English language accent you like the most, and the one you hate the most.
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There’s an absolute ‘smoke show’ - Irish girl I know and when she says “tree” instead of “three”, I instantly get a boner. Not sure of the (probably weird) psychology on that, but it’s a fact.
Great exercise. Once I heard the Italian female speak English with the Italian accent the Queens colonials were dead to me.
Best - Any Pennsylvania accent, Yinzer, Philly or Pa German!
Worst - Appalachian accent. Try to talk to someone from Southern West Virginia or Eastern Kentucky. It's like listening literally to a foreign language.
Worst - Appalachian accent. Try to talk to someone from Southern West Virginia or Eastern Kentucky. It's like listening literally to a foreign language.
My first day in Appalachia I spent about 5 hours driving around with a local trying to find a dunk tank for a community fair. I’m not lying when I tell you that I spent the entire time nodding, laughing, or looking concerned at everything the guy said without ever really knowing what I was responding to.
My one grandmother spoke Pennsylvania Dutch when she talked with various relatives. Between her and my mother, and the accents, I had plenty of fuel for good-natured ribbing. It wasn't until I left and came back that I truly appreciated just how regional a lot of their speech really was.
And then this was always played on the local radio stations ...
I didn't even know I was pronouncing it "wooder" until I was an adult. I still call it "wooder".
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One of the toughest parts of being a transplant up here (after dealing with all the Catholics and hockey fans) is constantly mocking the Boston accent in your personal life, then trying to pronounce things "correctly" (according to the effed up "official" pronunciations, but not in a Boston accent) in a more formal setting.
In my part of eastern PA it was "Warder."
Also, if you wanted the wrinkles out, you'd "arn the shirt."
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