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The “Chameleon Effect” is how people subconsciously copy other people. This mainly includes accents, facial mannerisms, and vocal inflections. People who can hear and separate musical notes are more susceptible to the Chameleon Effect, they also come across as more empathetic or nice to others.
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Because of the availability of soda fountains in the Eastern US when soft drinks became popular, Easterners referred to the drink as soda. As the midwest did not yet have them, the drink was called pop because of the sound a cork or cap makes when being removed from a bottle.
esearchers spending long periods of time in Antarctica have begun to develop their own unique accent.
Americans accents are more similar to 18th century England than modern day Brits with some words pronounced more like Shakespeare, British accents have undergone more change in the last few centuries than American accents.
Americans are competitive by nature. We’re always comparing ourselves to each other–maybe someone has the job you’ve been eyeing…but, maybe you drive the car everyone else wants.
Look, we just want to know where we stand as far as our successes.
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Now, Americans have something else to discuss, compare and contrast: Accents!
Think about it…the United States is a big diverse country. Apparently, we have no fewer than 50 accents, coast to coast. Some are sexier than others (to clarify, sexiness equates to success here). Recently, media company Big 7 Travel surveyed their social media followers–about 1.5 million people–to rank all 50 accents for sexiness.
So, to get you all riled up for the next time you go to the bar to discuss who has what, here are the top 5 sexiest accents in America. Talk amongst yourselves.
Sexy people in Chicago say kee-uht for cat and bought for but. I always wear gloves when I’m in Chicago because that accent is too hot to handle.
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Sexy people in Maine never say their “Rs”. They just don’t. They are too sexy for “Rs”. Now, eat ya lobstah.
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Go wawk your daw-ugh in Central Pawk to hear this sexy accent. Or, watch Goodfellas. Is it warm in here, or is it just me?
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Like those sexy Main-ahs, Bostonians hate an “R”. But, who cares? It’s still wicked sexy.
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Don’t even hate. That slow, Southern drawl goes down easier than a tequila sunrise. Texans don’t shy away from a hard “R” and they never back down from a competition. Sounds like they’ve got that accent game beat.
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So…I completely agree with this list. It has nothing to do with the fact that I’m a Texan with an accent that would charm the cattle right off your ranch. It is what it is. Social media does not lie.
Make sure check out the original list, complete with pronunciation examples. Find out how sexy your accent is and start comparing.
And, bless your heart if you have a Long Island accent.
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It’s a pretty well-known fact by now that young kids love Peppa Pig. Like, a LOT.
The popular children’s show debuted in 2004, and has steadily taken over the world by indoctrinating the world’s children ever since.
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But American parents have noticed lately that there’s been one strange consequence of their kids’ watching lots and lots of Peppa Pig.
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As strange as it sounds, parents in the U.S. are noticing that their little ones are developing British accents from watching Peppa Pig.
And this guy isn’t alone. Look at all these other folks who are also experiencing the same phenomenon.
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Roberto Rey Agudo, language program director of the department of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College, says the British accents are weirdly prevalent among kids in the U.S. “in part because Peppa Pig has been such a phenomenon with the 2 to 5-year-old crowd and it’s considered cute, whereas I don’t know what other shows have that kind of currency right now.”
I wonder why this didn’t happen with Mr. Belvedere when I was a kid…
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There is a ‘noticeable change’ in British accents every 25 miles. 38% of British people feel as though they have difficulty being understood by other Brits.