...I've heard you speak. You sound like a real radio guy. Think it was the Nugent interview.
grr. Nugent.
thank ye!....
Random US accents question......
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thank ye!....
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Oops, forgot a smiley to show I was kidding. I would never do anything to be unkind to the GNT!
Nope. No dooryaahd at SwftDog manor.
Hihihi, my Utrecht friends tell me the same thing!Yes he does, he lives in the province of Drenthe, just south of Groningen. The Pol family is also from Drenthe, although a different part, but for the speech it doesn't make much difference I think. Drenthe isn't THAT bigAlso interesting: as you may know it's usually possible to detect where someone is from when his native language isn't English. A Frenchman, an Italian, a Spaniard, a Dutchman, you name them, they all have a distinctive and very recognizable accent when they English. But I find it hard to detect a Dutch accent in Dr. Pol. He does have a strong accent, don't get me wrong there, but it's not that quintessential Dutch accent. Whether it's because of the region where he's originally from or because he lived in the USA for such a long time (about 40 years, if I'm not mistaken), I don't know.
If you would hear me speaking (I'm from West-Friesland) you would find I sound more like your friends from Utrecht. Maybe you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference, but it is there.
Dutch can't be that difficult by the way, I speak it fluently ever since I was a little kid...
They also giggle incessantly when I say "druilerig" in my heavy American accent.I do not know the show The Incredible Dr. Pol. I looked for a description and I was reminded of an old British show I watched years ago, All Creatures Great And Small about James Herriot, a country veterinarian. I was working for country veterinarians when that show was on television here in America and watched faithfully every week.
I'll look for The Incredible Dr. Pol, however, I don't think it is available in my area.
It is an interesting question you pose... I would guess that Dr. Pol has taken on some of the upper midwest American accent after all these years which may have mellowed his typical Dutch accent.
Last year, I stayed at a bed & breakfast in Canada near Niagara Falls run by a Dutch woman who had been living in Canada for 10 years... she still had her beautiful Dutch accent when she spoke English.
Ik hoop dat je een fijne dag hebt in West-Friesland.
Groetjes uit druilerig Pennsylvania
In the Northeast some people call soda "tonic". A submarine sandwich can go by "grinder".
My sister had a friend who would fake a British accent when she went out clubbing. She'd be all flirty, use the fake accent, and drink for free all night. She didn't need to use the accent. She was plenty hot enough as it was!
Ahhh, her taste can't be that good, she married me....lol
That makes me not like her one little bit. Who could be rude to our Neesy?
Like Antonio! Yes.
I love a Nordic accent - those soft "Y"s that they can't say so they sounds like "J"s. Like "Jes" instead of "Yes". OH.MY. And those long eyeteeth. :swoon:
We have the midwest accent, which I guess means none. 
My husband's best friend is from North Dakota, and when they first started hanging out, I would laugh when Scott came home, because he would pick up the ND accent. I have noticed myself doing it too, though, after we are all together.
Always makes me think I know what morgan sounds like!
My husband's best friend is from North Dakota, and when they first started hanging out, I would laugh when Scott came home, because he would pick up the ND accent. I have noticed myself doing it too, though, after we are all together.
Always makes me think I know what morgan sounds like!
Wonder what you would say about my accent.......??
I want to hear GNT yell "GET OFF MY LAWN" in his best old grouchy guy fist shaking voice...lol...meh.....
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Kurb, I'm guessing it would make me weak in the knees. See, there once was this Swedish tennis player college boyfriend....
We gotta put it to the test sometime... All in the name of science of course.......
Oh, that would be lovely....could you youtube one of your talks? Like a TED talk, but a KURBEN talk. You'd need to speak English though, with your Scandinavian accent, of course.
I can't help it. It's a character flaw.
I always loved traveling .. for the sights, yes.. but also to meet the people and hear them talk. Accents are awesome!! I'm from East Texas and yes, we all have that East Texas southern drawl that to us is not an accent at all. I remember when I was 17 and first went to New York.. I thought the people were rude!! Until I got to know them. They weren't rude at all.. it was only the way they talked (and sounded). From that point on.. I made it a point to not only see the sights, but to see the people and talk to them. Love Love Love people and their accents!
My favorite accent of all is Australian... talk about making me weak at the knees!! whoop whoop
My favorite accent of all is Australian... talk about making me weak at the knees!! whoop whoop
I love accents too! And Neesy, that snob was incorrect. Everyone has a accent and she can get down off her high horse and deal with it.
On this topic, but slightly off... My daughter is taking Spanish I in school this year. Yesterday, they had a substitute - who had a British accent.
On this topic, but slightly off... My daughter is taking Spanish I in school this year. Yesterday, they had a substitute - who had a British accent.
Yeah, some people with THAT accent can be that way, but most aren't. I have no problem imagining the icicles.
I am American. I've lived here for 25 years, though. I've been told everything from 'you never lost your accent' to 'you have a weird combination accent'. One thing for sure, no one ever forgets me on the phone.