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Post by mc98 on Jan 23, 2022 11:02:23 GMT 10
When I watch stuff from the 20th century whether it be movies, shows, and real life stuff, Americans used to have diverse accents. You got Midwest, New York, Boston, Southern, Midatlantic, and Valley. Nowadays everyone sounds the same and generic. You can hear distinct accents in the older generation but the younger generation of Americans mostly have the same accents. Wow, I sound like a boomer lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2022 13:41:40 GMT 10
I notice this as well. In the early 20th century people spoke with accents. They sounded so fancy, and formal. Lol. They even used different terms for everyday things. Instead of saying "men" they'd say "gentlemen". Instead of women they would say "ladies". Sometimes I use early 20th century words and terms. Like instead of restroom, I say the "Powder Room"... Victorians use to say that. Instead of "theatre", I call it the "cinema". I like the way everyone spoke back then!😌
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Post by slashpop on Jan 25, 2022 19:22:05 GMT 10
When I watch stuff from the 20th century whether it be movies, shows, and real life stuff, Americans used to have diverse accents. You got Midwest, New York, Boston, Southern, Midatlantic, and Valley. Nowadays everyone sounds the same and generic. You can hear distinct accents in the older generation but the younger generation of Americans mostly have the same accents. Wow, I sound like a boomer lol. Its reflective of the rhotic english accent that came from england, ireland and scotland 100-300 years ago that was closer to american and canadian english, in a number of ways than current british english, you can see people in rural parts of those countries with some of it left, although that accent is no longer as common. Other groups like italians, newer irish immigrants, dutch, french, germans who learned english also influenced different regional accents in the last 100-150 years or so. But there are other factors as well. People in the 1930s talked a bit differently and had slightly different accents than the 1990s for example generally speaking, a lot of that is attributed to lingo trends, globalization, the rise of tv and media, people being less formal etc
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Post by TheUser98 on Jan 26, 2022 8:09:55 GMT 10
Cincinnati is one good example of somewhere I can think of that used to have a distinct accent that has since died out. It was a mix between Appalachian Southern and New Jersey/New Yorker. The letter "I" after syllables would sound more like "ah" than "eye", typical of southern accents, but at the same time, other words like "gas" would sound like "geeas" much like the short-A vowel heard in the New York City area. The accent has completely disappeared with millenials and Gen Z, probably due to Cincinnati's relatively central location in the country and due to the advancement in transportation routes in the area. If this is a topic that interests you, you might find this Wiki entry interesting; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_American_English#Original_and_former_Midland
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2022 3:03:22 GMT 10
The Southern accent has always been distinct and still is outside of the big cities in the South. The other regions have had less-distinct accents for quite some time.
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Post by 10slover on Feb 7, 2022 23:59:00 GMT 10
The Southern accent has always been distinct and still is outside of the big cities in the South. The other regions have had less-distinct accents for quite some time. Who deleted their account?
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Post by mc98 on Feb 8, 2022 5:52:18 GMT 10
The Southern accent has always been distinct and still is outside of the big cities in the South. The other regions have had less-distinct accents for quite some time. Who deleted their account? I think bchris02
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Post by TheUser98 on Feb 8, 2022 10:36:35 GMT 10
Who deleted their account? I think bchris02
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Post by crystalmetheny0428 on Aug 7, 2022 14:54:15 GMT 10
i’ve lived in the detroit area my whole life but several people online have told me i sound like i’m from southern california lol
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Post by TheUser98 on Aug 12, 2022 6:08:36 GMT 10
i’ve lived in the detroit area my whole life but several people online have told me i sound like i’m from southern california lol Don’t people in Detroit and the surrounding Great Lakes area sound like this?
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Post by crystalmetheny0428 on Aug 12, 2022 8:47:24 GMT 10
i’ve lived in the detroit area my whole life but several people online have told me i sound like i’m from southern california lol Don’t people in Detroit and the surrounding Great Lakes area sound like this? definitely not in metro detroit or anywhere in michigan. i think that type of accent is unique to chicago area. i’ve never been to indiana, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, etc but i’ve been to the rest of the great lakes states and never heard anyone talk like that
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Post by TheUser98 on Aug 12, 2022 13:26:31 GMT 10
Don’t people in Detroit and the surrounding Great Lakes area sound like this? definitely not in metro detroit or anywhere in michigan. i think that type of accent is unique to chicago area. i’ve never been to indiana, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, etc but i’ve been to the rest of the great lakes states and never heard anyone talk like that He never mentioned those states, he was talking about the cities centered on the Great Lakes (Buffalo, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland). Granted it is a bit exaggerated, this is probably a more accurate example.
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Post by crystalmetheny0428 on Aug 12, 2022 13:31:46 GMT 10
definitely not in metro detroit or anywhere in michigan. i think that type of accent is unique to chicago area. i’ve never been to indiana, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, etc but i’ve been to the rest of the great lakes states and never heard anyone talk like that He never mentioned those states, he was talking about the cities centered on the Great Lakes (Buffalo, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland). Granted it is a bit exaggerated, this is probably a more accurate example. ok yes this one is more accurate
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