 2014 #3

I think it's Jewish you're talking about? bluedigger Jul 2014 #6

LOL I'm thinking more of that white, SoCal "Valley Girl" type of accent arcane1 Jul 2014 #9

No way! Barf me out! bluedigger Jul 2014 #11

It's called "uptalk" Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #31

I think? pipi_k Jul 2014 #42

Good point? arcane1 Jul 2014 #44

other - those that speak Faux News/unhinged far right-ese NRaleighLiberal Jul 2014 #5

That Yelly one. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #7

Valley. So much the CA valley accent. Chan790 Jul 2014 #8

Yeah, that's the one for me, too - if accents had metaphors, closeupready Jul 2014 #10

But isn't that more lingo than an accent? ailsagirl Jul 2014 #29

Go to Huntington Beach. Throd Jul 2014 #37

I think we're mixing up "accent" with "slang" ailsagirl Jul 2014 #39

It was both. They sounded weird and used odd words. Throd Jul 2014 #43

Yikes!! ailsagirl Jul 2014 #53

Joisey Throd Jul 2014 #12

What exit? KamaAina Jul 2014 #13

Nobody talks like that here. name not needed Jul 2014 #14

I used to encounter it up around Tuxedo when I lived in Yonkers. Chan790 Jul 2014 #16

'Fargo' Electric Monk Jul 2014 #15

People don't really talk like that here in MN geardaddy Jul 2014 #96

I guess not many here have ever been sweet talked by a Southern Belle NightWatcher Jul 2014 #17

That's what I was thinking as well. Xyzse Jul 2014 #76

I have. Iggo Jul 2014 #109

Can't stand the Boston Packerowner740 Jul 2014 #18

my English mum would have disagreed Skittles Jul 2014 #100

Not only is it "fevah" MissMillie Jul 2014 #117

More and more, I'm beginning to sound like Art_from_Ark Jul 2014 #19

I see DU's usual hatred and bigotry against all things southern is still a constant CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #20

A poll on accents is "hatred"? Really? Arugula Latte Jul 2014 #27

Before I even opened the thread OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #55

It is certainly a good method of showing DU's bias. kentauros Jul 2014 #64

Well for one Sherman A1 Jul 2014 #62

I like all accents too. It's what I find interesting about the US... Phentex Jul 2014 #69

I love Rachel Maddow but her accent drives me nuts aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #21

But she was born and raised in the SF Bay Area ailsagirl Jul 2014 #28

It might come from her parents aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #33

That could very well be true ailsagirl Jul 2014 #116

I know what you mean about the uber rhotic "rrrrrrrr" thing. Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #32

I think she's from Castro Valley which is about 13 miles from Oakland, CA mackerel Jul 2014 #59

I speak with a Southern accent. Solly Mack Jul 2014 #22

W.F. Buckley Jr. The Second Stone Jul 2014 #23

I don't know the region or name of it, but the faux high-class/measured tone one. Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #24

I'm glad I live in Wisconsin. mysuzuki2 Jul 2014 #25

WisCAHNsin Skittles Jul 2014 #61

Ya got it right dere hey! mysuzuki2 Jul 2014 #72

Columbus Skittles Jul 2014 #77

There is a certain type of Texas accent that is the worst, IMO. Arugula Latte Jul 2014 #26

Philadelphia DFW Jul 2014 #30

I was born in Philadelphia and moved to Miami when I was 6 years old. RebelOne Jul 2014 #104

I definitely never got used to it. DFW Jul 2014 #111

I think I like most accents. herding cats Jul 2014 #34

Me, too ailsagirl Jul 2014 #41

me too, it is more certain kinds of voices that irritate me than accents Kali Jul 2014 #56

NY tabbycat31 Jul 2014 #35

"Other" = Texas TWANG, "John WAYNE" crap n/t UTUSN Jul 2014 #36

That is the one that makes me cringe, also. Think w and Rick Perry. femmocrat Jul 2014 #70

California has an accent? NV Whino Jul 2014 #38

I know what you mean! ailsagirl Jul 2014 #40

lol - if you were unaware of that, you haven't been paying attention. closeupready Jul 2014 #50

Midwestern, as in "Hai, Aim Bahb, Am frahm Ahia, an' Aye wanna baht'l of pahp!" Glorfindel Jul 2014 #45

That sounds like LOL Catese Sanity Claws Jul 2014 #73

Noo Yawk! pipi_k Jul 2014 #46

Most annoying? Marie Marie Jul 2014 #47

Sometimes I wonder what a pirate from Boston would sound like. Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #48

Arrrrgh... pipi_k Jul 2014 #65

... Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #67

Full onslaught Cajun alphafemale Jul 2014 #49

For me, it depends on what they're saying... Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #52

I hate when people say either "like" in every other word or "hella". nt Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #54

That's a Northern California accent. Xithras Jul 2014 #84

I heard that "hella" Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #85

Hunters Point or Hayward. Xithras Jul 2014 #94

Hunters Point is a section of SF. KamaAina Jul 2014 #115

None. I love language and all of its dialects! kentauros Jul 2014 #57

Right on OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #74

You have a beautiful soul MissMillie Jul 2014 #118

Thank you! kentauros Jul 2014 #119

It's not the accents that I find annoying, PumpkinAle Jul 2014 #58

Moon accent fucking drives me nuts. Systematic Chaos Jul 2014 #60

I chose Alaskan because until this poll, JoeyT Jul 2014 #63

I thought the same thing until pipi_k Jul 2014 #66

Sorry, New Yorkers and New Jersians. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2014 #71

Hate the Midwest/PA habit of dropping "to be" blueamy66 Jul 2014 #78

That's the first I've ever heard of that turn of phrase, closeupready Jul 2014 #79

I'm in Indiana and I hear it daily blueamy66 Jul 2014 #80

Well I'm familiar with "if ... needs changing, call Vinnie" or similar. closeupready Jul 2014 #81

Can't seem to find it..., blueamy66 Jul 2014 #82

Seriously? RobinA Jul 2014 #87

The last time that I Googled it, PA came up. blueamy66 Jul 2014 #89

It is common in western PA. femmocrat Jul 2014 #92

LOL blueamy66 Jul 2014 #98

I can't stand it... a la izquierda Jul 2014 #99

Could be.... blueamy66 Jul 2014 #110

That sounds British/Australian to me gollygee Jul 2014 #102

any accent where a hard O is pronounced the same as a hard OO Skittles Jul 2014 #83

Isn't That RobinA Jul 2014 #88

What about an accent where the word "wire" is pronounced "war"? aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #103

here in Texas when I hear OR pronounced as ARE Skittles Jul 2014 #105

Any accent when it is used to form hateful words. eShirl Jul 2014 #86

Well, yall can kiss mah foot! nt raccoon Jul 2014 #90

Fuhgeddaboutit! closeupready Jul 2014 #91

I really think this is an offensive topic.....JMHO a kennedy Jul 2014 #93

Upstate NY... Agschmid Jul 2014 #95

I don't really hate any accents geardaddy Jul 2014 #97

by "deep south" d_r Jul 2014 #101

You forgot the ultra twang of Dallas Texas... MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #106

lol Ross Perot is a great example nt d_r Jul 2014 #107

I like 'em all...especially the Southern ones. (n/t) Iggo Jul 2014 #108

Which NY and Boston accents? MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #112

The New England "Kennedy" thing. Bum did a baaaay bid a bum bum baaaayyy.nt clarice Jul 2014 #113

Here is a link of Jackie Mason doing Ted Kennedy and Kissinger. clarice Jul 2014 #114

I hate fake accents the most IronLionZion Jul 2014 #120