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"British Accent"
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 21:36
by Imperium
The term British Accent annoys me. What is a British Accent? Take a person from Scotland, Wales and England and you can pretty much guarantee that their pronunciation will be very different. Hell, just by taking people from Northern England and Southern England would do that. There is no British Accent arghghghgh.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 21:40
by Machiosabre
I read that post in my head with a British accent. pip pip cheerio
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 22:04
by carbon
I just LOLed at this thread.
I think the British accent is used to generally refer to the way a person from GB pronounces such things as their vowels (mostly) differently than other English speaking countries. Same goes for an American accent, Australian accent, South African accent, Singaporean accent etc. etc. In more diverse countries there will most definitely be variations in dialects, but the kind of accent regarded as the "norm" for that country (i.e. the way newscasters speak in each respective country) is how many people around the world imagine the accent of it's citizens. However, in reality there are many different accents in almost every country. Everyone around the globe just can't be expected to be familiar with all of them. Therefore, we generalize... not stereotype.
Now go have your tea and crumpets!
P.S. And Machio is great!
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 22:50
by Machiosabre
carbon wrote:
Machio is great!
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 23:09
by nemppu
"The most common form of English used by the British ruling class is that originating from southeast England (the area around the capital, London, and the ancient English university towns of Oxford and Cambridge). This form of the language is known as the "Received Standard", and its accent is called Received Pronunciation (RP), which is improperly regarded by many people outside the UK as "the British accent". Earlier it was held as better than other accents and referred to as the King's (or Queen's) English, or even "BBC English"." source:english wikipedia /article:British_English
This is probably what's usually meant by the term British Accent abroad.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 23:22
by Relative
nemppu beat me to it, with a coherent response?!? The end is nigh!!!
I could of told you about RP without ripping off wikipedia....
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 23:30
by nemppu
Relative wrote:nemppu beat me to it, with a coherent response?!? The end is nigh!!!
I could of told you about RP without ripping off wikipedia....
I knew about it without wikipedia aswell but I couldn't be bothered when I could just copypaste finely tuned and all polished text from wikipedia.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 02:38
by BlackLiger
I say, do you know how offensive that steriotype of my accent is to me, old chap? I should say that you deserve a solid thrasing for that, hahahaha, but I'm not that sort of chappie. As such, toodle pip, I shall be going for a spot of tea and crumpets.
Ya'll right lad? Nempuu here beat ya ta the punch, so ye lookin a bit pale like, and seem to be droolin. Perhaps ye just need a bit of the smelly, and then you'll be right as rain.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 02:59
by SpikedHelmet
When I think of British accents, I think of Coronation Street, because my mother would watch it religiously when I was growing up.
"Wot you fink bou' thot, Deardrey?!"
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 04:01
by BigSteve
You there! stand aside! ...I'm British don't you know!
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 04:25
by kiki
ur canadian like the rest of us. eh?
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 08:21
by Saktoth
Its the same with Australian accent. Hell the Australian culture. You have NO IDEA how angry i get when someone calls me 'Australian' in the same breath as a queenslander. Fuck. Steve. Irwin.
Queensland is the Texas of Australia. I think there is something about warm climates that rotts the brain and destroys pronunciation.
Thats like thinking all Americans are like George W Bush.
Most peoples idea of a culture is what they see on TV.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 10:15
by BlackLiger
I vote that this topic be used by us all to demonstrate how stupid an accent we can do. ^_^
What des ye say, laddies and gals? Shell we do that than?
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 10:22
by SwiftSpear
Saktoth wrote:Its the same with Australian accent. Hell the Australian culture. You have NO IDEA how angry i get when someone calls me 'Australian' in the same breath as a queenslander. Fuck. Steve. Irwin.
Queensland is the Texas of Australia. I think there is something about warm climates that rotts the brain and destroys pronunciation.
Thats like thinking all Americans are like George W Bush.
Most peoples idea of a culture is what they see on TV.
Stop whining. I have to share my nationality with French people.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 10:52
by MightySheep
I love tea and crumpets! GB has about 20 different kinds of accent whoever said "british accent" is a retard.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 11:42
by Comp1337
SwiftSpear wrote:Saktoth wrote:Its the same with Australian accent. Hell the Australian culture. You have NO IDEA how angry i get when someone calls me 'Australian' in the same breath as a queenslander. Fuck. Steve. Irwin.
Queensland is the Texas of Australia. I think there is something about warm climates that rotts the brain and destroys pronunciation.
Thats like thinking all Americans are like George W Bush.
Most peoples idea of a culture is what they see on TV.
Stop whining. I have to share my nationality with French people.
This man is right.
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 11:46
by rattle
just by taking people from Northern England
dat iz sum stupid thread innit
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 13:08
by pintle
rattle wrote:just by taking people from Northern England
dat iz sum stupid thread innit
Is that supposed to be a northern accent?
Don't make me and BigSteve "educate" you now...
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 14:05
by Relative
rattle wrote:innit
*STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB*
Re: "British Accent"
Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 14:53
by nemppu
MightySheep wrote:I love tea and crumpets! GB has about 20 different kinds of accent whoever said "british accent" is a retard.
no im pretty sure youre the retard