Racism detected... deploying countermeasures...

[XCashier]

I thought people in Michigan lacked accents rather than had them, but guess not!

Everybody who speaks has an accent. We don't hear our own accents because everyone in our neighborhood speaks the same way we do, but they're there. It's just the way speech works; you'd have to talk in a complete monotone not to have one (and I suppose even "monotone" could be considered an accent of sorts).

[Wenchie]

Everybody who speaks has an accent. We don't hear our own accents because everyone in our neighborhood speaks the same way we do, but they're there. It's just the way speech works; you'd have to talk in a complete monotone not to have one (and I suppose even "monotone" could be considered an accent of sorts).

I know... it's just funny... because growing up in Michigan, everyone says that "people in Michigan don't have accents" which I KNOW is false... but that's what they tell kids. Or at least used to. Teachers, parents, etc... I heard it from just about every adult when I was growing up.

[zombiequeen]

In high school, my teacher told us that Michigan people have the most desirable accent because it's neutral. I don't know if it's true but it sure makes me feel better about how I talk.

And for the racism, some people have to find a reason to hate, even if they make it up.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I used to go out of my way to supress my accent. It's not one most people think of as an intelligent accent. They make uncool judgement calls on people with this accent. So I would go to someplace like Pennsic, which has folks from all over the world there, and supress the heck of it.

Then I just decided "screw it, this is who I am. Anybody don't like it can get bent." And to my suprise, people were all like "You have a pretty accent, where are youi from?"

I understand Josh Holloway, who has a similar accent to mine (not exactly, but close enough. I believe he's from Georgia, which is only a couple hours drive from here) did the same thing for the same reason. Then he got cast for Lost and they were all like "Oh, use your natural accent, it rocks."

[Sliceanddice]

on the phone when i worked my call center job i was always told i sounded hispanic because apparently the arizona accent is slightly hispanic.