Accents

[Anonymous]

Did you / your kid pick up an accent of the area where you/they went to college? Southern accent? Brooklyn? Etc.

[Anonymous]

Interesting question. My dh lost his Jersey accent when he went to college.

[Anonymous]

My kid learned to speak jive.

[Anonymous]

Definitely not. The regional Maine accent is awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting question. My dh lost his Jersey accent when he went to college.

And how did he speak without a Jersey accent?

[Anonymous]

Going to college in Boston took the edge off my Midwestern accent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid learned to speak jive.

Handy. Put it on the resume.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6TraLJf6iw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going to college in Boston took the edge off my Midwestern accent.

It’s funny- I grew up in Philly and went to college in the Midwest. Four years of college calmed down my Phillyisms.

[Anonymous]

I started talking faster after I went to college in NYC.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know that it tamed my accent, but coming to college in DC (from Missouri) definitely made me more conscious of a few words that I pronounced differently than my classmates from the East Coast. I no longer say “roof” to rhyme with “hoof,” for instance. I also got out of saying “pop” or “coke” for soft drinks. I don’t think I’ll ever lose my “y’all” though, although we are close enough to the south that it’s not uncommon to hear around here.

[Anonymous]

I also lost my Jersey accent, but think that was more because of moving around in the military, then going to college (Philly)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also lost my Jersey accent, but think that was more because of moving around in the military, then going to college (Philly)

Than

[Anonymous]

Yes. Went to Auburn. Southern accent. Faded upon return to DC area but several words stuck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I started talking faster after I went to college in NYC.

I bet you started walking faster too.

[Anonymous]

I think this happened to Hilaria Baldwin.