Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:59 pm
Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:40 am
Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:03 pm
Twinkle wrote:Helena wrote:Hil wrote:
I think a generic American accent is like a "national newscaster's accent."
Back to the topic: No, I really can't fake an accent. Scottish and Irish accents are really hard to fake. Irish people do not sound like the lucky charms guy. Also, I don't know why some people think that the English talk like the chimney sweeper from Mary Poppins. I've been there, and nobody talks like that!
Some people here do talk like the chimney sweeper though. Its like..... Shoot, theres this female singer who sings with a cockney accent who's name I can't remember. Anyone know who she is? The name ran away![]()
Good grief. NOBODY talks like the "chimney sweeper" as smurf Van Dyke does the worst cockney accent in film history. It's terrible!
Do you mean Kate Nash btw?
Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:33 am
Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:16 pm
Aussie accents are pretty British, I think. I mean, Aussies mostly started out Brit, right?thesockoverlord wrote:(and I think my Australian accent may be more British than anything else...I don't know the difference, lol)
Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:27 pm
draconis wrote:Aussie accents are pretty British, I think. I mean, Aussies mostly started out Brit, right?thesockoverlord wrote:(and I think my Australian accent may be more British than anything else...I don't know the difference, lol)
Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:00 pm
draconis wrote:Aussie accents are pretty British, I think. I mean, Aussies mostly started out Brit, right?thesockoverlord wrote:(and I think my Australian accent may be more British than anything else...I don't know the difference, lol)
Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:12 am
Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:19 am
thesockoverlord wrote:what? haha, now all my childhood dreams have been squashed. how is there not a brittish accent...? i'm confuzzled now...
Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:24 am
draconis wrote:thesockoverlord wrote:what? haha, now all my childhood dreams have been squashed. how is there not a brittish accent...? i'm confuzzled now...
I think there isn't a British British, there's various local accents but eh no one actually speaks in what everyone thinks it The British Accent?
Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:24 pm
Twinkle wrote:draconis wrote:thesockoverlord wrote:what? haha, now all my childhood dreams have been squashed. how is there not a brittish accent...? i'm confuzzled now...
I think there isn't a British British, there's various local accents but eh no one actually speaks in what everyone thinks it The British Accent?
Wrong again. England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are all part of Britain but are different countries. We have entirely different accents, aside from regional ones. When most Americans talk of a British accent, you're all thinking of an <i>English</i> accent. Anyway, this accent is "Queen's English" which no-one tends to talk in anyway because of said regional accents. It just helps Americans understand what the heck we're on about.
When I was at camp in America, I had to adapt my accent to 'Queen's English' (I know, weird right?) so that the kids could understand me. I'm so common back home so when I came back sounding like Kate Winslet, I was pronounced "posh".
Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:50 pm
Twinkle wrote:draconis wrote:thesockoverlord wrote:what? haha, now all my childhood dreams have been squashed. how is there not a brittish accent...? i'm confuzzled now...
I think there isn't a British British, there's various local accents but eh no one actually speaks in what everyone thinks it The British Accent?
Wrong again. England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are all part of Britain but are different countries. We have entirely different accents, aside from regional ones. When most Americans talk of a British accent, you're all thinking of an <i>English</i> accent. Anyway, this accent is "Queen's English" which no-one tends to talk in anyway because of said regional accents. It just helps Americans understand what the heck we're on about.
When I was at camp in America, I had to adapt my accent to 'Queen's English' (I know, weird right?) so that the kids could understand me. I'm so common back home so when I came back sounding like Kate Winslet, I was pronounced "posh".
Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:03 pm
Asthaloth wrote:For what it's worth, I have never actually met anyone who spoke Received pronunciation (Queens English).
And on a side note, my accent is considered to be posh around here.
I'm from Southampton.![]()
(although I may have mentioned this one before....
Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:30 pm
Twinkle wrote:Asthaloth wrote:For what it's worth, I have never actually met anyone who spoke Received pronunciation (Queens English).
And on a side note, my accent is considered to be posh around here.
I'm from Southampton.![]()
(although I may have mentioned this one before....
I'm from Wolverhampton. 'Nuff said.
Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:47 am
jellyoflight wrote:Twinkle wrote:Asthaloth wrote:For what it's worth, I have never actually met anyone who spoke Received pronunciation (Queens English).
And on a side note, my accent is considered to be posh around here.
I'm from Southampton.![]()
(although I may have mentioned this one before....
I'm from Wolverhampton. 'Nuff said.
*point* She's a yam yam