People from CT are the only ones in this Country who are accentless

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

The rest of you people sound REALLY strange!

Especially y'all Tinnisseeyans and youz Frickin' Noo Yawkuhz!

I won't even touch that Bahstin noise

[terrya]

1. What about us Midwesteners?

Just boringingly flat.

[JohnKleeb]

2. you say pop

that makes you a foreigner to me :).

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. I only say pop when I refer to one of my friends father

- its soda, pal

[JohnKleeb]

8. well duh

I think pop is absurd. Soda is the way to go. Believe me, I love taunting the pop people, in fact gonna do it now.

[jonnyblitz]

9. I have never heard anybody say pop up here..ever.

n/t

[JohnKleeb]

11. it was a response to the midwestie y'all

Good to know you Connectictians are at least sane though.

[jonnyblitz]

14. I am not originally from here...

I here an accent though in CT...I swear I do..:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

20. Maine right?

Ive never been to Connecticut, my best guess is that they sound like a New York-Boston hybrid, that explains why some root for the fucking yankees and others root for the sox. They have to have an accent, I dont think I have one either but I certainly do, why you think Zack likes to call me Johnny Reb even though I have documentation at home proving my great great grandfather was from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I do say aint, etc, and when I write, I have things like "nothin", you know the g left out.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

22. Kleeb - we have no accent and we are our own people

we're not a fucking blend of 2 places - that is insulting

[JohnKleeb]

24. I believe hes from Maine originally

[jonnyblitz]

34. you two lost me.

all i know is i have heard people here pronounce their "O"'s like "A's". don't know anything about hybrids and not sure where I am from has to do with anything. not worth expending energy getting worked up about. next topic..

[JohnKleeb]

36. I was messing around about the hybrids

But it is true that connecticut is in a way a hybrid state that has elements of new england and mid atlantic, in a way Maryland is the same way except it has a south and mid atlantic influence. Meant no offense what so ever.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

37. I'm only kidding around - this whole thing is totally tongue in cheek

:)

[JohnKleeb]

41. dude I thought you were pissed at me

But really, whats with one side of the state supporting the goddamn yankees and the other supporting the sox. Maybe Connecticut needs a team of their own, the Connecticut Liebermans ;).

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. Connecticut has the greatest 2 teams in history - Uconn Huskies Men/Women

First in history to win the NCAA for men and women!

And since I'm from New Haven I don't know why anyone cares about the Sox - Yankees Baby!

Sorry - I only get mad at freepers :)

[JohnKleeb]

45. Its all good

Yeah the college basketball is great up there.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. Still sound a little different than us chrystal clear Connecticutians

Its more in the choice of words. Supper rather than dinner and such.

[yellowcanine]

40. Don't upper Midwesterners say "eh" like Canadians?

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan - I believe they all have the propensity to do this - how about Dakotans?

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. Well, I haven't heard you speak...

...but Koolzip sounds like a calf farting.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. He spent 10 years in N'Orlinz and Nayashville

no wonder

[RandomKoolzip]

31. Ah do nawt!

Y'all take thay-at bay-ack!

Oh, and bah the way, have yew heard the good news?

[Magrittes Pipe]

38. Good news?

No, I havent.

Don't tell me there's gonna be a little Koolzip running around....

[RandomKoolzip]

46. No, sorry.

It's a running joke for anyone who's ever escaped Nashville: Fundy with spinning eyes comes up to you and says "Have you heard the good news?"

And the good news, of course, is that Jesus loves you.

Anyone familiar with fundy indoctrination would recognize that joke set-up. You are SO lucky that you are not familiar with fundy indoctrination.,....

[Magrittes Pipe]

47. Ah, yes.

Me and my accursed sober-mindedness.

[rogerashton]

6. Only people from Oregon speak unaccented English.

Of course, British people will disagree with me.

Thing is, people do not only speak differently -- they hear differently.

Many New Yorkers hear as "southern" what I, with my southern accent, hear as neutral (western).

[jonnyblitz]

7. no way. Californians don't have an accent..

I live in CT and it sounds like some pronounce their "O"'s like "A"'s.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. example?

:shrug:

[DancingBear]

13. I was born and raised in Connecticut

The Connecticut accent is a mix of all the surrounding states. Trust me - you have an accent. Honest. Not to even mention those special New England words like soda and frappe and, well, you get the drift... :) :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. One thing we do is turn the words well and we'll into wuhl

its really silly

And we say Hulloh instead of hello

[calico1]

25. Yes, and "grinder."

When I first moved to CT I wondered what the heck a "grinder" was. LOL.

A grinder by the way is the term for what others call a sub, hoagie, hero, etc. sandwich.

As for accents, try going to Norwich. A lot of Norwich people have a distinct accent that sounds kind of like a Brooklyn, NY accent.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

29. Oh - you mean Norch. I didn't understand your accent for a sec

I figured it out tho

[calico1]

30. I don't live in Norwich!

I know a lot of people who do, though. I am a NY native and I live in Ledyard.

[skippysmom]

35. My mother grew up in Nor-ich

They all talk like they're from Rhode Island.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

53. cause they almost are

its wicked!

[cprise]

15. CT is a bedroom community for rich Noo Yawkuhz

That state should become a NY burrough.

[calico1]

26. Um, I don't think so.

Maybe some people on the West end near NY would like to be New Yorkers, but the rest of us are fine being New Englanders.

[SarahB]

50. Hardly

Maybe the southwest corner, but there's a lot of CT that isn't. I'm in central CT bordering on the eastern part which is a very quiet, nice part of the state which unique in of itself.

[XNASA]

16. I was under the impression that Nebraskans were the least noticable.

You know, like Johnny Carson for example. He was from Nebraska and had no accent really. If he did, it wasn't detectable.

[NewJeffCT]

17. I agree

English is spoken best here in central Connecticut. ;=)

Sandwiches aren't hoagies or heros or subs or wedges, they are properly called "grinders" - and, the women married to our uncles are not those little six-legged creatures that interrupt picnics, they are "aunts".

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. Ah - my brother - we should stop at the Package Store

shall we :)

[bowens43]

19. Actually the only area of the country to be completely

free of accents is northern Ohio

[sniffa]

23. that's wicked friggin pissa

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

27. thats New York

[sniffa]

28. hey now! no need for insuLts

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

33. You ain't like mah accent?!?!

Wah come?

You know another thing you have up north that's a bit of a colloquialism--tag sales. In TN, we have yard sales and garage sales, but say you're havin' a "tag sale" and everyone thinks you're selling tags.

PS: it's so dang hot down here, ahm werin' sha-werts!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

39. Dude - you're from Branford Fucking Connecticut

quit frontin' Paulie

[yellowcanine]

42. Natives of Norfolk Virginia say Nor Fuck. Swear to God - at least

that's what it sounds like to this Pennsylvania Dutch boy.

[mrboba1]

44. no - you're right

that is what they say

its not just you...

[mrboba1]

32. ChavezSpeakstheLies

CT people have an accent that sounds like they can't figure out what kind of accent they want to have!

They have no soul!!!

:evilgrin:

[tigereye]

48. hate to tell you

we all have accents!

:hi: Chavez, from yinzer town

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

49. Hello my dear!

Good ta see yuhz!

:)

[tigereye]

54. another Monday

My last week before Ben starts back to school and I will have a bit more, and a bit less freedom. And more work, boo-hoo. But more money, yay!

It's also the last week for the pool. :(

hope you are having a good one! Now I have to write for a while.

[SarahB]

51. I don't know.

I moved to Connecticut from Nebraska in high school and I notice variations in voices here and mine still to a degree, but it's not as noticeable as those in New York or Massachusetts.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

52. I'm a Minnesotan who lived in Connecticut for eight years

You do TOO have an accent! Especially those of you who are natives of New Haven. When I came back from eight years in New Haven, people in Minnesota kept asking me where I was from.

And you have your own quaint vocabulary, too, such as "package store."

Having lived on both coasts and in the Midwest, and traveled in every other region except Alaska, my considered opinion is that EVERYONE has an accent. However, most people, no matter where they live, believe that they sound exactly like the announcers on TV.

That being said, I think the accent that is closest to that used by TV announcers is the Pacific Northwest accent.