Memes!

[paraka]

Stolen from hermioneorourke:

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Canada. You probably get irritated when British people and Europeans think you're from the States, but over here we wouldn't make a mistake like that.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Different

I was prepared to be amused when I found out which *American* accent I had, but apparently I was caught out. :P

Comments

[sunshineandrage.livejournal.com]

Yay, I got Canadian too! That was fun. I like how "Canadian" is apparently an American accent now...

[paraka]

Maybe they meant North American accents....

Although the thing about always being confused with American's is true, I learned the Chinese word for American (which sounds kind of like Megwarian) before I learned the Chinese word for Canada (Janada, sooo hard) just because people would *always* ask. To be fair, it's not like I can really expect the people of Wuxi to be able to tell by my accent or anything, but only one of the teachers at the company where I worked was American, and there were like 20 Canadians *that I knew*. *meh*

Actually while we're on Canadian accents and China... one of the things that pissed me off the most, was there was this one afternoon where we were at the office, and my boss (who was Chinese, and while was good at English still wasn't that great either) said "Canadians say "often" wrong. It's pronounced ofen not often." And I was like WTF? You can barely speak English and you're correcting mine? Also, have you ever *spelt* the word? There is a T in it. Ts are hardly ever silent, they're the talky type of letter.

[sunshineandrage.livejournal.com]

OMG, that pissed me off so much when I went to England. People would hear us talking and say "Are you American?" and I'd be like "NOOOOOOOOO!" LOL. Whenever my sister and I are in the States, we like to exaggerate our accents, especially the "oot and aboot". My sister also likes to talk like a Newfie, and tell people she's from Dildo.

[paraka]

Does she hum Arrogant Worms under her breath as she does it? :P

Actually the whole "Canadian accent" thing is one of my pet peeves because honestly? I don't think we talk any differently than 80% of the people on TV, and they're mostly all American. Granted, I *know* that America has a lot of accents (a *lot*) but still, I'm getting over it now, but I've honestly heard people say "I can tell a Canadian accent within a sentence" and I'm like, "Dude, we don't actually say aboot and shit like that, unless your French, or a Newfie, or ok most of the Atlantic provinces, you can't really tell the difference between a Canadian or a neutral American accent. But apparently this quiz was enough to catch me, so maybe I'm being too dismissive of the whole thing...

OMG, that pissed me off so much when I went to England.
I just kind of would roll my eyes, it wasn't exactly unexpected. Although sometimes it can really suck because there are a lot of anti-American people out there, and it sucks when it's directed at you and you're not American. One of the teachers I knew had things thrown at her on the street and the person called her the equivalent of a "Fucking" American as he did it. Not that I feel Americans deserve such behaviour, but it's particularly bad when you're not actually the intended target.

[sunshineandrage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we sound just like Americans, except there are no Canadians who talk like they're from Boston! :P (my least favourite accent in the world)

My sister's Newfie accent is better than mine, because she has actually been to Newfoundland. Mine sounds like I'm trying to imitate Rick Mercer, which I am.

[paraka]

Oh! and one other thing, the whole Newfie accent thing, are you any good at it? Or is it just your sister? I ask because remember that fic I was thinking of writing about Canadian stereotypes? Originally I was thinking of having a Newfie section in it, but I really can't pull it off on my own... I suck at accents of any kind.

[aurora]

Hah, I totally got the Midland accent, apparently. They got the 'non-regional' thing right, though.

(Midland. The Midland (please don't confuse with "Midwest") itself is the neutral zone between the North and South. But just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from there. Since it is considered a neutral, default, "non-regional" accent you could easily be from someplace without its own accent, like Florida, or a big city in the South like Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta.)

[paraka]

:O You've been hiding your Florida roots from me this entire time haven't you! :P

That's not surprising though, that's the accent that is presented on TV most often, and is encouraged world wide. I personally can't really tell the difference between it and the Canadian accent, but meh, I'm kind of oblivious.