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Ankoł
09-17-2009, 05:18 PM
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Treffie
09-17-2009, 05:22 PM
I wonder how bad other members think her accents really are :D
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 06:56 PM
Faking accents is nicht fun :(
Tabiti
10-20-2009, 06:58 PM
Do you use phrase-books and dictionaries when going to other region? :D
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 06:59 PM
Moi?
Tabiti
10-20-2009, 07:00 PM
Moi?
Net. The British members, obviously :D
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 07:02 PM
Net. The British members, obviously :D

Well I find it weird but I actually understand most of those evil accents, Scouse and Geordie with Makem are the most wicked for me to comprehend.. and I doubt there're dictionaries for these specific regions.
Germanicus
10-20-2009, 07:16 PM
Well I find it weird but I actually understand most of those evil accents, Scouse and Geordie with Makem are the most wicked for me to comprehend.. and I doubt there're dictionaries for these specific regions.


For me, i have trouble zoning into the Glaswegian accent, the Western isles of Scotland is also unintelligable, but i am a west countryman, so i guess mine would be a little hard to understand as i sound like Wurzel Gummage.
Skandi
10-20-2009, 07:19 PM
The only one I struggle with is a broad Glaswegian, I don't really think I have an accent, if I do it'll be very middle England :) Her attempts are very bad though :eek:
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 07:22 PM
Well Lowlanders English is fairly decent, Scots, however, is out of the question because of its evil graphic representation of words.
Germanicus
10-20-2009, 07:24 PM
The only one I struggle with is a broad Glaswegian, I don't really think I have an accent, if I do it'll be very middle England :) Her attempts are very bad though :eek:

To be perfectly honest i have never heard of my local accent on TV or suchlike, i guess it would shout out at me and be recognised?


Gloucester BBC radio should have locals on it in the phone in's.
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 07:26 PM
Yes, northern English accents can be distinguished for their Norse past.
Germanicus
10-20-2009, 07:29 PM
Yes, northern English accents can be distinguished for their Norse past.


My woman comes from West Yorkshire, her accent is.......muddled..... compared to mine..:)
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 07:32 PM
Muddled in what way?
Germanicus
10-20-2009, 07:37 PM
Muddled in what way?

If i make a mess in the house she would say: 'look at that, you've made it go all over oil'.
I would have said: 'look at the mess you've made there'

enough said: eh?
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 07:38 PM
:O that's evil.
Fortis in Arduis
10-20-2009, 07:42 PM
I think that her accents are beautiful.

She has a beautiful voice anyway, and her American accents are particularly beguiling, and the transatlantic actress of 1945 at the end is astounding.

The three Londons sound true, but archaic to me.

Belfast, Wellington New Zealand, Texas, California and Charleston South Carolina are my favourites.
Kadu
10-20-2009, 07:55 PM
The three Londons sound true, but archaic to me.


Only one is from London i think, the second one. The first is a generalized Southern English accent and the third is RP.
Aleksey
10-20-2009, 08:08 PM
May seem rather violent to you, but I'd prefer RP to dominate, knowing the existance of those other accents is great, but in real life I sincerely doubt that for instance if I spoke scouse a simple Londoner would fully understand me through his Cockney-mind :s
hereward
01-26-2010, 12:50 AM
Please explain my cockney mind, I gather now that for all these years I have been misunderstanding all my scouse collegues when on site and in the pub