Some of my favorite bloggers recently did “accent” vlogs, and I loved hearing their voices! Since everyone commented on this vlog post that my voice was deeper and different than they expected (I think it’s all the !!! and 
in my typing), I thought it would be fun to do it, too!
If you wanted to follow along, here is the list of words/questions for The Accent Vlog: Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
- What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
- What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
- What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
- What do you call gym shoes?
- What do you say to address a group of people?
- What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped
- body and extremely long legs?
- What do you call your grandparents?
- What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry
- groceries at the supermarket?
- What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
- What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
I encourage other bloggers to play along!
PS – Accent background: Born and raised in Miami, Florida. Parents are from Tennessee and Boston. Married to a Brit. No idea if that impacts my accent, though!
PPS – Rockin’ the No Meat Athlete shirt!
PPPS – I did try to be perkier in this vlog.
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This is so fun!!!! It gives such insight to hear someone’s voice. Thanks for the glimpse!
It’s like meeting a blogger in person and realizing they are exactly like you expected yet taller/shorter/louder/quieter etc.
Oh my gosh, your voice IS deeper than I would expect! Also, even though I know you grew up in Miami, I always expect you to have a Southern accent living in NC–but you totally sound like you’re from the North! Or maybe California, which is pretty accent-less.
I loved this!
This is awesome! I want to do it, I think I will!
I just get the impression you’re a lot more hilarious in person than you seem on your blog (not that you don’t seem funny…but that *holler* had me laughing)
Love this!
I love hearing your voice… does that sound weird? I had a speech impediment when I was a kid that still manifests itself sometimes- everyone thought I sounded British!
Ha! I love it! I say basically all those words the same as you, and I’m from St Louis. The only differences are aunt (I say ‘ant’), New Orleans (I say New “Orlins”)Syrup (I say “sirrup”) and pajamas (I say “pajeahhmas”)
Hahaha, you do sound different than I imagined!!!
Haha! I love it! I’m going to do this on my blog tonight!
What a cute concept! I love the t-shirt by the way!
Love this! I say just about everything the same as you except for carmel. I also call soda, pop. I think pop may be a west coast thing.
Pop is also a MidWest thing. Here in Chicago I grew up calling it pop. When my friends & I went away to college is when we all found out that not everyone calls it pop.
they say it in Western New York as well ( I always say WNY is part of the midwest, but no one believes me! PROOF!!!)
It’s Coke in a lot of southern states… “You want a coke?” “Sure!” “What kind?” “…A Coke.” That always seemed weird to me. =\
I just call it pop.
I’m from the MidWest, and my youth pastor (born and raised in MN) sometimes says “sodapop.” Like, “soda” and “pop” combined into one word. It’s very entertaning.
They should’ve had “almond” on that list. My dad is from CA and pronounces it “amond.” Like, “am” as in “Am I…” (or Sam I Am, haha.) It’s strange. He’s the only person I know who pronounces it that way!
As a transplanted Masshole in Buffalo, I *totally* agree! Of course, I grew up thinking anything west of Worcester was “out west” haha.
I’m from CA — I call it soda…
I say “COO-pon”, ha ha!
in australia, is is ‘soft drink’
Such a fun idea — and I happen to think you are very perky and enthusiastic!
I have wanted to do that same little vlog. So much fun!
It’s clearly pronounced CAR-MULL, weirdo.
LOL.
Great post idea! Really interesting to hear different accents (and the different words people use for things!)
Ha ha I loved the “Holler!” part!
So funny – I’m a bilingual canadian (french-english) and my pronounciations are VERY different than yours!
I also never knew there was an expression for putting toilet paper on somebody’s house and have never ever heard of a “rolly-poly”. I majored in Linguistics for my bachelor’s degree so I have been absolutely loving all of these posts!
fun idea!
it would interesting to hear your husband do it!! got a love a guy with a British accent!
I second this!!
OMG yes please. yes yes yes.
I really liked this. And I would definitely agree that your voice is deeper than I anticipated. Cute post!
That’s an awesome video! You said about three words in SUCH an english accent, and then 90% of everything else you said differently to me :p love it!
This was cute. I’ll have to try it. No one ever expects me to sound like I do.
I will admit when I heard you talk on TODAY I was very shocked.
You are too cute! Thanks for posting a vlog!
I’ve had this on my “to do” list for a few days. Now that my sinus congestion is cleared up, I’ll probably do it this weekend!
I think The Husband should do an accent vlog! I always try to picture a British accent when you talk about him and I can’t!
That would be so cool!
agreed!!
I agree! I would love to hear his accent.
I will ask him to do it tomorrow!
Yes please – it’d be so cool to see how much of a British accent is still there, and how posh he sounds! I reckon he’s pretty posh… more Maggie Thatcher/ James Bond than Wayne Rooney!
I’m a Brit (Pom) too, hanging on to the accent despite living in New Zealand, but I’m not posh!
great vid!
your voice IS deeper than one would expect, but i think i met you in person before i read your blog (HLS) or maybe i watched a clip of you online talking about Operation Beautiful.
Fun! I grew up in Atlanta, my parents are both from Rome, GA. There were actually several words that we pronounce differently, but only a couple of our “answers” were different. I was surprised so many were the same!
This would be so hard for me to do!!! Especially on the question part because it it such a regional thing and I use multiple words. I was born in California, grew up in Chicago-land area, moved to eastern Tennessee, and went to school in Georgia for a year and a half. Not to mention my sister is fluent in Spanish so the words are all jumbled together. Would hate to know what my vocab would be like if I talked to my family in New Jersey! However for some reason I actually had most of the same pronunciations.
Hahahahaha I love this!! I never thought of how many weird words there are:) You know what is so funny; every time I hear a VLOG I almost always think their voice is way higher then expected! I guess you’re just the opposite:) not a bad thing though!
So cute! I thought you pronounced “aunt” in a very English way.
Also, I am already Addicted to One Twenty Five’s blog. Thanks for the link!
Thanks Emma !!!!
too funny! I am so going to have to do this. I am so southern/country with a splash of cajun. Should be interesting.
i absolutely love these. accents and pronunciations fascinate me! you sound so southern.
i find that if i spend a substantial amount of time around someone, i am very apt to pick up things that they say, so i wouldn’t doubt that your husband may have rubbed off on you. my first grade teacher was from new zealand, and by the end of the year, i was a funny sounding kid!
so fun! i might do this !
Hey Caitlin,
I have a question re: the “one-twenty-five” blog. When you linked to it a couple weeks ago I checked it out and found it to encompass a lot of fat talk and an ‘everything will be better when I’m skinny’ attitude. Just wondering if I’m missing something and what it is that attracts you to that blog? Maybe I just didn’t snoop around enough? It just strikes me as the complete opposite of what you are trying to accomplish with HTP and OB. I’m not bashing that blogger…just looking for your thoughts!
Thanks,
Marnie
I like her blog because she’s honest, truthfully. I think it takes a
lot if guts to say a lot of the things she admits to thinking. I think E knows she’s a work in progress, mentally and (bc she’s on a weight loss journey) physically. I don’t mind reading
blogs in which people admit to not being 100% with
themselves.. I know it bothers some people and I can see why.
Also, she’s funny! Hehehe
Good points!
Hi Marnie (and Caitlin)
Oh gosh, I don’t know what to say, as I completely see Marnie’s point and have been waiting for someone to mention this publicly. (I’ve actually also been meaning to make a post about this, but haven’t got around to it yet (but coming soon!)). I 110% support “healthy living” and WISH (WISH!) I was there right now in my life, but obviously I’m a fair ways away, and my blog/story is about finding it.
All the weight I’ve lost, I’ve done through ‘healthy living’ with lots of fresh food and lots of running (two marathons later…), I do truly believe life is better when one isn’t carrying around 75+ extra pounds (health and life wise, it really is the reality of the situation), but I also definitely do not think ‘EVERYTHING will be better once I’m skinny.” I fully support loving one’s self at any size, and although I do write about “I want to be skinny,” I also often write about accepting the person I am, and being content with how I look. I’m a work in progress, and something tells me I’m not alone in the journey. OB is one of the best (seriously, the best!) things I’ve see on this fabulous Internet of ours, and I more than support it, because if someone can look in the mirror and truly believe they are beautiful… oh what a fabulous thing that is!
I was a 5’4,” 22 year old, female sitting at 203 pounds, that’s incredibly unhealthy on my small frame, and although shallow reasons prompted me start the process of becoming a “healthy living” person, it has resulted in all sorts of awesome things for my bod-ay and life. It’s the truth.
I have my head on my shoulders, and strongly stand firm behind losing weight (for those who need to) the healthiest way possible, I have never encouraged unhealthy eating ways, and never (ever! ever!). Marnie, I hope this slightly answers some of your questions. And Caitlin, thank you for your kind words in the link, and response.
I realize this is a very touchy topic, and as the days pass (I’ve already received a couple emails today!!) I fully anticipate my blog going under a little fire for my different thoughts, which I believe is the reality of the situation, but I’m living, and learning, and the ultimate goal really is to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
xo E
ps. HOLY ESSAY! I sooooo did not intend for that to happen!
Totally understand what you’re saying E! I think a lot of blog readers are in a similar stage of life as you are, but are encouraged to read blogs like Caitlin’s and others that have reached that so called ‘balanced lifestyle’. It is refreshing to read some of your posts because they epitomize what I might consider the realities of weight loss. Some days you (you = general public) love yourself for everything you’ve accomplished (weight-related and otherwise) but some days all you can notice is how far you still have to go. I’m at a healthy weight and fully encourage the self love movement, but often wonder what it’s like for someone trying to lose weight reading HTP etc (I’d say others but don’t want to get knocked for bringing other blogs into the convo!) because they don’t identify with the writer’s perspective.
Thanks for allowing such a convo to happen, Caitlin and E. Caitlin, I know you strive to allow discussion to happen in your comment section and I really appreciate that about your blog. HTP has been invaluable to me and these are just some of my random thoughts! All love here
Thank you Marnie
I did it! http://jillwillrun.com/2011/01/28/blogger-accents/
That’s kind of fun!
That’s adorable! I am so going to do this tomorrow!
Cute but I want to hear your husband do it! I’ve been wondering about his accent. My accent becomes thicker when I’m in the Real South, like Alabama.
That was so fun! You definitely sound like you come from an accent-less place to me. We say most things the same, with just a couple of exceptions, and I am from Connecticut. Never heard of a roly poly, though!
I wasn’t surprised by your voice after seeing you on the Today Show. My voice is similar and I always get comments that I have no accent. Grew up in MN, have lived most of adult life in Virginia and Florida, DH is from Mooresville, NC but w/ no accent although my MIL has a crazy western NC accent.
I loved hearing your voice and altho i had heard you on TV before on the Today show, always love things like this
I’m totally going to do this. My voice is really weird, at least I think so.
Very cute and you were perky! It’s cute to see your personality shine through!
Hearing you and seeing you together you remind me so much of my friend Nicole!
Haha! You do have a deeper voice than one would imagine! I think I’m a total southern. Half of my answers to those things involved countryfied sayings
I hadn’t seen this yet, but I loved it. They should have thrown “pillow” in there, too – I can’t stand when people say “pellow.”
Pellow?!?!?
I had a friend who said “pellow” – drove.me.crazy.
Yes and MELK instead of milk!
GAH! I work with a group of Freshman girls on Sunday nights and one of our girls is originally from Missouri. We talk about accents sometimes. She HATES when people pronounce it “melk” (I have to remind myself of the spelling before I say it!). She also thinks that some of us pronounce “bag” like “beg” which I’d never noticed before.
And we’re in Minnesota, so we’ve got the long “o” sound. When I force the o, she hates me. Haha!
I can’t stand when people say egg like ay-gg.
I love how you say caramel and New Orleans because I say them the same way and not many people do (at least, not many people that I know!). I also loved how you said FIRE because it sounded a little southern! BALLER!
great fun post! i love hearing the voices of other bloggers! i have some weird southern/new england mix
Hi Caitlin! This is my first time EVER commenting on a blog! I love that you say caramel… I work in a coffee shop and everybody makes fun of me for saying it like that
I definitely had to listen to this to see what was up. You sound like how I sound to myself in my head, LOL. I actually have to do some voice recordings for some work presentations that will be posted on our intraweb. Can’t wait…my recorded voice sounds so strange to me because it’s NOTHING like what’s in my head.
haha I love it Caitlin! I say Aunt the same way you do, but I definitely pronounce caramel like carmle, not even like carMEL. Make sense?! haha probably not
You should do more vlogs, they’re fun!
i definitely hear the southern!!! you’re too cute! i didn’t know you had parents from boston!! (i live there)
do more vlogs!!! por favor
car-uh-mull there’s no E after the R so it’s not CARE-uh-mul. And it’s called pop.
I think those are the only places we differ. Oh except I say “aunt” like “ant.”
hhehehehehe… this is an awesome post! i love the way people pronounce things differently! like my cousins in maryland…i think they say water and toilet wrong…ahhahaha!
this was awesome! even though florida is in the south, it is A LOT different than how we talk in Texas. EVERYONE (including me) says: y’all, ANY kind of soda is always “coke”, as in: Q: what kind of coke do you want? A: Dr. Pepper. and New Orleans is “New Orluns” and Caramel is “Car-mul”. Haha.
PS-And it’s not remote, it’s the “clicker”!
milk should be on there too! i know people who pronounce it ‘melk’ hehe
Hahah…I just like that you said “holla”!
Love this!! I’ve seen this a few times and keep meaning to put one up.
hahaha you’re adorable !! hollerrrrrrr
This is so cute! I say everything just about the same way you do.
It’s not carmel!
I want to do this!!
Hehe I was one of those who thought you voice was really deep and different from I imagined! I imagined your voice to be perkier/high pitch, but I like your voice! I think it’s sex-ay ;D
hehe thanks!
I get made fun of all the time for saying “crayon” like “cran”. Another word I think should be added is “elementary”. I grew up with everyone around me dropping the last syllable (“elementry”), and then went to college and all my friends from the upper part of NY pronounced it!
That was awesome!!! You pronounced those words differently than I do! I might do one too
I’m from Boston – so I do have an accent. However, since I studied communications in college, I was required to take ‘voice and articulation’ a.k.a. we’re going to get rid of your Boston accent (and yes, it was a Boston area college). So now I can speak “normal” when I want to – just in case I ever wanted to be a newscaster or something (I’m a writer so I actually don’t have to talk all that much!).
Of course, give me a few drinks and then all bets are off on what will come out of my mouth.
My mom has the same story but about being un-southernized!
@ Trish
V & A at Emerson college??? Ahhh…memories! They had a field day with my R.I. accent.
this made me laugh. in a good way.
i am german, have lived in england for a the past 4 years and i guess i have a pretty english accent. at least thats what ive been told. might have to do a video.
love this! what a great idea!
I do hear a hint of the south in that accent. I have seen a few of them now…I think I may do one
Ahhhh this is so fun! I’ve seen this going around… I think I may do it!
ahh the way you say “and” was so surprising to me!! i don’t know why. hilarious!! if i did this people would keel over (all four of my readers that is
)
xoxo
s
Can you hear your husband’s accent anymore? My fiance is from West Texas and he used to have the BIGGEST (and sexiest) accent to me. And now I’m so used to it that I don’t even notice it anymore! It is sad. I love accents.
You DID sound “perkier” on this vlog than other times I’ve heard you speak (on the news or whatever).
Hahah not really, now it just sounds like how he talks.
Ha, if I did this you’d barely be able to understand my New Zealand accent. When I was in the US I had to repeat virtually everything I said. Someone even asked if I was speaking English.
I decided to participate- was scary to let everyone here me talk but it was also fun!
omg i imagine you so differently now!
we actually pronounce things the same way! as you know, i grew up in miami too and EVERYONE would always ask me where i was from! we don’t sound like most people down there, i guess
especially when i worked at starbucks and would talk to strangers all day, i would get the question a lot . . . people were always shocked when i said i was from miami, so i started having them guess where i was from. answers i got included: minnesota, new england, canada, and germany (he said i have a distinctly german accent!). now that i’m living in st pete, i don’t get asked anymore 
Being born and raised in Pittsburgh, I have noticed in previous video postings that I can detect just am hint of Pittsburgh in your accent, too!
This is such a fun idea that I had to do one myself
Boy is it wierd watching yourself on video!
oh, how fun!! what a great idea! maybe i’ll do one for the ol’ bloggy later when the DD is put to bed.
You sure do wiggle in your chair a lot.
In a lot of the south, we say “Do you want a coke?” To which the person responds “Yeah, I’ll have Dr. Pepper.” (Or whatever your “flavor” may be.) None of this soda/pop business.
In Australia- bubbly drink = soft drink, gym shoes= sandshoes, wheeled contraption = trolley.
I definately say aunt like arrrrnt, and caramel like cara mall
I love your voice!
i just watched sarah’s accent vlog, too! i think these are so fun.
Aw, you’re so cute! I definitely “picture” your voice as being higher than that, but it’s still cute! It’s funny – my husband and I are both born + raised in the same city (as are our parents) and we say a lot of those words differently! Our latest discussion is about syrup. I say see-rup, he say sir-rup. Funny, that you don’t have to be from a different city to say things differently!
Love this idea! I say most of those words differently because of my kiwi accent.
Haha you say things so much different than me. I have a full blown Kiwi accent as I hail from New Zealand.
Couldn’t be more different!
This is awesome! If I can get over my fear of doing a vlogg I will totally do this!
They also should have added ‘almonds’!
You know what’s funny, I expected you to pronounce a lot of those words differently than you actually do, based on what I thought of your accent in previous videos you posted. I’m not quite sure why??
Also, I totally say “carmul.” And “pellow” (from a comment above).
I love your quirky accent, and I agree with the others who want Keisien to do this. His accent is the best! And I bet his less serious side will come through, too!
Ahhh I want to do this so badly now! What a great idea!
Your voice is definitely lower than I imagined. I like!
You are actually the only blogger who’s voice sounds exactly as I imagined!
“i say (pause and looks around) HOLLLER”
LOL
I’m not sure who’s blog led me to yours, but I’ve been watching everybody’s accent vlogs! I even did one of my own! You don’t really have an accent, which I think is pretty cool! I couldn’t even begin to tell where you’re from, except for the word “aunt” sounds like a northerner!
Anyways, I also wanted to say that Operation Beautiful is awesome! I didn’t realize you were the founder until I clicked on your other link up there. I did several posts during NEDA week last year & mentioned Operation Beautiful! Very cool!!
Thank you so much amy!
I live near a place called Carmel with one “a” and everyone pronounces it Car-mell. I think the name has something to do with the Carmelite nuns.
Also, here’s another word I haven’t heard on the vlogs yet but should be considered: crawdad vs crayfish. I call it a crayfish, but my friend from TX insists its a crawdad. I’ve also heard crawfish, but never craydad.
I’ve never heard of a sun shower and I live in Florida. WEIRD. Cute accent vlog! Caramel is pronounced the way you said it, the other way is spelled CARMEL, like the middle school I went to in Charlotte haha. That’s one of the few pronunciations that drives me nuts!
I know I’m totally late, but I’ve finally made one as well.
http://linguaphileme.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/accent-vlog/
Crazy accent of a native German, currently living in French-speaking Belgium that has spent the past 4 years in the UK.
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