Strange thought: what would a voice with no accent sound like? amirite?

Nothing. Even a computer/Stephen Hawking-ish thing has an accent.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Like a robot. The closest accent to robot is American though, just flat and dull.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it's impossible to speak without an accent.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually people in high positions in England I've heard need to get rid of their accent, like the Queen. she needs to learn perfect English. This is just what I've heard though.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The queen speaks with an accent, she has quite a cool one at that. Don't quote things you read on wikipedia, because chances are it isn't true

by Anonymous 13 years ago

did I say I read it on wikipedia? I just said I've heard it, don't get butthurt if I'm wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I just wanted to mention wikipedia In a comment, I didn't actually mean It

by Anonymous 13 years ago

that troll was right, you are a faggot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And who the fuck might you be? At least have the balls not to go anon.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you just wanted to mention wikipedia in a comment? that's just... http://myfacewhen.com/58/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha I see you win this round

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I love pulling that out. even when it's not needed :p

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was the last thing I was expecting

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Accents are relative... If someone speaks differently than you, you say they have an accent, but they say you have an accent. This is only possible if everyone spoke exactly the same way.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is like asking what a person would look like without a body.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah but a body/person is a tangible thing, so the concept of a voice with no accent is harder to grasp.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's an analogy. I'm not comparing voice and body, but the concept of something being without its most important part. A house without walls would also be an example, or a painting without colours, or a song without pitches.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know and voted your comment up, I'm just saying it's more of a mindfuck-type thing

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They would sound like nothing, because it's impossible!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hypothetically, wouldn't no accent be what the language is like when it is first created in its entirety?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think I've heard somewhere that the voices of American's and Canadian's is the base of any accent. So, technically, you could consider American and Canadian accents not even accents. If that makes sense?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

but wasn't christopher columbus italian? and then a lot of british convicts were sent over too, i'm pretty sure. same with australia. and a whole shitload of other countries. so, no. sorry :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

WTH If there was a "base" for accents (PROTIP: there isn't), then, ignoring the millions of years human beings have been speaking, you'd have to trace the English language back to England before the countries that were colonised by England. And then you could trace England back to Ancient Greek and Roman civilisations.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

First, these homophobic slurs are NOT okay. This is 2011. Why we still have prejudice is beyond me. Also, the Pacific Northwest accent is commonly referred to as being "accentless". Which is pretty boring when you live in Seattle. Like I do. -.-'

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No accent would be pronouncing words exactly likeit sounds in the dictionary. People in the Midwest in America Are often considered to have no accent.

by Anonymous 13 years ago