What is the... 'Normal' accent

[Desjardens]

Really, what do people think is the real voice, or accent. There is the Canadian, American, British, Australian, Chinese, Indian, ect.

What is the 'normal' one?

[kasi]

Canadian and American sound the same really...

and erm i'd say canadian/american. they don't really have accents. just talk normally.

[issaa.]

haha i love when people say i have an accent because i dont think i do.. haha anywayy..

theres no 'normal' accent, you think your accent is normal but its just what your used to..

[Desjardens]

I dont think i have an accent, I just talk... Canadian :P

[deltateamaplha]

I think everyone has an accent they just DON'T know it ;).

[kasi]

I dont think i have an accent, I just talk... Canadian :P
lol :P
well some canadians have accents.
newfoundlanders :]

[Jordan3]

To me, my accent is normal. Just standard English, no Scouse, Brummie crud.

[issaa.]

To me, my accent is normal. Just standard English, no Scouse, Brummie crud.
sameee.

[Drewar]

My accent is 'normal'. I live in Canada and I pronounce words like 'water' and 'drawings' correctly.

[Desjardens]

lol :P
well some canadians have accents.
newfoundlanders :]

NEWFIE'S! <3

[kasi]

NEWFIE'S! <3
lmao
i love their accents.

[Biseinen]

Canadian and American sound the same really...

and erm i'd say canadian/american. they don't really have accents. just talk normally.

You are joking... Right?

[Desjardens]

You are joking... Right?

Some parts of the USA are different (Kentucky, Texas, New Mexico)

[kasi]

You are joking... Right?
how would i be joking "/

[Desjardens]

how would i be joking "/

Its really personnal preference :P

[Jordan3]

Texas accents are hilarious.

[Biseinen]

how would i be joking "/

Americans have the strongest accents on the planet compared to other accents.

English in the south is supposed to be the closest to 'cave man' (The direct sounds and wave function) but theres not enough theory to back this up.

[SHEEPY]

How can you say you don't have an accent? Everyone has one, you hear yourself family, friends speak it everyday you can't tell the difference.

No idea what the Leicester accent is like, but when I wen't to Cornwall last year this family from Leeds thought we were Geordies.

[kasi]

Americans have the strongest accents on the planet compared to other accents.

English in the south is supposed to be the closest to 'cave man' (The direct sounds and wave function) but theres not enough theory to back this up.
not all americans.
only in places like texas and such.
the basic american accent sounds pretty much identical to canada "/

[Desjardens]

not all americans.
only in places like texas and such.
the basic american accent sounds pretty much identical to canada "/

Canadian and American are almost the same, i agree ;)

[Biseinen]

How can you say you don't have an accent? Everyone has one, you hear yourself family, friends speak it everyday you can't tell the difference.

No idea what the Leicester accent is like, but when I wen't to Cornwall last year this family from Leeds thought we were Geordies.
Yeah, most people assume they don't have an accent. That everyone around them, they have the accents and you're just 'normal'. Well like you said, there is no normal because everyone else to everyone else, has an accent so it rules out 'normal'.

Edit: I've heard Miami, New york, maryland and arizona accents and they all sound 'americany' and all the same with that "Lyke omg" thing youn see on American TV programs... [Shudders].

[Drewar]

I live in Newfoundland and I don't have an accent : p

[Jordan3]

Edit: I've heard Miami, New york, maryland and arizona accents and they all sound 'americany' and all the same with that "Lyke omg" thing youn see on American TV programs... [Shudders].

Eugh, like on the OC.

[Desjardens]

I live in Newfoundland and I don't have an accent : p

Oh but you do! :P

[Drewar]

Oh but you do! :P
I beg to differ haha.

[Desjardens]

So, we can pretty much say, there isnt a real natrual accent :)

[kasi]

So, we can pretty much say, there isnt a real natrual accent :)
i still think its canadian/american though :]

[Desjardens]

i still think its canadian/american though :]

Thats because we are Canadian :P

[kasi]

Thats because we are Canadian :P
i guess
but
it sounds normal
like everythings pronounced correctly and such.
except if your from newfoundland but thats another story :]

[RedStratocas]

Everyone has an accent.

Its like asking 'Whats the normal fingerprint?'. You dont think you have an accent because its all you've ever heard. Americans and Canadians do pronounce things funny, you just dont notice it.

[Badgez]

The american one and canadian one are mostly the same, and I guess everyone thinks that they're accent is normal.

[Demynx]

To me, my accent is normal. Just standard English, no Scouse, Brummie crud.
Same for me....

[Desjardens]

The american one and canadian one are mostly the same, and I guess everyone thinks that they're accent is normal.

Thats pretty much how it works :P

[whatisinternet]

There is none, it just depends on where you live.

Sorry if someone already posted this, but I cba to read all the other posts, too many pages

[-Wolverine]

There is none, it just depends on where you live.

Sorry if someone already posted this, but I cba to read all the other posts, too many pages
Yep, thats what everyones said so far. :P

[whatisinternet]

Ah okay :P

I don't really read all threads that have more then 3 pages, unless they sound interesting.

[Herman]

There is no "normal" accent. If you say, for example, American/Canadian accents are "normal", then it's like you're saying all other accents are "weird" and, well, "abnormal". That isn't fair, is it. ;)

Anyway, I have a malay accent only if I speak malay. You wouldn't know what it sounds like anyway. x_x

[emo...]

i would say briish, coz i am, but there are many different british accents, so i am lincolnshire and ithink brummies have a weird accent

[Biseinen]

Mmm, yeah. people in the south think the north have a more 'common' accent with all that brummy talk and it does sound weird lol.

But to them, we sound 'weird' because of the way we don't speak like them.

[iluvben]

Canadian and American sound the same really...

and erm i'd say canadian/american. they don't really have accents. just talk normally.
You have an accent I remember a voice clip on msn once but your use to it so you don't know , I would'nt say i have one i just speak eamonn tbh

[NekkLe]

An accent is and accent, there isn't really a normal accent, depends where you come from.

[Colourful™]

You can't really say a 'normal' accent because everyone's accents are different from different places.

[Neversoft]

Jamaican is the best accent.

[Colourful™]

Jamaican is the best accent.
Ja likez innit man.

[Neversoft]

Ja likez innit man.

That wasn't a very good impression, sorry.

[Axel]

I Speak ghetto, is that a accent?

[Neversoft]

I Speak ghetto, is that a accent?

Ghetto? Is this some Chav launguage? Explain.

[NekkLe]

I Speak ghetto, is that a accent?
Its more slang than anything else "/ nice try though :)

[eggd2]

LOL im werid, i lived in canada (In Ajax near Toronto) for about 5 or 6 years, came to england, and i sometimes i sound canadian, with a tint of english, lol

[Calzeh]

What the hell do you define as a British accent?!!!!!!!

There are LOADS of British accents.

Leeds, Nottingham, Hull, Darby, York, Middlesborough, London (I'm sure there are different accents for different parts of London too!), Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cornwall, Essex, Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh. I dunno the different ones in Wales or Ireland, and these are just a few of the ones the UK.

And in America you can really tell the difference between someone from lets say Texas and someone from LA.

There is no "normal" accent. :s You sound normal to yourself, you sound like an alien to someone with a different accent. x]

[cocaine]

I don't think I have an accent, its just the way you speak!

[Mentor]

Meh normal is relative so there alll normal in there normal surroundings "/

[Adam$]

It's not easy to say. It's like saying, what is the 'Normal' language.