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Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by Elaine B.
(Post 6396320)
People can never understand when I say 8, I've actually had to say the number after 7 for people to finally get it:o (It really didn't help when I lived on the 8th floor of an apartment building.)
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Re: Your accent...
don't know if my strong welsh accent helps or hinders me over here. In work it doesn't really matter as it's Markham and they are mostly oriental anyway. In social settings it's usually an ice breaker....in the US the conversation usually goes" What accent is that...I See Welsh......What part of Welsh are you from...Did you live near Diana".......
On the flip side i was surprised when visiting a Canadian friend early in my time here who called her kids in to watch "muffin the mule" on kids TV, Told her that "muffing" the mule was a criminal offense in the UK ;) |
Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by clynnog
(Post 6397948)
When you say the #8 does it rhyme with 'gate' and it is really stretched out. Do you also say you are going for a 'wee dander'.
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Gentlemen.....
Someone shared these Dilbert cartoons with me yesterday. I thought they might be of interest re. this thread!;)
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...at/dilbert.jpg |
Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by the undutchables
(Post 6391012)
I'm originally from West Lothian, Scotland and have a broad Edinburgh/ east coast accent ( think Sean Connery!) although my family and friends have said my accent has softened being away from home. Here in Holland most people, Dutch and English, think I'm Irish!
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Re: Your accent...
Took me 3 tries last night to order 'water' in a quiet restaurant. My canadian colleagues had to rescue me. Next time I'll try to get some 'wada' instead - tastes the same.
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Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by drifter
(Post 6416447)
Took me 3 tries last night to order 'water' in a quiet restaurant. My canadian colleagues had to rescue me. Next time I'll try to get some 'wada' instead - tastes the same.
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Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by bazzz
(Post 6389458)
Hasn't made the slightest bit of difference as far as I can tell, but then it seems to be a pretty common accent here. It's been suggested that if I were single it'd probably help me get laid more easily.
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i was chatting to a waitress in a small bar about 2 weeks ago! she said she loved my accent! so i asked her if she could speak im my accent! to see how different i sounded from her west cost BC accent! She started speaking back to me i started laughing! she sounded like the queen herself! not a bad attempt apart from the fact i was brought up in Hull!
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we get quite a few comments regarding our accents, OH has slight yorkshire twang to him, i'm a cockney, usually all good but loads of confusion when the slang comes out, which can be amusing.:lol:
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Re: Your accent...
[QUOTE=bananahammock;6389553]I work with special needs kids & sound like Vicky Pollard :p.
I work with a group of young adults with disabilities, and unfortunatly, some of the members seem to find the word "rubbish" hysterical. If only I had realised when I started work, I would have tried harder to use the word "garbage." I now have to listen to everything being called rubbish about a hundred times a day....Although, I now have managed to get them to use it only on things that are negative. One of the autistic members calls me "Sally-James-Bond" and I assume that this is because of my accent. Another member also believes that I must know Harry Potter personally....Makes a change from The Queen! It's a great place to work, and the members seem to find my accent very amusing, so I feel that in my job, it definately has a positive benefit.....laughter! |
Re: Gentlemen.....
Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
(Post 6413931)
Someone shared these Dilbert cartoons with me yesterday. I thought they might be of interest re. this thread!;)
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...at/dilbert.jpg Atlantic Xpat - they are soo funny! |
Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by drifter
(Post 6416447)
Took me 3 tries last night to order 'water' in a quiet restaurant. My canadian colleagues had to rescue me. Next time I'll try to get some 'wada' instead - tastes the same.
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Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by allicat001
(Post 6414752)
where in West Lothian are you from?
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Re: Your accent...
Originally Posted by the undutchables
(Post 6423113)
I'm a Bathgate Bairn, born and bred.
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