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Post by friendswithoutcash on Dec 11, 2006 7:58:32 GMT -5
oh god i love the stereotypical chavs or the british equivalent of the aussie bogan. Vicky Pollard from Little Britain and Lauren from The Catherine Tate show...being great examples...haha ""i not being silly or nuffin" ahahahaha www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMItfi2KGp0
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Post by supersonic74 on Dec 11, 2006 12:59:36 GMT -5
oh god i love the stereotypical chavs or the british equivalent of the aussie bogan. Vicky Pollard from Little Britain and Lauren from The Catherine Tate show...being great examples...haha ""i not being silly or nuffin" ahahahaha www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMItfi2KGp0LOL I really laugh my ass off....are you christian...are we your flok ...whahaha hilarious ;D ;D
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Post by i move the stars for no one on Dec 11, 2006 13:19:59 GMT -5
oh god i love the stereotypical chavs or the british equivalent of the aussie bogan. Vicky Pollard from Little Britain and Lauren from The Catherine Tate show...being great examples...haha ""i not being silly or nuffin" ahahahaha www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMItfi2KGp0that's really funny...i'd never actually heard the whole 'chav' thing.watching that and some of the other sketches,it sounds nuts but there's a connection between them and the way ghetto girls in the US behave. so,out of curiousity,does anyone watch Dr. Who?what kind of accent does Rose have?(yes,i'm a geek)
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Post by Nikki on Dec 11, 2006 17:38:30 GMT -5
I used to be somewhat in denial about my Canadian accent. I figured I had one of those neutral Canadian accents that American news broadcasters were always looking for. But since I've started to talk to people from all over the world (thank you, EAN), it has been brought to my attention that I do in fact have a Canadian accent. Especially when I say about, out, etc. I notice it more in myself and my friends now. But we don't say aboot. At least I don't. Really. Oh shut up. *stifles giggle* I've been meeting a lot of Canadians as of late -- there are quite a few who live in my town teaching English. It's become a bad habit of mine to automatically jump on the the ABOOT train the minute I meet them just to see if they have a sense of humor... or I'm just being incredibly obnoxious, take your pick. It's hilarious how annoyed you guys get aboot that. I also notice it a lot in the way they say "sorry." I rather like it.
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Post by 0 on Dec 11, 2006 18:10:03 GMT -5
^ I know - so damned proper! But actually I love it - Canadians rule and are arguably some of the nicest people I've ever met. If we could only import more into the US.....
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Post by xandra on Dec 11, 2006 18:21:45 GMT -5
I used to be somewhat in denial about my Canadian accent. I figured I had one of those neutral Canadian accents that American news broadcasters were always looking for. But since I've started to talk to people from all over the world (thank you, EAN), it has been brought to my attention that I do in fact have a Canadian accent. Especially when I say about, out, etc. I notice it more in myself and my friends now. But we don't say aboot. At least I don't. Really. Oh shut up. *stifles giggle* I've been meeting a lot of Canadians as of late -- there are quite a few who live in my town teaching English. It's become a bad habit of mine to automatically jump on the the ABOOT train the minute I meet them just to see if they have a sense of humor... or I'm just being incredibly obnoxious, take your pick. obnoxious!! yeah, i've had a few americans point that out to me. we say soh-rry instead of sawry. i think we also say it more than americans.
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Post by Hogan on Dec 11, 2006 18:26:10 GMT -5
^ damn....I say sorry the American way.....bugger....I'm a disgrace to Canadians.... *hangs head in shame*
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Post by supersonic74 on Dec 11, 2006 20:44:22 GMT -5
what does a canadian sounds like then? except the aboot thing ...hehehehe southpark
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Post by Nikki on Dec 11, 2006 20:48:46 GMT -5
yeah, i've had a few americans point that out to me. we say soh-rry instead of sawry. i think we also say it more than americans. Touche, my dear Alex, touche. You know it's funny but in my experience it seems that Irish / British people are able to pick up different accents quicker than say Americans or Canadians. I'm willing to bet it has something to do with the amount of American TV that's imported over there. For the most part I'd guess a large portion of Americans don't watch a hell of a lot of BBC although I don't know why. Any opportunity to catch some Colin Firth or Bill Bailey... I have this Irish friend who can pick up accents like THAT. He absolutely wrecks me when he puts on an American hick accent layered with profanity. I'm also a bit jealous. Mine needs some work.
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Post by ...austhai/... on Dec 11, 2006 21:29:29 GMT -5
I say "Thannnnnk Yew" instead of "Thank You".
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Post by xandra on Dec 11, 2006 21:53:55 GMT -5
yeah, i've had a few americans point that out to me. we say soh-rry instead of sawry. i think we also say it more than americans. Touche, my dear Alex, touche. You know it's funny but in my experience it seems that Irish / British people are able to pick up different accents quicker than say Americans or Canadians. I'm willing to bet it has something to do with the amount of American TV that's imported over there. For the most part I'd guess a large portion of Americans don't watch a hell of a lot of BBC although I don't know why. Any opportunity to catch some Colin Firth or Bill Bailey... I have this Irish friend who can pick up accents like THAT. He absolutely wrecks me when he puts on an American hick accent layered with profanity. I'm also a bit jealous. Mine needs some work. I used to live with some Irish people two summers back and their fake canadian accents were always hilarious. I wish I could do an Irish accent. I always felt like a fraud using their slang with my accent. But I agree that it probably has to do with American TV and movies being imported to Europe. They're also much better at picking out various European accents for obvious reasons. Here it's pretty common for people to mix up Irish and Scottish accents, etc. I suck at doing accents. The only person I can really imitate is my dad.
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Post by jenming on Dec 11, 2006 22:00:43 GMT -5
I suck at doing accents. The only person I can really imitate is my dad. interesting! the ONE accent I have absolutely no ability to pick up is my dad's. I always think it's too close to home for me to get an objective view on it in order to then imitate it.
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Post by xandra on Dec 11, 2006 22:05:45 GMT -5
I suck at doing accents. The only person I can really imitate is my dad. interesting! the ONE accent I have absolutely no ability to pick up is my dad's. I always think it's too close to home for me to get an objective view on it in order to then imitate it. well, it's not exactly spot on but i've got his timing and manneurisms down. cracks my family up all the time. actually, now that i think about it i'm pretty good at imitating people. just not when accents are thrown into the mix.
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Post by friendswithoutcash on Dec 11, 2006 22:47:12 GMT -5
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Post by xandra on Dec 11, 2006 23:33:41 GMT -5
yeah, he is. he's lived here longer than he lived in vietnam and his english is still pretty bad. but his accent's not as thick as most vietnamese people, i don't think. then again i could be biased. or oblivious. does your uncle have a really thick viet accent? that guy's viet accent is pretty weak (not that mine's any better). dat phan is awesome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6ubKLUs4c
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