Which American Accent do you find the most appealing

[Luc]

So I had to chose the Eastern because I live in the north east-ish. As for the answer none of the above, if you have to bring up the fact that you don't like the accent wait until topic says "What do you think of the American accent" Not which one do you prefer, it's just common courtesy.

Not that I don't agree though, there are quite a few other accents I would love to have but say if I went to Scotland and tried to use that accent I would probably get beat up ^.-

But being a classical singer, I think if you use a proper American accent (which really no longer exists) it can really sound nice. But yes, there are alot of places where vouls are drawn out and weird things are stressed and accented and it does sound a bit whinny and stupid.

But to each man his own. You can't help where you grow up and the things you pic up. It keeps the world interesting ^.-

~Lucas

[LongHairedBeardedKiltie]

I would need to say Western as my wife is from California.

[Croi Sasanach]

I can barely tell the difference, but i prefer the east coast ones that dont over do the 'R' sound at the end of the word.

[Luc]

Hehe I understand that. I make fun of my friend for it all the time. He has a very strong accent. Another bad thing that most easterners have to unlearn when singing is that our o sounds sound like Mouit not moat.

~Lucas

[Elliebunny1]

So being an American, and having lived all over this country... the accents are wide and varied. Currently, I'm living in Appalchain country in Southwestern Virginia... and even here, the accents are varied from town to town. Although, for a good chunk of these people, I feel that they chew on their words and add a twang for kicks. God help me... I've lived here long enough that when I hang out with the natives, I pick up this drawl business.

When I'm home visiting my family in New England, I pick up the new england accent. With my A's sounding like 'ah's' or occasionally I'll pick up the extra New Hampshire 'r'. My father joked with me once, that the people in Massachusettes drop the 'r's' and the people in New Hampshire pick them all up. For instance umbrella would be umbreller. Mid west people say warsh not wash. And dialects are a whole other thing. For instance, a friend of mine was in Oklahoma in a grocery store and a woman came up to here and said, "one 'dem sac ain'yourn." Meaning one of those bags isn't yours.

I spent my teen years and the majority of my accent I believe in Colorado in the west. They say that over there, there is no accent. I know alot of broadcast people got their training out there so that they would lose their accents. now, i know that this can't really be true because we all have an accent no matter where.

As an overall thing, the American tones are all very flat. No one opens their mouths to speak. I would like to say that my speaking voice is a nice one. Albeit having an american accent. At least I don't sound like Fran Drescher from the T.V. show "The Nanny".

[draven82]

I am American however I would like to throw out a completely different accent. My favorite accent(other than Scottish that is) would have to be a Romanian accent.
I can say that I can't stand the way a lot of the people around where I live speak. As they would call it "Guettofabulous" they sound uneducated. It drives me nuts sometimes. I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Born and raised. Unfortunately

[Tsadge]

Being Canadian and very close to the US border...Let's just say I'm happy It's NH and not NJ or NYC.