This is the kind of sentiment I have when a question is asked on “do Japanese people talk like anime characters in real life?” And the straight answer is no. Is it the same with “do Americans talk like in Netflix” or is that a load of garbage?
It happens with some people thinking anime speak is how Japanese people interact but in the end they appear stupid as no one talks like that IRL. Now, is the manner of speaking from US Dramas or TV representative of a real life conversation?
No. People interrupt each other, stumble over words, and sometimes need time to think before speaking. None of that happens when the dialog is pre written and rehearsed.
We dance to live music and Dont just add it in lost. We also go to the bathroom and choke on our own spit randomly.
That question covers a huge amount of media, lane, and people. There are likely hundreds of accents in the US.
Generally for media depicting fairly modern times, the accents are accurate. For example, Superbad, Clerks, and the TV show Reservation Dogs all depict different people and accents in the USA accurately IMO.
Movies from the 1920s to the 1960s seem to have more artificial accents, such as the Mid-Atlantic accent.
Newscasters speak differently than normal, probably so they can be understood more clearly.
Same with game show announcers and reality show narrators.
Its a big question and it depends on the media.
I was watching a new short series that takes place in maine. Half the characters have a boston accent and it’s honestly driving me mad. Maine is distinct from boston…
The show is wierd and Idk if I like it, and I def dont remember what it’s called.
I truly find the mid Atlantic accent too be fascinating
As in an “American equivalent” to the “anime voice” type thing? Um no… Not that I’m aware of except maybe cartoons do that.
Or do you mean like the overall speech including word choices and how sentences gets put together? I think TV is just way too polished. Irl is more like a police bodycam footage, or a random street interview thats unscripted (i mean even those street interview youtube videos are kinda overedited/polished compared to off camera conversations).
I mean as in lots of filler words and awkward silences. Lots of: “um…” “so…” “like…” wait…" “you know…”
Lots of colliqualism you dont really see on TV.(btw I type exactly like how I would speak irl)
But on the other hand, idk if all the Breaking Bad type of “talking like a gangster” thing even is real either cuz I never been in those circles but when i was in K-12, like in highschool, I overhear lots of those “yo” “whatup” “fam” “dude” “bruh” a lot between classmates, and these are the most “gangster” looking kids (I mean as in they are the disruptive ones in class) so maybe the “yo” thing is actually what gang members use, or maybe its to show that they dont use formal speech and use heavy colloqualism to imply that “these people dont have college education”.
So yeah police bodycam footage (theres lots of those from the US due to Freedom of Information Act) captures lots of those IRL moments of awkwardness, even without a stressful factor like being in proximity of a cop, lots of those awkwardness really does happen with average conversations.
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Depends on the film, and I believe the same can be said for a lot of places (just my opinion).
Like, you’re bound to have Hollywood films more representative of life in America, however it will of course have some theatrics added.
There is also the elephant in the room: how bloody massive the US is. I’ve travelled through a bit, stepped foot in 39 States (if I’m honest I travelled around only about 25-28 or so), and it was easy to see a good variation in the way people talk, not just the differences in slang.
In a lot of cases the representation of a character would be based on the influence of a real person, however the amount to which the impression is exaggerated depends on the film or show.
I would not say my friends and family remind me of any film to a great degree, yet there will be some aspects within. However the same can be said about here in the UK.
We all know a bit of a Rodney, etc.But in my experience I’d say no, I’ve rarely met someone who genuinely behaved fully like a TV or movie character whilst visiting and living there, unless they were trying to make an impression of the characters.
Hope this made sense.
The US iٌs large and varies widely by region and subculture. Also life of the upper middle or lower upper class is often depicted. No one is acturally shown working mostly.
for the most part americans talk like the people surrounding them growing up. if they intentionally want to change their speech, they may choose someone on tv to sound like, but generally speaking that’s rare. southerners sound like they’re from the south, no matter how much tv they watch, bostonians sound like they’re from boston, same for new yorkers, minnesotans, cajuns, etc
edit: if you want to hear a fantastic minnesota accent, check out that movie Fargo
