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[pez]

It just occured to me that, when I meet shiroibara this Saturday, I'll be surrounded by Americans for a week. That means listening to American-English for a week.

Honestly, I know a lot of my American friends love hearing the British accent. Well, sorry, but most of the British people I know, myself included, wince when we hear the very heavy American accent from some parts of the States. (I suppose south-central isn't too bad though) ^^"""" It's funny really, it's just a different way of speaking more-or-less the same language... it's probably more to do with people taking stuff and then calling it their own and then imposing it back on you? ^^" (I will always be spelling SULPHUR even though it has officially been changed in the Periodic Table, see. If we change PH to F and C to K just for easier spelling, soon we'll be speaking German!)

In any case, I'm not going to like, California where the accent is just O_O!, so I'll be just fine XD Bought some dollars today. Will need to think about what clothes to bring, later. Hana, can I just take hoodies and jeans or will I need a smart top + trousers? Because I have no idea where we're going XD

Comments

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

Dude. Most Californians speak Atlantic (i.e. American TV English without too strong an accent), at least I never had trouble understanding them when I was there. Whereas Dallas killed me dead, dead, dead, the two times I was there. My host family moved to Dallas the second my semester was over, actually they left Ohio before me, and when I visited them two months later, my hostmom had already started to get a Texas twang in her original Michigan accent. It was weird to say the least.

So uhm. No offense, ye Americans, says someone with an American accent herself... I pity you, Pez. Don't let the English hurt your ears. ♥

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I'm totally fine with TV American English~ CSI and Desperate Housewives and West Wing, I don't have anything against that sort of accent. I don't know what Dallas sound like, yet... XD although I'm pretty sure people will be fascinated with my Chinese British accent, as most Americans are. It's always the first thing they notice about me XD

I just hope I'll be able to understand people. I'm not very good with accents - make me listen to a home-grown Geordie and I'll be totally lost! XD

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

Well, just make sure you inform us all of how you like it. :)) And I am sure everyone will loff your accent, so be prepared for feeling like the child being told My How Much You've Grown by practically everyone. >D

I understood Texans without any trouble if they tried to tone it down a bit, so I doubt you'll have any problems at all. ♥