Accents

Greetings bellazonians . I'm kinda interrested in accents lately and would like to learn as much as humanly possible about accents from around the globe. Right now, my knowledge is mainly limited to those of the Spanish speaking variety.

There is already a thread about "which ones you like and which ones you hate" but I don't want any part of that . I want to learn as much about the subject as I can. If anyone wants to share their favorites or those they are farmiliar with with name or video examples or provide sources that go into the subject well, please share .

Multiple accents with a short example clip: http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php

Click on a part of this map for a sample of the accents of that area: http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_atlas.php

i have a nice accent

I'm sure you do . Does it sound liQe this?

wow she can do a lot of accents!

She even does a German one

But it sounds a bit stereotypical. At least I don't sound anything like that lol

Yeah, that's the inherent issue with "examples" from an outsider . Would you like to give some examples of the different dialects ?

Her American accents all sound off to me they sound kinda funny

For me when i speak english my accent is completly null, but maybe if i live in US people will tell me another thing !!!!

But i like when brazilians speak english, sounds nice (Y)

But i like when brazilians speak english, sounds nice (Y)

Mmm well yeah like Gise and the rest of the brazilian models, but the brazilians that i already heard , that are people that are learning english and arnt speaking a lot of english like models, sounds great, nice... is kindas sexy !!! :evil:

Cintia and Izabel are my favorite voices out of the Brazilian models .

Her American accents all sound off to me they sound kinda funny

Her Charleston accent sounds fake

I surprised she didn't do a Bostonian accent.

She got the Toronto accent wrong.

Yeah, that's the inherent issue with "examples" from an outsider . Would you like to give some examples of the different dialects ?

I thin the most popular German's "with a distinctive accent" in the West right now are Heidi Klum and Dirk Norwitzki .

I thin the most popular German's "with a distinctive accent" in the West right now are Heidi Klum and Dirk Norwitzki .

But Heidi's isn't that horrible I think. Hers isn't that strong.

So is that a good example for German M.. I don't find it painful. But then again I once worked with a Veitnamese woman whose second language was French and then she learned English.. Apparently I was the only one that understood her. So when it comes to accents I guess I just look passed them and enjoy the sound. It s so cute to hear soemtimes.

Has anyone thought of accents that are done in other languages than English? Sorry Joe, if this is not what this thread is intended for but when I try Spanish I was told I have a thick American or English accent. I really hurt that poor language. And from my coworker, I was told that her accent for French was easier to understand than the accent she had for English. I thought of these models that have multiple languages.. do you think they have accents for the different languages and if they do, is it based to the original language they first know? As in, when they have an accent is it their mother language.

I'm German and I have to say the German accent is the most horrible of all accents I've ever heard Dirk and Heidi are no good examples to show it.