When I was in Huntington Beach, California a month or two back, I was ranting to B-Rod and Dad whilst crossing the zebra stripes and this girl stops super suddenly, right in front of me, turns and says "Sorry, but I just love your accent". I was pleasantly surprised by her frank(stallone)ness and replied with, "Thanks, I like your accent too". She flipped and said (in the traditional contorted American accent) "Uh, thanks but I don't have an accent". With a scowl on her face and a look in her eyes that I haven't seen since the janitor was foiled by Scooby and the gang, she left my life; maybe forever.
The amount of times I have heard this same phrase since I came to North America is getting ridiculous. I want to go on record and say that the only people that actually don't have accents are people that don't speak; ever. Even when you are in a country where everybody sounds the same, it just means that everyone has accents. On another note; accents are cool. I was legitimately upset over the thought that I would end up with a girl that has an Australian accent. I also miss hearing over the radio at work, "Hampus to Handsome Yesse", in the most hilarious Swedish accent imaginable.
Also, French-Canada; you're not France. Just because you speak the language doesn't automatically make you part of the country. I know a little bit of Swedish but I don't go around telling people I'm Australian-Swedish; because that would make me a pretentious douche. Did you know that Quebec actually went through a vote a while back to try and make themselves their own country. What a joke. Side note; French people can't stand French-Canadians. I think this is the main point, doesn't matter if you want to be France because France doesn't want you. You can copy it all you want but you can't be in the club mate. I'm going to take off my hat of diplomacy and throw this out there; I think France should sue Quebec for country copyright.
haha "i don't have an accent" hey do you know that in 200 hundred years from now all our accents will most likely be significantly different?
ReplyDeleteaccents evolve over time due to many things, many different cultures mixing together, etc etc.
in the early part of this century the Australian accent was pretty much just a Brittish accent.
i heard somewhere that the New Zealand accent is probably closer to what the English accent originally was than any other.
haha crazy stuff. well new zealanders are pretty primitive; so yes, I agree with your statement that they have evolved less than the rest of us haha. just kidding.
ReplyDeleteseriously mate, you have no idea how many times canadians and american are like " i don't have an accent"...i think it's so stupid. even when i'm in australia and everyone speaks the same, you still have to realise that yes; we ALL have australian accents.
so stupid aye, they seem to be so fucking upthemselves.. damn yanks haha.
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