Comments | incoh: Hawaii accent?

incoh

Hawaii accent?

Apr 13, 2006 06:55

My mother is a travel agent, so she speaks with a lot of customers who travel between Hawaii and the mainland. Some have told her that she sounds like she's from Hawaii.

I don't get it. I listen to the way she talks, and I listen to the way people on tv and in movies talk, and I can't hear how they're different.

I need to record my voice later. ( Read more... )

story time!, reality is boring, public, eh?

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jovially April 13 2006, 22:06:31 UTC

I've never actually listened to enough Hawaiians talk to help you with that. =P

But everyone has an accent. You can't avoid it. 3= <---Mustache! XD I kill myself. ;p

incoh April 14 2006, 01:27:27 UTC

There's an accent when someone speaks pidgin, and I can tell when someone "sounds" local, but my mom doesn't sound particularly local to me when she's on the phone with customers. Clients. Whatever.

Or maybe those people are full of it because wow, they're speaking with a genuine Hawaiian? XP

OMG Bun-Bun I can't recognize you with your clever mustache disguise! *weeps*

You got me curious about Firefly! *shakes Fist of Doom at you*

jovially April 14 2006, 02:10:12 UTC

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Give in to the Whedon-Side!

incoh April 14 2006, 02:48:53 UTC

Looks like I will, you...you...lemon! >O!111twelve

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indefiance April 14 2006, 03:30:14 UTC

Lol; imagine my surprise when people say I have a SoCal accent. I don't have any idea what that is! Then people say I sound like a newscaster, and for heaven's sakes, what do they sound like??? XD;

incoh April 14 2006, 04:00:38 UTC

Maybe that means you speak clearly and your voice is nice? ^_~

devilsfinale April 14 2006, 07:07:30 UTC

We have accents? O_o But yeah, I've heard the newscaster thing too.

indefiance April 14 2006, 07:10:04 UTC

XD That was my reaction too. I didn't think we had an accent, lol.

exeuntsl April 14 2006, 03:52:08 UTC

Some people have told me I have an accent.

incoh April 14 2006, 03:56:13 UTC

Gah, this has been driving me nuts. I just don't hear anything different.

devilsfinale April 14 2006, 07:06:10 UTC

We havea client in Hawaii...I'll ask my dad if he notices anything. ^^ (Although, the guy is Japanese....)

incoh April 14 2006, 07:28:47 UTC

That may not matter so much ^_~ The guy who commented before you is Korean, and I'm Japanese+Filipino.

ululant April 14 2006, 13:16:06 UTC

AMPUTATE MY VOICE, PLEASE!!! I'm a typical craptastic American.

Some people can tell what town I live in though.
My town is tiny.
wtf?

incoh April 14 2006, 18:57:53 UTC

I'm sure your voice is lovely ♥