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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeno View Post
    How does he sound?
    Like a Greek triying to sound like a british royal besides living in chicago, he thinks this makes his uber passengers feel royal. But he randomly adds malaka in his talking points.

    https://voca.ro/19UxIqIj85Ir

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    In some ways I feel that Britain, Netherlands and the Nordic countries could be one big country and work quite well. We're all nations of traders and sailors above all else, after all.

    It would work quite well. The aforementioned countries also happen to coincide with Britain's political zone of influence in Europe: the Benelux, Norway, Denmark, the Faroes and Iceland.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Erronkari View Post
    Muy gringo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teutone View Post
    Like a Greek triying to sound like a british royal besides living in chicago, he thinks this makes his uber passengers feel royal. But he randomly adds malaka in his talking points.

    https://voca.ro/19UxIqIj85Ir
    He sounds half-Jewish, half-Aussie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teutone View Post
    Like a Greek triying to sound like a british royal besides living in chicago, he thinks this makes his uber passengers feel royal. But he randomly adds malaka in his talking points.

    https://voca.ro/19UxIqIj85Ir
    Well, this is mah natural accent after all:

    https://voca.ro/1ikPuBCtVPJN
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeno View Post
    Well, this is mah natural accent after all:

    https://voca.ro/1ikPuBCtVPJN
    You sound transatlantic with some mild foreign inflections.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeno View Post
    Well, this is mah natural accent after all:

    https://voca.ro/1ikPuBCtVPJN
    Yea impressive accent, but say Alabama pls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    You sound transatlantic with some mild foreign inflections.
    That means both Anglo and American?

    Quote Originally Posted by Teutone View Post
    Yea impressive accent, but say Alabama pls.
    https://voca.ro/18LFuC5DUPzH
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeno View Post
    That means both Anglo and American?



    https://voca.ro/18LFuC5DUPzH
    The way you say Alabama indicates you are not inbred and that means you spell it wrong.

    Say

    "Damn son, where did you find this"

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