Impossible to describe exactly without virtually doxxing myself, because I am from a part of Germany where the local dialects vary noticeably between neighbour villages.
Always a breeze once I go to a music festival or bigger event and there's all the diversity with the German language. I think there are many places like that. And even in the larger metropolitan areas you can tell the difference between Cologne, Düsseldorf and the Ruhrgebiet and the people slightly to the east or north of it. At least where they grew up because all of it mixes in the cities and people will also commute 1h to work. So I think it happens in villages, cities and everywhere. It's not entirely the same, though. Seems to be more nuance here than proper dialect, but people from 3 cities away will occasionally tell me on how my grammar has some funny peculiarities.
Ok, this is really interesting to me. I think what you're trying to say is that you have the cot-caught merger, but for anyone who doesn't have this merger (like me) "cawfee" would be pronounced exactly the same as standard "coffee". For me, "caw" as in a crow cawing is the same vowel as in "caught", not the same as in "cot" which is the vowel I associate with the accent you're trying to convey. So it's not so much the direct intent behind your spelling, but the fact that you incorrectly think that someone like me would pronounce "cawfee" and "coffee" differently which outs you as someone who doesn't disntinguish "caught" from "cot".
Or I'm completely off-base and don't have any idea what you're trying to convey with "cawfee".
That is pretty interesting! Yeah I do believe it's a mixture of caught-cot. I remember getting a lot of shit when I temporarily lived in Florida over how I'd say coffee lol
She was here for university exchange or something like that. Not a lot of people choose this country as a final destination, as you can find much better places in the EU
Immigrants have the mindset that they’re going to the country that they want to live in, permanently. Expats are generally temporarily. Most people that leave the US, tend to leave on education or work visas. Not a ton of them attempt to gain citizenship or integrate into local society.
Scottish mongrel, in that the area I grew up in, the area I lived in for my early adulthood, and the areas both of my parents come from all have different accents
Northern Irish: sounds like a pirate who developed a severe depressive illness and tried to blow his brains out with a rifle, but survived the injury and went on to live another 60 years with no lower jaw.
In my 20s I lived in a house with a couple of blokes from Edinburgh, Liverpool and Belfast. I once said "I'm going to the shops, can I get you boys anything?" I've never been more confused.
I'm an Aussie for the record, and yes, we did walk into pubs
No aspirated occlusives.
d, b and g sometimes get replaced by t, p and k respectively (but without the aspiration!)
s, sh and z sometimes get conflagrated into s, ch sometimes into ts.
Generally, the rich English inventory of different sounds is reduced to a bit over 15 sounds.
The stress is usually on the first syllable.
S and t are pronounced from a slightly different part of the mouth than typical in English.
Then... You can also hear that I used to be talking quite a lot with Scottish people. It's funny how that sometimes makes itself visible.
I grew up kinda everywhere in the US. Was born in the South, lived on the east coast for a bit, then in one of the northern states that really supported the Confederacy, then in one of the big urban centers of the U.S. I mostly try to suppress the more Southern parts to get a very generic American intellectual accent, but my real heritage slips out when I throw out a y'all'd've.
I speak Dutch with a faint regional accent that most fellow Dutchmen would be able to place in the general cardinal direction.
I can lay on the local accent more thickly, but I dislike it, it's not pleasing to the ear.
The amusing thing is that it's a very particular accent that doesn't really feature in the 'fun accents that are commonly used in parody' I doubt many people that weren't born here or have lived here could identify the city by ear.
I'm not sure if this is an optimal description but I find that my action drifts like a shitty car on an iced over road because I've absorbed a lot of international media.
I joke that I was half raised by British and Australian comedians.
52 Comments
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 277d
Impossible to describe exactly without virtually doxxing myself, because I am from a part of Germany where the local dialects vary noticeably between neighbour villages.
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 277d
Why are you German? This is baffling
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 277d
Why? No idea, it just happened to me at birth or so. I prefer to define my cultural identity more regionally, though.
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 277d
Just FYI I have successfully sued my parents for being French (it's hereditary, like
rabieshaving hairy feet)I get the regional cultural identity, can relate
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 277d
Did you just ask someone why they're German?
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 277d
Yes apparently I'm the only one to be concerned by the situation.
If you see a libertarian on the street, you would ask "why are you a libertarian?"
If you see a clown on the street, you would ask "why are you a clown?"
If you see a fascist on the street, you would ask "could you please fuck off to the sea?"
And so on.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 277d
Oh my god, Gretchen. You can't just ask people why they're German.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 277d
Oh, is that you, Heinrich? I can tell by the cadence of your hesitation.
Chill, bro. Nobody's going to give a shit.
0x0@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 277d
And how many parts of Germany such as that are there...?
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 277d
The thing ist that it's impossible to describe without naming very specific places.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de · 5 pts · 277d
Always a breeze once I go to a music festival or bigger event and there's all the diversity with the German language. I think there are many places like that. And even in the larger metropolitan areas you can tell the difference between Cologne, Düsseldorf and the Ruhrgebiet and the people slightly to the east or north of it. At least where they grew up because all of it mixes in the cities and people will also commute 1h to work. So I think it happens in villages, cities and everywhere. It's not entirely the same, though. Seems to be more nuance here than proper dialect, but people from 3 cities away will occasionally tell me on how my grammar has some funny peculiarities.
0x0@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 277d
Well if it's places, plural, then you're clear.
Asafum@feddit.nl · 17 pts · 277d
Lngisland
Cawfee
Ayyyy I'm walkin here!
Basically American asshole accent lol
loppy@fedia.io · 3 pts · 277d
Ok, this is really interesting to me. I think what you're trying to say is that you have the cot-caught merger, but for anyone who doesn't have this merger (like me) "cawfee" would be pronounced exactly the same as standard "coffee". For me, "caw" as in a crow cawing is the same vowel as in "caught", not the same as in "cot" which is the vowel I associate with the accent you're trying to convey. So it's not so much the direct intent behind your spelling, but the fact that you incorrectly think that someone like me would pronounce "cawfee" and "coffee" differently which outs you as someone who doesn't disntinguish "caught" from "cot".
Or I'm completely off-base and don't have any idea what you're trying to convey with "cawfee".
Asafum@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 277d
That is pretty interesting! Yeah I do believe it's a mixture of caught-cot. I remember getting a lot of shit when I temporarily lived in Florida over how I'd say coffee lol
klu9@piefed.social · 1 pts · 277d
The way I wawk, the way I tawk. Now you can tell I was bawn in the State of New Yawk.
erin@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 276d
Yeah if I pronounced this phonetically, it wouldn't be a NY accent at all
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 277d
I spoke with an American expat girl some months ago, and she said I have the most Eastern-European accent she ever heard. I replied "Tanks"
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 277d
So, an immigrant?
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 277d
She was here for university exchange or something like that. Not a lot of people choose this country as a final destination, as you can find much better places in the EU
Hathaway@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 276d
Immigrants have the mindset that they’re going to the country that they want to live in, permanently. Expats are generally temporarily. Most people that leave the US, tend to leave on education or work visas. Not a ton of them attempt to gain citizenship or integrate into local society.
socsa@piefed.social · 10 pts · 277d
False, I am the only one speaking properly.
marble@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 277d
Southerner brit who watches too much US telly, but tries to resist the influence.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 277d
Middle class english with a northern lilt
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 277d
Somebody once told me I speak in Times New Roman
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 277d
Slavic who struggles with the soft r and cannot pronounce þ after 20 minites of talking.
Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 277d
Huh, outside of the word "Slavic" that description also works for the most distinctive features of some Irish accents
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 277d
Y'all ain't never heard a southren feller afore?
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 277d
Thanks young un
Skua@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 277d
Scottish mongrel, in that the area I grew up in, the area I lived in for my early adulthood, and the areas both of my parents come from all have different accents
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 277d
Non-regional on calls, Texas or Florida drawl when I'm talking to Southerners, Cuban accent when I'm with my family or girlfriend...
I code switch for company.
rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 277d
Rälli draiver
58008@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 277d
Northern Irish: sounds like a pirate who developed a severe depressive illness and tried to blow his brains out with a rifle, but survived the injury and went on to live another 60 years with no lower jaw.
Our accent needs to be banned from the airwaves.
Geobloke@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 277d
In my 20s I lived in a house with a couple of blokes from Edinburgh, Liverpool and Belfast. I once said "I'm going to the shops, can I get you boys anything?" I've never been more confused.
I'm an Aussie for the record, and yes, we did walk into pubs
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 277d
Like I’m eating peanut butter or my lips are glued
pan0wski@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 277d
Croatian (native): Noticeable southern (Dalmatian) accent
English: I think it's a mix of Slavic and American accents.
Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee · 4 pts · 277d
In English language, I presume.
No aspirated occlusives.
d, b and g sometimes get replaced by t, p and k respectively (but without the aspiration!)
s, sh and z sometimes get conflagrated into s, ch sometimes into ts.
Generally, the rich English inventory of different sounds is reduced to a bit over 15 sounds.
The stress is usually on the first syllable.
S and t are pronounced from a slightly different part of the mouth than typical in English.
Then... You can also hear that I used to be talking quite a lot with Scottish people. It's funny how that sometimes makes itself visible.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 4 pts · 277d
Generic RP English with hints of Aussie and slips of German
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 277d
Thoroughly generic American accent with a sprinkling of Midwest "Ope".
j5906@feddit.org · 3 pts · 277d
Heavily invested in "sch" endings
0x0@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 277d
What, english? Some international mix, bust mostly murican i'd wager.
Native? Northern.
CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 277d
Tex-mexic-american skater with a dash of hood.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 276d
My accent is usually at the end of the word. For example, most say "Timing", I say "Timing".
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 277d
I grew up kinda everywhere in the US. Was born in the South, lived on the east coast for a bit, then in one of the northern states that really supported the Confederacy, then in one of the big urban centers of the U.S. I mostly try to suppress the more Southern parts to get a very generic American intellectual accent, but my real heritage slips out when I throw out a y'all'd've.
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 277d
Thank you for sharing your experiences of growing up in the US in !casualeurope@piefed.social
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 277d
thanks for replying to just my comment instead of the 4-5 others doing the same
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 277d
You are welcome
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 276d
I speak Dutch with a faint regional accent that most fellow Dutchmen would be able to place in the general cardinal direction.
I can lay on the local accent more thickly, but I dislike it, it's not pleasing to the ear.
The amusing thing is that it's a very particular accent that doesn't really feature in the 'fun accents that are commonly used in parody' I doubt many people that weren't born here or have lived here could identify the city by ear.
josephc@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 277d
"Hella ope."
Midwestern raised but living in California for 15+ years.
J92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 276d
Decipherable northumbrian.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 277d
Clean and articulate
Neopolitan
Aeri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 276d
I'm not sure if this is an optimal description but I find that my action drifts like a shitty car on an iced over road because I've absorbed a lot of international media.
I joke that I was half raised by British and Australian comedians.