really you could't have more geographical equality u got two accents from CA 2 from TX,OK and 1 each from NYC and NC hardly diverse. u completely 4got the mid-west, the pacific northwest, Appalachia, and New England. Also within each city there are different accent's like here in Miami i here at least 9 different accents just by going to school (Cuban, Americanized Hispanic, Haitian, Colombian, New York, Boston, African american, Chicago, etc...)
FYI, the Texas accent isn't a Texan accent; its more of a Midwestern one(even though she was talking about Texas). Other than that the vid is spot on.
lol i don't know why so many people are offended by this video. some people DO have these accents, contrary to many of the commenters' arguments, but most people just have pretty neutral accents like the last guy in the video. i'm from south texas and i only know a couple of people who have any sort of discernable southern accent and everyone makes fun of them.
this video... is insulting. incorrect labels, poor examples, and entire regions left out. honestly, this is the best you could do? and it gets this many thumbs up? flat out embarrassing that this is how you're trying to showcase our diverse culture to the world.
@CheckM8King2 sorry but no. Washington DC, and anyone with half a brain agrees with me. an amateur cannot be successful with a minute long clip dedicated to American
accents when there are more than one in states, let alone the regions that the guy never even talked about
@Jahooba define spot on? You may be able to find that accent in the area in the captions, but you cannot label a region with one accent. The video is amateur.
@131500719 Actually, there are bunches of girls at my school who talk like that. But, it's not really "valley girl" it's more "un-educated Alabamian". （＾∇＾）It's still sounds the same, though.
I disagree with the valley girls thing. I don't live in hollywood or LA. None of the girls speak like that unless they're forcing themselves to. I guess (ebonics or whatever) it's not an accent whatsoever. I've never met a girl who spoke like that. I've only seen it in the movies.
@131500719 You've obviously not traveled much. Every ghetto black girl I've ever met talks like that. And plenty of other people in the valley say that the girls DO talk like that. Chances are, there's someone who talks exactly like all of those people.
HA! You missed the weirdest accent of all America! Or at lest I'm told that we have the weirdest accents... UTAH!!!! Every one that comes from out of state to live here think we have really weird accents. ^^ we probably do.
That is the WORST example of a Kentucky accent possible. You people have NO idea. The accent consider a Kentucky accent is an Appalachian accent, not a Kentucky one.
lol... You shouldn't have included "African Americans" in parentheses after "Ebonics." Many African Americans don't speak like that, and many people of other ethnicities do. It's more of an urban dialect I have noticed, even though most people in urban areas have the "standard" accent. But what I'm getting at is that it doesn't make a lot of sense to assign it just to one ethnic group.
@ZhouFantastic What you said is true, except the linguistically accepted label for this dialect is AAVE(African American Vernacular English).I have many friends who speak in this dialect from rural and suburban areas (although, yes, in densely populated areas, you get a variety of speakers adopting this dialect) it is often the first 'language' a child from a black family/community learns.AAVE is being studied for its possible origins, as it might be a creole developing from dialects from Africa
Every time I hear the California valley girl accent I want to beat my face into a brick wall. It drives me nuts.Btw, I'm from Oklahoma. I think Reba plays it up to sound country.You'll hear southern sounding accents, especially in rural areas, but Reba sounds like she fell off the tractor.
What you call "classic american" is really the trans-atlantic accent. Wikipedia it. Popular with the rich prep school crowd back in the day, they thought it was classy shit.
Your a fucking idiot, the movie Valley Girls? wtf, no one in America talks like tht, that sounded like she was retarded, British ignorance of American Culture and English is so fucking annoying do they teach u lies there? Like we all have southern accents and say BRO THT WAVE WAS WICKED!
@XxMrGoldenxX I live in "The Valley" and there are definitely people who talk like that. I don't like to admit it but it's true. Stop getting so upset when we American's do the same thing to British English accents and make fun of them.
No one said we all talk like southerns and I'm not sure where you are getting that from.
@adminrabbit I'm obviously talking about many things, not only this video. And yes, some Americans are ignorant of British English. But I'm not, therefore I think I have the right to say that.
@fsxlover Been there. and let me say, nothing is further from the truth. From Winston-Salem, NC and went to school at Appalachian State University. All over the the Appalachian region that I have been (Georgia-Pennsylvania) not much differs. The hardest Accent I have stumbled across is (in my home state) anywhere east of Raleigh and west of Coastal Carolinas. For God's sake, there is a town named "Lizard Lick". I really wonder sometimes.
@DarkAssassin2259 Its funny, cuz my grandma is from the south and she sounds like that, while my aunt has a texas accent,, (My mom and dad sound like normal )
The average American speaks with your classified "Standard" accent, which is found mostly everywhere in america except in the the south, Boston, and New Jersey.
@gleekable14 There's some complexities that I think you have to be an outsider to notice. I thought all Americans (apart from New Yorkers and Southerners) spoke the same until I lived there for a while. I was actually amazed at how complex and different accents were by region. For example, there is no one "southern" accent, but multiple southern accents. Even the standard American accent differs from say: California to Oregon. People in Washington almost sound Canadian.
I live in Oklahoma and I never say y'all, nor do I sound even remotely like Reba McEntire. In fact, me and the majority of all the people around me have a Standard "Hollywood" accent.....which I believe is called a Midwestern accent actually.
Thanks for specifying most Americans talk like the "Hollywood" accent. I'm from Ohio and everyone here talks like that guy. I hate when people try to do an "American" accent and imitate a Southern one. We don't all sound like that.
Well first of all, all of these accent were based off of T.V. show and they usually over exaggerate accents. I've lived all over the United State and you can barely tell the different between Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern accent because people really don't over exaggerate them on a normal bases...............this video is not correct at all.
@briglls This is completely untrue. I grew up in Indiana and never thought I had an "accent" until I moved to the east coast (Philly). There are so many distinguishable accents in the United States. Midwesterners like myself speak very nasally, thick southerners (minus Texas, Louisiana, and Florida) have a heavy drawl, Louisianians and nearby people have a thick cajun accent, Westerners are the most "normal" sounding of them all, being very bland. Not to mention the east coast accents.
"African American...?" Um - not all Blacks speak that way. Just look at the President; I think we'd see him grow wings and take flight before we'd see him use an "African American" accent. That could've been worded a little better.
Cher from clueless was not a valley girl. Valley girls are from the valley right out side of LA. They are generally poorer and frowned upon by beverly hills girls like Cher from clueless.
@hgolighly well there's the san gabriel valley, which is pretty well off ie San Marino and Arcadia, then there is the San Fernando Valley which is half poor (ie sylmar) and rich (Burbank, Glendale, La Canada, etc)
I live in California in a VALLEY and I'm blonde... It's all pretty stereotypical, but I do say like a lot, but I do NOT talk like that. But yeah, some people do, but the Clueless clip is very exaggerated!
@MafiaPrincess37 I agree. I live in NE Oklahoma, very rarely hear a thick thick accent, and I don't think I've ever heard Reba's accent from someone born up here. My BF was born in Germany, but he has a slight "southern" accent.
you should go by region not by state. honestly, almost the whole south sounds the same, so you didnt need to seperate it by whatever state the speaker is from. it was a good idea using tv examples though but you should do like, southeast, southwest, california (lazy standard+ slang, NOT valley girl)/northwest, midwest, new england. and i understand what you were saying, but i think its a little offensive to refer to "african american" as an accent. its more like "urban" or "street"
@bayarealove23 Id say Midwest is most neutral. Im from Ohio and some people sound Urban, some people sound country, some people sound more like a Chicago dialect etc...midwest is not as distinct as other parts of the US like NY,Cali,South.
yeh fugaht about bawstin mass. c'maaaahn guy, yah cant go to the notheast without at least once visitn bawstin, or wustah, or reveah, maybe stopin by the chahles rivah and see hahvid. just get on niney five and head noth!
OK...so Kentucky...I will admit that alot of people in my state talk like this. But Johnny Depp and I do not. (yes, johnny depp was born in the "hillbillie state" :P)
So im from santa cruz and like i have to say why are all the californians lik e "blah blah we dont talk like that," when most of us on the coast obviously do... okay well no like to the super extent but we say dude like bro ganja like...shit like that. And californians like dont fully pronounce words or what ever... so embrace it bitches <3
@alexsaurusrex1617 Your from Santa Cruz? Me too! I talk like that sometimes, with a little slang and some people do too. I hate the Valley girl talk!!!! lol. It's freakin' annoying. lol. But we have them here too. Ugh. The Standard (Hollywood) is how almost everybody talks. :-)
yes yes!! finally a video which shows a NY accent that doesn't come directly from the city!! God I hate it when I tell people I'm from NY and they're like...but you don't have the accent?? Well no shit! Thats a mix of multiple cultures, probably a lot of italian in it...
Clueless. *snigger* Well, I appreciate the effort, though. XD Pretending that "valley girl" accent was sort of a trend when I was a kid and that movie first came out, but I don't know if anyone has ever authentically used it.
I'm from Kentucky and I suppose that couple aren't a terrible example. Accents can get a lot more distinct the more into the country you get, the further into the hills you get, the older the person you're listening to is. I don't have the kind of accent, though.
"Ebonics?" Any person, WHITE, black or ASIAN who is from the ghetto talks like that....and btw, different ghettos, different accents. been in pittsburgh two years and all of the ghetto people talk waaaaay different than anyone in Virginia.
This was an interesting look at English spoken around the U.S. I have been exposed to a wide variety of American accents, some more heavy than others. I recommend visiting Pittsburgh, Pa. to find the most abrasive accent. Not only do they crucify the language but they do it almost unintelligibly.
@toetapper04 I would have to agree with you about Pittsburgh. I visited there once, and it's a weird American accent. It's not entirely eastern like new york/new jersey and not entirely southern like virginia or kentucky. It's kind of a hybrid between the 2. I had to ask people more than once to repeat themselves. The people were pretty friendly, and it seemed like an nice place. Their accents were just weird, and I'm an American from the midwest.
why why why why why why is clueless involved?? Born and raised in california, and yet no one talks like that except for a very select view. The people who made that movie wanted the actors to go out of there way to talk like that to fit a type of character. a really stupid 'clueless' character.
@kaela1491 I think they included Clueless for the "valley" accent. They don't even mention California when they showed the clip. I'm from a Alaska and there's a bunch of people that have the valley accent, especially in the large towns/city.
@kaela1491 Clueless used the 'valley girl' ebonics kind of language. back in the 80s there were shows where girls talked that way and what not. and since it was made in 1995, i guess they still wanted to use that valley girl ebonics. honestly, i do think back 15-20 years ago, girls did talk that way at some point. shoot, girls talk that way now.
A lot of southern Californians say like and dude but most don't do it with the valley girl or surfer accent. You forgot a few accents like Chicago and Minnesota.
That woman is not speaking Ebonics. She is speaking with a Black East Coast accent. Her grammar is pretty standard and she is using slang, but she is not speaking Ebonics.
The last accent isn't Californian at all. It originated in the midwest and pretty much everyone in the western half of the United States speaks it. It's the "newscaster accent". Cocky Californians.....
@PurpleCrazyUmkazto You are right. In fact, it is not even only the western half. I am from Nashville and lots of people talk like that, not all of us have southern accents.
How is a california accent a standard accent. Im from NY so how come that isn't standard, u just say california is standard because you are probably a Californian yourself. Also, im from Bronx, NYC and i dont sound like that kid, he is speaking more brooklyn and trying to sound ghetto white boy type
Louisiana must've missed the twang memo the rest of the southern states got. There's a few Californians that live across the street from me, and DO talk like valley girls and sufer dudes...Unless they talk like that and wait until they get home, so they can poke fun at the ones that believe them...
im from new york and i dont sound like that.... thats a brooklyn accent. u should make a new york video ahaha brooklyn,queens, long island, upstate they all sound very different.
@TheEgg185 There's no such thing as not having an accent. Accent is simply the way one talks including the way a majority talks. It doesn't mean different from 'proper.'
NOTHING that girl said was Ebonics lol. It seems nobody knows what Ebonics actually is. It's not an accent, it's a way of speaking. Ebonics is "dis" "dat" "i be" "dey". Lil Mama has a Brooklyn accent. There's no such thing as an African American accent...essentially. But I understand what you were trying to do
@mooki3babiiyonkerz Definition of Accent: A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, esp. one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.
Definition of ebonics: a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
@ApathyofHeart Actually I think your definition of Ebonics would be a little more fitting of a dialect, not an accent. A Texan and a person from Minnesota would have different manners of pronouncing words, but they would be the same words. Unless they spoke completely in slang. Ebonics has completely different sentence structure and word placement and usage from traditional American English.
@cancanthebaby The ebonics I've heard doesn't have different grammar (word placement) Just a different pronunciation of words. They still say things with normal grammar ex: "This is ebonics." "Dis is ebonics." Same order, but different pronunciation of "this".
Although I agree that it could also fall under "dialect" I think it can also be an "accent".
The only time ebonics changes into something almost a language of it's own, is when Snoop gets ahold of it and adds the rizzles and dizzles.
@ApathyofHeart Snoop's on a whole different level, lol. But as far as the original comment she's not speaking ebonics , its a Brooklyn accent with New York slang. It would probably be the same if I said something similar with my Chicago accent, and our preference to replace th with d, holding our a vowels for an eternity, and using our slang. The labeling of Lil' Mama's "speech" as Ebonics is faulty, when its just simply a native Brooklynite speaking using New York slang and her natural accent.
An accent is the tone and pronunciation in which words are said. As someone that's studying for a minor in linguistics, you're incorrect. Ebonics can actually be traced back to simplified forms of English white slave owners used to teach African slaves.
@mooki3babiiyonkerz it is clarified in the video that it is a dialect not an accent..ive seen this video a long time ago and that same sub text was there explaining lil mamas dialect
You also left out the very distinct North Midwestern accent (Wisconsin, North Michigan, Minnesota etc.) which sounds like a Nordic language but is English (if that makes sense lol).
I moved from the midwest to socal a few months ago. 90% of the girls I've met talk with a mix of your hollywood and mostly valley girl examples from your video. There are stereo types for a reason I guess ha.
my list of heard illinois American accents: Chicago, New york, Chicago Suburbs, (keep in mine im from Illinois) Chicago Ittalian, Chicago irish, Chicago street, (it differs in ethinithy, sorry if i spelled than wrong) Mid northern Illinois, Mid Illioins (aka Galesburgian), the range in tone differs from city to city
u forgot long island accent, very famous, yet somewhat easy to miss. i should know...
SnappyPenguin566 2 days ago
@131700519 there are girls who talk like that in the more northern part of California. I live in Nor Cal and they are pretty bad here..
NeverEndingBlackHole 1 week ago
really you could't have more geographical equality u got two accents from CA 2 from TX,OK and 1 each from NYC and NC hardly diverse. u completely 4got the mid-west, the pacific northwest, Appalachia, and New England. Also within each city there are different accent's like here in Miami i here at least 9 different accents just by going to school (Cuban, Americanized Hispanic, Haitian, Colombian, New York, Boston, African american, Chicago, etc...)
miamihurricane555 1 week ago
I'm the new York one.
Madieeeeeeee 2 weeks ago
Hahahahaha, the clip with the girl with the white dress is from a show called Reba. Not Oklahoma, hahaha
SeaweedVeins 2 weeks ago
Bogart's a bad choice for this seeing as he had a lisp and all. Everyone didn't used to pronounce all "s" sounds as "sh" for fun.
ens0mniac 2 weeks ago
You should include the North East accents. Boston and New Hampshire accents are very similar, but Boston is a bit thicker.
Jahooba 2 weeks ago
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CheckM8King2 3 weeks ago
I've lived in Texas all my life and have a standard accent
throwsand 3 weeks ago
Nailed it on every one
CometLol 3 weeks ago
I have standard accent... I guess
2luckynumber 3 weeks ago
FYI, the Texas accent isn't a Texan accent; its more of a Midwestern one(even though she was talking about Texas). Other than that the vid is spot on.
markoran1111222 4 weeks ago
umm I live in OK and her accent is fake as shit. no one talks like that dumbass
callmecoco 4 weeks ago
lol i don't know why so many people are offended by this video. some people DO have these accents, contrary to many of the commenters' arguments, but most people just have pretty neutral accents like the last guy in the video. i'm from south texas and i only know a couple of people who have any sort of discernable southern accent and everyone makes fun of them.
rahrahritaa 1 month ago
this video... is insulting. incorrect labels, poor examples, and entire regions left out. honestly, this is the best you could do? and it gets this many thumbs up? flat out embarrassing that this is how you're trying to showcase our diverse culture to the world.
galept 1 month ago
@galept It appears you're never been out of Ohio...You must be from Cleveland...The Mistake by the Lake...LOL
CheckM8King2 3 weeks ago
@CheckM8King2 sorry but no. Washington DC, and anyone with half a brain agrees with me. an amateur cannot be successful with a minute long clip dedicated to American
accents when there are more than one in states, let alone the regions that the guy never even talked about
galept 1 week ago
@galept The accents were spot-on, not sure what you're talking about.
Jahooba 2 weeks ago
@Jahooba define spot on? You may be able to find that accent in the area in the captions, but you cannot label a region with one accent. The video is amateur.
galept 1 week ago
I live in the valley of Los Angeles, there's a lot of valley girls. Come here before you judge.
every1lovestony 1 month ago
@131500719 Actually, there are bunches of girls at my school who talk like that. But, it's not really "valley girl" it's more "un-educated Alabamian". （＾∇＾）It's still sounds the same, though.
GirlWhoLikes2Comment 1 month ago
I disagree with the valley girls thing. I don't live in hollywood or LA. None of the girls speak like that unless they're forcing themselves to. I guess (ebonics or whatever) it's not an accent whatsoever. I've never met a girl who spoke like that. I've only seen it in the movies.
131500719 1 month ago
@131500719 I live in the valley and girls do have the accent. You should travel before you judge.
ElphinRefuge 1 month ago
@131500719 You've obviously not traveled much. Every ghetto black girl I've ever met talks like that. And plenty of other people in the valley say that the girls DO talk like that. Chances are, there's someone who talks exactly like all of those people.
loverXofXallXlovable 3 weeks ago
What's the difference between Valley girl and Hollywood accents?
Cinnamonroll4569 1 month ago
@Cinnamonroll4569 Hollywood/LA is city and the Valley is the suburbs
ElphinRefuge 1 month ago
I got a mid western accent which is close to a surfers accent mixed with a Hollywood accent kinda I guess.
Flashdude37 1 month ago
HA! You missed the weirdest accent of all America! Or at lest I'm told that we have the weirdest accents... UTAH!!!! Every one that comes from out of state to live here think we have really weird accents. ^^ we probably do.
ascarletmoon17 1 month ago
That is the WORST example of a Kentucky accent possible. You people have NO idea. The accent consider a Kentucky accent is an Appalachian accent, not a Kentucky one.
loveisfearless0622 1 month ago
people say i have a western pa somewhat redneck accent. didn't even know there was one :p
weldoski 1 month ago
an interesting accent that isn't included here is the minnesota accent. or should I say minnesOOOta
zmetallica224 1 month ago
new yorkers have the coolest accents
xxxrocker1 1 month ago
Being American chi...how i love thee ;) lol
dshae2293 1 month ago
LMFoahalfmaohahaha ebonic craaaacked me up i have no idea why.
EndOfaDarkCampaign 1 month ago
I think the Valley girl thing was for California.. I don't know why.. But only the snobby ass girls talk like that.
Yeah, the Standard one is for my area of where I live which is near Hollywood.
Phew.
sandraneedschocolate 1 month ago
WOOHOO! representing kentucky. unfortunately some of us do sound like that. i'm from southern kentucky and i somehow missed that whole accent.
kayladenny19 2 months ago
lol... You shouldn't have included "African Americans" in parentheses after "Ebonics." Many African Americans don't speak like that, and many people of other ethnicities do. It's more of an urban dialect I have noticed, even though most people in urban areas have the "standard" accent. But what I'm getting at is that it doesn't make a lot of sense to assign it just to one ethnic group.
ZhouFantastic 2 months ago
@ZhouFantastic What you said is true, except the linguistically accepted label for this dialect is AAVE(African American Vernacular English).I have many friends who speak in this dialect from rural and suburban areas (although, yes, in densely populated areas, you get a variety of speakers adopting this dialect) it is often the first 'language' a child from a black family/community learns.AAVE is being studied for its possible origins, as it might be a creole developing from dialects from Africa
try2bsweet88 2 months ago
The only one that really stuck out for me was the accent associated with where I live. >___>
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Every time I hear the California valley girl accent I want to beat my face into a brick wall. It drives me nuts.Btw, I'm from Oklahoma. I think Reba plays it up to sound country.You'll hear southern sounding accents, especially in rural areas, but Reba sounds like she fell off the tractor.
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stammlager5 2 months ago
lol when ann richards says highway. that so texas. shoulda had a male talk for texas tho.
MelvinWren 2 months ago
What you call "classic american" is really the trans-atlantic accent. Wikipedia it. Popular with the rich prep school crowd back in the day, they thought it was classy shit.
jimmykicksass 2 months ago
My grandpa has that old classic NY accent like instead of hotdog he says frankfurter and pronounces it frankfuta
millers3888 2 months ago
how do people amount to a hill of beans again..?
saintbladerboi 3 months ago
Your a fucking idiot, the movie Valley Girls? wtf, no one in America talks like tht, that sounded like she was retarded, British ignorance of American Culture and English is so fucking annoying do they teach u lies there? Like we all have southern accents and say BRO THT WAVE WAS WICKED!
XxMrGoldenxX 3 months ago 16
@XxMrGoldenxX I live in "The Valley" and there are definitely people who talk like that. I don't like to admit it but it's true. Stop getting so upset when we American's do the same thing to British English accents and make fun of them.
No one said we all talk like southerns and I'm not sure where you are getting that from.
adminrabbit 2 months ago
@adminrabbit I'm obviously talking about many things, not only this video. And yes, some Americans are ignorant of British English. But I'm not, therefore I think I have the right to say that.
XxMrGoldenxX 2 months ago
@XxMrGoldenxX Calm down.....>.<
AsianShakespeare 3 days ago
@XxMrGoldenxX LOL you just show how stupid us Americans are...
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MyAccount4TrollingU 3 months ago
wbo's that 2:17
ImAFuckingLibrarian 3 months ago
@ImAFuckingLibrarian Kellie Pickler I believe
prawnt 2 months ago
Once you get to Appalachia... good luck finding out what the hell those people are talking about.
fsxlover 3 months ago 23
@fsxlover that's funny!!!!
tchoupitoulav 1 month ago
@fsxlover I find that somewhat offensive...
AirsoftBoomer 2 weeks ago
@fsxlover Been there. and let me say, nothing is further from the truth. From Winston-Salem, NC and went to school at Appalachian State University. All over the the Appalachian region that I have been (Georgia-Pennsylvania) not much differs. The hardest Accent I have stumbled across is (in my home state) anywhere east of Raleigh and west of Coastal Carolinas. For God's sake, there is a town named "Lizard Lick". I really wonder sometimes.
cp911s 1 hour ago
HEY. US CALIFORNIANS DONT ALL SOUND LIKE THAT. we sound like surfers and were proud! WELCOME TO MOTHRF**KIN CALIFORNIA B*CTH
GAMEtruTV 3 months ago
@GAMEtruTV That's totally gnarly, y'all. Southern and proud of it. Welcome to the south, mess with us and we fuck your shit up :D lol
DarkAssassin2259 3 months ago
@DarkAssassin2259 Its funny, cuz my grandma is from the south and she sounds like that, while my aunt has a texas accent,, (My mom and dad sound like normal )
GAMEtruTV 3 months ago
@gleekable14 That's not true. I live in Indiana on the border of Kentucky, and most people in my area speak with a bit of a Kentuckian accent.
SecondistheBest 3 months ago
I live in texas and i dont sound like that old lady! in our town, some people (like me) sound like un-texan, but some sound like HILLBILLIES
1HappyEnding 3 months ago
@1HappyEnding no shit! xD
Kai0212 3 months ago
North Carolina FTW! :)
~ born and raised
desiree282 3 months ago
@desiree282 Aaayyyyeee now. north carolina! lived here for 9 years. Love it
dshae2293 1 month ago
The average American speaks with your classified "Standard" accent, which is found mostly everywhere in america except in the the south, Boston, and New Jersey.
gleekable14 4 months ago
@gleekable14 There's some complexities that I think you have to be an outsider to notice. I thought all Americans (apart from New Yorkers and Southerners) spoke the same until I lived there for a while. I was actually amazed at how complex and different accents were by region. For example, there is no one "southern" accent, but multiple southern accents. Even the standard American accent differs from say: California to Oregon. People in Washington almost sound Canadian.
ukpolemic 3 months ago
I live in Oklahoma and I never say y'all, nor do I sound even remotely like Reba McEntire. In fact, me and the majority of all the people around me have a Standard "Hollywood" accent.....which I believe is called a Midwestern accent actually.
118Combination 4 months ago
wonder why standard is called (hollywood)?
Redmilitiageneral 4 months ago
ya turnt id up... ya knew that cha waz in da bodom. and yall turnt id up!
blahk04 4 months ago
Not a very good Valley girl accent. lol.
MrRawr413 4 months ago
North Carolinan accents are so adorable! xD
ChadsBish 5 months ago
i live in texas and i dnt hve an accent but i do say yall :P
JelloJannet 5 months ago
Thanks for specifying most Americans talk like the "Hollywood" accent. I'm from Ohio and everyone here talks like that guy. I hate when people try to do an "American" accent and imitate a Southern one. We don't all sound like that.
ktar007 5 months ago
Well first of all, all of these accent were based off of T.V. show and they usually over exaggerate accents. I've lived all over the United State and you can barely tell the different between Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern accent because people really don't over exaggerate them on a normal bases...............this video is not correct at all.
briglls 5 months ago
@briglls This is completely untrue. I grew up in Indiana and never thought I had an "accent" until I moved to the east coast (Philly). There are so many distinguishable accents in the United States. Midwesterners like myself speak very nasally, thick southerners (minus Texas, Louisiana, and Florida) have a heavy drawl, Louisianians and nearby people have a thick cajun accent, Westerners are the most "normal" sounding of them all, being very bland. Not to mention the east coast accents.
dgtucker 4 months ago
@lovelexirenee We Arizona natives don't count since we literally have almost no accent. .__.
Lyexsah 5 months ago
"African American...?" Um - not all Blacks speak that way. Just look at the President; I think we'd see him grow wings and take flight before we'd see him use an "African American" accent. That could've been worded a little better.
TheAngelSpeaks15 5 months ago
@TheAngelSpeaks15 oh is "african american" not good enough
butlerbulldogs05 5 months ago
i like the New York guy's story. xD
SpazzerificBee 5 months ago
At Ebonics, why is African American in parenthesis? I'm black and from Maryland, I have the standard accent.
xLoliXKittyx 6 months ago
Living in the valley, I can say the "valley girl" accent is pretty spot on, but it is highly over exaggerated.
Sarahisthebombest 6 months ago
Cher from clueless was not a valley girl. Valley girls are from the valley right out side of LA. They are generally poorer and frowned upon by beverly hills girls like Cher from clueless.
hgolighly 6 months ago
@hgolighly well there's the san gabriel valley, which is pretty well off ie San Marino and Arcadia, then there is the San Fernando Valley which is half poor (ie sylmar) and rich (Burbank, Glendale, La Canada, etc)
samuraijaysan 6 months ago
Kristen Cavallari from the Hills talked just like Cher on Clueless. epitome of a valley girl; yet LC was more neutral sounding.
xoxolovergirl21 6 months ago
I live in California in a VALLEY and I'm blonde... It's all pretty stereotypical, but I do say like a lot, but I do NOT talk like that. But yeah, some people do, but the Clueless clip is very exaggerated!
joelyrolypoly 6 months ago
@MafiaPrincess37 I agree. I live in NE Oklahoma, very rarely hear a thick thick accent, and I don't think I've ever heard Reba's accent from someone born up here. My BF was born in Germany, but he has a slight "southern" accent.
vampyriccadence 6 months ago
This is so southern
TheChemicalDestiny 6 months ago
Native american accents! Everyone thinks there's only one kind. <_<
tabaaha92 6 months ago
you should go by region not by state. honestly, almost the whole south sounds the same, so you didnt need to seperate it by whatever state the speaker is from. it was a good idea using tv examples though but you should do like, southeast, southwest, california (lazy standard+ slang, NOT valley girl)/northwest, midwest, new england. and i understand what you were saying, but i think its a little offensive to refer to "african american" as an accent. its more like "urban" or "street"
bayarealove23 6 months ago
@bayarealove23 Id say Midwest is most neutral. Im from Ohio and some people sound Urban, some people sound country, some people sound more like a Chicago dialect etc...midwest is not as distinct as other parts of the US like NY,Cali,South.
xoxolovergirl21 6 months ago
yeah ummm have those are wrong....
0624451 6 months ago
you forgot minnesota accent
darkentity1000 6 months ago
...There are lots of different accents within the state of New York....
SubterraneanCitizen1 6 months ago
i live in new jersey and most people think that we have those really strong accents..but we donttt
TwizieLar123 6 months ago
I'm from Massachusetts and most people have the standard accent. The Boston accent is dying but some people still have it.
TheDfdivino 7 months ago
LOL anyone else notice that at 0:23 she's about to yawn but she stops herself??
4C4rly4 7 months ago
north carolina :D my statttteee :)
madmaddiesissy 7 months ago
north carolina :D my statttteee :)
madmaddiesissy 7 months ago
yeh fugaht about bawstin mass. c'maaaahn guy, yah cant go to the notheast without at least once visitn bawstin, or wustah, or reveah, maybe stopin by the chahles rivah and see hahvid. just get on niney five and head noth!
Orbit915 7 months ago
Damn I miss Reba. That was a great show.
housecry 7 months ago
thank you for having Texas as it's own accent.
jalcrox2 7 months ago
OK...so Kentucky...I will admit that alot of people in my state talk like this. But Johnny Depp and I do not. (yes, johnny depp was born in the "hillbillie state" :P)
NerdySportyPunkGirl 7 months ago
i dislike this.
CypheredSoul 7 months ago
RIP to Ann Richards on the real. Awesome lady.
latequilera22 8 months ago
The only one that makes sense is Texan, thank you for that. Everything else is on TV. It's a lie
jerilyng 8 months ago
i want to punch every one of them
stnega 8 months ago
So im from santa cruz and like i have to say why are all the californians lik e "blah blah we dont talk like that," when most of us on the coast obviously do... okay well no like to the super extent but we say dude like bro ganja like...shit like that. And californians like dont fully pronounce words or what ever... so embrace it bitches <3
alexsaurusrex1617 8 months ago
@alexsaurusrex1617 Your from Santa Cruz? Me too! I talk like that sometimes, with a little slang and some people do too. I hate the Valley girl talk!!!! lol. It's freakin' annoying. lol. But we have them here too. Ugh. The Standard (Hollywood) is how almost everybody talks. :-)
AEROLITE89 7 months ago
@AEROLITE89 me too :D santa cruz is awesome
geckoman07 7 months ago
@geckoman07 Sweet! Dude. :-D
AEROLITE89 7 months ago
I have to say, the Texas accent is perfect.
Telephunk45 8 months ago
yes yes!! finally a video which shows a NY accent that doesn't come directly from the city!! God I hate it when I tell people I'm from NY and they're like...but you don't have the accent?? Well no shit! Thats a mix of multiple cultures, probably a lot of italian in it...
Minyadagniriel 8 months ago
What about Minnesota? I guess it kind of sounds Canadian. But I was really looking forward to that. XD
Beekery 8 months ago
this is very strange put together piece...but ill give you a D for atleast trying.
thefriendsociety 8 months ago
Clueless. *snigger* Well, I appreciate the effort, though. XD Pretending that "valley girl" accent was sort of a trend when I was a kid and that movie first came out, but I don't know if anyone has ever authentically used it.
I'm from Kentucky and I suppose that couple aren't a terrible example. Accents can get a lot more distinct the more into the country you get, the further into the hills you get, the older the person you're listening to is. I don't have the kind of accent, though.
Travesty1 8 months ago
Okay all of it is somewhat right but valley girls or californians DO NOT talk like that. We barely say "like" or "totally". It's stereotypical.
emjean14 8 months ago
"Ebonics?" Any person, WHITE, black or ASIAN who is from the ghetto talks like that....and btw, different ghettos, different accents. been in pittsburgh two years and all of the ghetto people talk waaaaay different than anyone in Virginia.
movieegrl13 9 months ago
This was an interesting look at English spoken around the U.S. I have been exposed to a wide variety of American accents, some more heavy than others. I recommend visiting Pittsburgh, Pa. to find the most abrasive accent. Not only do they crucify the language but they do it almost unintelligibly.
toetapper04 9 months ago
@toetapper04 I would have to agree with you about Pittsburgh. I visited there once, and it's a weird American accent. It's not entirely eastern like new york/new jersey and not entirely southern like virginia or kentucky. It's kind of a hybrid between the 2. I had to ask people more than once to repeat themselves. The people were pretty friendly, and it seemed like an nice place. Their accents were just weird, and I'm an American from the midwest.
rossapolis 8 months ago
Awesome video!
AppleTheGreat76 9 months ago
why why why why why why is clueless involved?? Born and raised in california, and yet no one talks like that except for a very select view. The people who made that movie wanted the actors to go out of there way to talk like that to fit a type of character. a really stupid 'clueless' character.
kaela1491 9 months ago 41
@kaela1491 I think they included Clueless for the "valley" accent. They don't even mention California when they showed the clip. I'm from a Alaska and there's a bunch of people that have the valley accent, especially in the large towns/city.
southeastalaska2005 7 months ago 12
@kaela1491 Clueless used the 'valley girl' ebonics kind of language. back in the 80s there were shows where girls talked that way and what not. and since it was made in 1995, i guess they still wanted to use that valley girl ebonics. honestly, i do think back 15-20 years ago, girls did talk that way at some point. shoot, girls talk that way now.
debanhigarcia 6 months ago
@kaela1491 me and mine all talk like that and were from LA. hello!, its called living Southern California
happymarkkj 5 months ago
cali is correct :D
CorruptedTruth 9 months ago
yeah, californians talk like that. I should know, i live in So cal
somerdaytrumpet 9 months ago
0:16 LOL i've never heard that accent in real life.
jennavelasco 9 months ago
i speak the hollywood accent at the end. (i live in new mexico)
cassie7373 9 months ago
Southern Californians don't sound like that...
Jesslkim 9 months ago
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Jesslkim 9 months ago
A lot of southern Californians say like and dude but most don't do it with the valley girl or surfer accent. You forgot a few accents like Chicago and Minnesota.
MaverickVince2020 9 months ago
That woman is not speaking Ebonics. She is speaking with a Black East Coast accent. Her grammar is pretty standard and she is using slang, but she is not speaking Ebonics.
jenjanea 9 months ago
The last accent isn't Californian at all. It originated in the midwest and pretty much everyone in the western half of the United States speaks it. It's the "newscaster accent". Cocky Californians.....
PurpleCrazyUmkazto 9 months ago 5
@PurpleCrazyUmkazto You are right. In fact, it is not even only the western half. I am from Nashville and lots of people talk like that, not all of us have southern accents.
cheesepuffs724 9 months ago
@PurpleCrazyUmkazto but most people from the midwest moved to california for gold. Hence why it's pretty much the same.
samuraijaysan 8 months ago
California's the best
TheDania814 9 months ago
texas sounded perfect. im from texas and it was spot on
greebat 9 months ago
I don't hear a texan accent in the texas part. and I have a midamerican accent
celestecristal852 9 months ago
you forgot CLEVELAND
Tegmia 9 months ago
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forgot about CLEVELAND!!
Tegmia 9 months ago
forgot about CLEVELAND
Tegmia 9 months ago
How is a california accent a standard accent. Im from NY so how come that isn't standard, u just say california is standard because you are probably a Californian yourself. Also, im from Bronx, NYC and i dont sound like that kid, he is speaking more brooklyn and trying to sound ghetto white boy type
GTSU360 9 months ago
Valley Girls isn't exactly a regional dialect...
peppermint23 9 months ago 5
they're different dialects, not accents.
kiwiperson 10 months ago
First, there is no "Standard American" dialect. Second, movies are the worst possible way to show examples of any accent in any language.
HelenKellersArmy 10 months ago
Louisiana must've missed the twang memo the rest of the southern states got. There's a few Californians that live across the street from me, and DO talk like valley girls and sufer dudes...Unless they talk like that and wait until they get home, so they can poke fun at the ones that believe them...
5hape5ter 10 months ago
Valley Girls is one of the dumbest films ever made!!!! I think films like that put a bad impression about Americans.
SMHS18 10 months ago
This is the dumbest video.
ASacredSpirit 10 months ago
im from new york and i dont sound like that.... thats a brooklyn accent. u should make a new york video ahaha brooklyn,queens, long island, upstate they all sound very different.
LeaLovesMakeup95 10 months ago
@LeaLovesMakeup95 I lived in NY for years, and aside from class-related differences, you all sounded pretty much the same to me.
jenjanea 9 months ago
Where's Boston?
theravenclawprefect 10 months ago
oops. i meant English. thats imbarrasing, lol.
TheEgg185 10 months ago
all the southern accents sount the same. new york and california have no accents and talk proper inglish.
TheEgg185 10 months ago
@TheEgg185 There's no such thing as not having an accent. Accent is simply the way one talks including the way a majority talks. It doesn't mean different from 'proper.'
TheEpisteme 10 months ago
@TheEgg185 newyork does !!so does cali
Sims2Lameria 10 months ago
if a Brit made this: Good job.
if an American made this: you suck at life. how dare you?
wonderpetwarrior 10 months ago
NOTHING that girl said was Ebonics lol. It seems nobody knows what Ebonics actually is. It's not an accent, it's a way of speaking. Ebonics is "dis" "dat" "i be" "dey". Lil Mama has a Brooklyn accent. There's no such thing as an African American accent...essentially. But I understand what you were trying to do
mooki3babiiyonkerz 10 months ago 28
@mooki3babiiyonkerz the video explicitly says lil mama is speaking a DIALECT
samuraijaysan 8 months ago
@mooki3babiiyonkerz Definition of Accent: A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, esp. one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.
Definition of ebonics: a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
Therefore.. Ebonics = Accent.
ApathyofHeart 8 months ago
@ApathyofHeart Actually I think your definition of Ebonics would be a little more fitting of a dialect, not an accent. A Texan and a person from Minnesota would have different manners of pronouncing words, but they would be the same words. Unless they spoke completely in slang. Ebonics has completely different sentence structure and word placement and usage from traditional American English.
cancanthebaby 8 months ago
@cancanthebaby The ebonics I've heard doesn't have different grammar (word placement) Just a different pronunciation of words. They still say things with normal grammar ex: "This is ebonics." "Dis is ebonics." Same order, but different pronunciation of "this".
Although I agree that it could also fall under "dialect" I think it can also be an "accent".
The only time ebonics changes into something almost a language of it's own, is when Snoop gets ahold of it and adds the rizzles and dizzles.
ApathyofHeart 8 months ago
@ApathyofHeart Snoop's on a whole different level, lol. But as far as the original comment she's not speaking ebonics , its a Brooklyn accent with New York slang. It would probably be the same if I said something similar with my Chicago accent, and our preference to replace th with d, holding our a vowels for an eternity, and using our slang. The labeling of Lil' Mama's "speech" as Ebonics is faulty, when its just simply a native Brooklynite speaking using New York slang and her natural accent.
cancanthebaby 8 months ago
@cancanthebaby I agree.
ApathyofHeart 7 months ago
@mooki3babiiyonkerz
An accent is the tone and pronunciation in which words are said. As someone that's studying for a minor in linguistics, you're incorrect. Ebonics can actually be traced back to simplified forms of English white slave owners used to teach African slaves.
SnakeSpeech 7 months ago
@mooki3babiiyonkerz it is clarified in the video that it is a dialect not an accent..ive seen this video a long time ago and that same sub text was there explaining lil mamas dialect
samuraijaysan 6 months ago
My friend flipped out when she didn't see a Cajun accent. :D (he's Cajun)
MyOwnLittleWorld123 10 months ago
I wish Classic American language was around.
CrazyOffDaBudsack 10 months ago
You also left out the very distinct North Midwestern accent (Wisconsin, North Michigan, Minnesota etc.) which sounds like a Nordic language but is English (if that makes sense lol).
jjharner 10 months ago
I moved from the midwest to socal a few months ago. 90% of the girls I've met talk with a mix of your hollywood and mostly valley girl examples from your video. There are stereo types for a reason I guess ha.
simonsdanielle89 10 months ago
that texas accent was all off.
DougEFresh98 10 months ago
my list of heard illinois American accents: Chicago, New york, Chicago Suburbs, (keep in mine im from Illinois) Chicago Ittalian, Chicago irish, Chicago street, (it differs in ethinithy, sorry if i spelled than wrong) Mid northern Illinois, Mid Illioins (aka Galesburgian), the range in tone differs from city to city
ImOnShrooms1997 10 months ago
our old accent use to be awesome xD
bondman2004tippy 10 months ago
oklahoman and proud! ;p
nursejessica82 10 months ago
OMG! I cannot STAND NY accents.I just had to say that. Sorry.
kelceejofarra 10 months ago
@kelceejofarra THANK-YOU!! me too!
riverwater12 10 months ago
This video is way too generalized.
Even in just New York state I can tell you that there are differences between a Rochester accent and a Buffalo accent.
VixenRadio360 10 months ago
where is the peurto rican accent
level242 10 months ago
Don't Valley Girls go up on the end of their sentences? Almost like they're s