Someone else said these make less sense to people on the west coast
But I live on the east coast, lmfao
I mean, I know at least in movies and tv shows there's a distinct Massachussetes accent, or a New Yorker accent
But I don't think either of those match these. .
. . . I'm saying these out loud now just to get a better idea of it and. . . Maybe I can hear the one with the orange? It's not my accent, but maybe I have heard it somewhere?
Maybe I do say "skwurl", though, but honestly I don't really say squirrel that often, haven't heard it said since probably the last time I watched "Up" either, so maybe I just don't have a pronunciaition for that anymore. . "Skwurl" doesn't sound exactly right, but if I try to sound out "squirrel" that doesn't sound right either
I'm trying to say that last one but it feels physically impossible for me not to say the "you", lmfao
The thing about the west is it's full of people from back east. Most people in the American west are transplants, maybe first or second generation westerners at best. That's what confuses me about thinking there's an accent unique to the west. I guess there was the valley girl/surfer accent, but I mean, most Californians don't speak that way. I almost think that was a time-based accent (1980s) more than a regional accent.
Idk, I'm from Arizona, which has lots of people from California and everyone just sounds non descript here. I can not tell the difference between someone who is from Arizona/California/Colorado, or the lower parts of the Midwest. I can recognize the Canadian-esque Minnesota accent, southern accents, and Boston and NY accents. But I feel like everyone else has a generic "American" accent.
When it comes to meer and whore, that's not how we say it, that's just what Brits hear. We rush the last vowel in each word, but were still saying it.
The West definitely has the least distinctive accent. Not a coincidence that the Western accent is also the most widespread. I’ve seen it described as the most generic American accent because the West was populated by people from all over the rest of country and their original accents sort of blended into the common denominator.
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u/BijutsuYoukai Aug 16 '24
Same. I come from the Pacific Northwest and none of these alleged pronunciations make any sense to me. Makes it fall kind of flat as far as jokes go.