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    Quote Originally Posted by Neon Knight View Post
    We think of those accents as sounding 'rough' or even tough.
    Scouse? Seriously??

    It sounds pretty nerdy to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Costas View Post
    Scouse? Seriously??

    It sounds pretty nerdy to me
    Liverpool football fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPM28MViuoE

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    They tried to teach us British English, but we all end up speaking just international English and just spell it British. Once leaving the schoolbenches we say fries and chips, nor chips and crisps.

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    Oxford English

    I prefer to speak plain English ---- sometimes I use Gerond - so people think I am high educated

    I dont like American English, it is too much mixed with other languages, and they have a lot of idioms that are not easy to understand for persons out of America.

    I like simple English used by persons that are no native English speakers.

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    Mainly British English, besides in high school I had one lesson with an American speaker each year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neon Knight View Post
    Well yeah but they're hooligans it's not really representative is it

    For example this Scouse guy doesn't sound tough whatsoever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBn3G19kDfo

    This guy (Cockney accent I reckon) sounds "tougher" in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7g5P_t3Ce4

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    Quote Originally Posted by Costas View Post
    Well yeah but they're hooligans it's not really representative is it

    For example this Scouse guy doesn't sound tough whatsoever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBn3G19kDfo

    This guy (Cockney accent I reckon) sounds "tougher" in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7g5P_t3Ce4
    The Cockney just sounds a bit dim. If anything we would call this a nerdy accent of the bespectacled man called Jacob:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Neon Knight View Post
    The Cockney just sounds a bit dim. If anything we would call this a nerdy accent of the bespectacled man called Jacob:

    HAHAHA omg I love Jacob Rees-Mogg

    This is my favourite, when he used that word:


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    Neutral southern English;

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    All English should be taught in strong scouse.

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