13 American Accents Ranked EASIEST to HARDEST to Understand
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Published 2024-06-07
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0:00 - Which American accent is the hardest to understand?
0:22 - Accent #1
1:45 - Accent #2
2:54 - Accent #3
4:40 - Accent #4
6:10 - Accent #5
7:14 - Accent #6
9:05 - Accent #7
12:24 - Accent #8
14:33 - Accent #9
16:00 - Accent #10
17:52 - Accent #11
20:27 - Accent #12
22:20 - Accent #13
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All Comments (21)
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Can you understand these accents? 👉 https://youtu.be/Bl8ksfLfW6Q?si=ZTjbdIbMvPE5OwgG
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dude just rounded up like 6-7 States and said, "it's called a Southern Accent" ... bless his heart.
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bro slept on the baltimore accent
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I grew up in Southern California. Until today, I couldn't hear my accent. Now I can't unhear it. Also I feel called out.
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The midwest has a specific accent that is definitely not the "neutral" newscaster accent.
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As an American the most difficult accent I’ve ever heard came from rural Louisiana. The accents you labeled as Minnesota and Upper Peninsula Michigan are heard all over the upper Midwest including Wisconsin. In fact one of the clips you used for Minnesota actually was a clip of someone from Wisconsin.
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I'm from Northern California & my husband is Cajun. After 17 years together, I can understand him, but when he gets around his family, I'll look at him and say "WHAT???"
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As a midwesterner I heard the first clip and was like “that’s not an accent!” But then I was like “oh right non Americans probably recognize it”
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as someone with a standard American accent, I feel absolutely average
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Before watching, I’m going to guess Louisiana Cajun accent as the most difficult to understand
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I’m from the Southern US. My son married a girl from Boston. Her mother was riding in the car with me when I asked Siri a question. Siri couldn’t understand me, so she tried. Siri couldn’t understand her either, so we pulled over and googled. 😂😂😂
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Try the Geechie accent from the Gullah language found on the barrier islands in SC and GA.
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A lot of Americans who don’t live in cities tend to have “country” accents. Like go three hours inland from cities like Los Angeles or San Diego and there’s a lot of folks with country accents
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Drove an 18 wheeler OTR, visiting each of the lower 48. Only person couldn't comprehend was a Cajun store clerk near the Mississippi Delta.
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The accent from the old Western film is more of a combination of transatlantic Hollywood accent and a Texan accent.
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As someone from the edge of the Appalachian Mountains in upper Alabama, my great grandfather DEFINITELY had the thickest accent in my fam. When he was still alive, I remember constantly lookin' at my mom and going "what he just say??" I was still real young at the time 🤣 Managed to still get some accent from my Pops and Nana tho!!
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As a Troll, I heard #9 and instantly went “YOOPER!” Between relating to first guy that the snow really just cushions you, recognizing the second girl’s college hat (I’ve got a friend that went there), and recognizing the name of the town the third guy was from, there was really no doubt about it! 😂
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Texan here: I was in Germany this month, and heard an American accent from across the restaurant, and I knew they were from Texas and was pretty confident they were from Dallas. I introduced myself, and they confirmed they were from Dallas - absolutely can tell by accent where folks are from inside the state of Texas 😄
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Years ago an old fellow in the U.K. thought I was Canadian. When I told him I lived in N.Y., he said I must live right on the border of Canada. He nailed it, Buffalo!
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You completely forgot a few, but one of the ones is the upstate NY, Central Pennsylvania, and central New Jersey. The 3 are basically the same accent with slight NYC pronounciation on certain words but other than that its a mix of the Pittsburgh, Classic, and New York City accents.
