gerryfiore
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wait a min , was that franky four fingers in snatch or Fred Fenster in the usual suspects who had a funny accent ? 
Regional Accents
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Green beans are gross!
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I loved the end bit! Psycho! :lol:
komal karthik
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Ironed? Punched with one of these more like.
Your winter gloves I see
Jennifer 8.29.09
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:glagpinch: :earl:
Your facts are all over the place today
WRT hearing the difference between accents, between continents.
I have problems distinguishing between some Australians and New Zeelanders talking, otherwise I reckon that isn't tricky.
I'm also pretty sure I can determine where some merkins are from in the U.S. Areas in places like Boston and Queens have fairly distinct accents. And at the very least I can tell if someone is from the north or south. Can't always keep all canadians apart from americans from up north, though.
To some extent I can do the same with british english. I can normally easily hear the difference between southerners, northeners, welsh and scots, at the very least. And I can also tell if someone is irish.
It's not even my native tongue :dabs: In fact, I'd say that the difference between some accents in english is easier to make out than the difference between some in my own language.
Obviously my interests and education has leaned towards languages in a big way. But even so, I still find it incredible when someone has a problem with hearing where some people with really thick accents are from.
I've noticed a few americans, people I know on the internet, referring to bands like Snow Patrol as english, or some australian/new zeelander as the same, though.
I wonder what I'd pass for in the U.S.
I reckon the way Americans have a problem hearing the difference between stuff I think is obviously not the same has a lot to do with their media consumption, and a fair bit to do with that american english is less varied than british english.
Most stuff that airs in america has all americans talking, and often when there's a briton in some piece of fiction, he or she is played by an american with an american idea of what britons sound like, while british actors often try to sound american.
At the same time America has a lot less linguistic drift (if I remember my realia classes correctly), or less different accents. Which has something to do with America being settled by people only from some select parts of the british isles, from the british side of the equation. Obviously immigration from other parts of the world has affected american accents in different ways, but they still haven't caught up with the plethora of different ways of saying stuff there is in the UK, AFAIK.
That may mean the average american gets less practice hearing the difference between accents, like.
I dunno, really :idunno:
Not really sure why I bothered writing all that, like.
I have problems distinguishing between some Australians and New Zeelanders talking, otherwise I reckon that isn't tricky.
I'm also pretty sure I can determine where some merkins are from in the U.S. Areas in places like Boston and Queens have fairly distinct accents. And at the very least I can tell if someone is from the north or south. Can't always keep all canadians apart from americans from up north, though.
To some extent I can do the same with british english. I can normally easily hear the difference between southerners, northeners, welsh and scots, at the very least. And I can also tell if someone is irish.
It's not even my native tongue :dabs: In fact, I'd say that the difference between some accents in english is easier to make out than the difference between some in my own language.
Obviously my interests and education has leaned towards languages in a big way. But even so, I still find it incredible when someone has a problem with hearing where some people with really thick accents are from.
I've noticed a few americans, people I know on the internet, referring to bands like Snow Patrol as english, or some australian/new zeelander as the same, though.
I wonder what I'd pass for in the U.S.
I reckon the way Americans have a problem hearing the difference between stuff I think is obviously not the same has a lot to do with their media consumption, and a fair bit to do with that american english is less varied than british english.
Most stuff that airs in america has all americans talking, and often when there's a briton in some piece of fiction, he or she is played by an american with an american idea of what britons sound like, while british actors often try to sound american.
At the same time America has a lot less linguistic drift (if I remember my realia classes correctly), or less different accents. Which has something to do with America being settled by people only from some select parts of the british isles, from the british side of the equation. Obviously immigration from other parts of the world has affected american accents in different ways, but they still haven't caught up with the plethora of different ways of saying stuff there is in the UK, AFAIK.
That may mean the average american gets less practice hearing the difference between accents, like.
I dunno, really :idunno:
Not really sure why I bothered writing all that, like.
Mid-Island- Marc
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I traveled to New York a couple of years ago. This'll be great, says I, no language barriers like what you get in France and every other country in the world whose language I can't be arsed to learn.
It was worse than fucking Paris. No cunt could make out a word I was saying.
Found myself repeating myself to everybody. Think I might learn how to sign or something else. :dabs:
It was worse than fucking Paris. No cunt could make out a word I was saying.
Found myself repeating myself to everybody. Think I might learn how to sign or something else. :dabs:
tootuncommon69
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I'm, pinky out whilst drinking tea, hella porsh.
Believe it or not. :smilie4:
Believe it or not. :smilie4:
ShowxNoxFear
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Manicgeek would know :shifty:
bigga/nigga
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Had the misfortune to hear myself on video the other day and I sound awful 
. Bit like CG, in that my voice changes when drunk. I sound really Londonish then, hence acquiring the nickname 'cockney wanker' through uni. When sober I have a faintly Janet Street-Porterish way of pronouncing words, and on account of the tongue stud sometimes slur certain words, especially if they're a bit tongue-twisting.
On the subject of British accents in America, I found they tended to think I was Australian. They're just not used to hearing foreign accents from other developed countries I think.
. Bit like CG, in that my voice changes when drunk. I sound really Londonish then, hence acquiring the nickname 'cockney wanker' through uni. When sober I have a faintly Janet Street-Porterish way of pronouncing words, and on account of the tongue stud sometimes slur certain words, especially if they're a bit tongue-twisting.On the subject of British accents in America, I found they tended to think I was Australian. They're just not used to hearing foreign accents from other developed countries I think
.three_ladybug
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"I hope I haven't disturbed you"
class!
class!
wait a min , was that franky four fingers in snatch or Fred Fenster in the usual suspects who had a funny accent ?
Yes.
fixed :sly:
Kelly Belly! :DD
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Why would an invading force need a passport.
carmella.2006
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But I especially like the accent from Northern Irelandishire, and singing songs from my favorite musical would be totally win.
"Feed me Seymour" would sound awesome.
I must say the same doesn't go for women from Northern Ireland. I get them on the phone and there is something about the timbre of their voices which sets my eardrum physically rattling and I have to set my phone to "Harpy" to filter out the bad notes.