Accents (hip-hop, punk, American, irish, track)

**Janszoon** · 04-03-2009, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I have an accent to people outside of the U.K but I don't have any particular accent having moved around a lot. When I go back home to see my dad he tell's me stop talking posh ! (He's a brummie- That's B'ham U.K) yet my friend has been in cheltenham longer than me and he still has a brummie accent. I'm bloody glad mine has gone!

I'm similar. If you met me you'd know I was American but because I've moved around the US a lot most people here tell me me I don't have a specific regional accent (although I do run into people sometimes who think I sound Canadian). But when I'm back in Boston, especially after I've had a few drinks, the old accent begins to make itself known a bit.

SATCHMO · 04-03-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

talking posh !

translation?

**Janszoon** · 04-03-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

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Talking with an upper-crusty accent.

jackhammer · 04-03-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

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When one does not resort to slang, colloquialisms and clipped vowels. EG how everyone thinks we talk in the UK!

SATCHMO · 04-03-2009, 02:49 PM

Allo' Guvnah! Might I interest you in a spot o' tea?

Mojo · 04-03-2009, 04:29 PM

Heh I dont think I've ever been offered 'a spot of tea' by someone who would also call me 'Guvnah'

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-03-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Allo' Guvnah! Might I interest you in a spot o' tea?

The correct pronunciation of this sentence is "sarf of the rivar , at this tima night , you're avin a larf aincha"

adidasss · 04-03-2009, 06:06 PM

Hmm...we have something called dialects here which means some parts of the country not only have different accents but different words. This makes it kinda difficult to communicate. That's why I had to adapt and learn how to speak the official dialect which is used in schools and government offices and such. I've been told that I adapted quite well, which means that when I speak the official dialect there aren't any traces of my native one (which is spoken mostly on the islands). When I speak with my island folk and family I use my native dialect so it's not gone, although since it's a commener's language so to speak, if you want to express anything more complex you have to use more and more of the official dialect so the lines are getting blurrier. Plus, there are a lot of words (mostly from italian, incorporated into the dialect. There's a long history of Italian colonizing in this part of the country) which young kids aren't using anymore...or maybe just shut-ins like me.

Incidentally my English comes with an American accent since I learned it from the telly mostly. I don't know how good it actually is since I don't really speak with proper Americans and I've recently learned that I have trouble using more complex words in a conversation (learning a language from the telly means you mostly pick up the basic vocabulary, anything more you get from books which don't come with pronunciation, but that's what I have the internet for. But still, with little actual experience using them...you get what I mean).

And that's more information than anyone needed.

Mojo · 04-03-2009, 06:16 PM

Well your written English is far better than mine. It's also better than about 90% of the written English I see from both my actual friends and my make believe friends when I log into Facebook and what not. I need to start forgetting about Facebook because all it does is annoy me now.

Regional dialects interest me. I like hearing people use words I have never heard before. I often have to "speak Geordie" for people, mainly foreigners. Then they laugh at me for the next twenty minutes and tell me that the words i'm using don't exist.

right-track · 04-03-2009, 06:22 PM

I went out for a night with two Geordie lads and a group of Canadians we'd just met one time on holiday.
The Geordies got bladdered in a matter of hours and I spent the rest of the night translating.

04-03-2009, 04:29 PM	#76 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Heh I dont think I've ever been offered 'a spot of tea' by someone who would also call me 'Guvnah' __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

04-03-2009, 06:06 PM	#78 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Hmm...we have something called dialects here which means some parts of the country not only have different accents but different words. This makes it kinda difficult to communicate. That's why I had to adapt and learn how to speak the official dialect which is used in schools and government offices and such. I've been told that I adapted quite well, which means that when I speak the official dialect there aren't any traces of my native one (which is spoken mostly on the islands). When I speak with my island folk and family I use my native dialect so it's not gone, although since it's a commener's language so to speak, if you want to express anything more complex you have to use more and more of the official dialect so the lines are getting blurrier. Plus, there are a lot of words (mostly from italian, incorporated into the dialect. There's a long history of Italian colonizing in this part of the country) which young kids aren't using anymore...or maybe just shut-ins like me. Incidentally my English comes with an American accent since I learned it from the telly mostly. I don't know how good it actually is since I don't really speak with proper Americans and I've recently learned that I have trouble using more complex words in a conversation (learning a language from the telly means you mostly pick up the basic vocabulary, anything more you get from books which don't come with pronunciation, but that's what I have the internet for. But still, with little actual experience using them...you get what I mean). And that's more information than anyone needed. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

04-03-2009, 06:16 PM	#79 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Well your written English is far better than mine. It's also better than about 90% of the written English I see from both my actual friends and my make believe friends when I log into Facebook and what not. I need to start forgetting about Facebook because all it does is annoy me now. Regional dialects interest me. I like hearing people use words I have never heard before. I often have to "speak Geordie" for people, mainly foreigners. Then they laugh at me for the next twenty minutes and tell me that the words i'm using don't exist. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

04-03-2009, 02:49 PM	#75 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Allo' Guvnah! Might I interest you in a spot o' tea?

04-03-2009, 06:22 PM	#80 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	I went out for a night with two Geordie lads and a group of Canadians we'd just met one time on holiday. The Geordies got bladdered in a matter of hours and I spent the rest of the night translating.