"British Accent"

kiki · Post by **kiki** » 04 Jan 2008, 14:55

i thought irwin invented the language Australian

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 04 Jan 2008, 18:40

i dont like british accent, it sounds gay...

finnish accent is more fun

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 04 Jan 2008, 19:41

Finns sound like Klingons with a cold.

I usually prefer the british accent for movies unless they mumble a lot. Yes, there is a british accent. It's the way you people pronounce your words differently, not the regional accent.

CarRepairer · Post by **CarRepairer** » 04 Jan 2008, 21:48

Pxtl · Post by **Pxtl** » 04 Jan 2008, 21:56

Here's the point: if you're a Brit and you run into an American, do you think he speaks with a New England accent, or an American one? Probably the American one. Likewise, an American probably can't identify a Welsh accent beyond the knowledge that it's from somewhere in the British Isles. Hence the term "British accent".

CarRepairer · Post by **CarRepairer** » 04 Jan 2008, 22:27

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 04 Jan 2008, 22:51

Was dah yall says? Assents iz fun tuh tahk wif? Ah dunno what it is wif you cray-see pepillz. I's gunta go an' eat sum watah mellon. Huh, wassat you says? Look ovah heah? Oh lawd, iss dah sum fried chicken!?

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 04 Jan 2008, 23:55

Ayyyyy saahh, awayagwan beeg gah?! Wasdat? Ih dat sohm currey up pon da fraya? Ah dat small goo sah!

^ What I have to deal with atleast once a week when my girlfriend's father comes over. :D

Accents rock.

What I'd like to know is if Brits can tell a Canadian accent from a yankee accent. Or better yet, if an American can tell a Torontonian accent from a Maritimer accent (or a Quebecois accent from a French accent)

CarRepairer · Post by **CarRepairer** » 05 Jan 2008, 00:29

SpikedHelmet wrote:What I'd like to know is if Brits can tell a Canadian accent from a yankee accent. Or better yet, if an American can tell a Torontonian accent from a Maritimer accent (or a Quebecois accent from a French accent)

Simple: Quebecers say "hein" at the end of each sentence (written "eh" in AngloCanadian English)

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 05 Jan 2008, 00:47

Pxtl wrote:Here's the point: if you're a Brit and you run into an American, do you think he speaks with a New England accent, or an American one? Probably the American one. Likewise, an American probably can't identify a Welsh accent beyond the knowledge that it's from somewhere in the British Isles. Hence the term "British accent".

Indeed.

Asking people from the US/Canada/Australia to identify dialects of the British isles individually rather than saying "British accent" would be like Americans asking people from the UK to identify American dialects individually rather than simply saying "American accent". We probably have more accents than you anyways. The New York metropolitan region has something like 5 dialects in and of itself.

(They are dialects not accents BTW, accents are what foreign people have.)

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 05 Jan 2008, 04:56

Rose: "So, if you're a time traveling alien, why do you sound like you're from the North?"

The Doctor:"What? Lots of planets have a North."

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 05 Jan 2008, 09:24

SpikedHelmet wrote:Maritimer accent

WTF are you talking about, we don't have an accent...

Relative · Post by **Relative** » 05 Jan 2008, 09:43

Zoombie wrote:Rose: "So, if you're a time traveling alien, why do you sound like you're from the North?"

The Doctor:"What? Lots of planets have a North."

Best line from the ninth doctor.

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 05 Jan 2008, 19:31

Tbh there are much bigger diffrences between accents in the UK than there are in the US. Im from SE England and i can pretty much understand any US accent, but i still have trouble with some people from cornwall/wales/scotland sometimes. Especialy if they;re pissed

try talking to steve on TS! Why eye ya soouthrn pahnze!

nemppu · Post by **nemppu** » 05 Jan 2008, 19:35

Cabbage wrote:Tbh there are much bigger diffrences between accents in the UK than there are in the US. Im from SE England and i can pretty much understand any US accent, but i still have trouble with some people from cornwall/wales/scotland sometimes. Especialy if they;re pissed

try talking to steve on TS! Why eye ya soouthrn pahnze!

ima agree as a person from neither countries

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 05 Jan 2008, 19:49

nemppu wrote:
Cabbage wrote:Tbh there are much bigger diffrences between accents in the UK than there are in the US. Im from SE England and i can pretty much understand any US accent, but i still have trouble with some people from cornwall/wales/scotland sometimes. Especialy if they;re pissed

try talking to steve on TS! Why eye ya soouthrn pahnze!
ima agree as a person from neither countries

you chose wisely

nemppu · Post by **nemppu** » 05 Jan 2008, 19:57

Cabbage wrote:
nemppu wrote:
Cabbage wrote:Tbh there are much bigger diffrences between accents in the UK than there are in the US. Im from SE England and i can pretty much understand any US accent, but i still have trouble with some people from cornwall/wales/scotland sometimes. Especialy if they;re pissed

try talking to steve on TS! Why eye ya soouthrn pahnze!
ima agree as a person from neither countries
you chose wisely

i have been on vent with a guy from wales and also with two scottish guys who are buddies. everyone had a hard time understanding the scottish guys even thouhg they were talking extra slowly.

after being on vent with the scottish guys several times i started to get the hang of it quite easily.

my god scottish is so SECHSAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ooOOoh<3<3<3

pintle · Post by **pintle** » 05 Jan 2008, 20:52

I used to work in a tandoori takeaway. I live about 35 miles from the scottish border and have spent a fair amount of time in both edinburgh and glasgow. I had massive trouble understanding scottish wagon drivers who would come in and speak broad "weegie" (glaswegian), despite having grown up relatively close to the city.

I live a bout 30 miles from newcastle, and the geordie accent is incredibly recognisable. Its also immediately apparent that i do not have a geordie accent.

There is a massive variation in accent and dialect in the UK.

The reason i find generalisations of british accents irksome is most likely tied to the fact that a geordie accent is often considered to be very working class, and an indicator of a lack of intelligence, particularly by smart-arsed rich southerners (no offence anybody :D). "Queens english" is imposed from the south east, which has a hugely disproportionate influence on british culture and the economy, to the detriment of the rest of the country, and the perception that we all love to tally ho pip pip drink tea and crumpets play cricket reallllllly winds me up.

/rant

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 06 Jan 2008, 05:49

pintle wrote:smart-arsed rich southerners (no offence anybody :D).

/rant

i take offence you northen tart!

Cabbage wrote: Location: Surrey (UK)

BigSteve · Post by **BigSteve** » 06 Jan 2008, 06:36

hmmm yeah southerners tend to fink us geordies are a bit fick in the heed like, no idea why...

it was just the otherday I bumped into some friends on the highstreet in Vancouver coming out of a clothes store, they introduced me to this chap they had with them, turned out he was from Reading (posh town in england)
I told him I was from newcastle and he said, in his posh southern tone,
"Newcastle? oh nice, Ive alot of friends there, really cool town, I visit there alot"

Well... let me tell you! that was IT, what a cheeky southern bastard eh? they all just think they're so much better than us... you'll be glad to know I promptly nutted him, punched him to ground and stamped allover his shopping.

What's their problem? why do they always think we're stupid uneducated thugs? I mean... really.....

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