Re: 'British' accents
 

As in where aboot is that shop!! Better keep with it then, so maybe folk will think I'm a true Canadian ;) when we get there. I'll fit right in! well when I talk to people from the US that is!! :rofl:

Re: 'British' accents
 

Well ....... as I still sound as though I just hopped off the boat I am usually asked if I am either:

English
Irish
Australian

Here where we stay there are quite a lot of Scots, so if someone needs to ask ..... they missed the "burr" in the accent ;)

At a Burn's Supper the other night I recited a couple of verses of the "Jeely Piece" song............. now that confused them!!

Re: 'British' accents
 

I too think I have a near enough RP Surrey accent, just with slightly toned down "a" due to the years living up't'north and constant nagging by Mr L2S. e.g. prouncing path as "path" instead of with the southern hard "a" as "pa'r'th"

- 80% think I am a Kiwi (and think they are really clever for not accusing me of being an Ozie, in the whole not accusing a Canadian of being a Yank type way)

- 10% think I am a Ozie

- 6% South African

- 4% British

Maybe being blond, sporty, frequenting ski resorts no Brits would go to and working in engineering means that I can't be British!

The Canadian guy I was sat next to on the chairlift at Sun Peaks at Christmas, who asked me what part of Oz I was from (cos no Brits go to Sun Peaks!) said that my accent was very "corrupt"...hhmmm

Whenever people ask me where I am from, I deliberately reply saying that we live in the westend of Vancouver, when I know that they are asking where my "accent" is from.

No-one can understand Mr L2S after a few beers when his Lancashire slur comes out

Re: 'British' accents
 

At my last job in the UK there was a guy there who sounded so Irish the first ever time I met him. But no-one else knew who the Irish guy on the 7th floor was, until we worked out that I had mistaken a American accent for being Irish.

To this day, this American guy is know as Irish John. I wonder if anyone remembers how he got this nick-name?

Re: 'British' accents
 

I (Canadian) can't hear very well fullstop, but when I'm pretty sure about an accent I will purposefully make the wrong assumption... just to be a shit. ;)

I'm 40 going on 11. :o

Re: 'British' accents
 

You're a naughty girl peas ;)

Re: 'British' accents
 

So that's what you did to me. :sneaky::p:rofl::rofl:

Re: 'British' accents
 

I've lived all but the first 3 years of my life in Canada and the English accent only tends to be audible to Canadians when I'm tired or speaking with my family. And, of course, in England they can't hear any accent but the Canadian. However, once an elderly sounding English woman phoned the office I was working at and after she had dealt with her reason for calling the woman got chatty and asked me if she was right in hearing an accent when speaking to me. I said "yes" and she not only knew I had an English accent, she knew I was from the Wirral (as was she long ago). And that is the first and only time anyone has picked up on that since I was very little. (Of course, when they speak to my dad they reckon they've had a chat with Ringo.)

Re: 'British' accents
 

My next door but two neighbour walked by the other morning whilst I was shovelling snow and said "I bet your not used to this back in OZ are you"?

I didn't have the heart to tell the old boy I was not from Australia...

Re: 'British' accents
 

Bless

Re: 'British' accents
 

How many actors who played James Bond spoke with an East London Accent, even Sean hid his brogue.????

Australians HATE being called English.

Re: 'British' accents
 

Er none?? Connery can never hide his accent.

Re: 'British' accents
 

I must admit, judging by the variety of accents here, most posters are definitely classless.:blink:

Re: 'British' accents
 

classless or clueless




but was that a question or a statement?

Re: 'British' accents
 

BOTH
But then I was always Daddy's little Princess. :angel_smile:

However, since arriving in Ontario with my broad Yorkshire accent; those that don't understand smile blankly; others ask me to keep talking so they can hear the accent :o

Maybe I should learn a monolog :confused:

Nobody can understand my 3 yr - except me! :tounge_smile:

Re: 'British' accents
 

Ive a feeling that might be a universal truth about all 3 year olds:) Only really understood by their parents.


By the time they are 5 even as a parent I dont understand half the time. I cant keep up with all the Barbies names, so basically Im clueless about the topic of conversation at least 3/4 of the time...:o

Re: 'British' accents
 

Try a 5 yr old boy - do you know the names of all the Transformers? :confused_smile:

Re: 'British' accents
 

Speaking of accents and kids; ;)

Have you watched Thomas the Tank Engine; Bob the Builder? American accents! Very disconcerting. :omg_smile:

Guess what I do when I'm not on the ex-pats site? :wink_smile:

Re: 'British' accents
 

I have a five year who get annoyed when I forget the names of dinosaurs just because he can remember the names of almost 100 different ones he thinks I should too. He likes to quiz me and the classic line is "oh come on mummy you know"

Re: 'British' accents
 

But mummy's are supposed to know everything, ;) then the big wide world takes over :(

Re: 'British' accents
 

yeah before I know it he'll be a teenager and I won't know anything!

Re: 'British' accents
 

I've got some of those too! :rofl:

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.

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!

Re: 'British' accents
 

We brought a talking Bob the Builder bike; Neil Morrison! :blink:

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! :unsure:

Everything here seems back to front? :o

Re: 'British' accents
 

Mean you do earth on what?

Re: 'British' accents
 

huh umm err :p

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.

Re: 'British' accents
 

[QUOTE=Rob4BC;5890187]Mean you do earth on what?[/QUOTE]

What on Earth do you mean?

Re: 'British' accents
 

[quote=Rob4BC;5891038]
!around way wrong the And :rofl:

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

Re: 'British' accents
 

But, perchance, an interesting one. Do share.

Novo

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

Re: 'British' accents
 

:zzz:

Re: 'British' accents
 

My, what class.

Re: 'British' accents
 

You forgot wit and charm;)

Re: 'British' accents
 

And intellect, wisdom and articulation ;)

Re: 'British' accents
 

like a lorry??

Re: 'British' accents
 

Of course, you daft bat....what else! :D

Re: 'British' accents
 

hmm, let me think..............nope not working, can't think of anything:ohmy: