foreign accents

[Code of airport]

Re: foreign accents

i'm talking of accents and dialets
Why should I be offended?

[Buzz]

Re: foreign accents

i'm talking of accents and dialets
Why should I be offended?

because actually this thread is to be supposed to talk about sounds of forign accent in english language for native speakers...but who cares

[LazyPooky]

Re: foreign accents

i'm talking of accents and dialets
Why should I be offended?

because actually this thread is to be supposed to talk about sounds of forign accent in english language for native speakers...but who cares

I love the mafia-english that italians use, that sounds so amusing.

[Stingy]

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As a man that speaks American English, it's needless to say that I have a few disagreements with the way that Brits spell or pronounce some words.

However, there is one thing that I thought of today that makes abso****inglutely no sense.
That would be the American English pronounciation of the word laugh which is (in case you didn't know) "laff"
Versus the British way of saying it, which is closer to "loff"
Now I wouldn't care in the slightest, but laugh seems to be the only "augh" word that follows that rule.
American's pronounce caught as "cott". Daughter as 'dotter". Naughty as "nottee". etc etc
So why the **** is laugh "laff"?
WTF America!? WTF?!

[SportaKandy]

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[Stingy]

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Maybe it goes by the same logic as colonel and buffet. That is to say, no logic.

Nope. Laugh is English, while colonel and buffet have French and/or Latin roots.

[pyrophilia]

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I can't get enough of how Manchester people say "bastards" I LOVE IT!!!

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[LazyTownWW]

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I can't get enough of how Manchester people say "bastards" I LOVE IT!!!

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Basteeds!!!

[pyrophilia]

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I can't get enough of how Manchester people say "bastards" I LOVE IT!!!

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Basteeds!!!

;)

I love how they say it in south park too
"Oh my God, they killed Kenny!"
"You bastards!"

[Stingy]

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I love the reporters accent :)
Hilarious vid too lol
http://www.viddler.com/explore/upnex...rts/videos/27/

[Lily_Kaelar]

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Jewish Accent: I like it. Not sure why.

I'm guessing because Stingy's supposed to be a Jew? Lol.

Maryland (especially in my neighborhood where everyone's related and we even have a fake language named after us--Bawlmerese) accents are awful.

I'm originally from California and I'm white, so no accent. :3 Though sometimes I do talk a little street, if the people around me are doing it. If I hang around someone with a weird way of speaking or an accent for an extended period of time, I start to take on that accent after a while. When I talk to British/Aussie people, I end up getting a little of their accent and sometimes it fools them a little.

Anyway, here's my favorite:

British
Aussie
Icelandic
Scottish
Some Irish
Italian
Greek
Russian (female mostly)

I don't care for certain Latin American accents, or Mexican/Hispanic ones. And I have friends who are from Peru, Argentina, and similar countries who have cute accents (girls).

[Stingy]

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Jewish Accent: I like it. Not sure why.

I'm guessing because Stingy's supposed to be a Jew? Lol.

I don't understand >.<
Why do people seem to think that?

I'm originally from California and I'm white, so no accent. :3

Oh, Californians have an accent alright!

[Lily_Kaelar]

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[quote=Stingy]

Jewish Accent: I like it. Not sure why.

I'm guessing because Stingy's supposed to be a Jew? Lol.

I don't understand >.<
Why do people seem to think that?

I'm originally from California and I'm white, so no accent. :3

Oh, Californians have an accent alright![/quote:7339c]

Because Stingy has a lot of money and nice things and he won't share with anybody D< lol.

And yeah, maybe the valley girls. But I'm from Northern California, so I don't have one. It's just plain English, nothing else.

[Stingy]

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And yeah, maybe the valley girls. But I'm from Northern California, so I don't have one. It's just plain English, nothing else.

Lyk, gag me with a spoon!

[Lily_Kaelar]

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Lol that actually sounds very uncomfortable