irateplatypus

This is a question directed to our fellow TFP'ers outside of the U.S. and Canada. When we in America hear accents from Australia, Britain, France etc... certain caricatures come to mind. For instance... Australian dialects conjure images of the crocodile hunter in some. A refined British manner of speech suggests intelligence, while a cockney accent reflects crude manners.

Now, of course people aren't defined by their accents... but there are certainly some stereotypes associated with them.

So... what does the American accent sound like to someone who can hear it with a sense of distance that i cannot? what is associated with various American dialects? if someone asks you to speak like an American, which is the first to come to mind? i can usually place my fellow U.S. citizens geographic origins from hearing their speech... can international people make similar discernments?

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