I started hosting karaoke shows in Bardsley ,Oldham its only a few miles from my home and i cant understand a lot of what they say! they sing songs just fine but its the requests when they come up and ask for a song or artist the thick Oldham accent is hard to understand.
I get a laugh everytime I visit Niagara Falls, NY. After passing through Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada where everyone speaks like me, I cross the bridge into Niagara Falls, New York and they all speak with a strong western New York accent. The two towns are separated by Niagara River, about half a mile wide.
There are a ton of different accents in the US. Wherever i go... people ask "where are you from" or they say "You're from Chicago aren't you".
At a project in Europe about 5 years ago i met people from allover the world who worked on a yacht. There was a girl there from the Chicago area so all of her ship mates were familiar with the "Chicago Accent". Up until that point i had no idea that i had an accent :). I had a similar experience in New Orleans when i worked with a guy who lived in Chicago and recently moved to New Orleans.
There was a guy from London, one from The Isle of Man, A Dutch guy from South Africa and one from Australia. At times it was like their accents had all mingled into something unique/similar but other times you could clearly tell the difference. I catch myself sometimes.. my speech pattern will change when i am talking to someone with a Hispanic accent. I only have to be talking to them for a few minutes and the next thing you know i start to sound like them. I have a cousin who lived in Chicago up until a few years ago. She is 36. She now lives in Louisiana and her, her 2 children and her husband all sound different when they talk now.
I can imagine a group of settlers bumping into a native tribe at some point in history or maybe a French woman meets and marries a Spanish man and a few generations later we have a very distinct version of English in a particular part of the country.
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