Do you have a strong regional accent?

[Femmadian]

Do I have a regional accent? Of course. Everyone does (even my American friends who try to say they don't).

Whether it's strong or not depends on who you ask I suppose. Most Americans tend to be able to pick up on it as just generally Canadian. People from the UK often assume I'm American () and most other Canadians can tell I'm from somewhere on the East Coast.

In casual conversations I also tend to talk at a fast clip which I'm told is a fairly regional thing. Americans often tell me to slow down, especially those from the deep South. Out here "our" sounds like "are" and "right" sounds like "rate." The D's and G's in words like "old" and "going" are usually dropped. R's towards the end of words like "car" and "dart" sound a bit hard and I have a friend originally from BC who says all Maritimers sound like pirates, especially when drunk. I guess?

I think it would be neat if people were to include a little video clip of an example of their regional accent. Mine would probably be closest to Sarah McLachlan in the early days before she started really sounding like a Vancouverite.



I've had a couple people from Toronto ask me if I was originally from Newfoundland. (cue jokes about Toronto )

For those not familiar with that regional accent, here is an example:


Not. Me.
(though I really like it!)

I love this thread! I often wonder what the voices of the people I'm talking to here actually sound like!