The British Accent - A lesson on ignorance.

[RobCoxxy]

Yeah, all very true and well written - but Americans always notice The "BRITISH" accent over our "REGIONAL BRITISH" accent. I'm from the Midlands, we visited DC, everyone knew we were British.

 

[ResonanceSD]

Yeah, all very true and well written - but Americans always notice The "BRITISH" accent over our "REGIONAL BRITISH" accent. I'm from the Midlands, we visited DC, everyone knew we were British.

Because to them you sound like hobbits from the shire.

 

[Xcelsior]

Also, I hate the geordie accent with a passion.

I detest the Scouse accent. Try and listen to Gerrard of Carragher speak, I want to rip my ears off.

 

[Xanian]

I'm from America...I have an incurably Californian accent...now...how do you think that sounds? Which stereotype do you think I fit? That, and I'm from a much larger country than my state, which is extremely varied..to which I state again, you have a British accent. We all have variations in speech, which can vary minimally or incredibly. I have an accent, you have an accent... is it so necessary to really distinguish? Isn't that what kind of leads to the useless class-based prejudice anyway?

'Sides, I had a neighbor who had an cock-sparrow accent and had better figures than the rest of us. We all slurred the same at the end of the night...so it's really all just vanity.

 

[Cmwissy]

I'm from America...I have an incurably Californian accent...now...how do you think that sounds? Which stereotype do you think I fit? That, and I'm from a much larger country than my state, which is extremely varied..to which I state again, you have a British accent. We all have variations in speech, which can vary minimally or incredibly. I have an accent, you have an accent... is it so necessary to really distinguish? Isn't that what kind of leads to the useless class-based prejudice anyway?

'Sides, I had a neighbor who had an cock-sparrow accent and had better figures than the rest of us. We all slurred the same at the end of the night...so it's really all just vanity.

I wouldn't make a fool of myself by trying to copy your accent or stereotype it, if I had to guess, I would say a teenage OC accent (That being the only reliable Californian source I have)

But, Instead of thinking about it that way; Pick any four countries in the world that are close to each-other, I pick America, Cuba, Mexico and Canada; Call them all one thing so that they have back-up in a war - Auxada, then say 'You have an Auxadian accent'.

Just because these countries (British countries) are small, doesn't mean they do not have more accents than yours (Which they do 3 to 1)


Honestly, I would settle for 'English accent' - 'British accent' is just a piss take

 

[Jasper Jeffs]

I apparently sound like I'm black (somehow). I met my mates mate who I had never met in RL before, only talked to over XBL, and he was like 'Wut, I thought you were black'.

Strange.

 

[spikeyjoey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFLQf3hM8Vw&feature=related


this is the british accent

 

[Aesir23]

It's the same thing with Canada. There's a variety of accents throughout the country, but the Newfoundland Accent is the one that has become the stereotypical Canadian accent in some (but not all) media.

I just say British Accent simply because I don't know what the various accents throughout Britain are, aside from the "BBC" accent and the "Cockney-Sparrow" one.

 

[Xanian]

I wouldn't make a fool of myself by trying to copy your accent or stereotype it, if I had to guess, I would say a teenage OC accent (That being the only reliable Californian source I have)

But, Instead of thinking about it that way; Pick any four countries in the world that are close to each-other, I pick America, Cuba, Mexico and Canada; Call them all one thing so that they have back-up in a war - Auxada, then say 'You have an Auxadian accent'.

Just because these countries (British countries) are small, doesn't mean they do not have more accents than yours (Which they do 3 to 1)


Honestly, I would settle for 'English accent' - 'British accent' is just a piss take

::shrug:: I'm not saying you don't have more accents or that there aren't enough differences, I'm saying what the Hell does it matter at the end of the day? Outside of what non-English speaking country you'd like to teach English in, it's rather unimportant.

 

[anthony87]

Well, thank you.

I would like to say the same about the Irish accent.

A Belfast accent is very different to a Cork accent.

We have far too many accents for such a small island... People from North Kilkenny can tell I'm from South Kilkenny because of my accent. People from Waterford can tell I'm from Kilkenny because of my accent. I'm surprised people in the next village down the road can't tell the same... And what's up with Wexford? Strangest accent EVER!

I also love the amount of English, Welsh and Scottish accents there are. I enjoy learning to mimic them all...

I live in Coole, Westmeath.

And the accent in Castlepollard, 3 miles down the road, actually sounds perceptibly different.

It's insane.

I'm from Dublin so I tend to hear a lot of that nasaly crack head "What's the stooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooory bud".

 

[MetaKnight19]

I tend to put an extra 'r' in words and replace 'th' with an 'f'. So when I say 'bathroom' it sounds like 'barfroom'

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[ScarlettRage]

It's British because it comes from Britain...so while there are many, it still falls under the same flag, now doesn't it.

All countries have a plethora of accents...huzzah.

exactly

everyone in canada sounds different.. AND WE DONT SAY EH
execpt for maybe newfies..(people from Newfoundland for you non-canadians)
and dont get me started about quebec (no offence)

 

[Xvito]

Snippety

There are seriously people who don't know that?

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I'm British and I will say yes, there is a British accent. In fact there's several.

 

[RobCoxxy]

Yeah, all very true and well written - but Americans always notice The "BRITISH" accent over our "REGIONAL BRITISH" accent. I'm from the Midlands, we visited DC, everyone knew we were British.

Because to them you sound like hobbits from the shire.

Midlands! Not Midl'earth
Shropshire Not THE Shire!

 

[x0ny]

You forgot the retard douchbag white trash wigga chav accent, which is a standard accent for this breed, regardless of location.

 

[Cmwissy]

They're still all British accents. Accents from Britain. There are half a dozen American accents too, every country has its own regions, but they all share something in common that sets them apart as being from a specific country.

Not to say you aren't right, it can be frustrating, but it's reasonable to assume that not everyone will know the hundreds of different dialects for each language from each country.

exactly

everyone in canada sounds different.. AND WE DONT SAY EH
execpt for maybe newfies..(people from Newfoundland for you non-canadians)
and dont get me started about quebec (no offence)

Now, you say that you have 'half a dozen accents' (Which I know was in jest; but still) We have over a thousand accents combined, each completely different.

And then you get some snotty nosed higher-class Londoner going on American TV and him being the 'British one'

I'm British and I will say yes, there is a British accent. In fact there's several.

There is no definitive British accent - People act like there is.


I repeat myself once more. I would gladly accept 'English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh/ Accent, But 'British accent' is taking the piss.