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César Chávez — "His speech was soft, sweetened by a Spanish accent" [29] George Lopez — "Chicanos are their own breed. Even though we're born in the United States, we still have accents." [30] Cheech Marin — "a hint of a Chicano accent" [31] — "a Spanish accent or stereotypical East Los Angeles cadence like Cheech Marin" [32]
English-language scholar William A. Kretzschmar Jr. explains in a 2004 article that the term "General American" came to refer to "a presumed most common or 'default' form of American English, especially to be distinguished from marked regional speech of New England or the South" and referring especially to speech associated with the vaguely-defined "Midwest", despite any historical or present ...
Any American or Canadian accent perceived as lacking noticeably local, ethnic, or cultural markers is known in linguistics as General American; [6] it covers a fairly uniform accent continuum native to certain regions of the U.S. but especially associated with broadcast mass media and highly educated speech.
A California Assembly bill would allow the use of diacritical marks like accents in government documents, not allowed since 1986's "English only" law which many say targeted Latinos.
The Asian American accent doesn’t even necessarily sound like your motherland Asian tongue at all. It’s a specific type of way that we talk.” The 27-year-old community organizer said she ...
The entrepreneur and yoga instructor looks back on the 2020 controversy surrounding her Spanish accent in the premiere episode of her reality show (out Feb. 23 on TLC) with husband Alec Baldwin ...
Although short training will allow Americans to speak in a more original accent, people refuse to do so, and instead intentionally maintain this attitude toward Spanish. Furthermore, people would mix English with Spanish and modify standard Spanish to create jokes. For example, "hasta mañana" is modified to "hasta banana."
It has increasingly become known as a Mid-Atlantic accent, [7] [4] [5] or Transatlantic accent, [11] [6] [2] terms that refer to its perceived mixture of American and British features. In specifically theatrical contexts, it is also sometimes known by names like American Theatre Standard [10] [8] or American stage speech. [12]