Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 25th 2008, 3:54 pm
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Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any of you expats picked up the accent or do you still sound like you could be living in the UK ?
When you come back and visit do your family and friends comment on the change in your accent ?
This clip is over 9 mins long but i found it quite interesting (but then again that's just me
)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9EH...eature=related (its in 5 parts but worth watching IMHO)
When you come back and visit do your family and friends comment on the change in your accent ?
This clip is over 9 mins long but i found it quite interesting (but then again that's just me
)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9EH...eature=related (its in 5 parts but worth watching IMHO)
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Sep 25th 2008, 4:00 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have lost both my accent and my original manner of speaking. I've also lost the limited ability I once had to understand people from the North, yesterday on the radio I heard an interview with a man from Leicester, he was close to being unintelligable to me. otoh I think I'm now quite good at spotting American regional accents and living here has given me gaydar.
Sep 25th 2008, 4:01 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im now somewhere midatlantic...neither fish nor fowl. Far more Brit sounding than Canadian, but the default vocab is now firmy north american, which is a dead giveaway eh! Old friends say I sound a bit american now, new friends thinking I'm English or Australian
As a kid I moved from Surrey to the Wirral and within ten days my "RP" had changed to pseudoscouse. Parents rightly appalled. Got a bit of all sorts now.
As a kid I moved from Surrey to the Wirral and within ten days my "RP" had changed to pseudoscouse. Parents rightly appalled. Got a bit of all sorts now.
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Sep 25th 2008, 4:05 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was a brilliant sketch on "Chewin' The Fat" about 2 guys returning to Scotland for the first time after 27 years in Canada...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q7t9AUuVSg
The quality's not good, but the observations are spot on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q7t9AUuVSg
The quality's not good, but the observations are spot on!
Sep 25th 2008, 4:08 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any of you expats picked up the accent or do you still sound like you could be living in the UK ?
When you come back and visit do your family and friends comment on the change in your accent ?
This clip is over 9 mins long but i found it quite interesting (but then again that's just me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9EH...eature=related
When you come back and visit do your family and friends comment on the change in your accent ?
This clip is over 9 mins long but i found it quite interesting (but then again that's just me
)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9EH...eature=related
However 5 minutes back in Liverpool and the scouse all comes flooding back.
Sep 25th 2008, 4:11 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
never lost my accent even when I stayed in England for 20 years I was always scottish, my sister talks English when sobber and scottish when she is pissed
hate it when people do that crap makes them sound stupid. kids will loose their accents but not adults (well that might just be my way of thinking) dont want to upset anyone who has changed their accent
hate it when people do that crap makes them sound stupid. kids will loose their accents but not adults (well that might just be my way of thinking) dont want to upset anyone who has changed their accent
Sep 25th 2008, 4:15 pm
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Sep 25th 2008, 4:19 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My wife reckons I'm not as Brit sounding as I was. I moved here 4 years ago.
But I often have to repeat things more than once talking to Canadians.
"John Street" I say. They say "Jones St?"
"No, JOHN ST. J-O-H-N street."
"What?"
Or in the pharmacy I ask for "a month's renewal on this, please" and they still do 2 or 3 months worth.
But I often have to repeat things more than once talking to Canadians.
"John Street" I say. They say "Jones St?"
"No, JOHN ST. J-O-H-N street."
"What?"
Or in the pharmacy I ask for "a month's renewal on this, please" and they still do 2 or 3 months worth.
Sep 25th 2008, 4:38 pm
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beats me. ok maybe 1-2 words people will pick up over the years but no the full blown accent. as I said I dont want to upset anyone who wishes to change their accent its their choice but not everyone does and there is nothing worse than talking to someone who cant make up their mind if they are Scottish English or Irish and you have to ask where they come from and they say Scotland or where ever. it just sounds daft to me but then thats might just be me I dont know
Sep 25th 2008, 4:44 pm
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maybe if they have been abroad since a child or mid teens, but I cant see people loose their accent when in the mid 20s. why is it when they suddenly mix in back home the accent is as broad scottish or English beats me. ok maybe 1-2 words people will pick up over the years but no the full blown accent. as I said I dont want to upset anyone who wishes to change their accent its their choice but not everyone does and there is nothing worse than talking to someone who cant make up their mind if they are Scottish English or Irish and you have to ask where they come from and they say Scotland or where ever. it just sounds daft to me but then thats might just be me I dont know
beats me. ok maybe 1-2 words people will pick up over the years but no the full blown accent. as I said I dont want to upset anyone who wishes to change their accent its their choice but not everyone does and there is nothing worse than talking to someone who cant make up their mind if they are Scottish English or Irish and you have to ask where they come from and they say Scotland or where ever. it just sounds daft to me but then thats might just be me I dont knowWhy do we need to know where someone has come from? Shouldnt we be more interested in where they are now and where they intend to go?
Like you said accent is a personal choice, most people can with some work modify their accent, most people will alter their vocabulary either to fit in or to be better understood. I dont think my accent per se has changed, however, my speech pattern and vocabulary has adapted to being here.
Sep 25th 2008, 4:48 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont take this the wrong way Kate.
Why do we need to know where someone has come from? Shouldnt we be more interested in where they are now and where they intend to go?
Like you said accent is a personal choice, most people can with some work modify their accent, most people will alter their vocabulary either to fit in or to be better understood. I dont think my accent per se has changed, however, my speech pattern and vocabulary has adapted to being here.
Why do we need to know where someone has come from? Shouldnt we be more interested in where they are now and where they intend to go?
Like you said accent is a personal choice, most people can with some work modify their accent, most people will alter their vocabulary either to fit in or to be better understood. I dont think my accent per se has changed, however, my speech pattern and vocabulary has adapted to being here.
your right and im a classic for opening my big gob
Sep 25th 2008, 4:58 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"erm well when I finish work\this drink\shopping"
"no home to the UK"
"NO Calgary\Canada is home"
"Really? But you sound English"
"thats cos I was born there"
"so dont you prefer it in England, it's so......(insert whatever here)"
ffs if I prefered the UK would I be living here???
Sep 25th 2008, 5:00 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nah, its just what (sometimes) gets my back is talking to 'canadians' who ask when your going 'home'.
"erm well when I finish work\this drink\shopping"
"no home to the UK"
"NO Calgary\Canada is home"
"Really? But you sound English"
"thats cos I was born there"
"so dont you prefer it in England, it's so......(insert whatever here)"
ffs if I prefered the UK would I be living here???
"erm well when I finish work\this drink\shopping"
"no home to the UK"
"NO Calgary\Canada is home"
"Really? But you sound English"
"thats cos I was born there"
"so dont you prefer it in England, it's so......(insert whatever here)"
ffs if I prefered the UK would I be living here???
Sep 25th 2008, 5:01 pm
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have lost both my accent and my original manner of speaking. I've also lost the limited ability I once had to understand people from the North, yesterday on the radio I heard an interview with a man from Leicester, he was close to being unintelligable to me. otoh I think I'm now quite good at spotting American regional accents and living here has given me gaydar.
Leicester is the Midlands. Which is like the North but without whippets, flat caps, Kes-type feral children, or outside lavatoires.
R.