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So earlier Pandy was surfing around the net and she found this interesting conversation on DeviantArt. The following is a real life conversation the artist heard about.



I nearly died laughing when Pandy read this to me. So what do you think about this stupid American? Have you ever heard any conversation that make you want to slap the person? And how does Pandy manage to find funnier stuff than me?

lol >< That's so funny mrgreen

I've tried to tell that to people... the funniest thing is I've gotten this "we're Californian so we don't HAVE an accent" I literally sat there and stared at the person before walking away. I wasn't even going to bother to try and explain that EVERYONE has an accent.

Yeah, don't even bother explaining it to them, they'll just forget about it 2 minutes later.

Oregon's accent, I've been told, is the closest to "proper English" (the kind of sound you get, for example when people are singing), which is to say, the closest to lack of accent. *shrug* But there's no way you could consider, say, someone from Texas to sound like someone from Vermont, to sound like someone from Minnesota. Each has their individual "flavor", much the same as the Cockneys sound different than the Scots, sound different than the Irish, all of whom sound different than "proper British speaking". wink

As far as your original post, Sanzo? *headdesk* *headdesk* * headdesk*

I wonder what that same idiot would say to a Japanese person. Maybe: "If you are the land of the rising sun why isn't the circle yellow?" Which is ridiculous because the sun is far more red when rising than when it's high in the sky.

No but seriously who's ever heard of a blue maple leaf....... they are either green or red as a general rule, sometimes a little yellow. The person not only fails common sense, they fail basic natural science. They should be sent back to preschool/kindergarden to learn about leaves. rolleyes

sweatdrop Wow...that's just...wow. Makes me think of something from Axis Powers Hetalia. lol Axis Powers is a manga where different countries are represented as people, who are rediculously exaggerated stereotypes.
http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/355262.html

I think it's pretty funny because all the countries get teased xd

*Sniggers at first post* I bet it was a blond American valley girl type, or at least that is how I imagined it. Although I've got some redneck friends I could picture in the same scenario. Sure sounds ignorant who ever the American twit was.

As for American accents, I don't have a base accent...well, at least not one recognized as American. Mine is just "an accent" accent (as explained to me by an Englishman), but to date no one can place it. But I can fake New England and Southern if I am with others of the appropriate accent. And I once had a real Brit convinced I lived in England at some point of my life because I have a decent British accent.

Hm...I did have a So. Cali girl tell me she thought my accent was Californian because she couldn't place it, and at the time I'd never been to California. By the way, I've since learned that "Valley Girl" is accepted as a California accent to the rest of the world, as is "Surfer Dude". So would the "non American accent" belong to northern Cali, or is "Yuppie" the acceptable accent for that region?

And I like Canadians, they're generally pretty nice people. And the food there doesn't freak me out. That's a plus. And all the fun SciFi channel films seem to be filmed in Vancouver!

I like the Swiss too, for the same reason. I just don't want to live in a socialist country, because I like capitalism. Some does my family...and that pisses off my grandmother who is pushing for all of the family to become Swiss citizens. Apparently telling my grandmother that one thinks America is one of the most beautiful nations (we were discussing vistas and such), and not Switzerland, is like certain death as my uncle found out. Personally, I agree with my uncle. Because of the varieties of terrain, America has the upper hand over Switzerland. There are plenty of scenic places that are more interesting all over the world. Switzerland is nice, but not all that awe stopping unique in terms of scenery. My grandmother, who lives in Miami, just thinks Switzerland is perfect and the whole family needs to become Swiss just because that was where she was raised. She has dual citizenship, but I noticed she won't relinquish her American citizenship despite Switzerland being so perfect in her view. I find this interesting.