anthonybsd t1_j9yentg wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Reply to comment by crystalGwolf in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

> I don’t watch those films but in my experience, Americans in real life sound nothing like they do in films/tv.

Do you perchance mean 40+ old movies and TV when the insanely artificial mid Atlantic accent was prevalent? That would be understandable. However, nowadays the main TV accent is some variation of midwestern and this form honestly is very common, so I am not sure which Americans you talk to :)

crystalGwolf t1_j9yw5fv wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:13 PM

No, like in Friends. They all have pretty innocuous accents. Modern Family is all a bit nasally tbf. It's always a bit of a shock hearing an American in real life though. Very distinct sound that they make

AndyZuggle t1_j9zc90f wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:59 PM

> No, like in Friends.

North Eastern accents are nasal. Jewish accents are nasal. The main cast consisted of:

Jennifer Aniston: North Easterner (NY)

Courtney Cox: Southerner

Lisa Kudrow: jew

Matt LeBlanc: North Easterner (MA)

Matthew Perry: Canadian

David Schwimmer: NYC jew

crystalGwolf t1_j9zdnfp wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:08 PM

The Jews!

anthonybsd t1_j9ywkx6 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Interesting. Friends has roughly New York accents (especially Joey). Modern Family is typical modern Midwestern. Perhaps it sounds stranger because actors (especially theater actors) tend to annunciate their words more, but that’s all I can think of.

crystalGwolf t1_j9ywvcr wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Maybe it's just because I grew up watching Friends aha