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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

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[caffeinic.livejournal.com]

very heavy American accent

XD What exactly is a heavy American accent to someone with a british accent? *honestly curious*

[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. ♥

[lechaco.livejournal.com]

Oh god I think you're in for a ride with the Southern twang. D: California isn't bad unless you have Valley Girl speech (but most people don't speak like that). Then there's New Yorker/New England accent.

[shiroibara.livejournal.com]

You might bring one smart outfit, but for the most part we are rather casual. You will laugh when you see the sort of stuff I wear to work. XD Comfortable is the name of the game.

I have a few scheduled activities (the basketball game for one) and various places that we can go, but nothing that really requires dressing up. The weather should be good, so we might lark out to our zoo and the like. (With plushies in tow!)

[tokkitsu.livejournal.com]

XDDD Heh, I'm one of those people who can't hear accents at all unless it's really freaking obvious. How does one hear accents, anyway? ^^;

[sinistera.livejournal.com]

Call me? You should hear a Jersey accent.

...actually, my Jersey accent isn't heavy at all. But still. It is an experience...though, maybe, you wouldn't want to have this kind...