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RZM

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1. I think most accents are interesting

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 01:09 AM

Jan 2012

I was at a cafe in Maine once. I was the only non-local there. Everyone else was a fisherman/lobsterman and they were all telling stories about that day's events. Apparently there had been a shark sighting. I remember thinking that the Maine accent isn't just a stereotype. They were all saying 'ayup' and lots of 'aas.' That's one of my favorites.

I also like the northern Great Lakes accent.

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What is your favorite American English dialect? [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2012 OP

I think most accents are interesting RZM Jan 2012 #1

Me too.. so much so that I almost joined the American Dialect Society whathehell Sep 2012 #7

I like the southern dialects. kag Jan 2012 #2

I don't like the South's politics TigerToMany Jan 2012 #4

I grew up with that north Texas twang (in Dallas). I no longer have an accent, tho. CTyankee Jun 2012 #6

Southern lazarus Jan 2012 #3

Also Hollywood usually portrays Southerners as being dumb as rocks. raccoon Jan 2012 #5

Great Lakes accent. geardaddy Oct 2012 #8

New York, definitely. nt valerief Jan 2013 #9

"The pure American English is spoken in Boston, and perhaps as far as Watertown" (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #10

My favourite English Dialect RAFREE Dec 2013 #11

My grandmother's old New England accent lanlady May 2020 #12

We really don't have dialects in American English. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #13

Boston Accent (movie trailer) Drum Mar 2021 #14

I'd argue that English doesn't really have dialects. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #15

Creole nt spooky3 Oct 2021 #16