Funny accents - Page 4

Oerdin · July 28, 2003, 01:59

Crunchy has changed his Flag and everything. He must really be enjoying himself in Australia.

FrustratedPoet · July 28, 2003, 06:52

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Originally posted by Big Crunch
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Feeling French today, Crunchy?

LTEC! · July 28, 2003, 09:45

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Originally posted by Albert Speer
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isn't jennifer lopez from brooklyn? or was it the bronx?

Bronx.

st_swithin · July 30, 2003, 02:07

Explains the smell. Isn't she really, really cheerful?

But I digress. The topic is funny accents. Funny accent:
Hong Kong born Chinese person speaking English learned under British rule, then having to adapt accent to sound more 'American' after moving to America.

FUNNY!

MattyBoy · July 31, 2003, 03:00

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One of the hottest guys I ever knew (*ahem* in ye olde Biblical sense) was Australian. The accent has triggered in me some sort of automatic response, kind of like Pavlov's dog. BOING!

Note to self: Don't plan on meeting Boris G on next visit to NYC.

MattyBoy · July 31, 2003, 03:04

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I was once in a restaurant in Glebe, Aus. I was told by an English gent at the next table (ok, I wasn't TOLD, so much as he raised his voice enough so that the ENTIRE RESTAURANT COULD HEAR HIM) that I had a HORRIBLE AMERICAN ACCENT.

Why does that not surprise me?

MattyBoy · July 31, 2003, 03:13

As an Aussie, the NZ and Canadian accents sound wierd. Tou hear no particular accent until one glairing syllable is spoken and all of a sudden you pull up short thinking "where have I heard that before?".

MattyBoy · July 31, 2003, 03:14

How's Melbourne treating you BC?

st_swithin · July 31, 2003, 13:10

OK, yeah, I DO have a horrible American accent. I used to have a stutter too, but I got over it. I learned how to speak American by watching spaghetti westerns.

But at least the other kids finally stopped teasing me about sounding 'tarded.

Dom Pedro II · July 31, 2003, 13:15

Dear god...

On-topic....

I think Brazilians have some very funny accents when pronouncing English words.. for example:

they say MackieDonells (McDonalds)

and Am-Boogie (Hamburger)

and they ESPECIALLY have trouble with sh*t and sheet.

st_swithin · July 31, 2003, 13:18

heheheh!

Sheezboorgair!

Dauphin · July 31, 2003, 22:44

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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet

Feeling French today, Crunchy?

As always.

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How's Melbourne treating you BC?

Its cold and the days are pretty short. And its summer for gaud's sakes.

I am having a few surprising problem with my accent here. The local Aussie accent seems to require the word "you" to be a two syllable word, ya-oo, or at failing that an elongated yoooooo. People keep think I'm dropping my "you".

And I hate the damn location of the " on the keyboard. Why isn't above the 2, damnit!

Al B. Sure! · July 31, 2003, 22:50

(promotion)

if anyone wants to hear what i sound like, head over to...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/ph...uljahmusic.htm

and listen to something

The Vagabond · August 1, 2003, 00:45

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Originally posted by Dom Pedro II
and they ESPECIALLY have trouble with sh*t and sheet.

And who doesn't? To me they sound exactly the same.