09-21-2012, 05:55 PM
wintermoon Wrote:As a native of the Pacific Northwest, I've noticed that we tend to enunciate much more than other states. I know we Oregonians can get VERY pissy if one of you "outsiders" mispronounce our state's name (Its ore-ree-gen NOT ore-a-gone!!!!!) mile:
As for accents in general, I've always had a thing for European accents (English and Australian accents being particular turn-ons of mine)
As for the various American accents, a light southern drawl can be very pleasant to listen to.
Oh I know, "Its Willamette damn it." I've been told that many time for wanting to call it
"Will-u-met." (short u there).
Same in Texas over "Pecan" people get really testy over mispronunciations.
The the whole variety of American versions of "you all" (Y'all, Yous, You'ens...)