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I've been pretty much everywhere in the U.S. except the south east, and have yet to meet someone I can't understand
I had to watch JFK's inauguration speech when I was in high school. I couldn't understand a word of it.Yes I agree with your observation. I don't think US English really has dialects; its variations are more in accents. I have a strong Midwestern accent, but I've never had trouble understand people in the Northeast such as Boston, or the deep South such as Mississippi.
I just took a trip down memory lane to the first time I visited London, many years ago. I was unprepared for the British accent. I did struggle a bit at first! However, I've gained a bit of experience since then. Now, I can sometimes tell a foreign speaker's first language by their accent when speaking English.
I had to watch JFK's inauguration speech when I was in high school. I couldn't understand a word of it.
I typically don't have any issues with the London accent. It is the Cockney accent that is hard for me to understand.
I had to watch JFK's inauguration speech when I was in high school. I couldn't understand a word of it.
Funny how that happens. My wife lived in N. Jersey until she was in high school yet she doesn't talk like your typical New Yorker. Went to New York about 2 years ago and after a day there I didn't recognize her speech anymore. It was like I was married to Rosie Perez. It all came back and I had to de-program her when we got home.Funny you should mention JFK, my Mother was a Bostonian through and through; we move to Southern California when I was 2, but she NEVER lost her STRONG Boston dialect.
I have no idea what the Cockney accent is, but this sounds like "The Sopranos" to me. Am I at least close?Don't pahk the cah in the yahd!
I have no idea what the Cockney accent is, but this sounds like "The Sopranos" to me. Am I at least close?
Funny how that happens. My wife lived in N. Jersey until she was in high school yet she doesn't talk like your typical New Yorker. Went to New York about 2 years ago and after a day there I didn't recognize her speech anymore. It was like I was married to Rosie Perez. It all came back and I had to de-program her when we got home.
Okay, I am laughing at deprogramming your wife![]()