Oh my goodness-that is too funny Graymouser! Accents are very very interesting. I live in the southeaster U.S. and have been told I have a very thick southern accent. The accent becomes especially difficult to understand when I have a cold BTW, I love hearing Australians talk. One of my favorite accents to hear

Do accents from the north of the US differ greatly from the south? Here in Russia accents can differ a great deal even to the point where the pronouncian of words is slightly different, like in the south the sound 'g' (as in 'great' or grand' is replaced with 'h' (as in 'happy' or 'hello') or more to the east a lot of words that I pronounce with an 'a' are pronouced with an 'o'

Oh yes! In northern states you have a much different accent. for example, a New York accent pronounces door like 'do-wuh', whereas in the south door is pronounced almost like 'duh'. I'm not sure if you have The Walton's in Russia but, if so, listen to Mrs. Walton (you could probably find a video of an old episode on YouTube): she has the epitome of a Southern accent. Or you could just get Gods and Generals or Gettysburg (Civil War movies). Most of the time I can't hear the northerners accent, but when Chamberlain says 'we're going to swing like a do-wuh', (in Gettysburg) I can really hear it. The Southern accent is a lot easy to pick up- odd, since I'm a Dixie girl- you'd think it would be the other way...anyway, another good example of a southern accent is in the word signify is pronounced 'sig-nuf-ie' with a strong 'I' sound at the end.

Hope that helped!

Lu

P.S. It feels good to be answering instead of asking for once! lol!

Yes, accents in the South are very very different from those of the North. However, accents in the South can also vary a lot too For example, in my home state of South Carolina, people from the city of Charleston speak very differently from those in the "upstate," which is where I am from:) Lucy of Narnia gave great examples of how most of us speak.

It's also worth mentioning that accents in the US vary from east to west as well as north to south; the New York accent Lucy of Narnia mentioned above is quite different from a Midwest or West Coast accent.

And the Southwest US sounds different than the accent most Americans associate with the South (which is actually the Southeast US).

Yeahhhhhh I had a feeling that wasn't true... someone just turned around to me in my asian studies class and said "guess what i learned? aborigines ate chinese immigrants!" my first thought was" ima prove you wrong on narniaweb"

that's true stargazer, not to mention that we have different slang in certain regions than others (as all countries probably...) for instance, I'm told that outside Cali no one uses the word "hecka" or some people use (I'm not sure if I'm allowed to use this word and will take it down if needed, but for now I'll just put it in spoilers) ...apparently we're the only ones who say that

P.S. It feels good to be answering instead of asking for once! lol!

Same here

Talkign of accents this is what a tasmania/queenslander/Western Australian mix accent sounds like.

this is what everyone on another forum told me to say it is embarassing hearing my voice on here.

IloveFauns:
Awesome!!! You sound fabulous!!!

yeah it was from a different forum and i had a list of suggestions from the members.

Heheh...nice accent, ILF! So let me get this straight....we here on NWeb can offer you a list of suggestions for things to say, and you'll say them in your unique accent? *plots*

I guess so if you want. I wonder what is in this plot though.......

Wow, IlF, you have such a lovely voice. It sounds quite rich, and your accent is beeeaaauuutiful! What fun you posted that!

you should post one of your accent?

I have to tell you, I have a thing for licorice. Now I'm fully expecting the onslaught of "Licorice!? Ewww!" comments that seem to accompany this poor candy wherever it goes, but bear with me. My shift partner last night knows of my affinity for licorice and my last tin of licorice flavored Altoids is running low, so she brought me a bag of "Australian Soft Licorice". Here in the States most of the licorice one finds is fairly ho-hum. You can get Twizzlers licorice, but it's always been kind of "meh" to me. Dittos on Crows, which make better erasers than candies. If you can find them Licorice All Sorts is always fantastic. Jelly Belly makes an awesome licorice flavored jelly bean, but I can't justify picking up a whole bag for only a small handful of licorice beans (even though the rest of the beans are quite delicious!...by the way, 2 Popcorn flavored and 1 Blueberry flavored consumed at the same time taste like a Blueberry Muffin. Go try it!)

Before I digress any further, I look on the back and there it says "Made in Australia". So that item confirmed I open up the bag and oh my Heavens...the aroma was what I always imagined Heaven would smell like. Glorious thick pieces of soft, chewy (bordering on juicy, were it possible for licorice to be that) pieces of the most delicious licorice I've ever eaten in my life. The stuff just melts in your mouth and is just sumptuous, rich, and perfect. Better than Jelly Belly beans even...I'm already almost out and I'm supposed to be on a diet here!

I'm not the biggest fan of licorice but I'll eat it if it's given to me. Licorice Allsorts are great. I really didn't think there would be any difference between American and Australian varities. Guess I was wrong. Thanks for sharing mate!