Accents??

[Mr Allen]

I'm wondering what the OP means by a "Canadian" accent, since Canada has a variety of accents and dialects. I not only live in Canada, but in Nova Scotia where everyone supposedly has a quaint Irish or Scottish accent. But I've been told that mine is very neutral. Anyway, why do people care so much? I should be allowed to speak in the way that come naturally to me, and it's not like I'm swearing and using bad grammar constantly.

If you've ever watched the South Park movie, or South Park in general, it's a bit of an in joke on there about how some Canadians talk "funny", like they say "aboot" instead of "about" and stuff

 

[Frostee]

I'm Northern Irish, I do have an accent but it is very mild and not specific to a geographic area. I've noticed that I don't use that much slang compared to others locally, which is definitely an anomaly.

I don't have the whole 'American' accent thingy.

I'm not sure if this is caused by Aspergers?

 

[AO1501]

I'm a Brit living in the U.S., and I still have a very distinct British accent, so I frequently get comments such as 'I really like your accent'. Apparently, in this part of the U.S., British accents are a big deal. No idea why.

I just say 'I don't have an accent, but I can't help notice that you do'.

I think that confuses them enough hat by the time they think of something to say, I'm already gone.

 

[Mr Allen]

I'm Northern Irish, I do have an accent but it is very mild and not specific to a geographic area. I've noticed that I don't use that much slang compared to others locally, which is definitely an anomaly.

I don't have the whole 'American' accent thingy.

I'm not sure if this is caused by Aspergers?

No, Irish people in general do have a distinctive accent, especially Northern Irish.

Have you ever seen Brendan O'Carroll, aka Mrs Brown on TV? Not sure if he's typical of all Northern Irish guys but he swears like a trooper, and talks really broad Irish.

 

[Frostee]

No, Irish people in general do have a distinctive accent, especially Northern Irish.

Have you ever seen Brendan O'Carroll, aka Mrs Brown on TV? Not sure if he's typical of all Northern Irish guys but he swears like a trooper, and talks really broad Irish.

Brendan O Carroll is from the Republic of Ireland which is a completely different accent.

 

[Aspergers_Aspie]

The Glasgow accent is confusing for me when people from Glasgow say women plural and not woman singular.

 

[Aspychata]

I couldn't undestand cockney accent. l kept asking people to decipher what the bloke was saying to me at dinner. Have gone into full fledge hawaiian pidegon to get group of locals off my property. It worked.