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| fairyfountain Senior Member Zimbabwe Joined 6130 days ago 254 posts - 248 votes  5 sounds | Message 121 of 127 19 July 2009 at 11:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Kyrie Senior Member United States clandestein.deviantaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5731 days ago 207 posts - 231 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese | Message 122 of 127 20 July 2009 at 12:24am | IP Logged | ||
Watch out, Arkansan English is a bit funny sounding to the rest of the US. lol :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
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| hypersport Senior Member United States Joined 5883 days ago 216 posts - 307 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 125 of 127 22 July 2009 at 1:41am | IP Logged | ||
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What is it exactly that sounds horrible about the Arkansas accent? To you it’s just another American accent. Or do you know some history of the American South and what the jokes imply? Do you have something against Arkansas?
A couple of tips: stop worrying so much about which accent you think you need and spend more time learning the language. Anything that isn’t there naturally will just sound goofy anyway. Ease up on the idioms and slang. Again, this is where trying too hard is way too obvious. If you’re hanging out with natives and you pick up on some stuff that’s one thing, but you’re pulling them out of your bag and sprinkling them all over the place way too much. Your written English is great, but you do more harm than good when you pollute it with dated idioms or slang that simply doesn’t sound good. Edited by hypersport on 22 July 2009 at 5:31am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kyrie Senior Member United States clandestein.deviantaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5731 days ago 207 posts - 231 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese | Message 126 of 127 22 July 2009 at 4:09pm | IP Logged | ||
As comedian Tim Wilson says, they sound like they're laughing and crying at the same time. I have no problem with the accent, it just gets a little annoying at times. Like all people (especially those who emphasize) that talk like they're from the South. Edited by Kyrie on 22 July 2009 at 4:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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