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Post by Hogan on Nov 21, 2005 13:14:58 GMT -5
^^ Kinda the same but with a Canadian twist....I think. Don't really know but I assume it sounds like this.
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Post by maow on Nov 21, 2005 15:26:38 GMT -5
I was wondering when a thread like this was going to appear.
My accent, like most here, is bit of this and a bit of that. Living in HK and travelling around for a number of years will do that for you.
However my accent gets South African labelled a lot!
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Post by shugi on Nov 21, 2005 18:52:20 GMT -5
oh i forgot about the south african accent, i rem it now.  i like it My sister has a really strong Aussie Nasal accent, i think this was brought up by yongfook, but " Strong" Aussie accents to me are like nails on a blackboard |
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Post by ~MangO_O~ on Nov 21, 2005 18:58:11 GMT -5
So.. Uh... Yea I have a really harsh Canadian accent, If someone ever meets me they'll reckon I say eh allot...
For those who know I sorta speak like on comedy shows on CBC.... So ya that`s it for ya!
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Post by dolcedolce on Nov 21, 2005 21:14:44 GMT -5
Canadian?? but uhhh not like those comedy shows on CBC, sorry  |
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Post by ~MangO_O~ on Nov 21, 2005 21:31:28 GMT -5
^ Thats no fun huh!
And I mean is there even a Canadian accent if you dont talk like CBC comedy shows?
Isn't that just like a normal North American accent???
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Post by Nikki on Nov 21, 2005 21:55:17 GMT -5
I guess I qualify as American. Lived in New York pretty much all my life, but as far as I can tell I don't have a strong New Yawkah's accent.
So no, I don't sound like Fran Drescher aka the Nanny and the phrase 'fuggedaboutit' rarely enters my vocabulary.
I find Brooklyn accents amusing, but the stereotypical NY accent, isn't particularly appealing to my ear.
Am taking an Irish class next semester, so hopefully I'll be able to fake a Brogue accent at some point. That'll be fun.
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Post by Hogan on Nov 21, 2005 22:29:03 GMT -5
So.. Uh... Yea I have a really harsh Canadian accent, If someone ever meets me they'll reckon I say eh allot... For those who know I sorta speak like on comedy shows on CBC.... So ya that`s it for ya! You know I'm starting to say eh quite abit too. I don't sound like the cbc comedy shows. I wonder DTN do you find yourself saying aboot as well? ;D |
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Post by thezealouscookie on Nov 21, 2005 22:45:19 GMT -5
I find Brooklyn accents amusing Thank you, or is that an insult. It should be an insult. Both my parents were life long Brooklynites and I can't stand their accents. Whats so amusing about loud incoherent complaints? -"I woik awl day lawng, I come home, and ther's nutin to eat!" -"I woik too yu'know, I alsow did the lawndry, cleaned the hawse, and took cae of yaw son..." This is normal everyday conversation, so they must enjoy it, or they're crazy, or both. I didn't think I had an accent till I left NY. Spend some time in the mid-atlantic to see if people notice your accent. They'll make fun of you till you drop it. The toughest habits to break are: "ball" as "bawl", I still hear it as "bahl", "train" as "chrain", andsayingwholesentencesassinglewords |
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Post by Nikki on Nov 21, 2005 22:58:10 GMT -5
Maybe I should clarify. My brother-in-law grew up in Brooklyn and ocassionally an odd vowel or two will pop up in his speech, and I think it's fun. He doesn't have a 'hard-core' Brooklyn accent though.
I've spent time outside New York, people never automatically place me from being from here. My roommate in Italy last semester was from Georgia (no southern accent, thank god), and couldn't tell. I think my speech is pretty neutral.
I'm with you on themakingsentencesintoonewordthough. Bad habit that.
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Post by nmffnurse on Nov 22, 2005 7:03:04 GMT -5
I live in Chicago so my accent is the standard American accent one hears on the news, most movies, etc..
In other words--BORING
I do love English accents. And I love Southern Accents. When I was in the Army I dated this Korean American guy who was born and raised in Georgia..I bet he has no idea that's exactly why I started to date him. My fetish for a southern accent.
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Post by sim on Nov 22, 2005 7:53:13 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. Nope, my english teacher used to say that she was glad I was the only person who hadn't developed an "international accent"... I sound VERY VERY english...very very uhh...English public school English.... |
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Post by ConceptDesign on Nov 22, 2005 9:35:43 GMT -5
I think mine changes depending who I'm talking to and what I want them to do.. If I'm dealing with dumb skips I westie it up and go all ocker, but if I'm trying to sound like I've got at least 2 brain-cells to rub together then I drop the youse. It's always Australian though. STROOF!
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Post by sorlano on Nov 22, 2005 19:27:30 GMT -5
Mine changes too depending on whom im speaking to. I kinda just do it subconsciously
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Post by Uncle Hank on Nov 22, 2005 19:41:13 GMT -5
Neutral American accent I suppose.  The weirdest thing happened the other week when I was in Richmond, VA at a football game. I was asking some woman where a particular area was, and for some reason I said it with a slight southern twang. It didn't phase her like it was weird, but I was thinking to myself, why in the f*ck did I just do that. For all four years I went to school in the South, I've always made a concious effort to keep my neutral accent the way it is, but it just came out in that one sentence for whatever reason. Neurons misfiring or something. |
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The weirdest thing happened the other week when I was in Richmond, VA at a football game. I was asking some woman where a particular area was, and for some reason I said it with a slight southern twang. It didn't phase her like it was weird, but I was thinking to myself, why in the f*ck did I just do that. For all four years I went to school in the South, I've always made a concious effort to keep my neutral accent the way it is, but it just came out in that one sentence for whatever reason. Neurons misfiring or something.