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chrryblssmninjalol I talk about my accent here from time to time but TV TROPES HAS PROVED IT:
Not as exaggerated as like the Valley Girl accent, but includes like, like, and like hella and like swearing and stuff. It's like pretty much only in like Northern California which is like hellllllla sick, dude. Sentences of like particular importance typically start with like "Dude" and yeah. Like the Valley Girl accent, it has like a sing-song rhythm and like in-fuh-lections and like randomly emphasized vowels. Sentences often end with "...and yeah..." Associated with like high school and middle school students. Most people in the San Francisco Bay Area talk like this without like realizing it.
Stereotype: Dude, like shallow and like in high school.
I don't swear, but yeah.
I use dude a lot in casual situations, and brother's like, "You're not Hurley!"
I've said the following thousands of times before, but for new friends:
I throw in random "err" sounds picked up from everyone listening to Southern rappers, more random stuff from all the immigrants from around the world here, and British/Aussie/NZ and sometimes even Japanese (moreso when I'm speaking Spanish when I start slipping l/r's) from media.
When I'm with immediate family, I switch between a really strong mix of British accents and a blend of American Southern/Texan accents. I have no idea why this happens. It sometimes shows up outside of home or family proximity either when I'm really comfortable or really tired.
I can also unconsciously fall into accents I've just heard for the next thirty minutes or three days. Sometimes, when I'm on the phone with someone, I have to take a second to stop myself from falling into a weak approximation of his or her accent. It's really hard for me to call up an accent to perform, though. I can do one word of something and that's it.
My accent in Spanish is superweird because I'm slow and not fluent. It's somewhat Educated Gringo/Spanish-nonspeaking Latino-American muddled with: the mostly Mexican accents I hear around me, Puerto Rican/Cuban from my dad and jokes and media, Argentinian from some sportscasters and music and jokes, Castillian/Spain accents from media, and some echo of BBC English when I'm trying to be clear but can't quite remember a word.
My accent makes Spanish-speaking people laugh, and sometimes it is so embarrassing that I just stop speaking and want to hide. But I can still help people on the phone in Spanish.
Sometimes I like looking into Northern English or Kansai accents because I'm a bit of language geek, though technical linguistics scares me.
Not as exaggerated as like the Valley Girl accent, but includes like, like, and like hella and like swearing and stuff. It's like pretty much only in like Northern California which is like hellllllla sick, dude. Sentences of like particular importance typically start with like "Dude" and yeah. Like the Valley Girl accent, it has like a sing-song rhythm and like in-fuh-lections and like randomly emphasized vowels. Sentences often end with "...and yeah..." Associated with like high school and middle school students. Most people in the San Francisco Bay Area talk like this without like realizing it.
Stereotype: Dude, like shallow and like in high school.
I don't swear, but yeah.
I use dude a lot in casual situations, and brother's like, "You're not Hurley!"
I've said the following thousands of times before, but for new friends:
I throw in random "err" sounds picked up from everyone listening to Southern rappers, more random stuff from all the immigrants from around the world here, and British/Aussie/NZ and sometimes even Japanese (moreso when I'm speaking Spanish when I start slipping l/r's) from media.
When I'm with immediate family, I switch between a really strong mix of British accents and a blend of American Southern/Texan accents. I have no idea why this happens. It sometimes shows up outside of home or family proximity either when I'm really comfortable or really tired.
I can also unconsciously fall into accents I've just heard for the next thirty minutes or three days. Sometimes, when I'm on the phone with someone, I have to take a second to stop myself from falling into a weak approximation of his or her accent. It's really hard for me to call up an accent to perform, though. I can do one word of something and that's it.
My accent in Spanish is superweird because I'm slow and not fluent. It's somewhat Educated Gringo/Spanish-nonspeaking Latino-American muddled with: the mostly Mexican accents I hear around me, Puerto Rican/Cuban from my dad and jokes and media, Argentinian from some sportscasters and music and jokes, Castillian/Spain accents from media, and some echo of BBC English when I'm trying to be clear but can't quite remember a word.
My accent makes Spanish-speaking people laugh, and sometimes it is so embarrassing that I just stop speaking and want to hide. But I can still help people on the phone in Spanish.
Sometimes I like looking into Northern English or Kansai accents because I'm a bit of language geek, though technical linguistics scares me.
