Fun Tour of American Accents | Amy Walker

[@katherines9015]

I appreciate that she did multiple Southern accents. So many of these videos don’t acknowledge the varied accents across the region.

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

Katherine S Me too and she did them well!

[@Wingo537]

Accents can vary by different parts of a city

[@thatoneguy9089]

I’ve got a major southern accent and I thought she did pretty good. The forgot the main thing which is pretty much being lazy. Many southerners loose the last vowel such as in the word like. We just say a hard I and forget the e. Hope this helps!

[@catbroad9249]

Yeah. Texas and Georgia and North Carolina all sound very different.

[@fancysfolly554]

I was thinking the same thing...my mother was from a small town in southern Georgia and her accent was day and night from the people in the town she lived in when she married my dad..I was always proud of the soft sort of murmuring accent of my mother and her people...so different from the loud, halting accent with sharper endings..my mother and her sisters had an almost musical sounding accent..I enjoy all the southern accents.I’ve always liked guessing which state or region...Georgia sounds similar to South Carolina, IMO... Tennessee and parts of North Carolina have a bit of a twang..I love the Mississippi accent ...it’s so easy on the ears...

[@regan_cm]

literally WATCH her whole face and posture change this is INSANE

[@regan_cm]

your rhotic southern accent literally sounded Just Like my mom. freaked me out a lot

[@MLGRDR]

Lol

[@onlisexyt]

75

[@jellyacc]

Yeah shes freakin amazing

[@티미카]

She is amazing

[@TerkanTyr]

How the hell does your face magically change to the sterotypical regional face? It's mesmerizing.

[@CrowOnTheWall]

The manipulation of facial muscles helps when mimicking. Jim Carey is a prime example of this in an extreme.

[@109367]

You really HAVE to change your face because you have to change the shape of the mouth to make certain sounds, such as opening the mouth more for Northern accents and then barely moving it for Southern accents.

[@RichardDCook]

@@109367 Exactly, you have to have the vocal posture, the sort of lip-rounding, how open the mouth is, whether the sides are pulled back, and so forth.

[@ratbazturd1843]

well, she IS an actress, so... you know, training and acting and stuff like that

[@cecilDisharoon]

She makes our various Southern accents look very pretty and friendly, y'all.

[@familyforlife153]

she has a different personality with every accent .

[@josephsuarez9594]

A stereotype for every accent

[@lupine5895]

Now you will meet.... Patricia!

[@denissiberian]

Language and nationality is like OS for humans.

[@gm-te8nn]

She's perky and her personality isn't bad either. Fugget About It .

[@eddyvideostar]

@Knowledge Speaks Wisdom Listens! Selassie.

[@cruzrobison4622]

Why are so many people being rude in the comments? She's just having fun with the stereotypical accents. She's playing a character. She's not going to get through the nuances of every region in a 6 minute video.

[@AltimeFAILS]

i havent seen any rude comments

[@Chrjstheshadow]

hi Are you filtering by top comments or by new comments?

[@huss8575]

Mmm I agree, it’s great ! I’m an Aussie and it’s just lovely. I love that she’s vulnerable and open, it better than rewarding pretentiousness

[@kyleh3693]

4:06 shes says generalizations

[@Rimuru-ray]

The video was sorta weard but I'm by the way not trying to be weard but every corner i see a mean comment

[@joeschmoe3665]

When she went "Bring it home" into southern all I heard was Matthew Mcconaughey alright alright alright

[@emmyp644]

John Gunnerek XD

[@ianl.gutierre1341]

John Gunnerek You made my day man.

[@NoNo-sc5nr]

John Gunnerek really? I just got really uncomfortable for some reason.

[@audreymai2773]

You look like "Hook" off of that show "Once upon a time".

[@Chanva13]

Oh my god, why did I read this comment before watching the video lol now all I hear is Matthew Mcconaughey

[@BeckiiCruelFan]

She really suits the southern accent

[@beejohn1016]

great granny she's prolly suhhhdin...lol

[@jackphilamore288]

IEatFood 0 Do southerners still drop the R? I haven’t heard that from anyone under 50

[@rawyouout]

IEatFood 0 I hear both non rhotic in black people but the rhotic as well in the gulf coast

[@libertopaeurekananarch7562]

Particularly the non-rhotic one!

[@libertopaeurekananarch7562]

@@jackphilamore288 Yes, many southerners have at least a bit of r-dropping, but for large amounts of consistent r-dropping in the south, it's mainly the elderly and some Louisianans. I'm a younger southerner who drops his rs, it still exists today!

[@annecla9627]

She should be an actress who plays an under cover detective who takes on all kinds of personalities. Awesome.

[@Kit.E.Katz45]

I'd watch her in anything! She's so good and so pretty!😊

[@di4791]

Oh my gosh yes! I would pay to watch that!

[@Paul--Nobody_Is_Out_To_Get_You]

Anne Cla she's emily blunt so she kind of is

[@aaronlane1391]

A female Fletch type of character

[@aaronlane1391]

A female Fletch type of character

[@dorothrrystyles9403]

"Congratulations you've made it through all 5 parts of the America in acce-" "Urm no I've never seen you before.. it just appeared in my suggested"

[@natalychacon39]

nia james, ikr

[@RussianBot-qw4ht]

At first I thought I was on porn hub the way was she was talking.

[@ljtennyson6722]

nia james same

[@leonardojimenez5817]

Same wtf

[@veramerlot4111]

😂😂😂😂

[@ethanradd]

The southern accent is so relaxing, so charming, melts my heart

[@rockparkoure]

+Ethan Radd I hate it.

[@haydenstephens2237]

+jake rheingold it hates you too

[@rockparkoure]

***** Yeah. Maybe she hasn't heard what they talk about with there "oh so fabulous accents"

[@haydenstephens2237]

jake rheingold don't stereotype... to be clear I'm from Alabama and no one really talks like this. That accent was common around the 1970s, in places like New Orleans or South Carolina

[@rawyouout]

+Hayden Stephens I aint never heard that in Carolina, lived all around Carolina and Louisiana

[@PetBunnyDebbie]

I love how she connected the accents to the land. That was genius!

[@erpollock]

Absolutely. Quite an insight - the way people speak is a reflection of the topography, demography, and geography!

[@katallen4021]

I Agree; our Texoma family have that f-l-a-t stretching out of word sounds. My attempt to imitate is NOT appreciated. It surely seems that the expansive flatness of the geographical area has an effect on speech patterns. I’m from PA coal country and that accent is rarely copied. (The sound is not too charming)

[@theutopianoutopioan464]

The east coast and gulf cost accents tend to be more distinct than the others, given that those are the oldest parts of the country. The upper midwest sounds almost Canadian in many ways, especially the 'o' and 'ou' sounds. In the southwest, you get more Spanish influence in the local accent. Etc.

[@theutopianoutopioan464]

@@erpollock Just like the traditional architecture and cultures of a given area.

[@kaemin176]

I love how she makes it very clear in the video that these are generalizations and yet half the comments are people bickering about what a certain accent is from

[@janexian9232]

Not the point but I love your hair.

[@80sruler]

I agree with this

[@Bloooooooooopp]

Same

[@HashimAziz1]

“Congratulations, you have made it through...” Erm, no, no I haven’t. I cheated my way here tyvm.

[@KMAC-mf4dk]

Hashim Aziz yep, cheated...And why did this all of a sudden get recommended to me in 2018?

[@dayyflowerss2741]

Hashim Aziz LMFAO THIS COMMENT

[@thejasosei]

Saaaame susssssss😝

[@starsheen1]

Yeah...

[@kenc.d8200]

Hashim Aziz - classic , funny reply .

[@elderflower2133]

As an Irish person, this is absolutely insane.

[@skyleephillips6973]

As an American this is soooo fucking insane

[@thatguysmith1620]

Nellie Warren it’s funny my grandmother is from Ireland as are many peoples relatives where I live in the United States, and non of us really have any cool or unique accents

[@7Lace77]

We have lots in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. I love the Southern American accent though, and Irish. Always on women.

[@7Lace77]

BlaineIsHere Irish sounds better.

[@hurricanekatrina6310]

ayyyyeeee im irish too 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@russellbrown1068]

All dialects were very good, however, need to add “Yeah, sure, you betcha!” To your Midwest.

[@pamelahefner591]

Yaaa shhurr ya bet'cha

[@russellbrown1068]

Pamela Hefner Lol! There ya go!

[@AeonAxisProductions]

Ope Her normal voice is what it's like in Pennsylvania, at least South Central is gen am (I'm from New Oxford it's like literally right next to Gettysburg)

[@AeonAxisProductions]

Also in case anyone was wondering we pronounce it Noo Ox ferd In case that helps you understand the accent better

[@203maxwell]

also the ya because of nordic influences

[@cbiz384]

I can't help I was born in the Delta airlines flight attendant region of America

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

Kinda wish she did a NoVA accent and said "BAYsically (basically)" and "fur shurr (for sure)" a hundred times in one sentence

[@kanemacdonald3783]

Or the Jurassic region lol

[@totonow6955]

@@TheGoldenDunsparce shout out to NoVA. I'm from Virginia and when my little nephew visited me in NoVA, he said, " This is NOT Virginia. " After living in Tyson's Corner awhile I came across a National Geographic article that premised that Tyson's Corner was its own 'exotic' location that needed to be National Geoghaphi- ked LMAO.

[@jacksonramsey4848]

Where’s that

[@waqqashanafi]

bestcomment today

[@Litkovian23]

She somehow became 10x more beautiful when she switched to the southern accent 😍

[@bobleglob162]

velociraptor did it for me.

[@johnnyguitarra3448]

Didn’t she!? I almost fell over!

[@66flamer]

Yes ma'am I do believe I was a little bit taken by that sultry voice of that flirtatious Southern Belle. Boy howdy and smack me in the head.

[@kymmzej9173]

I fell in love when she slipped into the southern belle accent. Then she did her second version and I immediately thought of Nancy Hicks Gribble.

[@johnnyguitarra3448]

That’s why I married my first wife she was from the south. I never got tired of hearing her talk

[@evehalcyon2063]

The Californian one is so accurate! I hate it so much, I live in San Diego and my Chemistry teacher is like a 60 year old valley girl 😭

[@bran3eyedraven840]

lmfao...the struggle is real in california...but we have the best language arts and art teachers...because we are all so liberal and weird...right

[@evehalcyon2063]

@@bran3eyedraven840 I guess xD

[@SteveCarras]

Not me, my folks and older familial folks were not boren and raised in Calif. (final word on your truly0

[@panconjamon7092]

I live in San Diego too and I hate some people's accent

[@zrspangle]

Oh, what neighborhood?

[@scottfoxl7431]

I took a linguistics course in college and my professor said that the California accent is the one linguists really hate. She said that somehow, the Middle English dialect, which was presumed dead, made its way clean across the continent to the West Coast, that is, the way words are pronounced. Linguistics is fascinating! You learn how to listen to yourself and how your regional accent compares to others. I'm proud of my California accent. Accent elimination is so sad, everyone should be proud of theirs whatever it is.

[@brownjatt21]

Honestly couldn't agree more, too many people across the country are sounding the same, especially in the youth. It's so boring!!

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Same, I like all American accents for what they are! We're a colorful bunch :)

[@devintheguru]

Accents naturally disappear with mutual exposure, and this is just a result of becoming more connected. It's a conscious thing to retain your accent, like when I worked in Hawaii, I spoke with a standard Californian accent, but when I hung out with friends, I spoke with a more local Hawaiian accent. But I know what you mean about accent elimination. Some people or places prefer certain accents, esp in societies that are highly dependent on class, like the UK, Japan, and India, and it would be great if social status and class weren't connected to ways of speaking.

[@wildmik-wk2iq]

Wait, what? We don’t pronounce anything like Middle English on the West Coast... 🤔😂

[@scottfoxl7431]

@@wildmik-wk2iq how do you know what a Mid English accent sounded like? I'd sooner listen to someone trained in the field with an advanced degree than someone like you, who just spouts off without thinking

[@litterbyy]

The deep south black grandma on the front porch eating gumbo while reading a bible is too accurate

[@barbaraball5002]

That was a brilliant accent. White pinup/model, Bettie Page, had the same accent. (Wiki says she was born in Nashville.) She was at least 80 years old at the time of the recording I listened to, so age had played with her voice and she sounded exactly as you describe. Amy Walker has a terrific ear.

[@summersi3361]

BB Trash fr lmao

[@waterloo001mendoza7]

Lol

[@ashtonkutcher7041]

Libby Cormier haha

[@LoveleneLeBlanc]

I was just sayin the same thing! 😂 like, man that’s probably the first black style accent I’ve heard her do.

[@alientoastt856]

2:06 she just starts making vague southern noises

[@LaceyMarie333]

We call that the Boomhauer

[@jessicabecause3717]

@@LaceyMarie333 I've legit worked with 2 people with Boomhauer accents. I teased them often because I loved it.

[@johnphilips6868]

@@LaceyMarie333 So that's where boomhauer from king of the hill got his name from

[@fhuuraliulfr5756]

Why am I dying 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭💀

[@chrisakane9840]

@@johnphilips6868 im from HTown TX aint no body talk like no dang ol boom hauer maybe over yonder up there in that ol Dallas /Arlington area. 😆

[@FUBAR956]

In Texas alone we have a large range of accents.

[@Overcooked25]

True atx

[@ErikaMayX]

True

[@droppinBOMBS310]

Especially Houston

[@WhateverLex]

Louisiana as well.

[@iliapopovich]

ALL losers are ling in texas:)

[@jeffjacobs1707]

This is the most consistently accurate rendition of American accents I've seen on KZbin. Well done.

[@makenanevells5983]

HER NEW YORK ACCENT IS SPOT ON!

[@sashanovikova2445]

Makena Nevells no it’s not

[@makenanevells5983]

Are you from New York? Or have you ever heard people from there talk??

[@63Cherylg]

Makena Nevells I know! She’s very good.

[@danalyze]

more like Baltimore

[@Arkayem]

Yeah, the NY accent isn't very accurate.

[@Cordelia4219]

My god, this woman is AMAZING!! Bravo! You've nailed them ALL. I also love the way she explains how landscape affects the accent, never thought of that. Thanks for this.

[@ivanclark2275]

The landscape and climate doesn't necessarily effect dialect that strongly. Her explanations are only corollary. Although there is a subject of linguistics dedicated to how physical geography effects language, for example, there might me certain sounds, volumes, tones, etc. that are easier to make in a warm humid environment than in a cold dry one, for example.

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

When she switched to Californian she literally sounded like an extension of my brain 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

[@zachwatola5585]

literally like omg literally

[@dolecrash5802]

Zach Watola Like, omg, I literally died, I almost dropped my Starbucks.

[@leanardpoon6219]

"Like, literally, you know. Yeahhhh. Oh my God. Oh. My. God. OMG. Like O. M. G. And that's hecka rad, dude!" Sounds EXACTLY like my 31 year old admin assistant from Antioch NorCal in 2020.

[@ariadnathurman2383]

A non-native english speakers, I enjoy so much listening to the different american accents. I didn't grow up listening to stereotypes of these accents, so I feel like I get to appreciate them more for their melody, entonación, articulation. My favorite is from Louisiana, my least favorite is from Maine 😆

[@choppingpenguin]

In college, my most serious girlfriend was from Maine, and she and her sister would put on the Maine accent when they were horsing around. I didn't believe it was real until I went to her hometown and got lahbstah rolls at the pieh. I was so shocked I almost fell off the dock!

[@jacqueline755]

Have you heard the Western Pennsylvanian accent? The strong version is nearly impossible!

[@superholly]

Did anyone else think the midwest accent sounded like Jenna Marbles?

[@sarahjordan4241]

superholly yes she is from my hometown of rochester, NY! we have an extremely hard, flat accent for some reason in upstate western NY :)

[@hanslee7037]

+superholly yes!

[@cookie_bunyunz1013]

Yess !!

[@sarahcostello2398]

+superholly It especially sounds like the accent she puts on in her Sarah Palin video, which is a mix of her own plus her imitation of Sarah Palin

[@BreannaMae]

I'm from Chicago originally and lived in Wisconsin for a while. Her accent is not entirely accurate. It sounded more like the eastern part of North Dakota/western part of Minnesota, like that Fargo type accent sort of. Wisconsin, though? No. Wisconsin's accent has a specific cadence to it, that's pretty tough to mimic correctly. You almost have to be from there in order to do that one. I lived there for over 20 years and still couldn't pick it up. Can't even count how many times people used to say "you're not from around here, are ya?" lol.

[@Frieza287]

Maybe it's just me, but that first southern accent was extremely sexy

[@elementfool]

It reminded me of Matthew McConaughey

[@alexmasariegos6722]

yeah when she said its hot down here turned me on

[@keyonhutson1539]

I think southern accents were actually voted the sexiest at some point. (So proud of that)

[@anooseholay]

Hell yeah, that accent with that face was awesome.

[@bobnagel6449]

TheSaminator I could watch her talk all day.

[@lucasbrown712]

shes super attractive with the southern accent lmao

[@lucasbrown712]

XD

[@muriloninja]

She is pretty damn attractive regardless IMO!

[@FrancescoFp]

search: seinfeld southern girl. thank me later

[@davidb.854]

When she got toward louisiana I felt like I should have turned the volume down or pull out my credit card.

[@eviro1339]

Not a big fan of people whom sound like bimbos

[@RedPlaystationController]

She’s criminally beautiful. Kinda eerie.

[@briannagardner1988]

I just can't get over how much you look like a real life Ariel hahaha

[@valhar2000]

The detergent?

[@GoldenBearBecca]

The California valley girl one was so good that I couldn’t hear it haha! It just sounded like my everyday to me!

[@dolecrash5802]

Edit Name Like OMG, I almost chocked on my vegan marshmallow, I literally died.

[@Marbaby92]

Dole crash Tracking where do they sell vegan marshmallows lmao I want some

[@RisaGreen]

amy hassan Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s

[@mrscatwilliams]

Right?!

[@chasesaladino6669]

Even though I live in Texas, it definitely seemed pretty ‘everyday’ to me. Sounds like half the girls at my university. The other half being the velociraptor

[@dagger3928]

"Bring it up to" Me: *whispers* "Minnesota"

[@cerebros3671]

Violently Minnesotan

[@misssinisterseventy1553]

No one in Minnesota actually talks like that lmao. I’m from Minnesota and I talk exactly like she does when she’s not using a different accent

[@cuthbertsboots5733]

@@misssinisterseventy1553 There are different variants even in Minnesota, but generally, that is the Minnesota accent. My wife's family has it, a bunch of people at my church have it, and almost everyone on the radio has it. I don't have a strong accent, but it shows up every now and then especially in particular words. You might live in an area where the accent has dissipated - it has largely disappeared in the big cities - but it gets stronger the deeper into the woods you go, and the deeper into farming country you go.

[@misssinisterseventy1553]

Eugene A. Schreder yes I agree with that for the most part. I live near Minneapolis, and no one there talks with that accent, but if you go to the outskirts or the rural parts of Minnesota, you will hear those accents, especially with older people. I’ve actually never heard a real accent like that, but they do exist

[@DejaVuDream.0]

@@misssinisterseventy1553 Oh, they most certainly do. 😂 I don't know what you're talking about. You must live in a metro. I hear this all the time. My adoptive family has a very thick Minnesotan accent. Sounds just like her's.

It's amazing how her personality changes to accentuate the accents. Very talented and observant. Her demeanour, her expressions and attitude shift dramatically. Very interesting to watch.

[@sperrotta91]

Love the first two. Like going from The Sopranos to Fried Green Tomatoes!

[@agonicole]

sperrotta91 but no one sounds like this

[@RivkahSong]

@@agonicole On the contrary, my sister-in-law's family is all from New York and I can guarantee you they sound JUST like that. And the southern accent she did is pretty accurate for the rural Georgia and Alabama. Just because you haven't heard it before doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. America is freaking huge and where I live in Kentucky we have a broad range of accents from more midwestern sounding in the west, more nasally like those in Ohio in the north and the more southern drawl where I live, getting stronger the further into the mountains you go.

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

agonicole not true

[@alexpickering7725]

She’s beautiful.

[@johngowans9406]

Yes with a lovely smile

[@ummesalmatahir6745]

She has glorious hair

[@djayt1215]

Glorious hair, glorious eyes, glorious skin. Good breeding stock

[@alyssacross5610]

D Jay T good breeding stock? is she a cow? 🙄

[@18yearsoldnot]

@@alyssacross5610 we would need to see if she has good calf bearing hips.

[@ashlyt.3748]

My Minnesotan friend sounds almost Irish when she gets mad and goes off on a tangent, it’s hilarious!

[@christiandiderik8326]

Local Artist Does she say "ooh Yah" when's she agrees with something?

[@riannad1500]

My friend tells me I sound Irish when I get mad and I'm from Minnesota, she thinks it's hilarious and when I'm mad at her she's just laughing. Sometimes it's difficult to stay mad at her, my damned Minnesotan accent.

[@spqr3420]

Ha that's funny a man on a flight guessed I was from Ireland when I'm from Minnesota

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Can someone link a vid of a Minnesotian yelling angrily so I can see if this is true LOL

[@typ0id]

I do that too! lmao!

[@maipetallis5583]

As a Californian (NorCal, live in the mountains) I was shaking my head at the valley girl accent until she pointed out how many constants we gloss over and how often we phrase statements like questions and yeah... I do that...

[@leanardpoon6219]

She is right on. My admin assistant is 31 years old from Antioch NorCal. Everything Ann did sounds EXACTLY like my assistant. Even her facial expressions and way she forms her lips.

[@osamabad3597]

Her Midwest accent sounds like Sarah Palin. Lol

[@jsharp1701]

Tight

[@jimfoley8014]

That accent goes all they way from Alaska to upstate New York. Have no idea how that happened.

[@osamabad3597]

jim foley It's all the northern states. They're sort of influenced by Canada.

[@saramoore7541]

debbie dooley

[@moze_-]

Damn Canadians. Focus on that border Trump.

[@Xolin11]

Not many people have 'contagious' smiles these days. I don't even know you but your smile made me smile.

[@Praying_ManTas]

I'd hazard a guess that the difference in the percentage of people that have 'contagious' smiles today compared to in the past is not statistically significant.

[@Xolin11]

Neither is your comment but you just had to say it anyway!

[@d53njac]

If not many people have it, it's not very contagious. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

[@bluethan806]

Moral of the story: being a Velociraptor is the first step to being American

[@joshuaespinoza8325]

cleva gurl

[@LP-ey7zj]

🤣🤣

[@eddyvideostar]

To Ethan Micallef: Is this really what you mean? www.google.com/search?q=Velociraptor+def&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS721US721&oq=Velociraptor+def&aqs=chrome..69i57j46j0l5.3022j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@iZomb]

I am proud to announce that after countless hours of practicing, I’ve perfected my Velociraptor from this informative video.

[@nauseaqueen]

The quicker, rhotic Southern accent that she did was pretty much spot-on. However, anyone who spoke in that slow, weirdly sexual Scarlett O’Hara voice is long gone by now. Just once I want to see one of these coaches get it right!

[@romrom920]

velliekeltri Where I live in south carolina we definitely still have that slow Scarlett accent, so that may be why people still reference it. I also heard it a lot when I lived in Georgia!

[@morghan_with_an_h]

Exactly! My roommate is from Georgia and she has the exact same slow accent. I'm from LA, you should hear our conversations. I talk fast and loud she talks slow and quiet. Lol

[@natmartinez8321]

Sarena Romriell lol im from South Carolina too and I can vouch for that

[@Marcel_Audubon]

well, fiddle-dee-dee!

[@rosemorris7912]

There's an area just outside of Atlanta, Georgia where you can still find that accent. Also, Plains, Georgia, the home of Jimmy Caaawwwtah

[@matyvaskez]

Is this ASMR?

[@Waokele7]

if everyone had one standard accent the world would be boring

[@putriscool]

jake jones nah

[@libbylulu148]

Unfortunately its becoming that way. Thanks to Millennials and Gen Z, everyone sounds like a Kardashian or Californian. They failed to adopt the local accents and now everyone sounds the same. Only the older generations still have it. And when they're gone, the accents will be gone forever.

[@suzietrecallion1042]

@@libbylulu148 still don't understand what those weird people who worship the letter K,r famous for!Apart from being Klutz annoying.

[@allison210]

Omg I swear her Minnesota accent totally sounded exactly like my rural Minnesotan best friend's mom, I'm dying

[@jonnysandwich8199]

same, my face lit up

[@morghan_with_an_h]

My grandma says "worsh" instead of "wash." She's from the Midwest.

[@xc1816]

that 80's girl my whole family

[@upscaleavenue]

that 80's girl My grandma says it that way too.

[@meradithj2951]

My grandma says that too and she grew up in California

[@jaclynrachellec]

My friends' grandma said it that way too, and she's from Oregon. So maybe it's a little more generational than regional.

[@natalie8212]

My granny says warsh, and also piller ( pillow) which always stood out to me alot because a pillar is a vastly different thing! Lol !

[@WilliamFord972]

Want a real hard time understanding English? Listen to Welsh people talk.

[@grrtacos71]

William Ford Or follow the advice of Robin Williams. Go drinking with a scotsman

[@AnthonyAccioly]

Glaswegian for the win.

[@dianadarling3337]

we welsh have a great ascent we just have some different letters than English an some gone so there are different sounds

[@georgieag]

I mean a bunch of us actually speak Welsh so I get that then we’d be hard to understand

[@kelly897booo3]

Aussie 😂😂😂😂

[@SIMKINETICS]

She nailed the California accent mostly for women, less for men. That California accent transformed from a more neutral accent & 'dialect' when I was a teen in the '60's. It's really the 'Valley Girl' sound that took hold from the San Fernando Valley over decades after the '80's. My daughter talks like that because she's a native Californian born in the '70's. The earlier 'neutrality' was a result of people from all over the country flooding into California & somewhat mixing their American accents.

[@phorion11]

Can confirm. Born and raised in the SFV in the 80s. 😂

[@marinoscarpa895]

I'm Italian and i honestly find this very interesting and informative, plus she is beautiful and entertaining, i don't get these comments

[@thegrandcanyonisegypt2489]

I loved her NY accent💕 its obsolete now

[@alvojnikovic2171]

You should be an actress you’d be amazing

[@jessierobinette8790]

I assume she is.

[@mhejda73]

She is :)

[@MrMegaGreg]

Came for the accents, stayed for the sperm eyebrows.

[@TheJawRaw]

Bahahaha

[@devikotv6827]

Never laughed harder from a KZbin comment!!

[@richardzarken248]

actually laughed out loud. thanks pal!

[@usolpali]

Good eye!

[@officialseanyboy]

This vid is abit relaxing

[@maxman1071]

Yeah those velociraptor screeches just calm me right down

[@solanaavila5040]

you should try ASMR

[@zaprey2419]

@@maxman1071 😂 😂

[@lemonqvartz]

"Congratulations, you've finally completed-" "Wait a minute... who _are_ you?"

[@jennabush7613]

smokii.qvartz HA HA I GOT IT, took for fuckin ever but I got it!!!!

[@BryonLape]

I haven't watched an Amy Walker video in years and this one comes up as a recommend. Had to watch again for old times sake.

[@spookygraci]

im dead because when she did the Oregon accent that’s 100% how i talk

[@Flashbatninja]

Also from Oregon, was 100% spot on

[@oneofthetrasians]

Hahah im from Vancouver and that one sounded most familiar to me

[@upscaleavenue]

I'm from Portland, and yes, it was pretty good!

[@anniemariekennedy2505]

Why was Oregon introduction so short?

[@LexieRiedl]

spooky graci You know what’s really sad, I didn’t even notice she was doing the accent because it’s so normal to me! I’m from Portland, OR

[@FellowTravelerVlog]

Everyone she said these are generalizations so chill out. I for one will admit to the fact that sometimes people sound like their stereotypes get over it. Also, I nearly spit out my coffee when she started making the velociraptor sounds. What was that about?

[@TymiRocelin]

That was really interesting! I'm Italian and when I read book set in USA I have difficulty understanding some cultural references. I've often read about a "New York accent" and I've always wondered what the difference with standard American is, and if I actually learned standard American or some kind of accent. Recently I stumbled upon a character who sometimes speaks in a "southern accent" because he's from Tennessee and I started searching for some examples on KZbin. I think your video helped me a lot, so thank you!

[@smoothsavage2870]

America has many different regional accents that also have variations depending on each ethnic group.

[@jtom2958]

Funny enough a good way to imagine the New York accent is Take an Italian, have them learn English. Move them to America where they raise a kid. The kid’s native language is English but the accent is a mix of the American accent and how Italian speakers who learn English sound.

[@kovadi2824]

I had a teacher from Wisconsin and she sounded exactly like that. Well done. She also called sneakers "tennies" and it made me pissed.

[@saraharndt2800]

I'm from Wisconsin and I've always called them Tennis shoes 😂

[@kovadi2824]

***** She was a substitute for 1/2 of the year while my science teacher was pregnant. I don't think I would have survived.

[@taylorstege9904]

I'm from Wisconsin and I do not sound like that haha

[@jmoneymaker96]

I have lived in both the east coast and midwest and i have always said tennis shoes. But both my parents are midwestern.

[@kjmarie3953]

+Taylor Stage Same I sound more country Luxembourg or Louisiana they have similar accents or at least all my family from Luxembourg I myself live in GB so I guess when my talk was developing I became Luxembourg I say pop and my parents and friends say soda my friends giggle at me

[@anabhousen7159]

The rhotic southern accent blew my mind. Sounds like one of my best friends. Sounds like home 💕

[@taeyeon5608]

Princess Consuela Reminds me of Louisiana's accent

[@anabhousen7159]

Tae Yeon perhaps. I'm not too familiar with Louisiana accents but she sounds exactly like people I'm surrounded by here in Texas.

[@Schizotypic]

I’m gonna go ahead and be that jackass, but it’s “Rhotic” like she said any rhotic accent has the rs rather than the soft “ah” in non rhotic accents

[@xPrtlyCldyx]

I automatically relaxed when she started her southern accent... It was like coming home.

[@morghan_with_an_h]

My co-worker sounds like that. We're in Los Angeles and everyone teases her... the boys flock to her. Ugh. lol

[@Mickyboi1]

Went from that hot southern accent to a velociraptor😂

[@chilvari]

I love the non-rhotic southern accent! It's so beautiful! I also really like the new york/brooklyn accent and the cali/valley/west coast accent! They're really fun!

[@summerbreeze5438]

The Midwest accent was perfect. The New York accent is only a relatively narrow group of people. Usually ‘lower class’, tough and Italian. It’s also common in certain segments of New Jersey. Here in Connecticut most people talk similar to her newscaster accent. Most of New England is like that. Unless you’re in the Boston area of course.

[@RandomnessGirl309]

yeah my dad was raised in Boston since he was 1yrs old and sounds like none of these

[@RandomnessGirl309]

and since I've been in Houston since I was 3yrs old I ended up with a more southern accent like I say y'all all the time

[@danielleciamei7113]

Summer Breeze we don’t sound like this is New Jersey😂 also, it’s rude of you to call Italians “lower class”

[@michaelthomas2493]

The midwest accent was awful idk what you're talking about

[@haterlover7873]

Im from iowa & dont talk like how she did. It was really nasal in my opinion.

[@LP-bi4vc]

As a Californian native, your accent was spot on. The ends of your sentences (how they all sounded like questions) were a little more LA/Valley area specific, but otherwise it was perfect! The glottal stop was really well covered, too. Except, and maybe it's just me, I pronounce the t if it's at the end of a word.

[@morghan_with_an_h]

Can confirm. Born & raised in Sherman Oaks. I travel for my work and get teased for my valley accent constantly.

[@morghan_with_an_h]

People always ask me why I yell when I talk but apparently it's just part of my accent.

[@jeremiahjewell3398]

Maybe her California impression was accurate for SoCal, but as a NorCal native, I cringed so hard. Nobody here sounds like that.

[@RichardDCook]

Lia you probably think you pronounce "t" in final position but you don't. English has what are called unreleased final stops, we put our mouth in the position for the stop but don't release it. Say "too" then try to say "cat" with the SAME "t" at the end of "cat" that you had at the beginning of "too". It sounds strange and unnatural and it's hard to do. Most English speakers don't pronounce "t" in unstressed medial position either, in normal conversation "Santa Barbara" is pronounced "Sanna Barbara" (though people imagine they're saying that "t") and "bottle" is pronounced "boddle".

[@kimberlyedwards7715]

Jeremiah Jewell I cringed too. I live in central California and that was atrocious.

[@mowvu]

she is great, i am from england and it's nice to have these english dialects explained so clear and in a fun way. i came here from reading about scottish/scottish gaelic and australian english dialects. fascinating. i hope this lovely lady gets paid for her craft. edit: turns out she does get paid very well😊so lucky to do the thing you love and be so good at it. all the best to her. or you if you ever read this lol xx

[@jsoulas]

I was mesmerised by your rendition of the various American accents. You are a very expressive, talented, and interesting woman.

[@lolaquacks2864]

the california one is emma Chamberlain

[@jessicarabbit142]

she doesnt even have a val girl accent. hers is standard

[@aureeel]

I'm from Indonesia and my accent sounds kinda like the Californian accent lol I blame it on the amount of californian youtubers that I watch 😂 I really wanna talk like a New Yorker tho I think it's really cool

[@jeffmack6134]

aurel not a lot of KZbinrs are Californian. They just move to California. But probably their accent changed.

[@sanderflop]

The “international” accent tends to sound the most like California

[@suzietrecallion1042]

Can't stand the Yank nasal accent,soz.

[@sarahhappy2783]

@@jeffmack6134 yea some youtubers believe that if they moved to CA especially Los Angeles it will make their career more advanced

[@aureeel]

Blondie dag IT'S COOL AF

[@ThatsJustLikeYourOpinionMan]

My goodness you are extraordinarily talented with your voice

[@womaninthewave]

I found it weird that when I moved to NC I never noticed my voice change at all but my friends in MD noticed immediately when I visited them

[@veganconservative1109]

Yes. I know plenty of people who moved here from other regions who never lose their accent, but my brain seems willing to completely jump ship for parts unknown at the earliest opportunity. I can't even talk with the cat without changing accents. Argh.

[@barbaravanvleet8520]

Amy is truly a professional with her smooth transitions between accent variations and clarity of speech and pleasant welcoming facial expressions!

[@Ratsoftheswamp]

floridians have a very different accent from other southerners or more watered down

[@Ratsoftheswamp]

its*

[@Jack-gz6mi]

joshloversts whenever I go Florida I don't really think they have a strong southern accent. A little but not too noticeable

[@Jack-gz6mi]

joshloversts hahaha I've been to a couple more low-key, country areas and yea it is a bit stronger there. Things that's mad is in the U.K. You can drive 10 mins down the road and people could sound like they live 300 miles away. I do love a good southern yank accent. That and Boston.

[@Christian-vq8rd]

Jack Chapman a Southern Yank is an oxymoron. Northern Florida is Southern: Tallahassee, Jacksonville, etc.

[@Ratsoftheswamp]

+Christian 78 Gainesville isn't very southern culturally speaking tho

[@victorcheng8311]

for foreigners who learn english mostly from movies california accents is our 'standard american accent'...

[@laurie910]

Victor Cheng oh God.... Most of us don't speak that way at all lol

[@romicor9]

I don't think it's standard, but generic in comparison to others. The closest thing to "Standard American English" is allegedly the Midland accent, which has a bit of every dialect. Also many journalists or public speakers talk like that and it's become popular in the media.

[@zanderbagley6836]

Romi C I don’t know, I’d say the purest “general” American accent comes from the four corners states like Colorado and Utah

[@Expeditionmaria]

Victor Cheng no it’s not

[@Expeditionmaria]

Standard is an east coast accent since they are the original USA but not a specific accent but kind of a neutral accent

[@dalesands1291]

Since I spent 13 years in the south and moved back to Canada and I have been told I don't sound Canadian anymore. It never occurred to me while living there it would change the way I speak. I was told recently by a young woman in the house that I don't sound like her teachers at school. Having your accent change is just one of those things you never think about while you are living in another country, you just adapt to what you hear around you.

[@steveneardley7541]

I was born in Maryland. After I'd left for a number of years, I came back, and heard how Southern all my friends sounded. I had lost that comfortable Maryland drawl, and picked up a Canadian "ou" from living in Northern Vermont. I think I pick up a lot of regionalisms, but only if I actually like them. I was in England once and heard a Bostonian American who had not lost a bit of his Boston accent, but had overlaid it with a British accent. It sounded HORRIBLE.

[@WK-bo6qv]

@@steveneardley7541 I grew up on the North Shore in Massachusetts, one of the last places other than Boston itself that still has a fairly strong (though still weak) representaton of the regional accent (though it differs from town to town). Meanwhile my dad is from Maryland, and their accent is unfortunately very, very unknown everywhere else. He has a drawl of sorts but you can only really hear it if you’re listening for it. I think the Maryland accent is fun and should get some more press. But maybe it’s for the better that it doesn’t because nobody I know from outside my area can ever get the Boston accent right. I myself have a tough time imitating the accent but I can kind of do it to entertain my friends. Went hiking in New Hampshire with a friend once and some woman who I’m certain is from Maryland asked us something and he was bewildered by how she sounded. Another time, I was in Providence with some college friends mainly from Maine and New Jersey and we stopped to talk to a police officer and I was the only one who could understand his accent. I love accents and lingustics and they’re one of the coolest subjects to learn about

[@AB-is3tr]

Your new york sounds like new jersey

[@crunchy1547]

Anna Burgos I thought the same.

[@abbymorris1883]

Anna Burgos I’m from New Jersey and no one from New Jersey (at least central New Jersey) talks like that. Although, I’ve definitely heard that accent from New York.

[@AB-is3tr]

Abby Morris well it’s definitely not NYC. Maybe long island but ive certainly heard the real housewives with that sort of linguistic twang.

[@lydibethduran1464]

I live in NYC and we do not talk like that. It’s definitely New Jersey. New York is definitely different.

[@crunchy1547]

Abby Morris Most people from North Jersey talk like that

[@Yowzoe]

What a beautiful and warm person.

[@ampnicole]

Maybe everyone saying they dont talk like that in the comments actually do talk like that but they're just not aware of it because they hear themselves and the other people around them with the accent all the time .

[@ampnicole]

👐

[@KennithSimmons]

Yeah. I live near Boston, but we have less of the accent, though we still have it.

[@salifeqine7583]

Kassy Chateauneuf I agree, my paternal grandparents are from Boston, my maternal are from Virginia and the Carolinas and I am from Maryland. Honestly we are always shocked when we all point out eachothers accents, we just don't hear it.

[@CornPopWasABadDude]

One negative thing that has come with the popularity of television and the internet is the loss of regional accents, in my opinion. Since most actors/actresses sound like they don't possess any accent, they're just kinda "normal", my generation has learned to subconscious imitate that "normal" accent. I'm from North Carolina. My mama constantly tells me that I sound like the people on TV. It's so disappointing because I love the Southern accent. I wish I had it more.

[@stevemarino5745]

You sir, or madam, as the case may be, ain't never been to the South! We got it and we flaunt it, baby.

[@alistairt7544]

This is so sad! Please don't lose your accent. I love hearing the Southern accent. We have some Southerners moving in here in Nevada and I love hearing their twang come out but I noticed that they're trying to suppress it. :/

[@xavierdomenico]

They are actually get stronger contrary to popular belief

[@kellycoleman715]

You are exactly right. Media has killed the Texas accent in people under fifty. Years ago I picked up a kid at the Houston airport who was joining the crew of a mercy ship. He was Swedish and had never been to the U. S. before. He had a PERFECT California accent. No trace of Scandinavia. It still blows my mind thinking about it.

[@diopsidegalactic8269]

This happened to Russian. There's almost no accents in Russian, it's strongly unified. And those remaining are considered rural and bad accents lol. So if you ever come to learning Russian you won't have to choose which accent you want to have, because there is only one.

[@suicidebummer4376]

That had me laughing my balls off. As a 'brit' I was surprised to learn that the 'southern drawl' accent owes more to the english (british) accent than any other. Then I read about how the english spread through america and briefly had a look at how they related then to now. Not the kind of thing I usually read about but certainly taught me a bit. Cheers Amy... keep up the guten arbeit.

[@sumsum404]

omg that third one, the flat white one omg that sounded just like Jenna marbles! omggg

[@sodapoplove95]

Thinking the same thing!

[@papi_dummy]

omg omg omggg!

[@homecookinyumyumyum]

I thought of my high school principal. She talked exactly like. Then again, I do live in Wisconsin, soo...

[@pineapplepeanuts]

I used to talk like that, as a Minnesota/Wisconsin native. Living on the east coast for 20 years eliminated it, but my sister still lives there and I like to make fun of her accent :-p

[@papi_dummy]

Bradley Williams all you have to do to get a midwest accent is take jenna marbles and add canada

[@kennethfitness5381]

The first accent Sounds like The Nanny that old TV show lol. Definitely New York

[@emma5049]

Yes and Joey's agent (friends)

[@OliverWoodphotography]

Southern accents are definitely the most sexy.

[@char08fal]

Whyyyy thank you lol

[@matthewjensen9550]

100%

[@chuckinhouston9952]

So are the chicks

[@daltonroberts8820]

Too bad this wasn’t a genuine southern accent, at least in this age. Hers was more of a 1950s southern accent. It’s totally different now.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

@@daltonroberts8820 you're wrong

[@dannyk6723]

she's gorgeous

[@Marielegoth]

As a foreigner (Proudly a Mexican) I struggle to understand some American accents!!! Thanks a lot!!! Greetings from Nuevo León, México.

[@marko7552]

paisana

[@Marielegoth]

M1989​ ¡Paisano! ¿Qué onda? :-)

[@diljitsingh3887]

As far as I know...even americans struggle to understand each others' accents

[@Rakin1421]

stay behind that wall.

[@Marielegoth]

Shadman Mahmud Rakin Fuck you moron l.l I wouldn't like to live in a country where there's SO much hate and racism... ¡Pinche pendejo racista!

[@bkrider19]

Minnesota accent was freaky good. What, no Boston or Philly? C'maaan.

[@shanemarcotte2062]

drink some beah in dah pock!

[@SteveCarras]

My parents came from Illionois/Missiouri, so though from Calif.myself I speak the same way being their son, but check THIS out, some of words might be similiar to a Minnesota accent.. "I'll just wash aorund the bathroom SINk a little..then" "I'll just warsh arayownd the bathroom sank a little then.."

[@bkrider19]

LOL. Yes, the cities are more cosmopolitan and have folks coming in from all over, so the regional accent is watered down or non-existent there. But out in the hinterlands, bring a translation app.

[@xxIluvyouguysxx]

lol those two cities are where my parents are from

[@KhyleTM]

Southern accents are the best, magical accent, so soothing to listen to, could hear it all day

[@anchy3366]

The New York accent sounds like Nicki Minaj

[@MissKateWalk]

Yeah, mostly fake British when it comes to an interview :D

[@Missteree87]

Nickis only real accent is her NY accent

[@ttoleafoa70]

Well she's from the Bronx so makes sense

[@richardmbowman]

I loved it. Her Bronx was showing.

[@blahajthefriendlyshark556]

I became really uncomfortable when she was doing the southern accents 😂

[@TheStuport]

Amy Walker this was so much fun AND very informative too! Thank you for sharing with all of us linguistic listeners!! Cheers

[@FranticMonster11]

As an Aussie... I love the American accents...especially the NY accent!

[@mingsong]

New York accent sounds like a mix of Italian and ghetto.

[@bandawhat33]

that's basically what new york is especially brooklyn and staten island.

[@nickbelanger5225]

Isn't that what New York is?

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Some of the New York way of speaking actually goes back to the Dutch. Author Louis Auchincloss who was from a wealthy New York family from quite a while back once mentioned going out for the evening with some you women friends and the friends' mother said, "Don't forget your pearls, girls", as "Don't forget your poils, goils". That accent originally was from the upper-class Dutch.

[@watch-_-yourhead1460]

I ain’t never heard people talk like that in New York

[@Brend.0]

Reminds me of Mariah Carey and brenda k Starr. Long Island girls

[@halos.1]

My aunt has the exact accent at 1:34. I love hearing her talk, it's so relaxing

[@erdmax_]

+Haley N That accent is gorgeous; I live in Northern Ireland and wish folk here spoke like that!

[@dracally5439]

+erdmax _ Hello from the Republic of Ireland! :D

[@adriansandry2783]

She is adorable!

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Man, I can't believe you nailed my velociraptor accent!

[@Liltroublegrrl4eva]

I’ve wondered before how accents started...like one day someone decided to talk like that and then it caught on.

[@michaelweiske702]

Like all change, it is a slow process, considering factors like population, environment, and how easily an accent spreads. For the 'East coast' accent, for instance, you have large populations that don't travel far from their residence and mainly keep to themselves, so it's no wonder they'd 'trumpet' their voices to communicate in crowded places, and why it sounds so foreign. With fast communication, these accents will soon fade and mix as globally people start communicating, but who's to say that there might be the 'discord' accent, or the 'youtube' accent in the far future?

[@danielleciamei7113]

Charlanne Mccarthy ikr lol

[@danielleciamei7113]

Michael Weiske yeah but hate to break it to you, most of the East Coast doesn’t talk like this. At least not on NJ. Sometimes in super North NJ when it’s practically NY

[@michaelweiske702]

@@danielleciamei7113 I never claimed that the 'East coast' accent was true of the entire East coast, I only called it that because that's what the video called it (hence the apostrophes).

[@Katamoii]

In the US it mainly had to do with which migrant groups were dominant in which areas e.g. Italians, Irish, etc. They had a big influence on how the language progressed. In Europe and most other places it often has to do with proximity to another country or region where a different language is spoken. Or whether a population is bilingual or has had a colonial past, and so on. There are many answers to this question actually

[@BibleNerd22]

This was delightful to watch.

[@a1santiago]

The New York accent is very similar to the New Jersey one (I live in Jersey and I have an accent when I’m talking fast I can barely pronounce my Rs)

[@cathalmacsiurdain7762]

Very enjoyable. Any person promoting the many accents and regional dialects in any country should be praised. Thank you, Amy. Greeting from a Dubliner in Germany.