american accents

[HOWELL]

ok found a site on internet where you can actually go and know your english accent, so i did and it said i has 45%oh general american english, then 35% yankee, 10% dixie  , and 10% midwestern

[MikeW]

I love accents - always find them interesting.

A few years back, my parents were over from South Africa on holiday, and we did a week trip to Mexico City, Taxco, and Acapulco. While visiting Teotihuacan, a school group came up, an English class as it turns out. They were asking tourists to record a few sentences, and try to chat with them for a few minutes. My mom loves this kind of thing, and waxed poetic, but her accent was not what these kids were expecting, or used to, and I could just see the look of confusion and embarrasment on their little faces as they sought to politely escape.

That's a recording I'm sure they played over and over again in class.

Cheers,

Mike

[HOWELL]

yeah i am pretty sure, whenever i talked to them in english too, is like they barely understand what i say,
because they are used to people talking with a real bad spanish accent, and people that say the words the way they are actually written, and well i love accents too is like so cool, we in school having been talking about spanish accents, and it is so interesting.
and about the record i'm pretty sure they didnt understand a bit of it , haha jk
i want to go to guadalaara again i just found out that they have a biggo water lily nursery i will post pics later