What's the most neutral English accent?

[Rumpled Foreskin]

Fine, but I get to keep mine.

Without exception, bruv.

 

[MG 620]

C'ville English.

 

[Bad Headspace]

The one used by newcasters.

Why Do News Anchors All Talk the Same?

Whether you're watching CBS News, CNN or even the satirical Onion News Network, news anchors always sound pretty much the same. With that exaggerated lilt, those vocal cliffhangers and all-American accents, it's as if they all went to school to learn "talking head diction."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Foxxo]

The one used by newcasters.

Why Do News Anchors All Talk the Same?

Whether you're watching CBS News, CNN or even the satirical Onion News Network, news anchors always sound pretty much the same. With that exaggerated lilt, those vocal cliffhangers and all-American accents, it's as if they all went to school to learn "talking head diction."

www.nbcnews.com

For those who don't know, this is the Midwestern American (Eastern Middle America) accent.

 

[Rand /pol/]

Transatlantic
:^)

 

[Begemot]

Middle class Australian, surprisingly, just like mine. Any rhotic accent is too silly, 'car' should be pronounced 'cah'

 

[Takodachi]

British.
I have an easier time understanding a britbong than I have understanding an American.

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

Hard to get more milquetoast than Vancouverites, or Ottawans. Easy to understand, but they've nothing to say.

 

[Tomboy Respecter]

Middle class Australian, surprisingly, just like mine. Any rhotic accent is too silly, 'car' should be pronounced 'cah'

Non-rhotic accents are the pinnacle of autism. What's the fucking point of the "r" if you're not going to pronounce it? That being said, Midwestern American English and the varieties of Canadian English that don't go overboard with the "about - 'a boat'" merger bullshit.

 

[Dick Justice]

Why Do Newscasters All Talk the Same?

What would happen if a reporter tried reading the news in their casual speaking voice?

www.washingtoncitypaper.com

General American or Mid-Atlantic

General American being a Nebraskan accent.

Delaware

pacific northwest is a pretty neutral sounding one. they say "cot "and "caught" the same way though

Eastern US that isn't as south as North Carolina and below, or as north as New Jersey and above, or as west as Kansas. Middle Eastern United States.

every brit I've ever heard, even the ones that narrate TV shows (that is, speak for a living), sound so annoying it makes me want to shove scissors in my ears

I think general American is the decisive winner. It's the reason why news anchors are trained to use it while on air, so that as many people as possible can understand them.

Same, except my mine, not his.

In reality I'd say cockney.

Essex Accent

ill fight you for anything less

I'm curious how many people claiming this or that flavor of American/British English are in fact native to the accent, or at least country they're repping. There sure seems to be a lot of national and regional tribalism, particularly between the Yanks and the Limeys.

Just to throw in something different, whatever you call the generalized accent the military seems to produce. They do, after all, have to give understandable orders.

I disagree.

British.
I have an easier time understanding a britbong than I have understanding an American.

What do you mean "British"? Are you saying this is just as understandable as what you hear on BBC?

 

[JM 590]

Hard to get more milquetoast than Vancouverites, or Ottawans. Easy to understand, but they've nothing to say.

I watch a Vancouverite streamer every now and then

His accent is fine until he says "It's aboat 150 kilometers away and it's really hot oot there, like 27 degrees all the time"

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

I watch a Vancouverite streamer every now and then

His accent is fine until he says "It's aboat 150 kilometers away and it's really hot oot there, like 27 degrees all the time"

Then he's from some Eastern, rural area even though he currently lives in Vancouver. There's some gay Canuck historian on youtube who lives in Vancouver but he immediately stands out as an Ontarian or some shit; they're the ones who do the 'oots' and 'aboots' and "Hey Berb bring the ker around we're go-un to the perk!"

Truly, savage people.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Middle American although I prefer Northern/Irish accents. It's due to growing up around Irish and Irish Catholic nuns. The Irish are great storytellers/writers, love hearing them tell a story.

 

[JM 590]

"Hey Berb bring the ker around we're go-un to the perk!"

 

[Smug Chuckler]

ebonics

 

[Shiawase]

I think general American is the decisive winner. It's the reason why news anchors are trained to use it while on air, so that as many people as possible can understand them.

Yes. Cash money.
English was generally spoken that way on both sides of the pond before English elites started talking funny to distinguish themselves from commoner filth in the late 1700s.

End the classist oppression, #MakeEnglandRhoticAgain

 

[Mender Bug]

There's some gay Canuck historian on youtube who lives in Vancouver but he immediately stands out as an Ontarian or some shit; they're the ones who do the 'oots' and 'aboots' and "Hey Berb bring the ker around we're go-un to the perk!"

I'm pretty sure you're talking about JJ McCullough. I'm not the biggest fan of his but his videos are usually well made and very interesting when I see them pop up in my recommendations

He also really does not like Quebec.

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

I'm pretty sure you're talking about JJ McCullough. I'm not the biggest fan of his but his videos are usually well made and very interesting when I see them pop up in my recommendations

He also really does not like Quebec.

Yeah, I think that's the fag I'm thinking of. Agreed. My wife enjoys him more than I do.

All solid, upstanding anglos hate Quebec.

Edit: Yeah, this is him

 

[Sprig of Parsley]

I think general American is the decisive winner. It's the reason why news anchors are trained to use it while on air, so that as many people as possible can understand them.

There is actually a distinct voice that I have heard most major news networks tend to want people trained in. I've never heard it called general American but I have heard it quite literally referred to as the News accent. Sometimes Newsanchor or Newsman accent, but usually just News accent. It's weird because no one demographic in the entire USA actually talks exactly like that, from what I've heard.

 

[Begemot]

Yes. Cash money.
English was generally spoken that way on both sides of the pond before English elites started talking funny to distinguish themselves from commoner filth in the late 1700s.

End the classist oppression, #MakeEnglandRhoticAgain

Rhotic accents hurt my ears too much already, please stop!!!