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Post by shugi on Nov 20, 2005 23:54:43 GMT -5
I was in a store today shopping for a present for my little cousin before i go overseas. It was one of those "warhammer" model toys for his Christmas gift. Anyway this store had all these little boys and one asked me if i was Irish.... I did not look Irish so this puzzled me, then i realised i said a sentence with a lot of R's in it.
I pronounce R's in a Irish way
Then about a few months ago at a friends house, Her cousins for Britain were visiting and they asked me after i spoke if i was Australian.... again i was puzzled LOL. then i turned to my friend - she shrugged and said it was wierd.
My accent is all over the place, I cant pin it down to one country. Its got light hints of American, Some British & Irish pronunciation but its not Australian or Filo at all.
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Post by spats on Nov 21, 2005 0:23:36 GMT -5
I've got somewhere between English & Aussie. I think I lean more towards English though.
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Post by y2j on Nov 21, 2005 0:28:11 GMT -5
People say mine is a mix of american and australian. Years of US television has altered my accent.
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Redstar
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Post by Redstar on Nov 21, 2005 2:34:23 GMT -5
For some idiotic reason I like putting on South African accents when I'm working. The customers look at you a bit funny or just smile. I'll try some other accents next time.
Anywhoo's mine tends to be a mish-mash of English/Australian too but then I go all-out american when I pronounce tomato. I'm sorry I jush can't go to-maaaahhhh-to.
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Post by spats on Nov 21, 2005 2:47:15 GMT -5
I think I'd manually rip out my vocal cords if was to develop an American accent.... I have real trouble in saying the word "specifically" for some reason.
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Post by sim on Nov 21, 2005 8:00:13 GMT -5
very english.
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Post by manni on Nov 21, 2005 8:15:09 GMT -5
Ditto, very English too
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Post by clarag on Nov 21, 2005 8:37:07 GMT -5
Mine changes with who I talk to! When I talk to mum or dad it goes very Frenchy - when Im at work its goes all posh, when I talk to my friends I pick up their foul language habits & slang.
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Post by helles on Nov 21, 2005 8:54:56 GMT -5
My accent is VERY English too.. used to have 'arguements' over what was a "proper" English accent with friends at Uni - they were mostly from the north who claimed there accent was the standard. Whatever!
Simmie, I'm suprised your accent isnt Americanised being from an ESF school.. most of my friends who stayed on til around GCSE's all had this stupid american accent, even though they were English.
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Post by zazi on Nov 21, 2005 9:50:17 GMT -5
yeah.... my accent has a serious identity crisis.... it fluctuates between local when i'm in Malaysia and needing to blend, american when i speak to british people, british when i speak to american people... non-descript when i speak to other ea's and high brow british when i am punch drunk!
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Post by zazi on Nov 21, 2005 9:51:26 GMT -5
I think I'd manually rip out my vocal cords if was to develop an American accent.... I have real trouble in saying the word "specifically" for some reason. i think the offending bodily part would be your tongue... but i get your drift
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Post by helles on Nov 21, 2005 10:01:03 GMT -5
I met a Swedish-Canadian girl at a party a couple of weeks back.. She grew up in Canada and studied HS/uni in England.. It was really weird talking to her, every sentence her accent would change - between North American and British. Very confusing.
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Post by yongfook on Nov 21, 2005 12:12:22 GMT -5
more English than all of you put together, times infinity.
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Post by cinnamoroll on Nov 21, 2005 12:24:00 GMT -5
Equally English, American, with traces of french, dutch, and asian (cantonese) tonalities as you can see people never know where I'm from. ever
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Post by dapper on Nov 21, 2005 12:27:31 GMT -5
typical deep American neutral monotone
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