Does "A Regular Guy" still do movie reviews on WXRT? That's the classic Chicago accent.
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
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Laga - Jan 24, 2007 10:07:41 am PST #7172 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Jesse - Jan 24, 2007 10:11:26 am PST #7173 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm going to take a stand and say that "midwest" is not the "standard" American accent. Or at least, the Great Lakes type accent sure isn't!
I have no idea what his "real" accent is like, but I know plenty of people who retained childhood accents through a switch like that.
That reminds me of a thing from The Departed that really resonated with me, when Leo gets asked if he had two different accents growing up, because I totally did.
Kathy A - Jan 24, 2007 10:16:51 am PST #7174 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, the Regular Guy (I'm not too sure if he's still on XRT, Laga--it's been a long time since I listened to that station regularly) is an exaggerated version of the Classic Chicago Accent, like the "Da Bears" guys were on SNL. There's a good example of the more typical Chicago accent here (mp3 clip).
bon bon - Jan 24, 2007 10:27:06 am PST #7175 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm going to take a stand and say that "midwest" is not the "standard" American accent. Or at least, the Great Lakes type accent sure isn't!
Yeah, I've heard accents in Iowa, Michigan and Kansas City.
Nutty - Jan 24, 2007 10:45:17 am PST #7176 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think originally the broadcasterese accent came from Ohio. No, I am wrong: [link] -- the answer is, a big blob that crosses the middle of the flat states. Also, there is a chart full of phonetic letters, and a fun discussion of the cot/caught thingie of which much agita in Buffistas past.
Laga - Jan 24, 2007 10:45:53 am PST #7177 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I gotta say kudos to Netflix. I moved This Film is Not Yet Rated to the top of the queue yesterday, the day it was released, and it arrived today.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2007 11:24:17 am PST #7178 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here's what I don't get:
It may therefore be the case that the accents spoken in this region are deemed the most "neutral" by Americans.
That and the accentless thing--does someone from Kentucky think someone who talks differently from them has no accent? Do they both have no accent, or does the Kentucky chick think she's the one with the accent?
erikaj - Jan 24, 2007 11:33:18 am PST #7179 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't know... Interesting question though. But maybe it's because nobody could ever hear me talk and think "Phoenix?"
Kathy A - Jan 24, 2007 11:36:55 am PST #7180 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Stephen Colbert decided at an early age (in his pre-teens, IIRC) to replace his South Carolina accent with a General Standard one just because he was aware of the stereotype of Southern = Stupid.
erikaj - Jan 24, 2007 12:03:48 pm PST #7181 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Wow...he did amazingly at it. Except for hearing him say "I'm from SC"I never would have thought so. I hope I don't sound like he had facial surgery for a cleft palate or something.