How do you talk?

[Member Berry 1,221]

I have quite a strong Welsh valleys accent, so.... British I guess. I have trouble saying "sh" words, like shower and fish.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 42,207]

I think we all have an accent of some kind, just some are more pronounced than others. I don't thin,k I have any speech impediments other than stuttering if I get to excited about something. Digressing though, I tend to do that a lot, mostly when I am rambling on and on. I often switch to a bunch of different things on the fly.

[Detritus 258]

I have a generic American accent. People can tell I'm American, but they have no idea what region I'm from. I'm guessing I must have picked it up from watching TV, or something. My father has a Boston accent, and my mother has some sort of British accent, yet I don't sound anything like either of them.

 

I don't know if it would be considered a speech impediment, but I tend to mumble, use lots of "uhhhs" and "ummms", and I have trouble expressing any kind of emotion in my voice. It's not automatic for me like it is for most other people. I sometimes have to fake it, and then I end up sounding insincere because I can't do it convincingly.

Edited July 3, 2016 by Detritus

[Guest]

I apparently have a Finnish accent even though I'd rather call it "I don't always know how to pronounce things". Since English isn't my first language either, I tend to speak slowly and sometimes have small breaks between words. I also have to think about my sentences before I'm able to say anything. 

 

Either way I'm not good at talking. 

[KatieBelle 302]

As many as said, everyone has an accent. I have what I believe to be a neutral American accent. Granted, I've always lived in Georgia, so many people around me have southern accents. I would likely sound southern to people in other parts of the country.

To be clear, I never say "y'all" or "ain't" or anything of the sort. NEVER! xD

[Teavvi 627]

I don't have an accent but sometimes, for some reason I just do this British accent and averyone stares at me like, what?!? But it may be just a talent. I can have a British accent without even trying hard.

[Steve Piranha 29,500]

I do have a slight hispanic accent from my family

[SparklingSwirls 21,607]

Yes, I have a midwestern accent. I don't know if I have a speech impediment or not; I can pronounce everything correctly in English but I can't roll an r for the life of me so I sound really dumb when speaking in Spanish :c.

 

I'm not really sure how the last question is related to this . But I voted for the middle option.

[AriaTheLovely 587]

I usually have a pretty neutral accent but at times there is a slight tinge of Bostonian to it. I was born and raised in new england and I also get it from my family.

Edited July 3, 2016 by demonwolfspirit

[Dreambiscuit 12,360]

I don't speak with an accent of any kind. I lived in the midwest for a few years and the accent tried to take root, but I always fight against such things, no matter where I live. Some accents are beautiful. I'd have no problem developing an English accent, it just sounds so musical and elegant, but otherwise, I try to keep it universal.

I speak well enough normally, but occasionally if I'm tired or have been talking too much, I stammer a bit. It's like I have too many words all trying to get out of me at once and they trip over each other. Sometimes they just lock up in my mouth and I can't form any words at all. 

I do digress in conversations too. I talk too much and too fast, and one subject often runs into another and another. But that's okay, it just covers more ground that way. 

[Foxy Socks 2,604]

Where I live, in the Southern US, there is an abundance of Southern accents xD However, I actually don't like them very much. I am not against people who talk like that, but I would rather not have one, which I don't really. It kind of gets weird.

 

I don't have any speech disabilities, perhaps I may speak unclearly. However I sometimes 'modify' my accent to sound different, and I cannot explain it easily. While I don't have a (or at least a noticible one) accent, I sometimes change it to sound different, like foreign. (Yes I know it is stupid, but sometimes I feel more comfortable doing it). For example I may slip into a I don't know 'British or Cockney' (Yes I know it is the equivalent of our accent). accent, or 'Japanese accent'. I probably sound nothing like it but that is what I try, for no reason other than feeling more confortable with it than the standard Southern accent here

 

I do have a tendency to stray from topic, but not too often. I just like to talk about a lot, and sometimes I feel like I should stray a bit, and sometimes worry it is annoying to others. Other than that, nothing too strange.

 

I know I probably sound idiotic, but it feels better for me to do it.

[Midnight Solace 5,135]

I like to stay silent, so I don't really know what my voice sounds like. I only know that it's deep.

[Lucky Bolt 35,250]

I talk with a very slight southern accent, if you listen real careful you can pick up on it. That's what everyone tells me anyway.  And I tend to switch topic at random times too. 

Edited December 13, 2018 by Lucky Bolt

[Cyclone 1066 3,626]

I've been told I have a southern accent but I don't believe it. And yes I have a speech impediment, it's called being a redneck. There's some words that I say "wrong" like piano and Hawaiian. And I don't usually go off topic but sometimes I'll be reminded of a conversation weeks ago that was never finished and start talking to the person like it never stopped.

[JonasDarkmane 19,791]

On 5/5/2015 at 7:51 AM, Lightwing said:

As far as I know, i don't have a notorious accent that makes my voice to stand out from the others.

 

I don't know about what the other people thinks, but I don't think I got accent.

You definitely 100% have a discernable notorious accent, snrk 

[Twilight Luna 31,499]

With my mouth and sign language. 

[Here No Longer 5,289]

I speak rarely, and with no real identifiable accent. Though I have the ability to speak in different accents and sometimes do.

Edited December 13, 2018 by Santa Barik

[EpicEnergy 23,255]

I normally don't talk much. As for my accent, I have a hint of a southern accent and a hint of a northern accent, but not much of either.

[Splashee 28,602]

I have a pretty standard American accent with a hint of Swedish. My Swedish is perfectly fine, with no accent. Standard and boring!

[Early Sunsets 2,112]

I have a slight southern accent. Where I grew up actually had a really wide range of people, but the majority of people I was friends with were southern, so I think that's where it came from. Two of those friends were full-blown rednecks, and I have so many hilarious stories about those idiots.

[Muffinnz 3,225]

There is no such thing as having no accent

[ExplosionMare 26,744]

I guess you can say I have an American accent. I’m one of the “y’all” types but only when I’m angry. I’m not super country but I’m not a city person either 

[Lord Valtasar 12,711]

well.. i'm greek so i have a greek accent when i speak english, which sounds weird even to me(when i hear greek ppl speak english in general)

[Emerald Heart 25,313]

I have the slightest hint of a southern accent, but it only slips out when I say certain words. Words like "Howdy" "Police" "Y'all" et cetera et cetera. But for the most part I remain without one. 

[TBD 17,276]

I talk how I type only with an slight accent. Expect I do have a habit of saying "ya know?" at the end of my sentence when I want to get my point across or rant. I would say “in’” instead of “ing” (goin’, wonderin’) and sometime say "ya" instead of "you" when talking depending how I use it. I also do not pronounce the "T".

And I think that's it...Idk I don't pay too close attention how I talk. It just comes and go.