Accents that do it for you - Page 2

Provost Harrison · November 12, 2003, 08:18

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Originally posted by Albert Speer
though this is not specific enough... english can be cockney, manchesteran, upper class, etc. american southern can be Missouri, plantation southern, etc. even in a single city, there's great difference... people in north philly sound much different from people in south philly (think the Rocky accent)

The word is Mancunian Alb, for your information arrrrr kid

Has to be Russian, must have been from watching all those Bond films when I was younger

Provost Harrison · November 12, 2003, 08:19

Still, looks like there is hope for me yet, as I have an English accent

Sikander · November 12, 2003, 08:29

I find that it isn't any particular accent that gets me going, but more my experience with that accent or the quality of the voice that seems to have an effect. Growing up watching a lot of war movies I thought that German and Russian were vulgar sounding languages. After all I saw them being spoken by a lot of evil Nazis and Communists. Once I was in the army I found that Russian was a really beautiful language (especially when spoken by a certain blonde 6 foot tall instructor from St. Petersburg). While stationed in Germany my first experience with a beautiful sounding voice was the recording of a woman's voice on the streetcar, announcing the stops. This was soon reinforced by a number of lovely German women who deigned to speak to me during my time there.

There are accents that I don't care for particularly, especially East Coast accents in the U.S. as well as some of the nasal midwestern accents like those I grew up around in Michigan. I still don't care for that nasal accent, despite the fact that a lot of friends and former girlfriends who speak it.

Sikander · November 12, 2003, 08:30

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Originally posted by Big Crunch

I can give you the phone numbers of a couple of such girls.

Good thing, because I doubt he could understand enough to get it from them.

The Viceroy · November 12, 2003, 08:32

Indian .. although, like every country, they have as many accents as they do regions (and even sub regional accents)..

Sikander · November 12, 2003, 08:32

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Originally posted by self biased
aren't south african and dutch the same thing?

No, not exactly. Afrikaans is to Dutch what Cajun is to French, though IIRC it has moved even further from Dutch due to the larger population base of its speakers and the larger number of languages that influence it including Portugese, English, French and a number of African languages.

DaShi · November 12, 2003, 08:35

I know a Chinese girl who when she speaks English, she does it in a very soft sexy French accent. Also, she doesn't realize this.

self biased · November 12, 2003, 08:39

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Originally posted by Sikander

No, not exactly. Afrikaans is to Dutch what Cajun is to French, though IIRC it has moved even further from Dutch due to the larger population base of its speakers and the larger number of languages that influence it including Portugese, English, French and a number of African languages.

eek. i've got a freind of mine that speaks cajun. to think that a language could be even further removed from it's source... oi.

Sikander · November 12, 2003, 08:45

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Originally posted by DaShi
I know a Chinese girl who when she speaks English, she does it in a very soft sexy French accent. Also, she doesn't realize this.

We want a pic!

DaShi · November 12, 2003, 08:54

She's married now. Sorry. Also, she's a good friend, but obviously racist. You know, Chinese are the best sort of thing. Everyone else is underevolved. If you ignore that she's very nice, and has been a great friend to me.

Provost Harrison · November 12, 2003, 09:02

I like oriental girls but the Russian accent. What I need is someone who is a cross of both...

Gangerolf · November 12, 2003, 09:18

you should go for one of those siberian eskimos then

Gangerolf · November 12, 2003, 09:26

Irish
Australian
US Southern
South African (as in native English speaking South Africans)

Provost Harrison · November 12, 2003, 10:09

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Originally posted by Gangerolf
you should go for one of those siberian eskimos then

As long as she moves here, it would be a bit too cold there

Drake Tungsten · November 12, 2003, 10:45

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and Japanese and Korean accents are different from Chinese ones.

Rearry?

Jon Miller · November 12, 2003, 10:54

pretty much any accent

european ones do so the most

Jon Miller

Ben Kenobi · November 12, 2003, 19:44

:mmm:

I've worked with a girl with an Afrikaans accent, I tend to pick up on it after we've talked for any length of time.

I also like a Brit in my history class, wonderful British accent, though she was born in raised here in BC.

However, the best for me is a strong Hispanic accent, Mexican is absolutely beautiful.

Ben Kenobi · November 12, 2003, 19:45

Space05us:

What's a Canadian accent?

Are you talking about the Newfies on the coast?

Japher · November 12, 2003, 19:49

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What's a Canadian accent?

Canadian's don't have an accent, eh... You flippin' hoser, don't even know what you talkin' aboot

A lot of accents "do it" for me; peurto rican southerner with a touch of Bostonian

I really hate the Midwest accent, like in Fargo. Makes them sound like idiots.

Drake Tungsten · November 12, 2003, 20:10

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I like oriental girls but the Russian accent. What I need is someone who is a cross of both...

I'm seeing a gorgeous Japanese girl who lived in Moscow for years as a child and is studying Russia at uni...

Ben Kenobi · November 12, 2003, 20:12

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Canadian's don't have an accent, eh... You flippin' hoser, don't even know what you talkin' aboot

This depends on the region. People over here in BC won't talk the same way as people back east, or people in Quebec.

I just want to find out what accent Space05us considers, 'Canadian.'

Dauphin · November 12, 2003, 21:59

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Originally posted by Dissident
they all sound alike

What is Daphne from the tv show frasier? In the show she is supposed to be from Manchester. I don't know if her accent fits that or not.

Its supposed to be Manchester, but it sounds a bit put on to my hear. If you hear her talk out of character you'll find that her accent very different. She is actually from East Grinstead, which is about 15-20 miles from my home in the England.

Bereta_Eder · November 12, 2003, 22:02

the norther you go in britain the harder it is to understand.

best english accent, californian an yes i'm biased.

Dauphin · November 12, 2003, 22:08

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Originally posted by paiktis22
the norther you go in britain the harder it is to understand.

best english accent, californian an yes i'm biased.

Amen.

Rab C Nesbitt.

alva · November 12, 2003, 22:14

Ah my vote got French in the lead

Worst: dutch (not flemish, although it can wfull too)
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best english accent, californian an yes i'm biased.

Depends on what they are saying though, like you know, i mean, like, like, well, you know like that thing!, well's like that, you like see...

*shivers*

Bereta_Eder · November 12, 2003, 22:39

cweing gum thats california accent, thats california

Lonestar · November 12, 2003, 22:44

/me loves the way GRITS speak

(Girls raised in the South)

molly bloom · November 13, 2003, 06:10

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Originally posted by Big Crunch

Its supposed to be Manchester, but it sounds a bit put on to my hear. If you hear her talk out of character you'll find that her accent very different. She is actually from East Grinstead, which is about 15-20 miles from my home in the England.

The actor who plays Martin Crane is actually from Manchester originally. The very worst accent I heard on 'Frasier' was when they had Daphne's brother (played by Australian, Antony La Paglia) visit her.
For some bizarre reason, he spoke in American accented Mockney.

I love the sound of English when spoken by French Canadians. I also like Canadian English. Soft Irish brogues and Scots English of the Highlands and Islands are absolutely dreamy. I like a West Country burr, too, and the sound of Cornish accents makes me homesick for clotted cream, saffron loaves and pasties.

I can't abide a Birmingham or Black Country accent- despite being born a stone's throw from Birmingham. Yorkshire accents unfortunately remind me of Geoff Boycott and obnoxious Tory politicians.

I like most Australian accents I've heard (the Greek, Maltese and Lebanese Australian comedians do great take offs of the 'aspiring' ethnic accents) and I really do like Kiwi accents too. There is an advertisement on Aussie television for a Kiwi cheese where the actors (Kiwis) actually say 'frudge' for 'fridge', 'creckers' for 'crackers', and 'byewdiflee' for 'beautifully'.

I also like Ghanaian and Nigerian English.