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Uncle Joe

(58,349 posts) Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:22 PM Oct 2021

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3) WIRED

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Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3) WIRED (Original Post) Uncle Joe Oct 2021 OP

Very interesting Srkdqltr Oct 2021 #1

Native SoCal girl here, I don't get this, no one I know sounds like Jeff Spicoli. chia Oct 2021 #2

My accent is straight out of 1900 White America San Francisco. hunter Oct 2021 #3

Srkdqltr

(6,271 posts)

1. Very interesting

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:40 PM

Oct 2021

chia

(2,244 posts)

2. Native SoCal girl here, I don't get this, no one I know sounds like Jeff Spicoli.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 01:19 PM

Oct 2021

The Chicano is more spot on to my ear, though.

hunter

(38,310 posts)

3. My accent is straight out of 1900 White America San Francisco.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 04:01 PM

Oct 2021

I sound just like my grandmother and her sister who were born there.

My wife's accent is a blend of Native American Mexican Irish Southern California, but she's also a chameleon, easily adopting the local English or Spanish accent of wherever she's happened to land. One of our offspring has that talent as well.

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