California 1, Bay Area, Female

Bay Area, California, USA

North American Accents
Bay Area, California, USA
Transcript:
Transcript:

Hello and welcome to The Accent Bank by Sarah Valentine. My name is Suzanne and I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I’m a Bay Area native, I still live here now, and that’s in California, Bay Area, Northern California, and this is my natural accent. The only things I can think of that are really unique to here are the words ‘hella’, we say hella a lot, not even as much anymore but that’s still pretty common, and we say ‘like’ a lot I think, I don’t assume everyone says like but, and we also say ‘cool’, I also assume everyone says cool.

Now I am going to read the following sentences, starting with a tongue- twister.

  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
  • She sells seashells on the seashore
  • I have parked my car near the garage, if you are looking for it, it’s a blue Nissan.
  • The sun is so hot today, I love summer. I like to go walking on the beach but I also love it when it rains and I’m inside and I can hear it on the roof.
  • Would you like a glass of water?
  • For breakfast I would love a coffee and could I please have some eggs,
    two pieces of toast, and some mushrooms?
  • I love to eat bananas.
  • I don’t think that it’s a good idea to be rude to people. Kindness is free.
  • My favourite animal is a cat but I like dogs too.
  • I would love to travel to a few of these cities; London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Berlin, Amsterdam, Athens, Lagos, Barcelona, Rome, Dubai, Vancouver, Moscow, Singapore, Sydney, and Dublin.
  • Be kind to one another.
  • Lastly, if you want to learn accents remember to go to
    actorsaccentcoach.com.

Now I’m going to count from 1 to 20 and do the alphabet.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty

Letters & Words:
A is for Apple
B is for Banana
C is for Charlie
D is for Dog
E is for Egg
F is for Frog
G is for Gold
H is for Hello
I is for Ice-cream
J is for Joy
K is for King
L is for Lemon
M is for Mother
N is for Nut
O is for Orange
P is for Pepper
Q is for Queen
R is for Rose
S is for Sarah
T is for Tomorrow
U is for Umbrella
V is for Valentine
W is for Water
X is for X-ray
Y is for Yellow
Z is for Zebra

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