An American grammar question (totally off topic)

[Chavster]

p.s. I like y'all. I think it sounds nice

I know there are a million accents in America, and probably a million within Texas alone, but 'Texan' is my favourite American accent of all. I could listen to it for hours. New York (city) is a very close second. Apologies to anyone in or from New England, but the American accent I find the hardest to take is the Boston accent, at least when its used by someone I dont know. Once I get used to it, its not so bad, but generally, Boston is the one I find the most difficult to listen to.

I think (but could be wrong) that you can go quite a long way in America and still hear the same (or very similar) accent, whereas here, you can literally go to the next town or village and hear a totally different accent. My favourite UK accent (by far) is east London (cockney), followed quite closely by Newcastle upon Tyne, and also Cardiff. Worst in the UK (IMO) is Bristol. OMG.

[Chavster]

Because that's the way we speak.  We speak American here, Not real English.
Maybe that's one reason the United States of America doesn't have an official language.
(It would probably be Spanish anyway).

Really? It doesnt have an official language? Im surprised. I didnt know that.

[Razor X]

p.s. I like y'all. I think it sounds nice

I know there are a million accents in America, and probably a million within Texas alone, but 'Texan' is my favourite American accent of all. I could listen to it for hours. New York (city) is a very close second. Apologies to anyone in or from New England, but the American accent I find the hardest to take is the Boston accent, at least when its used by someone I dont know. Once I get used to it, its not so bad, but generally, Boston is the one I find the most difficult to listen to.

I think (but could be wrong) that you can go quite a long way in America and still hear the same (or very similar) accent, whereas here, you can literally go to the next town or village and hear a totally different accent. My favourite UK accent (by far) is east London (cockney), followed quite closely by Newcastle upon Tyne, and also Cardiff. Worst in the UK (IMO) is Bristol. OMG.

What's really strange is, we can travel halfway across the country to the midwest from the mid-Atlantic region or go up to Canada and the accents are not that different, except for some minor inflections.  Yet in New York and Boston, they are extremely different.

[Chavster]

NYC and Boston accents are a different as night and day, yet I can go from from LA to Vegas or LA to SF and I dont detect a single difference. There are some differences in some of the actual words and phrases people use - when I worked in Omaha, for example, they used some really strange phrases and names for things - but the accent, to me at least, was no different in Omaha than in LA.

But yes the actual NYC and Boston accents are different by a long way. I cant say I've ever noticed a difference between NY and NJ either, although I guess there must be some difference, particularly in southern NJ. I dont think I've been further south in NJ than Newark

[Razor X]

But yes the actual NYC and Boston accents are different by a long way. I cant say I've ever noticed a difference between NY and NJ either, although I guess there must be some difference, particularly in southern NJ. I dont think I've been further south in NJ than Newark

We don't have accents in South Jersey.  Everyone else does.   

[cvasara]

p.s. I like y'all. I think it sounds nice

I know there are a million accents in America, and probably a million within Texas alone, but 'Texan' is my favourite American accent of all. I could listen to it for hours. New York (city) is a very close second. Apologies to anyone in or from New England, but the American accent I find the hardest to take is the Boston accent, at least when its used by someone I dont know. Once I get used to it, its not so bad, but generally, Boston is the one I find the most difficult to listen to.

I think (but could be wrong) that you can go quite a long way in America and still hear the same (or very similar) accent, whereas here, you can literally go to the next town or village and hear a totally different accent. My favourite UK accent (by far) is east London (cockney), followed quite closely by Newcastle upon Tyne, and also Cardiff. Worst in the UK (IMO) is Bristol. OMG.

What's really strange is, we can travel halfway across the country to the midwest from the mid-Atlantic region or go up to Canada and the accents are not that different, except for some minor inflections.  Yet in New York and Boston, they are extremely different.

Yes Sir, and you can look it up.   (lost a bet on that one)  Can I ask, (off topic of course),  that isn't your Pink bike in the back ground, is it??

[Chavster]

But yes the actual NYC and Boston accents are different by a long way. I cant say I've ever noticed a difference between NY and NJ either, although I guess there must be some difference, particularly in southern NJ. I dont think I've been further south in NJ than Newark

We don't have accents in South Jersey.  Everyone else does.   

LOL. Well I've been to Philadelphia and I cant say I noticed much a difference there to a 'generic' American accent, and I'm guessing south NJ accents must be similar to Philadelphia.

I think there's something very sexy about a Texan accent, and also a NYC accent. I dont know what exactly, I just think there's a sexiness to them.

There's certainly a very big difference between Canadian and American accents, although a lot of people here assume Canadians are American. I can never tell the difference between one Canadian accent and another though. To me, someone in Vancouver sounds the same as someone in Halifax, and I'm sure they must sound very different. Obviously, the exception to this would be accents in Quebec. I can definitely tell the difference there

When I'm in America, most people think I'm Australian, and most people in the UK think I'm Canadian, although if I were to ask them what the difference is between a Canadian and American accent, most would just shrug their shoulders, so I dont know why they zoom in on 'Canadian' when they try to guess where I'm from. I suppose they hear something Americanish, but not quite American, so they go for the Canada option.

[Razor X]

p.s. I like y'all. I think it sounds nice

I know there are a million accents in America, and probably a million within Texas alone, but 'Texan' is my favourite American accent of all. I could listen to it for hours. New York (city) is a very close second. Apologies to anyone in or from New England, but the American accent I find the hardest to take is the Boston accent, at least when its used by someone I dont know. Once I get used to it, its not so bad, but generally, Boston is the one I find the most difficult to listen to.

I think (but could be wrong) that you can go quite a long way in America and still hear the same (or very similar) accent, whereas here, you can literally go to the next town or village and hear a totally different accent. My favourite UK accent (by far) is east London (cockney), followed quite closely by Newcastle upon Tyne, and also Cardiff. Worst in the UK (IMO) is Bristol. OMG.

What's really strange is, we can travel halfway across the country to the midwest from the mid-Atlantic region or go up to Canada and the accents are not that different, except for some minor inflections.  Yet in New York and Boston, they are extremely different.

Yes Sir, and you can look it up.   (lost a bet on that one)  Can I ask, (off topic of course),  that isn't your Pink bike in the back ground, is it??

Nope, definitely not mine.   

[tomgallagher]

But yes the actual NYC and Boston accents are different by a long way. I cant say I've ever noticed a difference between NY and NJ either, although I guess there must be some difference, particularly in southern NJ. I dont think I've been further south in NJ than Newark

We don't have accents in South Jersey.  Everyone else does.  

Funny how that works ain't it.?

[Chavster]

p.s. I like y'all. I think it sounds nice

I know there are a million accents in America, and probably a million within Texas alone, but 'Texan' is my favourite American accent of all. I could listen to it for hours. New York (city) is a very close second. Apologies to anyone in or from New England, but the American accent I find the hardest to take is the Boston accent, at least when its used by someone I dont know. Once I get used to it, its not so bad, but generally, Boston is the one I find the most difficult to listen to.

I think (but could be wrong) that you can go quite a long way in America and still hear the same (or very similar) accent, whereas here, you can literally go to the next town or village and hear a totally different accent. My favourite UK accent (by far) is east London (cockney), followed quite closely by Newcastle upon Tyne, and also Cardiff. Worst in the UK (IMO) is Bristol. OMG.

What's really strange is, we can travel halfway across the country to the midwest from the mid-Atlantic region or go up to Canada and the accents are not that different, except for some minor inflections.  Yet in New York and Boston, they are extremely different.

Yes Sir, and you can look it up.   (lost a bet on that one)  Can I ask, (off topic of course),  that isn't your Pink bike in the back ground, is it??

Hmmm, you're quite right I just looked on Wikipedia, and English is America's de facto language, but not its official language. Very interesting

And do I look like a pink bike kind of guy? I was on a cruise, and that picture was taken at one of the ports of call (La Rochelle in France), and I just happened to be standing in front of that pink bike. I only noticed that a few days ago when someone asked me about it. However, my pink feather boa had just fallen off my shoulders so thats why its not showing in the picture

[tomgallagher]

North Jersey think NYC and South Jersey think Philly.

[Razor X]

But yes the actual NYC and Boston accents are different by a long way. I cant say I've ever noticed a difference between NY and NJ either, although I guess there must be some difference, particularly in southern NJ. I dont think I've been further south in NJ than Newark

We don't have accents in South Jersey.  Everyone else does.  

Funny how that works ain't it.?

I remember once when I was about five years old and my aunt came over from England for a visit.  The kid next door, who was the same age as me, couldn't get over her accent and at one point said to her, "You don't talk so good."    

[Chavster]

But yes the actual NYC and Boston accents are different by a long way. I cant say I've ever noticed a difference between NY and NJ either, although I guess there must be some difference, particularly in southern NJ. I dont think I've been further south in NJ than Newark

We don't have accents in South Jersey.  Everyone else does.  

Funny how that works ain't it.?

I remember once when I was about five years old and my aunt came over from England for a visit.  The kid next door, who was the same age as me, couldn't get over her accent and at one point said to her, "You don't talk so good."    

lol.

Well I'm now assuming you sound like Bruce Willis.

[tomgallagher]

But yes the actual NYC and Boston accents are different by a long way. I cant say I've ever noticed a difference between NY and NJ either, although I guess there must be some difference, particularly in southern NJ. I dont think I've been further south in NJ than Newark

We don't have accents in South Jersey.  Everyone else does.   

Funny how that works ain't it.?

I remember once when I was about five years old and my aunt came over from England for a visit.  The kid next door, who was the same age as me, couldn't get over her accent and at one point said to her, "You don't talk so good."   

lol.

Well I'm now assuming you sound like Bruce Willis.

There's another South Jersey guy.

[cvasara]

Cha Chin on the English language thing,  you can use it on a bar bet sometime,
No  you don't but a Pink bike in the back ground has to be a Q on this board.
Every body talks funny, to us here in the Midwest US.  Aye?