09-29-2017, 12:35 PM | #21 |
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Jersey? I can't see mistaking Boston or New Yorkers for Jersey. Unless the south Jersians I'm used around here (since the state is next door) sound different than the north end.
Boston and NY I can see. That isn't as well differentiated when you get down my way in the lower edge of the northeast/Mid-Atlantic and I admit I might not always be able to tell which is which. |
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09-29-2017, 12:42 PM | #23 |
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Since yo guys are talking about accents, I must say I can't tell the difference between a standard American accent and a Canadian one. If i watch a cartoon, movie or tv show set in Canada with Canadian actors I always assume they're American until they mention they're Canadian or something.
I know there are lots of different accents in NA, but if I hear a guy from Canada speak... I'll always think he is American until proven otherwise. |
09-29-2017, 02:06 PM | #24 |
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Some Canadians place heavy accents on their "a's" in almost the same way British or Australian people do.
Americans don't do that. |
09-29-2017, 03:56 PM | #25 |
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Yeah. Filipino nurses ask me if I'm Filipino aaaaalllllll the time.
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09-29-2017, 03:59 PM | #26 |
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Not really from another country, but from another state.
I grew up in Texas, but some people say I have a northern accent. My dad is from Ohio, so...
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09-29-2017, 03:59 PM | #27 |
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09-29-2017, 04:34 PM | #28 |
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I have not been mistaken for another nationality, nor have I been misidentified racially.
However, I have been incorrectly identified as a male, at least online. |
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09-29-2017, 04:43 PM | #30 |
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09-29-2017, 05:14 PM | #31 |
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09-29-2017, 05:15 PM | #32 |
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I've had people assume I was black based on my voice a few times but that's about it. I'm very obviously white on sight.
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09-29-2017, 05:26 PM | #33 |
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People say I sound British despite me being born and raised in North Carolina
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09-29-2017, 05:44 PM | #34 |
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I've had that happen too. Even here on more than one occasion
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09-29-2017, 05:47 PM | #35 |
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09-29-2017, 06:34 PM | #36 |
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From my experience it's not just gamers. More likely it's the not knowing the person and needing to make a guess. I think a lot of people just assume you belong to a dominant group so guess male. Especially is the person trying to guess is already a member of several dominant groups. Male, White, Able-bodied, Heterosexual, Christian, Middle class, Middle aged, English speaking. Of course there are exceptions. But if there's uncertainty about something guess goes to the dominant.
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09-29-2017, 06:54 PM | #37 |
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I'm black, and I've been told that I can pass for a Dominican. Then again, a lot of dark-skinned Dominicans can pass for black. It might be why a few people have come up to me thinking I speak Spanish, even though it hasn't happened often, or happened in a while.
I've also been told that I don't sound black. |
09-29-2017, 07:50 PM | #38 |
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I never understood why so many strangers or people you meet for the first time always ask you your nationality. It's like they're trying to judge you in case you're part of a race they have a bias against or something.
Every time I've started a new job or went somewhere I've never been before, I always get asked, "What are you? What's your nationality?" Like...why the hell do you care? I'm white, isn't that enough? Do I have to give you my whole backstory? It's actually an annoying question. If I wasn't white I'd probably be even more annoyed by people constantly asking, "What are you?" WTF do you care? |
09-30-2017, 01:27 AM | #39 |
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I suppose on-line (no pics/names/other identifiers) you can get an incorrect image of someone, there have been maybe 2 members on here that for some reason I imagined to be female but they were male. Course you figure it out quickly.
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More often I take female users for being male than the other way around. Sometimes male users can fool you, though. |
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