Dawn's accent/voice - The Baby-Sitters Club (1990) Discussion

I'm midwestern and we generally don't have any recognizable accents :(

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[–] punkgirly 15 years ago

Exactly--that's why it was an AWKWARD accent! Midwesterners have a slight "Fargo" sounding voice sometimes, but this actress in the Babysitters Club spoke very oddly. She just pronounced her words so differently than "normal" people.

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[–] Teachlilangels 13 years ago

ARE YOU KIDDING??? Midwestern people have one of the most annoying accents in the US. Don't say you don't have a recognizable accent. LOL The way you people say "a" is irritating. LOL

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[–] cheedo 13 years ago

WILL YOU CALM DOWN??? Our accents are fine.

And unlike some parts of the country (like apparently wherever you're from), we know there is more than one way to pronounce "a".

Lawd help the Southerners, Valley Girls, and Ney Yorkers, cuz they have the most obnoxious voices of all time.

Bone, it is what it is.

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[–] harlot-2 15 years ago

That's hardcore Jersey all the way, not Midwestern!

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[–] branenj001 14 years ago

No, that was for sure a mid western. "Chaaaallenge", "come awn Kristy" "tewth pick".

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[–] disneyfan23 14 years ago

Um. Wow. Dawn is supposed to be from California! We don't sound like midwesterners at all. :-S

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[–] branenj001 14 years ago

Yeah, they kind of messed up on that one lol. In fact most of the girls sounded midwestern and most of them were from CT, NY and CA.

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[–] Guigano 14 years ago

You're wrong. Her accent was a classic Jersey accent. This is also supported by the fact that the show was shot in Englewood, NJ and the actress Melissa Chasse resided in New Jersey.

But I do agree, her accent was all wrong for the character. At the same time I think she played the character well.

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[–] branenj001 14 years ago

How did you find that out? It doesn't list any info under her bio. Does she have a site?

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[–] Teachlilangels 13 years ago

NOPE, you're wrong! I know a ton of people from Jersey. I am from NY and that is soooooooooooooooooo not a NJ accent. Just bec she lived there doesn't mean she didn't come from somewhere else or her parents were from the Midwest (she learned to speak from listening to them). She sounded like the actress Jamie Gertz who has one of the worst Midwestern accents ever. Not Jersey!

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[–] branenj001 13 years ago

Teach, I totally agree, you can spot a midwestern accent a mile away.

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[–] fanson83 13 years ago

http://melissalchasse.com/assets_d/22344/editor_files/Biography.pdf

She's from Conn.

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[–] Coryraisa 12 years ago

Everyone has an accent; we just don't hear it in our region when we speak with others from our area. I've been to England and the British can tell I'm American because they ask, Is that an American accent I hear? I think I also speak with one of the New York accents (NYC alone has several dialects, not just one) because I've visited the midwest and the mid-Atlantic region of the States and I've heard people say they can tell I'm from up north and even say I have a NY accent.

I imagine most of the BSC definitely having strong New England/New York accents.

I esp. love the London British accents, esp. the ones in the Harry Potter series.

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[–] Starry9281 11 years ago

I would actually identify her accent as Minnesotan or Canadian. The way she say "sorry" (sauwry? LOL) gives it away for me. But what do I know? Apparently she's from neither of those places.

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[–] branenj001 11 years ago

Exactly, her accent doesn't sound like any new englander I've met, it sounds more like Midwest,

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[–] FlyingTampon 9 years ago

she definitely did not sound like she was from Southern California.

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[–] MyShia919 9 years ago

Anyone seen the movie Teen Witch? Dawn's voice reminded me SO much of Robin Lively's voice in that movie. This sounds weird, but I think her accent had a little bit to do with the time period the show. A Jersey accent in 1990 might sound different than a Jersey accent in 2015, similar to how the Trans-Atlantic "American" accent of old Hollywood is nothing like how people talk today. Just a thought!

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