British accents
Mar 23rd 2007, 12:08 pm
#91
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Re: British accents
)hmm, never had that problem meself, worst one for me was some of the Fife accents
and that was after living there for nealry 10 years
Mar 26th 2007, 1:38 pm
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Re: British accents
Apr 1st 2007, 3:17 am
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Re: British accents
As a Glaswegian who has lived in London for 20 years, I still find it amusing how few people seem to be aware of their accents. My own accent is very dilute but helpfully perceptible to afford distinction round these parts. To me, the finest qualities in any accent come from the lightness of delivery. Any colour in your accent is certainly helpful in defining you in a social situation as well as being a useful device for 'ice-breaking' shite talk. If you appear to be from 'somewhere else' then you are automatically bestowed with an interest quality.
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Apr 1st 2007, 4:30 am
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Re: British accents
As a Glaswegian who has lived in London for 20 years, I still find it amusing how few people seem to be aware of their accents. My own accent is very dilute but helpfully perceptible to afford distinction round these parts. To me, the finest qualities in any accent come from the lightness of delivery. Any colour in your accent is certainly helpful in defining you in a social situation as well as being a useful device for 'ice-breaking' shite talk. If you appear to be from 'somewhere else' then you are automatically bestowed with an interest quality.
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Howdy and welcome to BE from a fellow Scot! Interesting first post, I liked it!
Apr 1st 2007, 6:09 am
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Re: British accents
I don't care what the regional accent is but I really dislike the "chav" speak of hard glottal stops, "f" instead of "th" and the like. It's the combination of the dumbing down that gets to me.
Apr 1st 2007, 2:15 pm
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Re: British accents
As a Glaswegian who has lived in London for 20 years, I still find it amusing how few people seem to be aware of their accents. My own accent is very dilute but helpfully perceptible to afford distinction round these parts. To me, the finest qualities in any accent come from the lightness of delivery. Any colour in your accent is certainly helpful in defining you in a social situation as well as being a useful device for 'ice-breaking' shite talk. If you appear to be from 'somewhere else' then you are automatically bestowed with an interest quality.
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Apr 1st 2007, 2:51 pm
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Apr 1st 2007, 3:06 pm
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Re: British accents
I have to admit -- I love it when Mark dons a fake chav accent, I find it really cute! 
Of course, he doesn't normally talk like that so I think that's what makes it so endearing.
Even before I met Mark, I always had the opinion that an English accent, by default, made someone sound worldly, sophisticated and intelligent. I don't know why, I can't explain it. But apparently I'm not alone in that regard.
~ Jenney
Of course, he doesn't normally talk like that so I think that's what makes it so endearing.Even before I met Mark, I always had the opinion that an English accent, by default, made someone sound worldly, sophisticated and intelligent. I don't know why, I can't explain it. But apparently I'm not alone in that regard.
~ Jenney
Apr 1st 2007, 4:44 pm
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Re: British accents
As a Glaswegian who has lived in London for 20 years, I still find it amusing how few people seem to be aware of their accents. My own accent is very dilute but helpfully perceptible to afford distinction round these parts. To me, the finest qualities in any accent come from the lightness of delivery. Any colour in your accent is certainly helpful in defining you in a social situation as well as being a useful device for 'ice-breaking' shite talk. If you appear to be from 'somewhere else' then you are automatically bestowed with an interest quality.
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Of course if you bark and mangle glottal stops like a gibbon without any consideration to independant thought then you deserve to spend your time standing in the middle of the room whilst everbody points at your angry pink arse.
Woof!
Apr 1st 2007, 4:49 pm
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Re: British accents
I have never heard this term "chav" before what does it mean ? I have seen it on this site but nowhere else. That aside I am from Hertfordshire so I don't actually have an accent of any kind I just speak normally. It is pretty interesting though in the USA because I used to think the yanks all sounded the same but now I know and loathe accents from maine, ND, and Louisiana whereas I don't mind accents from say Florida.
Apr 1st 2007, 4:52 pm
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Re: British accents
New York Brooklyn or Queens (Marissa Tomei, in My Cousin Vinny) accents gurt turn I on like...........