The British Accent - A lesson on ignorance.
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Well...you can't expect everyone in the US to know what every different accent is called. So, I guess, whether Geordie of the Queen's, they're all British accent.
I always think the Brighton accent is pretty much like mine - a lifetime of Essex plus a few years of south London, and a whole lot of trying not to sound like Del Boy. Sort of like how I'd talk around my ex's parents.Gilbert Munch said:
Geordie, Scouser, all Scottish accents and some Welsh; I just can't understand a word they say.Daystar Clarion said:
"Meaning you would never find a cockney-sparrow on TV a few years back"
Err... "My name, is Michael Caine".
The main thing with the British accent is that you've got Wales, England and Scotland encompassed within that.
No Scotsman will ever get the "standard" English accent, and vice-versa.
Err... "My name, is Michael Caine".
The main thing with the British accent is that you've got Wales, England and Scotland encompassed within that.
No Scotsman will ever get the "standard" English accent, and vice-versa.
Lemon Of Life said:
Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - all in the UK, all different countries.
I can fully understand not understanding the difference within a country.
Also, I could turn that around and say; Canadians, Mexicans, Cubans, Americans, they're all Western accent.
Would you find it odd if I told you that's completely correct?Sviests said:
having a British accent is great though =D
got me laid when i went to America haha, everyone was fawning over my voice
i'm from the midlands but my dad is from london, its given me a mix between the 'BBC accent' and the midlands one (i foreshorten my A's, but don't drop letters from my words)
got me laid when i went to America haha, everyone was fawning over my voice
i'm from the midlands but my dad is from london, its given me a mix between the 'BBC accent' and the midlands one (i foreshorten my A's, but don't drop letters from my words)
What ho verily my lord. Forsooth 'tis true if but these far flung cads would turn attentive ear to the variation and oft-maligned diversity of our post-northern tongue. Yea, verily.
Very well. I will continue to say that a person speaks with 'a' British accent instead of 'the' British accent.Cmwissy said:
What ho verily 'tis true my lord if but these far-flung cads would turn attentive ears to the diversity and oft-maligned variation of our post-Norman tongue. Yea, verily.
From the South East (America), lived here my entire life. Have a slight English accent that sometimes slips into a light Irish one (I honestly couldn't tell you the dialects, but they are the barely perceptible ones) And by Irish I don't mean like a cracked out leprachaun, talking more like Ronny Drew of the Dubliners. Actually that's where the accent comes from since I sing alot of their songs, but meh.