Do Americans have Accents?

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Heya, I thought of this when I looked at the, "Are accents a turnoff?" thread, and I have a question.

Do Americans have accents?

Now allow me to go a little specific, I'm not talking about Texans with the extremely obvious ones, but I'm talking about the people that sound completely normal to me. When I hear my voice and other's in California, their voice sounds like the same accent, and I'm sort of used to it. But do other people think we have an accent? If so, what kind of accent do we have, do we stress certain syllables or say certain words that don't sound too right?

I'm not even sure if I, myself have an accent :p
 
everyone has an accent lolz to anyone that doesn't speak the same as you you have an accent and vice-versa.[DOUBLEPOST=1367725568,1367725553][/DOUBLEPOST]
KGATV said:
Everyone has an accent, no matter where you're from. Sure, it sounds normal to you, but to someone from another country, or even state will think you have an accent.
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beat me to it xD
 
ZoomZike said:
Heya, I thought of this when I looked at the, "Are accents a turnoff?" thread, and I have a question.

Do Americans have accents?

Now allow me to go a little specific, I'm not talking about Texans with the extremely obvious ones, but I'm talking about the people that sound completely normal to me. When I hear my voice and other's in California, their voice sounds like the same accent, and I'm sort of used to it. But do other people think we have an accent? If so, what kind of accent do we have, do we stress certain syllables or say certain words that don't sound too right?

I'm not even sure if I, myself have an accent :p
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An "accent" is a way someone speaks. So everyone who speaks has an accent. The only people that don't have accents are mutes, haha. People who learned to speak in one area sound different than those that learned in other areas, even within the same state.
 
As Americans we tend to have an slight emphasis on every letter with a bit of a bolder statement. This is in comparison to the lighter, cheekier, or even more relaxed English accent.
 
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