What kind of accent do you speak with?
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Mysterious Sue
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I grew up in Kent which has queens home counties English with a farming twang (think long drawn out r's as in 'barth' not 'bath')
My grandad's side of the family were proper cockney east London types (pearly kings and queens) and my mum has a bit of it - I still start dropping my t's the minute I get through the door.
I went to a grammar school though and then uni and have lived for ten years in posh west London, so I speak 'proper' English most of the time now, with the odd 'innit' slipped in for good measure.
My grandad's side of the family were proper cockney east London types (pearly kings and queens) and my mum has a bit of it - I still start dropping my t's the minute I get through the door.
I went to a grammar school though and then uni and have lived for ten years in posh west London, so I speak 'proper' English most of the time now, with the odd 'innit' slipped in for good measure.
R's are for the lower classes and colonials.
Fwee Woderick!
Not actually sure which R's are missing. There's one in Arse that seems to have got lost on the voyage across the Atlantic, but I can't think of any others..?
I will admit though, that like "air" words, I never got the hang of R's either. Though I don't speak how it's supposed to sound and I admit that
Fwee Woderick!
Not actually sure which R's are missing. There's one in Arse that seems to have got lost on the voyage across the Atlantic, but I can't think of any others..?
I will admit though, that like "air" words, I never got the hang of R's either. Though I don't speak how it's supposed to sound and I admit that
elephant58
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None, as I am a very dignified person. :lol:
Jason Voorhees
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Acctually I kind of have my own accent. General American mixed with Swedish, I would say.
Jason Voorhees
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ECG said:^
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57oUeO_OJMg[/youtube]
WITHOUT THE TWANG. Anyway it sounds like the Bee Gee's mixed with Abba, just 100x worse.
Jake
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Sue said:
Really? Most people I know from Kent sound like right chavs, and it sounds VERY similar to Essex to me.
I don't know what mine is, some people say it's slightly brummy which offends me </3. At least I'm not from a few miles away in Leicestershire, that's the ultimate worst I think <///3. "You're from Rug-beh?" "I'm Happ-eh". Or as the McCanns said, "Where's Madd-eh?"
JJLehto
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Despite being born and raised in NJ, and coming from an Italian family, I have no stereotypical NJ accent, or really one at all. I've actually been asked if I'm from the Midwest.
Non Americans have said they don't notice anything specific either, just that I sound like general American.
huzzah for blandness.
Non Americans have said they don't notice anything specific either, just that I sound like general American.
huzzah for blandness.
Nemesis of oblivion
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Normal english
However do love too throw accents on too :wink:
However do love too throw accents on too :wink:
Not that I want to keep on plugging my stuff, but I simply have to
My accent encapsulated here, with an inclusion of the two other accents I sometimes will slip into here and there:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSZV485XdUs[/youtube]
I like to think it's pretty lacking in accent, but it's definitely "slightly Northern English"
My accent encapsulated here, with an inclusion of the two other accents I sometimes will slip into here and there:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSZV485XdUs[/youtube]
I like to think it's pretty lacking in accent, but it's definitely "slightly Northern English"
