As a native speaker, the accents here were very minor differences. They could have chosen people with harder accents from northeast, Boston, Brooklyn or from deep south, Texas, Appalachia and a few other regions which are known for more distinct voices.
I feel like they needed an Ohio person from southeastern Ohio, which is the Appalachia part, like people used to think I was not from Ohio because of my accent.
I’m American. My advice to people trying to hear accent differences is to listen to vowel shifts. There is a series on RUclips by a dialect coach called the North American accent tour. Very informative.
@@Carlos-xz5cz Even to a native if they aren’t as perceptive or train their ear. I hear the difference in the two pronunciations. I mentioned in another post that in some parts of the South, people will drag their I’s. What that means is they hold on to the sound a little longer than other regions. It’s hard to explain by writing it phonetically. Fun Fact- North Carolina is the most accent diverse state in the USA. One group known as the High Tiders are frequently confused for being British. They pronounce I’s like two syllables so tide sounds like toid ❤
for the non-americans here, most of you dont get that America is huge. Third largest country by size behind Russia and Canada. The country spans 7 time zones. There are waaaaaaaay more accents than Texas, California, Boston and New York. Plus, you also got to watch how each person dresses and body movements. You can tell alot by the people here by alot of other things outside accents too. America is very very hyper-regional and we have different slang, ways of dress, customs for each region--more than most think. We are not the shows and fast food exports you see overseas.
YES! Very well said, I live in Columbus, Ohio (middle of the state, big city), and the way Shalon moved her hands and body is just like how young women my age/her age move here! 8:00 It's pretty formal, I think bc there's still that layer of rural-sort of strictness (?) but it's feet forward, hands held in front of your body, and covering your mouth when you laugh! Seriously all of us do it, especially in situations like this where we meet someone new, no matter how extroverted we are!
@shannonmn8923 I live in Northeast Ohio, and I agree. Living in a part of Ohio that's close to Pennsylvania, I sometimes hear a slight difference just by driving 30 mins across the border
We were more hyper-regional, but there is a loss of regional identity in America as everything is corporatized. I think regional accents will last longest out of somethings. And then America is forcing and projecting its culture across the world, and those nations are losing their identity.
@@shannonardoI’m from like southern Ohio an hr away from Cincinnati and an Hour away from Dayton and I kinda find it very fascinating that the girl actually didn’t act like any of the young ladies around here but I could tell she was from Ohio by her accent. it might be were I’m from idk I come from a small village and stuff so it might be that 😭
LOL I know Shallen!!!! We modeled together, walking the runway (Hayman days)! Both from Ohio and my accent is WAY different than her’s. Mines more of a country sound. Now living in Atlanta and people here hear it all the time.
For us non-Americans we needed a Boston or a Southern accent as they are so heavily referenced in pop culture because of their distinctiveness so we could understand what the hype is all about.
@@rosey4000 Boston has about 6 distinct accents. But, I only know the Southy (Matt Damon) and the Boston Brahmin (the Kennedys). I agree with what you said.
This is a bit unfair. All of them live in Korea now, so they've become accustomed to speaking to non-English speakers, so their cadence is not what they are accustomed to in their native states.
This video had me tripping... I was like "either they got a whole crew of Koreaboos on set, or something is up" lmaoooo bc "fighting!" and the white girl from Ohio saying "annyeonghaseyo" LMAOOOO!
They don't need to move to Korea for that. You can have neutral "American newscaster" sounding accents in all 50 states. Not everyone in every state has a heavy regional giveaway accent.
"My UNtie" definitely exposed the Atlanta girl. Before that, I was genuinely clueless. Her accent is so neutral to me. When she said film, I thought LA, but ATL makes sense.
Actually, for me, a person from a non english speaker country, it’s so difficult to hear the difference between the accents. The good part it’s I can understand all!
For what it's worth, as far as this native speaker can tell, Shannon has a very light accent that only is "hearable" on certain words, and the rest of them don't have a detectable accent at all.
I'm guessing that because everyone here teaches English overseas/travels a lot that their accents have normalized tremendously compared to people who never leave the state in which they were born. Even having traveled both coasts a lot for work these are not what I think of when I remember accents from the locations I'd been too.
This girl said “trees are popular” in my state. Hahahaha. Also I love that she said her mother was very strict in how they spoke in the house! I think we expect people (esp people of color) in different places to have certain accents and that just isn’t always the case. My dad (African American) raised me the same way. Eventually people do the whole “you sound white” and “you speak so eloquently”, but I love that she’s pushing against that stereotype by just being herself. She’s so cool.
Her questions were good. To be honest none of these people have heavy regional accents. They could be from anywhere in the US. Yes you can have native born and raised people in all 50 states with perfectly neutral newscaster American accents believe it or not.
I'm American and same. The most distinguishing accents in the US are Southern/Texas and certain East Coast cities... But even people from those places often don't have a strong accent depending on where or how they were brought up. I know there's ways to tell based on pronunciation shifts of specific words and other hints.
That girl has the most un-North Carolina accent I've heard. Shes a damn transplant to Raleigh. Source: Family has been in the state since the early 1700s.
Cowboy hats are not stereotypical in NC. It isn't Texas! For me, Shannon definitely sounded like she's from North Carolina, but it's also a state with many different accents. The combination of basketball, barbeque, and string of beaches sealed the deal for me.
@@alukuhito My point is that they are not stereotypical of the state. If you were to ask people in which states people wear them, they wouldn't say NC. They'd likely say Texas first, and then likely Wyoming, Montana, Oklahoma, and other states where ranching is a way of life. That doesn't exist in NC.
Certain things are called by different names in different states or have strong differences in their pronunciation like sneakers, soda, and hoagie sandwiches or pecans and crayons. These can be huge giveaways for regions.
When the lady said “Film, Trees, & Traffic” I died. Film is everywhere in Atlanta now (I work right by Tyler Perry Studios), and Atlanta has a huge forest that the city is built through (in fact if you don’t have trees in your yard or around your building you’re considered weird or poor), and traffic…well Atlanta traffic is famous.
When the Californian let go and started speaking normally, I was like "oh he's fs from CA" the way he talked, adding "like", and was like "yeah yeah" but resisted the urge to say "yeah no yeah" are all mannerisms of someone from California. Also he was pretty chill in speaking. This was fun!
People all over the US talk like that though. I live in Pennsylvania and people talk the same way. There isn't really a distinct "California" accent as most people just talk like anyone else in the US
@@EonServoXACalifornian here who works with so many folks around the world. The “like” is pretty Californian. Also our inflections are pretty unique and the dude is right, we speak slowerrrrrr
This was tough because the American accent has become so homogenized because of TV and the internet. But, America still has plenty of people with strong regional accents.
Ian sounds SO much like actor Sam Witwer, it's uncanny. But he's also got that 'rollercoaster-ish' Californian thing going with his words, haha. Definitely Californian.
Atlanta‘s accent is different from the typical Georgia accent. But then again North Georgia had that harsher feel more r heavy accent. than the typical tidewater southern with South Georgia has. Atlanta has a very mixed accent (if you’re from there when she said AUNTIE that’s a dead giveaway. And I’m from the outer metro OTP) and grew up here so I instantly noticed when she gave the cues. It also she hid he accent well.)
Ohio accents are very different between the northwest and southeast of the state. One edges on upper Midwestern, and the other is pretty much Appalachian.
Ya I knew too but it was a give away too for me because it also isn't far from my city and I've seen it but NEVER been inside of the Neil Armstrong place
I'm a Korean. I guess Shannon who appeared at the last interview would have lived in Korea for years. Because when she staged first, her attitude clarified it. And she compared the size of Ohio to that of Korea which may be familiar with her. Thanks for a interesting video! ❤❤
I’m American and trust me, in everyday, we can tell someone sounds different but hardly anyone can accurately guess the state. Illinois for example, in Chicago people sound different from people in the south of Illinois. Everyone outside of the Chicago area says gym shoes, others say tennis shoes like who tf plays tennis🤨🤨? I do but my point still stands 😆
From what I could tell, she was able to guess where they were from not from the accents but answering specific questions. It would be neat to have folks with a thicker accent from their states by reading certain sentences rather than asking what’s popular in their states.
I’m from America and I barely heard their accent lol except for North Carolina. I’m assuming the guy is from Cali but lived another country cause that is def not a Cali accent. And the girl from Georgia really didn’t have much of an accent but she said she talks like that for a job. So I didn’t really think this video did a good job show casing different American accents. Im sure they did what they could with the people they had.
I agree. I didn't at all. They all pretty much sounded like each other. And I've lived all over. Atlanta has so many northerners living there, there is no accent really.
Being from Ohio, I think it is way too easy for people to guess our state. Like we are actually famous for a lot, especially sports and air travel. And you don't want to say Cedar Point. Ohio also has a pretty decent mixture of urban and rural life, like I grew up in southeastern Ohio and when I first moved to Columbus for college people thought I was from a different state because I have more of a twang to my accent, probably because I grew up close to West Virginia.
I'm from around where the girl is from and tbh I found that I have a light southern draw but its with certain words and I do say y'all a lot but I think it's just because cincy is so close to Kentucky southwest Ohio has a little bit of southern culture added in the mix. But I was able to to pickup on her being from ohio real easy
I'm from NE, Ohio, and I have a similar perspective. Cleveland has its own accent, but many people up here moved from down south for the steel factories. We're also super close to PA, so we have a hint of that.
As some one from Cali, we tend to shorted our words a lot😭. I wouldn’t have guessed it but when he described it, then yea most def. Even with some words like the pizza, I’m the part where I’m from, we even be changing it up some like “pissa “
She does not sound like she's from NC--not any region. She sounds like she's the child of transplants to NC so while she might have been born here, her parents don't have an accent or what I see (hear ) a lot is southerners attempted to get rid of their accent, which makes me sad.
It was always bugging me which famous person she reminds me of when i look at her, but then i realized it's Elizabeth Olsen, only her face is more gaunt and longer in general and more gaunt kess round...but her eyes look a lot like Olsen's!
USA is the country with most diversity in the world , I mean a lot of people from different countries of each continent , also the country with most immigrants , dude that's a lot 😳
Born, raised and lived in California for way too many years to admit, and I only hear people say "Awnt" when they or their family is from another state. Most say "Ant."
Both sides of my family have been in California for more than a century and we're native English speakers--and I always say "ant" (as the insect) and never say "awnt." Your California guy aeems to have a bit of a different accent overall actually.
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U gotta do somebody from the Midwest... Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Im from Wisconsin, and I will tell you that everybody that's not from the Midwest has an accent to me lol.
I am from Chicago and didn't realize that I have a kind of nasally accent until someone pointed out the way I pronounced certain words and then I could hear it. (Especially a word like "CAN'T"!) My husband is from the middle of the state of Illinois and has a very neutral accent. But I DO NOT sound like those guys from SNL's "Da Bears" skit! And I say soda, not pop. I also say Chi-CAW-go, not Chi-CAH-go. And the Aunt pronunciation could confuse someone trying to guess if someone is from Illinois because I've noticed that white people here say "ANT", but black people say "AWN-TY". This video was fun to watch. Love the vibe of the young lady from Atlanta.
I'm from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. A lot of people from the Chicagoland area have what is called the "northern cities vowel shift," which is also called the inland northern accent. It spans from Upstate New York (and northeast Pennsylvania) all the way to Minnesota. I say CHI-CAH-GO instead of CHI-CAW-GO. I sound just like most of my dad's side of the family. However, my mom is originally from Bloomington, Indiana and doesn't sound Chicagoan, but probably more neutral, I suppose. Some people have a twang south of Indianapolis, which makes sense cause you're closer to Kentucky, and they got a southerm twang for sure. The late actor Dennis Farina is from Chicago and had a thick, nasally Chicagoan accent for sure!
Most black people in Illinois have Southern roots. I think the South and the Northeast have tended to hold on the British and Irish English style words and pronunciations more than other regions. In the Northeast I commonly hear white people saying aunt particularly if they are higher class. I have heard Americans say they thought yonder and reckon and fancy (verb) were “Southern words” when they are from British English and still heavily used there. Awnt is the RP pronunciation. I use and prefer this pronunciation. Countries like India which is a former UK colony also use aunt/auntie say it as awnt/awntie. Several Caribbean countries do too.
I was going to mention the northern cities vowel shift as well. The old Chicago accent is pretty rare nowadays. Lots of articles online discussing its demise.
As a new yorker from Brooklyn, i think our infamous accent is fading but there's some words I say differently than other Americans. For example: for sure sounds like "four shooer", caught sounds like "coh-aht", office sounds like "oh-ah-fiss" lol. I can't help it.
Wow Hunter is gorgeous, smart and is great at this. ❤❤❤ My accent is a hybrid because I grew up into two different regions. I also pronounce aunt as awnt. Actually I tend to say auntie most of the time. I have noticed now that I am in the Midwest I almost entirely hear aunt as ant. For me, I listen to how Americans pronounce their vowels especially a and o as an indicator. Or do they tend to drop g and re at the of words or t in the middle of words. Hunter is smart to ask how they pronounced certain words because it can be a major clue. Coyote, mayonnaise, pecan and almond are some other good clue words. You can also ask what to they call certain things. Word choices say a lot. What do you address your parents and their mother and father might be a good one too. Also even within a state, rural vs urban will make a difference.
Yeah, she did really well (Is "really" a Wisconsin tell? I suppose a person should say "very"). It gets tougher when people are better educated. Americans tend to use a flatter accent around strangers, and then resort to the local speak around familiar people. We definitely say "ant" here, the other way sounds British RP to us.
@@EddieReischl Since moving to the Midwest I have noticed a lot of people elongate their O’s more than I’m used to hearing. I even catch myself doing this sometimes now because accent are contagious.😂 It’s hard to explain in writing but I will try. Go sounds like goah and both like boath. German influence maybe? Some places it’s thicker than others. Then around Chicago and Cleveland I noticed a difference with the As. Both seen flatter and more drawn out but in different ways. I met a Youper from MI and thought he was an immigrant from some Scandinavian country not American. I have a few friends from places like Minnesota and Southern Louisiana who have worked to lessen their regional accents but it comes out in certain words or when then they are extremely excited or upset. I think what outsiders may not realize is your accent can affect how people treat you especially outside of your local area. I have a brilliant friend who owns an investment firm, but because he has a thick Southern drawl when he travels, people treat him like he’s an idiot. Some accents are considered lower class. I think that is the case in England as well. In the South there is a tendency to make one syllable words sound like two help is he yulp. I’s are elongated. Niiight Riight Fiiight. I also think shortened versions of speaking are becoming more popular. I’m going to yielded I’m gonna yielded Imma. I hear highly educated people saying Imma nowadays.
@@michaelhawk3861 yea she says North Cackalacky, as someone who has lived in South Carolina, ive heard it few times there as well, from my understanding its a nickname for the Carolinas made to poke fun at the deep southern ways of the 2 states, I guess the Carolinians kinda just liked it and just took it on as a little nickname for themselves
@michaelhawk3861 yes, that's our slang term for our state "North (Nort') Cackalacky". As a NC person it's a little difficult to go into a full piedmont NC accent anymore because it is dying. Shannon had more of a general "Southern" accent instead of one of the more regionally specific NC accents. Some of my coworkers from the more rural counties still have the Piedmont accent though.
The Californian I could place in like 2 seconds. The Georgian was harder. North Carolina was pretty easy too. Ohio was tougher (until she mentioned some famous people).
I have a sister and friends in Atlanta, so I go there a lot, and in my opinion, that city has become so full of transplants in the past several decades that most people below, say, 40-50 that have grown up within the “perimeter” don’t even have a perceivable Southern accent anymore. You have to drive way out of their metro area to start really hearing that Georgia drawl. (You will still hear some Southern idioms and special words for things, though)
@@vespista1971 I’d have to disagree. There are plenty of people from Georgia and native Atlantans still in the city. It just depends on where you hang tbh. And Atlanta has its own couple of accents, and the country can come out with a good party. As soon as the lady started speaking I knew she was from here, plus the fact that she said film-trees-traffic. That’s deep knowledge, lol, that only people from Atlanta get. Her drawl was more of a melodic rhythm I hear all the time with Southern people who’ve trained their accents down. Her humor and how she moved with her whole body also is very Atlanta vibe. I knew exactly who were the Southerners by body language alone. Kind of wild,
@@vespista1971 That‘s a lie, I live in Covington and whenever I go somewhere else in Georgia that’s not in the Atlanta Metro they say that i sound like I sound like I’m from the city. And the more I talk I catch myself saying a lot of slang. But then again if you’re not from Georgia you’re not gonna have that southern accent at all.
I’m guessing your stereotypes are based on movies. As an American, she came across to me as “acting” and playing it up a bit in an attempt to through Hunter off. I can tell she is fun. 😂
Somebody from a big city like Atlanta wouldn't sound as "southern" as someone from other parts of Georgia. North Carolina accents arent generally as thickly southern as a place further south like Alabama or Texas. People here in western NY state say "ant" but it tends to be mostly African Americans and Hispanics who say "ont", not usually white people around here.
Nah that’s not true. I’m born ITP in Midtown but grew up OTP (in/out the perimeter) in the East Metro in Conyers/ Covington, in the suburbs so my accent is thick even to be labeled as country from someone "the but also city enough from anywhere else in Georgia that they can’t understand me. But I’m also in the city a lot so I can understand the deep hood people perfectly enough. It’s like a couple of accents here. If you’re not from Georgia entirely your not finna have an accent, if you’re from the hood or generally anywhere ITP or extremely close to the city ( think T.I. OR Young Nudy) even if they’re white, they’re gonna have that typical Atlanta accent. And the most common one which I have that mixed one where it’s a city/ country mix. Also if you’re in the North Metro near the mountains you’re gonna have that hillbilly accent regardless of race. And a lot of the older population has that deep southern drawl; it’s the Northerners and others that you can easily tell that their not from here that just plain act different. In a bad way different. And also, the Southern dialect is VERY different wherever you’re from. Like a person from Atlanta, Savannah, Knoxville, Memphis,El Paso, Houston, Asheville , or Charleston, and Miami (or from a more southern N Florida comparison Tallahassee, will sound extremely different. I have no clue if you’re from the South, but as a Southerner it’s easy to tell. 👍🏾
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"We're known for our beaches"
"Ok, are you from New Mexico?
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As a native speaker, the accents here were very minor differences. They could have chosen people with harder accents from northeast, Boston, Brooklyn or from deep south, Texas, Appalachia and a few other regions which are known for more distinct voices.
But then it would've been easier?
Or an actual Atlanta accent.
@@StaciBlu bruh that would’ve been a dead give away lmfaoo😂
I feel like they needed an Ohio person from southeastern Ohio, which is the Appalachia part, like people used to think I was not from Ohio because of my accent.
@@StaciBlu I still knew the moment she talked she was from Atlanta Ga.
My favorite part was when she responded to "We're famous for a string of beaches." by asking "Are you from New Mexico?"
yes, that made no sense.
🤣🤣
literally best Beaches are close to Mexico, but yeah thats like wtf.
My favorite part was when she was like “ should I play with her”?. And the other girl was like “ Don’t play with meeee” 😁🤣
String of beaches?
What's that?
I'm from Florida.
I’m American. My advice to people trying to hear accent differences is to listen to vowel shifts. There is a series on RUclips by a dialect coach called the North American accent tour. Very informative.
When she said North Carolina and the two possible pronunciations, I couldn't tell the difference. Sounds the same to a non-native I guess.
@@Carlos-xz5cz Even to a native if they aren’t as perceptive or train their ear. I hear the difference in the two pronunciations. I mentioned in another post that in some parts of the South, people will drag their I’s. What that means is they hold on to the sound a little longer than other regions. It’s hard to explain by writing it phonetically. Fun Fact- North Carolina is the most accent diverse state in the USA. One group known as the High Tiders are frequently confused for being British. They pronounce I’s like two syllables so tide sounds like toid ❤
I find accent from people from Alberta very similar to people from Montana and Wyoming
for the non-americans here, most of you dont get that America is huge. Third largest country by size behind Russia and Canada. The country spans 7 time zones. There are waaaaaaaay more accents than Texas, California, Boston and New York. Plus, you also got to watch how each person dresses and body movements. You can tell alot by the people here by alot of other things outside accents too. America is very very hyper-regional and we have different slang, ways of dress, customs for each region--more than most think. We are not the shows and fast food exports you see overseas.
YES! Very well said, I live in Columbus, Ohio (middle of the state, big city), and the way Shalon moved her hands and body is just like how young women my age/her age move here! 8:00 It's pretty formal, I think bc there's still that layer of rural-sort of strictness (?) but it's feet forward, hands held in front of your body, and covering your mouth when you laugh! Seriously all of us do it, especially in situations like this where we meet someone new, no matter how extroverted we are!
@shannonmn8923 I live in Northeast Ohio, and I agree. Living in a part of Ohio that's close to Pennsylvania, I sometimes hear a slight difference just by driving 30 mins across the border
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We were more hyper-regional, but there is a loss of regional identity in America as everything is corporatized. I think regional accents will last longest out of somethings. And then America is forcing and projecting its culture across the world, and those nations are losing their identity.
@@shannonardoI’m from like southern Ohio an hr away from Cincinnati and an Hour away from Dayton and I kinda find it very fascinating that the girl actually didn’t act like any of the young ladies around here but I could tell she was from Ohio by her accent. it might be were I’m from idk I come from a small village and stuff so it might be that 😭
LOL I know Shallen!!!! We modeled together, walking the runway (Hayman days)! Both from Ohio and my accent is WAY different than her’s. Mines more of a country sound. Now living in Atlanta and people here hear it all the time.
For us non-Americans we needed a Boston or a Southern accent as they are so heavily referenced in pop culture because of their distinctiveness so we could understand what the hype is all about.
@@rosey4000 Boston has about 6 distinct accents. But, I only know the Southy (Matt Damon) and the Boston Brahmin (the Kennedys).
I agree with what you said.
Yes. If you were to study the differences between the southern accents, you would discover that there are so many southern accents.
frr they all sound the same to me 😭
Well guess what this video is for Americans so no one cares about what you want
Southern accents sound ignorant. 😂
This is a bit unfair. All of them live in Korea now, so they've become accustomed to speaking to non-English speakers, so their cadence is not what they are accustomed to in their native states.
This video had me tripping... I was like "either they got a whole crew of Koreaboos on set, or something is up" lmaoooo bc "fighting!" and the white girl from Ohio saying "annyeonghaseyo" LMAOOOO!
They don't need to move to Korea for that. You can have neutral "American newscaster" sounding accents in all 50 states. Not everyone in every state has a heavy regional giveaway accent.
bro why did you know they live in Korea now?
@@realmadridworld1688 frrrr I’m only one minute in and I said out loud: why she speak like she talking to a korean
@@Andy-tk7fh channel's based in korea
"My UNtie" definitely exposed the Atlanta girl. Before that, I was genuinely clueless. Her accent is so neutral to me. When she said film, I thought LA, but ATL makes sense.
Untie your shoes?
@@johnd5931 the way she pronounced "auntie"... I just spelled it phonetically, the way she said it. Very Atlanta pronunciation.
They say NY is Broadway, LA is movies and ATL is TV... But idk about the LA one
I’m not so sure. All blacks in the south pronounce Auntie like that…from NC to MS.
Actually, for me, a person from a non english speaker country, it’s so difficult to hear the difference between the accents. The good part it’s I can understand all!
I find it difficult to hear. None of their accents are particularly strong.
it ain't only about the english, dude. British or Australian wouldn't have distinguished them either
I'm fluent in English and even I can't hear the difference in their accents lol it's completely negligible
For what it's worth, as far as this native speaker can tell, Shannon has a very light accent that only is "hearable" on certain words, and the rest of them don't have a detectable accent at all.
I'm guessing that because everyone here teaches English overseas/travels a lot that their accents have normalized tremendously compared to people who never leave the state in which they were born. Even having traveled both coasts a lot for work these are not what I think of when I remember accents from the locations I'd been too.
This girl said “trees are popular” in my state. Hahahaha. Also I love that she said her mother was very strict in how they spoke in the house! I think we expect people (esp people of color) in different places to have certain accents and that just isn’t always the case. My dad (African American) raised me the same way. Eventually people do the whole “you sound white” and “you speak so eloquently”, but I love that she’s pushing against that stereotype by just being herself. She’s so cool.
I’m from Georgia and it’s true Trees are very popular here lol.
nah shes right though
@@NiaxmoomooSeconded hahahahaha. Fun fact. Atlanta has a lesser known nickname: "The City of Trees".
Her questions were good. To be honest none of these people have heavy regional accents. They could be from anywhere in the US. Yes you can have native born and raised people in all 50 states with perfectly neutral newscaster American accents believe it or not.
She should have asked the last girl what does she call a carbonated beverage. That is a good way to tell some regions
That's a really good one.
she's actually a beast at guessing their states lol
Since Shannon appeared i wanted see her with Shalon , their names sound similar , also their hair 👱🏻♀️ 😁
The most US / American video i've seen on the channel 😊
For sure 😅
Why not big tomate
Shannon : We are famous for the string of beaches.
Hunter: Are you from New Mexico? ☠️😂
guess where i a fro?
That killed me. Lol
Literally opened the comments to see if anyone else noticed that 🤦🏽♂️
they all sound the same .
The Ian guy doesn't even sound American any more. He must have lived in Korea for a very long time.
@@Ivan-fm4eh at the beginning he sounded abit british to me but when he started talking more and more his American accent was clearer .
Really? I can hear a difference.
I'm American and same.
The most distinguishing accents in the US are Southern/Texas and certain East Coast cities... But even people from those places often don't have a strong accent depending on where or how they were brought up. I know there's ways to tell based on pronunciation shifts of specific words and other hints.
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That girl has the most un-North Carolina accent I've heard. Shes a damn transplant to Raleigh. Source: Family has been in the state since the early 1700s.
Cowboy hats are not stereotypical in NC. It isn't Texas! For me, Shannon definitely sounded like she's from North Carolina, but it's also a state with many different accents. The combination of basketball, barbeque, and string of beaches sealed the deal for me.
Yeah, but just the fact that some people wear them at all could give the lady an idea. There are other places where those are seen as complete jokes.
Right!? Cowboy hats aren't really a thing in most southern states unless you live or work on a farm.
I submit cowboy hats are not all that common in NC.
@@alukuhito My point is that they are not stereotypical of the state. If you were to ask people in which states people wear them, they wouldn't say NC. They'd likely say Texas first, and then likely Wyoming, Montana, Oklahoma, and other states where ranching is a way of life. That doesn't exist in NC.
Lmao I was just saying this to myself. Cowboy hats are a Texas things. In North Carolina it’s about basketball, BBQ, moonshine, NASCAR and fishing
Certain things are called by different names in different states or have strong differences in their pronunciation like sneakers, soda, and hoagie sandwiches or pecans and crayons. These can be huge giveaways for regions.
Truth! I'm basically from the southern tip of NJ, and I tend to pronounce crayon as crown
Loved the energy of the Atlanta girl
100% annoying
Thanks! 🫰🏽
I agree, so much energy! Like, why is she so happy?!
She's so annoying....😂
Cat lady for sure.
@@jsphat81 😼
Agreed, however she definitely doesn't have an Atlanta accent like not even a little bit
What was this "I see you big apple" thing. Hilarious 🤣
Acknowledging each other's greatness😂🎉
New York is known as "the big apple"
1:34 "I got it from my cat" + the movement she does 😭💀 Love her!
I can't help it~~😂🐱
When the lady said “Film, Trees, & Traffic” I died. Film is everywhere in Atlanta now (I work right by Tyler Perry Studios), and Atlanta has a huge forest that the city is built through (in fact if you don’t have trees in your yard or around your building you’re considered weird or poor), and traffic…well Atlanta traffic is famous.
You must not be from here
Hunter is sooooo good at this!
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I love these!! Not just different people from various countries, but different regions and accents!!
That New Yorker was good! Did very well! I’m biased but I would’ve loved Christina from near Boston in this video too!
When the Californian let go and started speaking normally, I was like "oh he's fs from CA" the way he talked, adding "like", and was like "yeah yeah" but resisted the urge to say "yeah no yeah" are all mannerisms of someone from California. Also he was pretty chill in speaking. This was fun!
People all over the US talk like that though. I live in Pennsylvania and people talk the same way. There isn't really a distinct "California" accent as most people just talk like anyone else in the US
@@EonServoXA You have to be from California to hear the difference. I'm sure it sounds familiar, but if you're not from the area, you won't hear it.
@@EonServoXAthere’s definitely a difference. the California accent has spread due to TV but if you’re native to California, you can hear it.
@@EonServoXACalifornian here who works with so many folks around the world. The “like” is pretty Californian. Also our inflections are pretty unique and the dude is right, we speak slowerrrrrr
This was tough because the American accent has become so homogenized because of TV and the internet.
But, America still has plenty of people with strong regional accents.
Ah yes, my favorite states: New York, California, North Carolina, Ohio, and… Atlanta. 😂
😂😂😂 I’m glad somebody else noticed that
Atlanta is a US city not a US state.
@@marydavis5234 right!!!? It’s like people thinking Chicago or Vegas are states.
😂🎉 Atlanta, officially, is a US State now😂😂
@@marydavis5234 Atlanta is a state of being lol
6:31 How is New Mexico known for "its string of beaches"????😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Or BBQ? The second she said beaches and BBQ I knew it was North Carolina. Her accent was very very faint but I caught South right away.
@@cswigertand basketball
Ian sounds SO much like actor Sam Witwer, it's uncanny. But he's also got that 'rollercoaster-ish' Californian thing going with his words, haha. Definitely Californian.
Just one correction for the thumb image: Atlanta is the CAPITAL of Georgia(US southern state) all the other images are US states😬
Atlanta‘s accent is different from the typical Georgia accent. But then again North Georgia had that harsher feel more r heavy accent. than the typical tidewater southern with South Georgia has. Atlanta has a very mixed accent (if you’re from there when she said AUNTIE that’s a dead giveaway. And I’m from the outer metro OTP) and grew up here so I instantly noticed when she gave the cues. It also she hid he accent well.)
Shannon: we are famous for the string of beaches.
Hunter: ok, are, you, from, New Mexico?
Ohio accents are very different between the northwest and southeast of the state. One edges on upper Midwestern, and the other is pretty much Appalachian.
and columbus has a neutral midland accent
Yeah, I've family between Toledo and Dayton and have really noticed accents from several of my aunts that are different from central Ohio.
To be fair for the guy even as someone from california myself I was flipping between California versus Midwest with the way he was talking.
Totally! To me he sounded Midwest and the Atl chick sounded Cali.
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When she said Neil Armstrong it was a dead giveaway. He's from Wapokoneta, Ohio. I worked there for a few months but I'm from Indiana.
Ya I knew too but it was a give away too for me because it also isn't far from my city and I've seen it but NEVER been inside of the Neil Armstrong place
Chelsea is the CUTEST!!!! she's just a burst of sunshine!
More Chelsea please!! She’s so funny.
Her name is Chelsea 's soccer team:))
She has a atlanta accent?
Yay🎉It was fun!! Haha I do have an accent with certain words, but not normally due to my profession(s)~
I'm a Korean. I guess Shannon who appeared at the last interview would have lived in Korea for years. Because when she staged first, her attitude clarified it. And she compared the size of Ohio to that of Korea which may be familiar with her. Thanks for a interesting video! ❤❤
I'm an American and I wouldn't able to pinpoint their accents to a specific state. Region would fair better! 😮
agree
I need ian in my life. Does he have social media
Same! Im glad it was Hunter and not me😂
@@cupidok2768 😂😂 shoot your shot.
@@anndeecosita3586 not english
I was convinced that the Californian was international! I thought he was tricking us!
When she said “that ain’t it” 😂 the ny sass well heard.
I’m from Appalachia, and people here speak so differently than most southerners. It’s a beautiful accent.
I’m American and trust me, in everyday, we can tell someone sounds different but hardly anyone can accurately guess the state.
Illinois for example, in Chicago people sound different from people in the south of Illinois. Everyone outside of the Chicago area says gym shoes, others say tennis shoes like who tf plays tennis🤨🤨? I do but my point still stands 😆
From what I could tell, she was able to guess where they were from not from the accents but answering specific questions. It would be neat to have folks with a thicker accent from their states by reading certain sentences rather than asking what’s popular in their states.
Chelsea is just soooo nice😂
She was really Hunter. Also poeple from New York seem really bright in some way
I’m from America and I barely heard their accent lol except for North Carolina. I’m assuming the guy is from Cali but lived another country cause that is def not a Cali accent. And the girl from Georgia really didn’t have much of an accent but she said she talks like that for a job. So I didn’t really think this video did a good job show casing different American accents. Im sure they did what they could with the people they had.
I agree. I didn't at all. They all pretty much sounded like each other. And I've lived all over. Atlanta has so many northerners living there, there is no accent really.
There's more to California than just LA and the Bay
Weed is also a town in California. One of my best friends is from there. It's near the base of Mt. Shasta.
I'm from North Carolina. And I've lived in other states. The southern accents were very faint. Most sounded the same.
Being from Ohio, I think it is way too easy for people to guess our state. Like we are actually famous for a lot, especially sports and air travel. And you don't want to say Cedar Point. Ohio also has a pretty decent mixture of urban and rural life, like I grew up in southeastern Ohio and when I first moved to Columbus for college people thought I was from a different state because I have more of a twang to my accent, probably because I grew up close to West Virginia.
I'm from around where the girl is from and tbh I found that I have a light southern draw but its with certain words and I do say y'all a lot but I think it's just because cincy is so close to Kentucky southwest Ohio has a little bit of southern culture added in the mix. But I was able to to pickup on her being from ohio real easy
The moment she said Neil Armstrong it was easy
I'm from NE, Ohio, and I have a similar perspective. Cleveland has its own accent, but many people up here moved from down south for the steel factories. We're also super close to PA, so we have a hint of that.
Oh my, nice pants Shannon 😅❤
Shalon must be from Cincinnati. It's famous for its chili (Skyline & Gold Star are the two biggest chains).
As some one from Cali, we tend to shorted our words a lot😭. I wouldn’t have guessed it but when he described it, then yea most def. Even with some words like the pizza, I’m the part where I’m from, we even be changing it up some like “pissa “
She does not sound like she's from NC--not any region. She sounds like she's the child of transplants to NC so while she might have been born here, her parents don't have an accent or what I see (hear ) a lot is southerners attempted to get rid of their accent, which makes me sad.
1:00 did she just do the Korean "fighting!" expression LMAOOOOO.
What makes Shannon out of this world attractive is that she seems genuinely kind. I mean, being a smoking hot model doesn't hurt either.
It was always bugging me which famous person she reminds me of when i look at her, but then i realized it's Elizabeth Olsen, only her face is more gaunt and longer in general and more gaunt kess round...but her eyes look a lot like Olsen's!
The ugly tattoos are ruining her looks.
Everytime I see Ohio, I can hear the "Down in Ohio.. swag like Ohio"
Same
😂😂
USA is the country with most diversity in the world , I mean a lot of people from different countries of each continent , also the country with most immigrants , dude that's a lot 😳
India would like a word
@@MW_Asura it may be diverse but it doesn’t have immigrants from all around the world to the extent of America
@@MW_Asura Nah, India is diverse, but not like the US. In fact there are probably all kinds of Indians living in the US.
Classic American exceptionalism. Keep it going
Nigga just because your country is flooded with mexicans doesn't mean it's the most diverse nation on Earth, please go outside, travel some more
I absolutely loved Chelsea and hunter connection ❤
Born, raised and lived in California for way too many years to admit, and I only hear people say "Awnt" when they or their family is from another state. Most say "Ant."
Hunter is my English teacher😎😎
Both sides of my family have been in California for more than a century and we're native English speakers--and I always say "ant" (as the insect) and never say "awnt." Your California guy aeems to have a bit of a different accent overall actually.
I thought he was from California until he said awnt. That really threw me off since I never heard it pronounced that way growing up there.
@@zacharystockton7087 Me neither--except by outsiders or those growing up in families of outsiders (that is, non-Californians).
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Pop culture, multimedia, the internet etc has slightly muted accents here in the states.
Wow, Hunter is freaking amazing at this =O also Shannon doing Cotton Eye Joe is amazing lol I love it
Im from cali, the first girl was trying really hard to do the valley accent. In cali we say " homie, and Foo" as our slang.
U gotta do somebody from the Midwest... Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Im from Wisconsin, and I will tell you that everybody that's not from the Midwest has an accent to me lol.
Ohio represent!!
I am from Chicago and didn't realize that I have a kind of nasally accent until someone pointed out the way I pronounced certain words and then I could hear it. (Especially a word like "CAN'T"!) My husband is from the middle of the state of Illinois and has a very neutral accent. But I DO NOT sound like those guys from SNL's "Da Bears" skit! And I say soda, not pop. I also say Chi-CAW-go, not Chi-CAH-go.
And the Aunt pronunciation could confuse someone trying to guess if someone is from Illinois because I've noticed that white people here say "ANT", but black people say "AWN-TY".
This video was fun to watch. Love the vibe of the young lady from Atlanta.
"Elston" (avenue) in Chicago accent sounds like "Austin" said in a German accent. 😂 Lived in Chicago for 8 yrs.
I'm from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. A lot of people from the Chicagoland area have what is called the "northern cities vowel shift," which is also called the inland northern accent. It spans from Upstate New York (and northeast Pennsylvania) all the way to Minnesota. I say CHI-CAH-GO instead of CHI-CAW-GO. I sound just like most of my dad's side of the family. However, my mom is originally from Bloomington, Indiana and doesn't sound Chicagoan, but probably more neutral, I suppose. Some people have a twang south of Indianapolis, which makes sense cause you're closer to Kentucky, and they got a southerm twang for sure. The late actor Dennis Farina is from Chicago and had a thick, nasally Chicagoan accent for sure!
Devon (duh-vhan') avenue in the North Side would be a boy's name (dev'n) in the rest of the US.
Most black people in Illinois have Southern roots. I think the South and the Northeast have tended to hold on the British and Irish English style words and pronunciations more than other regions. In the Northeast I commonly hear white people saying aunt particularly if they are higher class. I have heard Americans say they thought yonder and reckon and fancy (verb) were “Southern words” when they are from British English and still heavily used there. Awnt is the RP pronunciation. I use and prefer this pronunciation. Countries like India which is a former UK colony also use aunt/auntie say it as awnt/awntie. Several Caribbean countries do too.
I was going to mention the northern cities vowel shift as well. The old Chicago accent is pretty rare nowadays. Lots of articles online discussing its demise.
I like the New York accent.
Which one?
I LOVED THE FIRST GIRL N SHANNON THE MOST ❤🎉😮😊
As a Texan i can always tell when someone’s from New York or Jersey. Sometimes just by the way they walk 😂
As a new yorker from Brooklyn, i think our infamous accent is fading but there's some words I say differently than other Americans. For example: for sure sounds like "four shooer", caught sounds like "coh-aht", office sounds like "oh-ah-fiss" lol. I can't help it.
Wow Hunter is gorgeous, smart and is great at this. ❤❤❤
My accent is a hybrid because I grew up into two different regions. I also pronounce aunt as awnt. Actually I tend to say auntie most of the time. I have noticed now that I am in the Midwest I almost entirely hear aunt as ant.
For me, I listen to how
Americans pronounce their vowels especially a and o as an indicator. Or do they tend to drop g and re at the of words or t in the middle of words. Hunter is smart to ask how they pronounced certain words because it can be a major clue. Coyote, mayonnaise, pecan and almond are some other good clue words. You can also ask what to they call certain things. Word choices say a lot. What do you address your parents and their mother and father might be a good one too. Also even within a state, rural vs urban will make a difference.
She is :)New Yorkers also smart :)
Yeah, she did really well (Is "really" a Wisconsin tell? I suppose a person should say "very"). It gets tougher when people are better educated. Americans tend to use a flatter accent around strangers, and then resort to the local speak around familiar people. We definitely say "ant" here, the other way sounds British RP to us.
@@EddieReischl Since moving to the Midwest I have noticed a lot of people elongate their O’s more than I’m used to hearing. I even catch myself doing this sometimes now because accent are contagious.😂 It’s hard to explain in writing but I will try. Go sounds like goah and both like boath. German influence maybe? Some places it’s thicker than others. Then around Chicago and Cleveland I noticed a difference with the As. Both seen flatter and more drawn out but in different ways. I met a Youper from MI and thought he was an immigrant from some Scandinavian country not American. I have a few friends from places like Minnesota and Southern Louisiana who have worked to lessen their regional accents but it comes out in certain words or when then they are extremely excited or upset. I think what outsiders may not realize is your accent can affect how people treat you especially outside of your local area. I have a brilliant friend who owns an investment firm, but because he has a thick Southern drawl when he travels, people treat him like he’s an idiot. Some accents are considered lower class. I think that is the case in England as well. In the South there is a tendency to make one syllable words sound like two help is he yulp. I’s are elongated. Niiight Riight Fiiight. I also think shortened versions of speaking are becoming more popular. I’m going to yielded I’m gonna yielded Imma. I hear highly educated people saying Imma nowadays.
The one in red is super hot though.
Love that she guessed North Carolina right off the bat despite the Los Angeles shirt 😂.
That california guy has a voice like markiplier 😭😭😭
NC!!!!! I finally feel that we are ALIVE!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Wow, she did very good. I couldn't guess any of them on their accents, only on their behavior.
It would be awesome to see people try to guess the Miami accent!
I guess there's not a "standard" Miamian accent.
I knew it was Atlanta the second she said “Traffic”. Hahahaha
The chick from Atlanta saying our weather plays accordingly it means 4 seasons on the same day besides summer because it’s always hot.
"we are famous for the string of beaches", "are you from New Mexico?" 😂 can't get any dumber than that
I want to hear Shannon in full southern mode
Yeah! Also 6:53 is that slang? And what did she say lol
Edit: North Cackalacky maybe
@@michaelhawk3861 yea she says North Cackalacky, as someone who has lived in South Carolina, ive heard it few times there as well, from my understanding its a nickname for the Carolinas made to poke fun at the deep southern ways of the 2 states, I guess the Carolinians kinda just liked it and just took it on as a little nickname for themselves
@michaelhawk3861 yes, that's our slang term for our state "North (Nort') Cackalacky". As a NC person it's a little difficult to go into a full piedmont NC accent anymore because it is dying. Shannon had more of a general "Southern" accent instead of one of the more regionally specific NC accents. Some of my coworkers from the more rural counties still have the Piedmont accent though.
That was fun, you did great.
The Californian I could place in like 2 seconds. The Georgian was harder. North Carolina was pretty easy too. Ohio was tougher (until she mentioned some famous people).
I have a sister and friends in Atlanta, so I go there a lot, and in my opinion, that city has become so full of transplants in the past several decades that most people below, say, 40-50 that have grown up within the “perimeter” don’t even have a perceivable Southern accent anymore. You have to drive way out of their metro area to start really hearing that Georgia drawl. (You will still hear some Southern idioms and special words for things, though)
@@vespista1971 I’d have to disagree. There are plenty of people from Georgia and native Atlantans still in the city. It just depends on where you hang tbh. And Atlanta has its own couple of accents, and the country can come out with a good party. As soon as the lady started speaking I knew she was from here, plus the fact that she said film-trees-traffic. That’s deep knowledge, lol, that only people from Atlanta get. Her drawl was more of a melodic rhythm I hear all the time with Southern people who’ve trained their accents down. Her humor and how she moved with her whole body also is very Atlanta vibe.
I knew exactly who were the Southerners by body language alone. Kind of wild,
@@vespista1971 That‘s a lie, I live in Covington and whenever I go somewhere else in Georgia that’s not in the Atlanta Metro they say that i sound like I sound like I’m from the city. And the more I talk I catch myself saying a lot of slang. But then again if you’re not from Georgia you’re not gonna have that southern accent at all.
California guy could pass as Oregon and Seattle too.
Nice to see Ohio represented. I would like to hear more from Shalon.
I only love watching anything related to english😂
Hunter, i feel like i hear an accent specifically from Yonkers, maybe Harlem, or Rockland county?
Chelsea is really like stereotypical 'American" Or what we in Europe think how ALL Americans act at least lol
As an American, I thought she seemed sort of... hyper 😅
She was putting on an act being a bit of a caricature... Cuz she's an actor seems sweet tho
It's trueee, I was a bit more extra than usual😂 Thank You for watching!🎉
I’m guessing your stereotypes are based on movies. As an American, she came across to me as “acting” and playing it up a bit in an attempt to through Hunter off. I can tell she is fun. 😂
"North Cackalacky" Love it! 😂👍
You should have an Memphian on here!
Somebody from a big city like Atlanta wouldn't sound as "southern" as someone from other parts of Georgia. North Carolina accents arent generally as thickly southern as a place further south like Alabama or Texas. People here in western NY state say "ant" but it tends to be mostly African Americans and Hispanics who say "ont", not usually white people around here.
Nah that’s not true. I’m born ITP in Midtown but grew up OTP (in/out the perimeter) in the East Metro in Conyers/ Covington, in the suburbs so my accent is thick even to be labeled as country from someone "the but also city enough from anywhere else in Georgia that they can’t understand me. But I’m also in the city a lot so I can understand the deep hood people perfectly enough. It’s like a couple of accents here. If you’re not from Georgia entirely your not finna have an accent, if you’re from the hood or generally anywhere ITP or extremely close to the city ( think T.I. OR Young Nudy) even if they’re white, they’re gonna have that typical Atlanta accent. And the most common one which I have that mixed one where it’s a city/ country mix. Also if you’re in the North Metro near the mountains you’re gonna have that hillbilly accent regardless of race. And a lot of the older population has that deep southern drawl; it’s the Northerners and others that you can easily tell that their not from here that just plain act different. In a bad way different.
And also, the Southern dialect is VERY different wherever you’re from. Like a person from Atlanta, Savannah, Knoxville, Memphis,El Paso, Houston, Asheville , or Charleston, and Miami (or from a more southern N Florida comparison Tallahassee, will sound extremely different. I have no clue if you’re from the South, but as a Southerner it’s easy to tell. 👍🏾
When the North Carolina girl said basketball that was the dead giveaway for me.
OMG, is so much easier to guess where the people are from in Brazil. The accent changes a lot and just in one or two phrases you are able to guess
Aí aí aí aí nummmmm Credituuuu.😂
@@natanaelrocha1879 seu nome é negativado. Não tem crédito mesmo 🤷🏼🤣🤣🤣
@@rosampa1980 Pra comediante já vi que foi reprovado umas dez vezes . Cospe ou Engole?