My Accent, And furthermore why you should give a damn

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:51 am

People often say that people from Indiana do not have an accent. Well, it is true that in the north of the state, the accents are basically those of Chicago, Michigan, and the Eastern part of the country.
However, in the south of the state, you'll find the sound quite different. To explin it adequately, I will cite two sources: the movie Oklahoma and those commercials on Adult Swim advertizing the new Robot Chicken DVDs. If you can blend the accents of the actors in both, then you will have a general idea of the accent of my home region. In intonation, I actually sound rather like the actress who played Aunt Eller in Oklahoma though I have much better grammar. Now, my friend Jessica, who joined Shireroth just recently, is from Indianapolis and has a completely different accent.

Why should you give a damn? Well, you shouldn't ,but you've already read the whole thing, so it doesn't matter.

Bill3000 · Post by **Bill3000** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:21 am

People often say that people from Indiana do not have an accent. Well, it is true that in the north of the state, the accents are basically those of Chicago, Michigan, and the Eastern part of the country.

Um.... Saying that someone does not have an accent is like saying that an organism does not have a species.

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:53 am

True...

21st Century Stjepan · Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:34 pm

Double True!

Kaiser Alejian II · Post by **Kaiser Alejian II** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:43 pm

He should have said, "no accent as far as the American English language is concerned"? Maybe...

Bill3000 · Post by **Bill3000** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:59 pm

Which is still false. "American English" in this case would be like a genus in analogy to the same biological context.

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:18 pm

Actually, I should have written "have no accent significantly different from anywhere else to be called a separate accent."

Bill3000 · Post by **Bill3000** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:23 pm

Which is also false. All places in the world has an accent. If by "no accent? you mean what is considered "Standardized American English" as used formerly by news organizations, that would work, except that same accent is Midwestern.

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:30 pm

*Blinks annoyedly at being proved wrong for the third time.*
Damn you Bill, with your logical thinking...

21st Century Stjepan · Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:22 pm

haha.

My Accent, And furthermore why you should give a damn

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