This is how Americans talk

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09 Oct 2012, 1:44 am

Itz kinduh intristeeng how Amerakinz tok. Yoo mite have a harrrd taim prawcessing it on yer mobul phoan, but yoo saund diff'rint from the Amerakinz yoo heer on tee vee.

It's funny how Canadians think they have American accents when they sound pretty much nothing like this. They sound more like this:

Etz kind of inter-es-ting hou Amerakinz tauk. Canadians mi-i'te hahve a hard taim PRO-cessing et on there mob-EYE-ol phones, but they sound diff-er-rent from the Amerakinz they heer on television.

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09 Oct 2012, 3:27 am

Naaah, you're wrong mate. Canadians say "eh?", or "aboot" every 3 or 4 words. :lol:

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09 Oct 2012, 3:52 am

The way I talk is kind of like your Canadian accent (I'm Canadian XD), but not because I'm Canadian, it's the way I process words. I overempathize stuff too much.

Damn you enter, I didn't press you, I swear XD

I think the only one I don't really do is Mo-EYE-ol. The rest I tend to do XD

And I say meh, not eh XD And I've NEVER heard aboot XD

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09 Oct 2012, 4:25 am

Whad de fook arrr ya tokin aboot?

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09 Oct 2012, 8:09 pm

There is no one way that Americans talk. There is a menagerie of accents and vernaculars scattered across the United States.

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09 Oct 2012, 9:16 pm

I live and work near the American ghetto and they talk nothing like me or Americans you see on TV. That is unless you are watching BET. It is another language entirely.

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09 Oct 2012, 9:42 pm

That is quite humorous, mate. Bloody well humorous indeed, good sir.

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09 Oct 2012, 10:21 pm

Many Americans seem to have learned a dialect called "Profanics". It's like Ebonics, except...

The "F" word is both a noun and a verb, and with the "-ing" suffix replaces all adverbs and adjectives.

The "S" word is mainly a pronoun, but with the "-ing" suffix it becomes an action verb.

Other profane words can be used to replace commas, colons, semicolons, and hyphens.

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09 Oct 2012, 10:49 pm

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09 Oct 2012, 11:06 pm

Tensu wrote:

There is no one way that Americans talk. There is a menagerie of accents and vernaculars scattered across the United States.

That's the same here in Australia people speak differently in the country/outback areas then in the city.

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10 Oct 2012, 3:45 am

Tensu wrote:

There is no one way that Americans talk. There is a menagerie of accents and vernaculars scattered across the United States.

This.

First post is as ignorant as an American person saying all English people drop their H's and say "innit" and "govna".

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10 Oct 2012, 7:42 am

IdahoRose wrote:

Tensu wrote:

There is no one way that Americans talk. There is a menagerie of accents and vernaculars scattered across the United States.

This.

First post is as ignorant as an American person saying all English people drop their H's and say "innit" and "govna".

Wat te f*k Mistress, to be sure and te furst poster was aimen a wee little joke at ye keister!

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10 Oct 2012, 8:06 am

You don't even want me to start trying to type like my accent.

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