Ruby Murray

You're a naughty girl peas

Steve_P

So that's what you did to me.

ladnerite

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.)

Danny B

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...

live to ski

Bless

Howard1944

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

Australians HATE being called English.

daft batty

Er none?? Connery can never hide his accent.

Howard1944

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

iaink

classless or clueless




but was that a question or a statement?

manghams

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

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

Maybe I should learn a monolog

Nobody can understand my 3 yr - except me!

iaink

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...

manghams

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

manghams

Speaking of accents and kids;

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

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

Elaine B.

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"

manghams

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