European Accent.?

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susie x â™¥â™¥â™¥

If you are speaking English sir....you have an accent..an American one!

mikeec79

Don't be stupid. Everyone thinks their own accent is prononced correctly.

And "Europeans" is about a vague as you can get. Do you mean French, Italian, German, English, Scottish, Welsh, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Spanish....... (I could go on).

Your comments just make you look stupid and show that you are completely unaware of the world around you (outside of the US anyway).

Manc Lush

Mad for it........

Well I was born and bred in Manchester in Jolly old England and mate everyone has an accent over here, even if you just go down the road to the pie eaters in Wigan.

And I bet you a million pounds I'd say you had an accent as well. Is is like that Cletus the slack jawed yokel of the Simpson?

M'SMA

I'm very aware of my accent - I'm Scottish.

You say you have no accent - what do you use as a comparison?

worldstiti

lol that is so funny, what does not sound like an accent to you is an accent to someone else, because they don't hear their own accents. just talk slow and smile you will be fine if they do the same

Hahahahaha! What language do you speak? English. And are you in England? Think about it :P

You have an accent.

sunshine

There's no such thing as a European accent. Accents are regional country by country therefore each region in each country sounds different. Everyone has one, you just don't realise the ones you hear all the time are different!

ivy_la_sangrienta

You'll still have an American accent.

smileyh

Of course you have an accent - everyone does. That's just nonsense.

Have you ever travelled from your home town? Do the people in the next town sound exactly like you? And how about the next county over? Still the same? And the next state? At some point you'll notice that people are sounding different and I bet you they could tell you that you have an accent

tombollocks

Everyone has an accent. Whether from England, Scotland, Ireland, Austrailia, Southern US (like me).....you get the picture.

Eve

Not everybody living in Europe speaks English as their mother tongue. In fact most of us don't. Plus the different countries have different official languages.
And yes, we are very well aware of our accent. I for instance speak English with a Bulgarian accent. This means that I tend to de-voice voiced consonants at the end of a word - so, words like ''cod'' and ''cot'' would very much sound the same. I try to avoid it, but it happens:)
I am also aware of my East Bulgarian accent, as Bulgarian, just like English, French, German, Polish, Italian, etc. has various dialects, jargons and accents.
And last - yes, I usually recognise variations of English, such as Oxford English, Northern England (Northumbria) English, Scottish, Australian English, American English from the South, Boston American English.

Floppy Dick

Believe me, an Englishman would tell you that you have a broad American accent. In England our accents can change dramatically in only a short distance, sometimes in only a few miles.

ZaZaZoom

everyone has got an accent. reason that u dont notice yours is because everyone around u speaks with the same accent as yours. so when u speak to someone from another country u would notice their accent and vice versa.

One Voice In The Day Rings True

I know how you feel, being in southwest Michigan. It sounds pretentious to say it but yes we both probably speak as the book says to but everyone else will disagree... though you may not understand what the hell they're saying!

igi

Americans eat their words

Princess Penguin

im italian and my english accent is more of a brit accent even though i havent been in uk for more than a week all my life
and trust me all americans have an american accent otherwise its a miracle!!!

Ellie L

As many others have said, you will have an accent, it will be a different way of speaking to those say in Texas, or in Minneapolis for example. In the Uk we have many regional accents, often towns next door to each other have quite distinct ones. I think it would be a real shame if everyone were to sound exactly the same.
As for speaking exactly as the dictionary, I do too, but we would still sound very different to each other!

Good Apollo

ey chap ould ju like a ittle tea wit dat? cherrio sir govna and waht not. i havent slept in a fortnight all dat custard i ate wore me out it did.

Leave him alone he makes a good point that's all I hear now lets use spell check on that and see what it does.

EU chap old J like a title tea wit DAT? cheerio sir Gavan and what not. i ha vent slept in a fortnight all DAT custard i ate wore me out it did.

Alfhild

Everybody has an accent of one sort or another - the average European would immediately classify you as American, on the basis of your accent (yes, you will have an Idaho accent).

Europeans tend to be aware of their own accents, although we think more in terms of regional differences within our own countries. For example, I know that I speak French with a Metz accent and German with a Frankfurt accent: I can hear it.

Erin C.

Accents are all relative. Sure, you don't think you have an accent, but if you go to that European person, they're going to tell you that you have an American accent. You have an accent, but it doesn't seem that way because everyone around you has the same accent.

Tru Blue N Maizeâ„¢ Chad HenneÂ®

i think so

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