Mistress Kang Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I've always thought that I good at good at distinguishing accents. Sometimes I like to guess whether or not an actor (on the big moving-pictures-box) is hiding their native accent. I've correctly guessed that Andrew Lincoln (Sheriff's Deputy on The Walking Dead), Rose Byrne (Ellen Parsons on Damages) and Charlie Hunnam (Jackson aka Jax on Sons of Anarchy) were all faking an American accent. http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliafurlan/red-leather-yellow-leather My Results: 9 Questions = 6 Correct (3 Incorrect) Guess The Accent- http://qz.com/259129/quiz-can-you-guess-the-accent/ My Results: 12 Questions = 9 Correct (3 Incorrect) Now it's your turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistress Kang Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I like to think that I can tell the difference between accents from Long Island, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, The Bronx and Jersey. I'm not as discerning with international accents, but I can definitely tell if a person is a native Mandarin or Cantonese speaker by the way they speak English. Isn't it weird how British people lose their accents when they sing (ie: George Michael)?? Come play some more games with me! Do You Have A New York Accent? http://www.gotoquiz.com/do_you_have_a_new_york_accent My Results: (85% = Somewhat) What Is Your Dialect Map? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0 My Results: (Area of NY, Yonkers and Jersey City) Which American Accent Do You Actually Have? http://www.playbuzz.com/benjaminbirely10/which-american-accent-do-you-actually-have My Results: North Eastern accent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I like to think that I can tell the difference between accents from Long Island, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, The Bronx and Jersey. I'm not as discerning with international accents, but I can definitely tell if a person is a native Mandarin or Cantonese speaker by the way they speak English. Isn't it weird how British people lose their accents when they sing (ie: George Michael)?? Come play some more games with me! Do You Have A New York Accent? http://www.gotoquiz.com/do_you_have_a_new_york_accent My Results: (85% = Somewhat) NY Accent.jpg What Is Your Dialect Map? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0 My Results: (Area of NY, Yonkers and Jersey City) Dialect Map.jpg Which American Accent Do You Actually Have? http://www.playbuzz.com/benjaminbirely10/which-american-accent-do-you-actually-have My Results: North Eastern accent Ms. Kang: Just time for the first one. 77% somewhat. Says not from NYC but maybe from the Northeast which is correct. Dannyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I have definite have southern elements from living in the south from 4th grade through college. Someone from Pittsburgh can tell that's where I'm originally from about 4 words in. My favorite American accent is a native Floridian. If you find someone over 60 that grew up in Florida and went to the Universty of Florida, it is beautiful. IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris89 Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I can't do the tests involving sound at the moment, but the New York Times quiz was spot on and pinned me for central Jersey. I learned it last year, but it still shocks me that no one else but Jersey has mischief night (night before Halloween). Did no one else go out and TP peoples houses the night before Halloween or are we just a bunch of assholes?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I like to think that I can tell the difference between accents from Long Island, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, The Bronx and Jersey. I'm not as discerning with international accents, but I can definitely tell if a person is a native Mandarin or Cantonese speaker by the way they speak English. Isn't it weird how British people lose their accents when they sing (ie: George Michael)?? Come play some more games with me! Do You Have A New York Accent? http://www.gotoquiz.com/do_you_have_a_new_york_accent My Results: (85% = Somewhat) NY Accent.jpg What Is Your Dialect Map? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0 My Results: (Area of NY, Yonkers and Jersey City) Dialect Map.jpg Which American Accent Do You Actually Have? http://www.playbuzz.com/benjaminbirely10/which-american-accent-do-you-actually-have My Results: North Eastern accent Do you have a New York Accent? My results: Umm, no 77% What is your dialect map? My results: sorry, an error has occurred... Twice, lol Which American Accent do you actually have? My result: Western...haha, no wonder no one can tell I was born and spent most of my life in upstate NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outcast Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I like to think that I can tell the difference between accents from Long Island, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, The Bronx and Jersey. I'm not as discerning with international accents, but I can definitely tell if a person is a native Mandarin or Cantonese speaker by the way they speak English. Isn't it weird how British people lose their accents when they sing (ie: George Michael)?? Come play some more games with me! Do You Have A New York Accent? http://www.gotoquiz.com/do_you_have_a_new_york_accent My Results: (85% = Somewhat) NY Accent.jpg What Is Your Dialect Map? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0 My Results: (Area of NY, Yonkers and Jersey City) Dialect Map.jpg Which American Accent Do You Actually Have? http://www.playbuzz.com/benjaminbirely10/which-american-accent-do-you-actually-have My Results: North Eastern accent Cool tests Mistress Kang! I love accents and trying to decipher where people are from. I got "somewhat" NY accent which is bullshit because I know I have a heavy accent. Like you said there are differences between New York and adjoining area accents. I can tell if someone is from the Northwest Bronx or Hells Kitchen just by the way they talk. Also, growing up in an Irish neighborhood and having Irish relatives I can tell if you're from the southwest, Dublin, or Belfast. Also was exposed to Dominican accents to as a kid. We use to love to mimic the different accents in the neighborhood. I always try to tell where the Mistresses are from when I meet them first. They're all pretty good at hiding it as I can never tell. For instance, I could never peg M. Zhao as being a Texan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveinthetimeofcollaring Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 I thought of this thread last night, when I was deep in Staten Island for a cousin's birthday party. We have a lot of family in Brooklyn/Staten Island/Jersey and the accents are pretty ridiculous (except mine--no one ever believes I'm from Brooklyn). After a few hours of accented casual racism and misogyny, I was sure I'd gotten my fill of family for another year. I could never peg M. Zhao Oh, yes, I do believe it's meant to be the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistress Tran Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I found this article interesting- being from Cali and all: http://audio.californiareport.org/archive/R201211231630/a Im pretty decent at distinguishing accents but I can't tell if someone is faking an American accent unless they are really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I've always thought that I good at good at distinguishing accents. Sometimes I like to guess whether or not an actor (on the big moving-pictures-box) is hiding their native accent. I've correctly guessed that Andrew Lincoln (Sheriff's Deputy on The Walking Dead), Rose Byrne (Ellen Parsons on Damages) and Charlie Hunnam (Jackson aka Jax on Sons of Anarchy) were all faking an American accent. Now it's your turn! Ok, here's mine: fake accents: 9 out of 12 correct guess the accent: 9 out of 12 correct from nyc: somewhat (84%) american accent: central NJ, which is exact, I live exactly halfway between philadelphia and 17 Allen Street, nyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistress Kang Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Cool tests Mistress Kang! I love accents and trying to decipher where people are from. I got "somewhat" NY accent which is bullshit because I know I have a heavy accent. Like you said there are differences between New York and adjoining area accents. I can tell if someone is from the Northwest Bronx or Hells Kitchen just by the way they talk. Also, growing up in an Irish neighborhood and having Irish relatives I can tell if you're from the southwest, Dublin, or Belfast. Also was exposed to Dominican accents to as a kid. We use to love to mimic the different accents in the neighborhood. I always try to tell where the Mistresses are from when I meet them first. They're all pretty good at hiding it as I can never tell. For instance, I could never peg M. Zhao as being a Texan. It sounds like you and I had a very similar experience growing up, probably because we grew up in boroughs- it must have been in a very different areas because our accents are very different LOL Your accent is totally "Brooklyn" to me, more specifically "Irish-Brooklyn" although I can't pinpoint where, I would guess that it'd be from parts of Brooklyn with a heavy Irish population like Bay Ridge? The first 18 years of school was in a melting pot of Greeks, Italians, Irish, Jews, Russians, Romanians, Albanians, PRs, DRs, Columbians, Jamaicans, Trinidadian, Pakistanian, Indian, Egyptians, Black Americans, White Americans, Koreans, Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Malaysians, Filipinos. My first "boyfriend" was an Indian boy named JJ in Kindergarten, my only memory was of us "holding hands" ("HH") in the backseat of my parents car as they drove him home from school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistress Kang Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I thought of this thread last night, when I was deep in Staten Island for a cousin's birthday party. We have a lot of family in Brooklyn/Staten Island/Jersey and the accents are pretty ridiculous (except mine--no one ever believes I'm from Brooklyn). After a few hours of accented casual racism and misogyny, I was sure I'd gotten my fill of family for another year. Oh, yes, I do believe it's meant to be the other way around. Why do you think you lost or never developed your Brooklyn accent? Did you spend any of your formative years elsewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outcast Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 It sounds like you and I had a very similar experience growing up, probably because we grew up in boroughs- it must have been in a very different areas because our accents are very different LOL Your accent is totally "Brooklyn" to me, more specifically "Irish-Brooklyn" although I can't pinpoint where, I would guess that it'd be from parts of Brooklyn with a heavy Irish population like Bay Ridge? The first 18 years of school was in a melting pot of Greeks, Italians, Irish, Jews, Russians, Romanians, Albanians, PRs, DRs, Columbians, Jamaicans, Trinidadian, Pakistanian, Indian, Egyptians, Black Americans, White Americans, Koreans, Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Malaysians, Filipinos. My first "boyfriend" was an Indian boy named JJ in Kindergarten, my only memory was of us "holding hands" ("HH") in the backseat of my parents car as they drove him home from school. Haha, you're right about growing up in an Irish neighborhood but not Brooklyn. Calling me a Brooklynite ?!?! I grew up in Manhattan and the Bronx. It was a fun place to grow up but was crazy. It was cool growing up around all different people from all over. Did you ever see you're first love later on after you grew up. I'd bet he'd eat his heart out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveinthetimeofcollaring Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Why do you think you lost or never developed your Brooklyn accent? Did you spend any of your formative years elsewhere? Speech impediment :] As a kid, I had a minor impediment that sent me to a speech pathologist that really flattened out any accent I might have developed. On top of that I went to (A) high school in Manhattan rather than my very Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn and then ( went to college in upstate New York (which carries its own vowel shift issues). I was also a nerd growing up, so my friends were less guido and more ESL-inclined. Thanks, interest in Dungeons & Dragons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistress Kang Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Speech impediment :] As a kid, I had a minor impediment that sent me to a speech pathologist that really flattened out any accent I might have developed. On top of that I went to (A) high school in Manhattan rather than my very Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn and then ( went to college in upstate New York (which carries its own vowel shift issues). I was also a nerd growing up, so my friends were less guido and more ESL-inclined. Thanks, interest in Dungeons & Dragons! It didn't seem like that Brooklyn accent ever even had a chance. The way you write/talk (?) is very familiar. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveinthetimeofcollaring Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 It didn't seem like that Brooklyn accent ever even had a chance. The way you write/talk (?) is very familiar. I like it. Well, we *did* spend a bunch of time with our SI/Jersey family growing up so it wasn't totally blown out the water. Out of curiosity, I saw earlier on the thread that you grew up in NYC? Can I ask where? I have my money on Forest Hills or Elmhurst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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