Hows your accent?
#31
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by britvic
I use to, but it's all cocked up now since I had to buy a new computer will have to wait till the old man gets back to sort it all out.
He gets back in September so will have to see what needs fixing......
#32
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by britvic
Well if I had your number me little Darling of course I would, just to see if you are as scary as some of the time you come across
#33
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I've got Ray's number Vic.
#34
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by britvic
Shall I surprise him then
Yeah 'coz he won't know I've just told you.
#35
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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Yeah 'coz he won't know I've just told you.
#36
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by cinnabar
Do you mean the one called something like Mark Regev? I'd say his accent was Sarth Effrican myself.
Maybe the Southern Hemisphere types sound alike to me?
#37
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I knew it was not English, Scots, Welsh, or Irish.
Maybe the Southern Hemisphere types sound alike to me?
Maybe the Southern Hemisphere types sound alike to me?
#38
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by cinnabar
Kiwis say their "e"s like "i"s, so "put the pen on the bed" would be "put the pin on the bid". South Africans make their "a"s into "e"s (as in Effrica). That's mostly how I tell them apart. That and the rugby shirts.
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Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by Dan725
The most prolific example I have is my name - unless I also pronounce it Day-an (like Forest Gump as in Loo-tenant Day-an!), 90% of the people will come back with "Nice to meet you Don", which gets bloody annoying!
Them - 'What is your name?'
Me - 'Liz'
Them - 'Lis?' (or something similar sounding) or *blank stare*
Me - 'No, Liz as in Elizabeth'
It gets f*okin' annoying, I don't know how I can make myself clearer. Any suggestions?
I suppose I could just start going by a different name altogether or my nickname (Red), I'm not sure Partystar is appropriate!!!
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Re: Hows your accent?
I get asked a lot if I am Irish. I'm Scottish with not that much of an accent. I suppose if people haven't heard either accent except on TV they could mistake the two. I've even been mistaken for Scandinavian or Australian. The hardest accent over here to understand is some of the deep south accents. I work on the phone all day so you get to hear some really heavy accents.
#41
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by joto
I get asked a lot if I am Irish. I'm Scottish with not that much of an accent. I suppose if people haven't heard either accent except on TV they could mistake the two. I've even been mistaken for Scandinavian or Australian. The hardest accent over here to understand is some of the deep south accents. I work on the phone all day so you get to hear some really heavy accents.
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Re: Hows your accent?
Most Americans like to guess where I'm from, and their first guess is usually Australia. Last week, I met a Brit who said she'd been here 30 years so she'd lost her original accent (darn sarf British). I was aghast, I'd have sworn blind she was an Aussie. Is that what living here for a long time does to a British accent? She certainly didn't sound American.[/QUOTE]
I have always thiough that an australian accent is a cross between england and america anyway and that must be the case because I am always getting mistaken for australian (it happened yesterday actually and this was someone that actually knew an australian in real life!).
At first i thought it was my hampshire accent but now i think its just the american thats mixed in.
I have always thiough that an australian accent is a cross between england and america anyway and that must be the case because I am always getting mistaken for australian (it happened yesterday actually and this was someone that actually knew an australian in real life!).
At first i thought it was my hampshire accent but now i think its just the american thats mixed in.
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Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by cinnabar
I think it's hilarious when they get some ordinary (and presumably cheap) voice over actor to do an Irish or an English accent for adverts. They could so easily get a real Irish or English person, but they just don't care whether it sounds authentic or not. Put him in a leprechaun costume and that makes him Irish, so the accent doesn't really matter.
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Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by USBound
you should try a doncaster or barnsley accent.... my own accent disappeared a while ago (moved around the UK a lot) but my parents are pure yorkshire.... my dad ended up resorting to gesturing/pointing/shouting when all he wanted was a cup of coffee from Starbucks....its funny... for the first 3 times.... 5 weeks later I started butting in.
#45
Re: Hows your accent?
Originally Posted by bettyboop80
my dads the same way when he comes over here, he has a STRONG hampshire country accent. He won't even go through drive-thru's here anymore because they have so much trouble understanding him. and then the whole family falls about laughing at how american i am when i order something because i know how to say it so they understand me
Has anyone ever tried to say the name Barb (as in short for Barbara)? That one gets people everytime when I say it. If you don't put an American twang to it then forget it, you will never be understood! I usually resort to just saying Barbara it's easier (although sometimes when someone have shortenend their name they get offended if you put it back to full length again!)