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    KilLAtomiK's Avatar Ceci n'est pas une pirate
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    Default is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    this sweet old lady at a grocery store told me "you have such a lovely californian accent". Im originaly from CA and just moved to TX a few years ago, so im wonderin if there is such a thing or if the lady was just crazy .
    on a similar note the guys at work tend to get a kick when i use words like "dude" "gnarly" and "rad' >_>

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    Eeeeeh vato, chov course there's han California accent, esse.

    Like so, like fer shure, ugh. But *snaps gum in mouth* like I totally like don't like talk like that.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Barring valley girls and Chicanos from East L.A., I never really thought so myself. Living in Florida and hearing all kinds of accents, when you stumble upon a person with no accent, we usually call it a "California" accent. "Gnarly" and "rad" just remind me of California skateboard or surfboard talk. Kind of like how people from Boston use "wicked" alot. Now if you say "gnarly" like Spicolli from "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"....Maybe that would be considered a type of accent, but more like a stoner accent than a California accent.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Everyone has an accent. Provided they talk.

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    i actualy use the mexican slang sometimes but not alot lol. I used to skate when i was in high school thats where i picked up gnarly and rad. I just thought dude was a universal word evryone used lol

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    dunno, but i get told i have a 'canadian' accent wich i think is a bit odd, but actually i guess it's not really
    oh ya before anyone starts, we don't say 'aboot' ok, doesn't happen

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by mystoo
    dunno, but i get told i have a 'canadian' accent wich i think is a bit odd, but actually i guess it's not really
    oh ya before anyone starts, we don't say 'aboot' ok, doesn't happen
    i heard aboot and eh in Banfffffffff.....


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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Like totally

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonny.illuminati
    i heard aboot and eh in Banfffffffff.....

    duuude, like, ok maybe you were talkin to a newfie. they talk funny

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    There must be. I'm still told I have one sometimes. I actually tried to improve my enunciations after leaving too.

    OEC

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by mystoo
    dunno, but i get told i have a 'canadian' accent wich i think is a bit odd, but actually i guess it's not really
    oh ya before anyone starts, we don't say 'aboot' ok, doesn't happen
    haha I've heard aboot and eh from quite a few canucks

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    It's more like oat than oot.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bikerpunk
    It's more like oat than oot.
    Yah. Some are more subtle. I pick it up a lot up here though.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bikerpunk
    It's more like oat than oot.
    it's not boats or boots dammit it's more like..fuck all y'all!

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by mystoo
    it's not boats or boots dammit it's more like..fuck all y'all!
    oooch i mean ouch

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    Quote Originally Posted by mystoo
    it's not boats or boots dammit it's more like..fuck all y'all!
    Now. Now. We never said Degrassi High wasn't a fine piece of television drama

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    i liked degrasi >_>

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    During the 80s, we Canuckistanis ruled children's TV and don't you forget it.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    I have an accent.

    I have multiple accents.

    I have split-accentality syndrome.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by jonny.illuminati
    oooch i mean ouch
    i effin love u dude

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    Quote Originally Posted by mystoo
    i effin love u dude

    nice! thanks! i love your bookcase! and boots... and... well it's kinda late... [and thong]

    ooohhh and cast eh!

    i'm kinda cravin a molsen now...

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by DoctorZ
    I have an accent.

    I have multiple accents.

    I have split-accentality syndrome.
    Me too! I has my regular WTF accent that no-one can tell where its from, not even me
    I also subliminaly adopt other accents.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bikerpunk
    During the 80s, we Canuckistanis ruled children's TV and don't you forget it.
    Without Nick and PBS, You Canuckian kids would be no where in the 80's

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bikerpunk
    During the 80s, we Canuckistanis ruled children's TV and don't you forget it.
    That same show came back recently.

    OEC

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    When I moved from California to Minnesota people could tell I wasn't from here, sadly sometimes I catch myself with a Minnesotan accent, and I cringe afterwards. But I said "eh" before I even moved here, I just like saying it.

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    its weird to me cause i never knew there was an accent i always figured people in california spke "normal" english but i guess it must be true then. I think theres still a big diference between slang and an accent tho

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    There really is a California accent. It may not exactly be the prototypical surfer-dude accent, but I've been gone for MANY years now, and people still think I sound like I'm from Cali.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wickedanima
    There really is a California accent. It may not exactly be the prototypical surfer-dude accent, but I've been gone for MANY years now, and people still think I sound like I'm from Cali.
    Yeah. I'm told its kind of a milder version of the cliche.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SyntheticShock
    When I moved from California to Minnesota people could tell I wasn't from here, sadly sometimes I catch myself with a Minnesotan accent, and I cringe afterwards. But I said "eh" before I even moved here, I just like saying it.
    I picked up a bit of a Pittsburgh accent. I try to use that for official school communique Summary Judgment, Bra. Plaintiff is hatin' it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by One Eyed Cat
    I picked up a bit of a Pittsburgh accent. I try to use that for official school communique Summary Judgment, Bra. Plaintiff is hatin' it.

    OEC
    nice! sort of a twist on legally blonde....

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    Quote Originally Posted by SyntheticShock
    When I moved from California to Minnesota people could tell I wasn't from here, sadly sometimes I catch myself with a Minnesotan accent, and I cringe afterwards. But I said "eh" before I even moved here, I just like saying it.

    That has to work nicely however. There are alot of people of Mid-Western origins in Cali. ^_^ A huge chunk of my family anyway!

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    I don't know... Valley?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonny.illuminati
    nice! sort of a twist on legally blonde....
    Totally dude. Your Honor, Bra. My client had to bail like the federal govt.

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    umm... maybe...

    my boyfriend says that I say LIKE too much and OMG, and DUDE & TOTALLY 2nd most

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    oh yeah..also people know i'm hispanic (at least they ask) when I talk..they usually think I'm white but when they hear my "mexican" accen't they ask "omg are you hispanic?" or whatever

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    People hear my accent and know I'm like hick or whatever

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    people hear my accent and actually assume I'm from here now. there is such a thing as a CA accent; I used to have one. sometimes I still have one. but I am told I sound like a southerner now..... even by my west coast friends.

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    by the way I thought saved by the bell was a much better show, j/s.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by Thistle Harlequin
    umm... maybe...

    my boyfriend says that I say LIKE too much and OMG, and DUDE & TOTALLY 2nd most
    i dont think saying stuff like dude and totaly counts as an accent. i think for it to be an accent it would be noticeable in hoe the words soun not slang words.

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    Default Re: is there such a thing as a Californian accent?

    Quote Originally Posted by VoltaireBlue
    people hear my accent and actually assume I'm from here now. there is such a thing as a CA accent; I used to have one. sometimes I still have one. but I am told I sound like a southerner now..... even by my west coast friends.
    you know what last year i visited some friends in CA and they said i sounded diferent as well. I just thought they were joking cause i dont think i sound diferent.

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