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Accents and Dialects

Questions and answers related to different accents and dialects of the English language.

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Where is the accent in adventure?

When saying the word 'adventure' the accent is placed on the second syllable. Another word that has the same syllabic pattern would be 'indenture.'

What does a Chicago accent sound like?

if you have seen the show the king of queens the mom (jamie gertz) or if you heard Jim belushi talk these are the best examples i can think of off the top of my head

How similar is the accent of North Lincolnshire or Scunthorpe to that of Yorkshire?

As North Lincolnshire was once part of Yorkshire you could say it is identical. However within Yorkshire there are many different accents, even between the four towns of South Yorkshire, Doncaster, Barnsley, Sheffield and Rotherham the accents are distinctive. North Lincolnshire has never been part of Yorkshire! Historically it was part of the Lindsey district of Lincolnshire - even the Isle of Axholme, which is to the west of the river Trent. As to their accent I would say it is distinctly different to the Yorkshire accentof say Doncaster, though like many local accents it is becoming increasingly difficuly to hear a true local accent.

What is English for paja?

"Paja" is a Spanish word. It most closely translates to "dried brushwood" or "straw" in English, as in a straw hat.

What does cuartos mean in English?

"Cuartos" is a Spanish word. Translated to English, it most closely means "quarters." This is in reference to a quarter of something, or one fourth of something.