'British' accents
Feb 5th 2008, 6:49 pm
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Feb 5th 2008, 6:53 pm
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Re: 'British' accents
My brother sent a talking Bob toy from the UK... and it spoke like Neil Morrissey much to my surprise. Its now know for eternity in our house as "Funny Bob"....I tried to explain that he was "Proper Bob", but it fell unsurprisingly on deaf ears.
Feb 5th 2008, 7:23 pm
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Re: 'British' accents
There was an episode of Bobby the Builder on Treehouse with the American voices where Bob found some "porcupines" they were so obviously hedgehogs my OH thought it was very funny that I was getting annoyed!
Feb 5th 2008, 7:29 pm
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Re: 'British' accents
Also brought Luna Jim, which is a Canadian cartoon, but ours have a british accent! I thought I could get more here, but they are hard to find, I'll have to get more sent from the UK!
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Feb 5th 2008, 9:09 pm
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Re: 'British' accents
just had a statement returned to me as the crown felt there would be too much confusion with the sentance, "i then placed the controlled substance on the boot lid of my vehicle". the first of many i should imagine, i had whilst, carriageway and fire brigade in the last one.
Feb 5th 2008, 10:26 pm
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Re: 'British' accents
We brought a talking Bob the Builder bike; Neil Morrison!
Also brought Luna Jim, which is a Canadian cartoon, but ours have a british accent! I thought I could get more here, but they are hard to find, I'll have to get more sent from the UK!
Everything here seems back to front?
Also brought Luna Jim, which is a Canadian cartoon, but ours have a british accent! I thought I could get more here, but they are hard to find, I'll have to get more sent from the UK!
Everything here seems back to front?
What on Earth do you mean?
Feb 6th 2008, 12:32 am
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Feb 6th 2008, 1:26 am
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Re: 'British' accents
As a non-native speaker from a non-English-speaking country all I can say is that I usually say that RP speakers have a British accent. I know there are huge differences within the British Isles - and most of the times I can even guess whether the person is from NI, Scotland or England (no idea about the Welsh accents, though).
I used to be interviewed by Radio BBC Cumbria (long story) and I had to pay extra attention to understand the questions. I thought my interviewer was Scots, but he wasn't. However, I think it all has to do with being used to your interlocutor's accent. One of my best friends is a Canuck who grew up in Scotland and England. His accent is Scottish (so he tells me), but to me it didn't sound Scottish at all. To this day, I think his is a very suave American accent (without the strong American RRRRs). I know why I don't think his accent is Scottish: when I was studying English the Scottish accent I was exposed to was from a lesson that took place in Edinburgh!
Anyway, I'd love to hear different accents and try to guess where they're from. If anyone feels like chatting briefly on the phone, just PM me.
Cheers,
LHK
I used to be interviewed by Radio BBC Cumbria (long story) and I had to pay extra attention to understand the questions. I thought my interviewer was Scots, but he wasn't. However, I think it all has to do with being used to your interlocutor's accent. One of my best friends is a Canuck who grew up in Scotland and England. His accent is Scottish (so he tells me), but to me it didn't sound Scottish at all. To this day, I think his is a very suave American accent (without the strong American RRRRs). I know why I don't think his accent is Scottish: when I was studying English the Scottish accent I was exposed to was from a lesson that took place in Edinburgh!
Anyway, I'd love to hear different accents and try to guess where they're from. If anyone feels like chatting briefly on the phone, just PM me.
Cheers,
LHK
Feb 6th 2008, 1:46 am
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Feb 6th 2008, 1:58 am
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Re: 'British' accents
Hi, Novocastrian!
Well, about a little over two years ago I started listening to Radio BBC Cumbria (no specific reason - just wanted to listen to a regional radio) and to participate in the quiz-contests (won a prize once - a small notebook and a pen!). After a while I was invited by Paul Braithwaite to be interviewed in his programme (he interviews people all over the world and I was probably one of the few listeners from Brazil) and talk a bit about São Paulo and my life. I was interviewed two or three times then I had to stop - after my son was born. Paul's programme is a bit too late for me to be on the phone.
Hope this was interesting.
Cheers,
LHK
Well, about a little over two years ago I started listening to Radio BBC Cumbria (no specific reason - just wanted to listen to a regional radio) and to participate in the quiz-contests (won a prize once - a small notebook and a pen!). After a while I was invited by Paul Braithwaite to be interviewed in his programme (he interviews people all over the world and I was probably one of the few listeners from Brazil) and talk a bit about São Paulo and my life. I was interviewed two or three times then I had to stop - after my son was born. Paul's programme is a bit too late for me to be on the phone.
Hope this was interesting.
Cheers,
LHK
