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British and global accents: what's your favourite & hated ones?
- Thread starter gregbrighton
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I actually googled it, wish I had not.
Worthingite
Sexy Pete... :D
I'm at work so I can't......But from you're reaction it makes the OP even weirder than we all thought for admitting to something like that
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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1) North London - born in Enfield.
2) Eastern European - sexy on the women, Borat-funny with the men.
3) Scouse - horrible Brookside drawl.
4) Chinese accent - so hard to understand what they're on about.
2) Eastern European - sexy on the women, Borat-funny with the men.
3) Scouse - horrible Brookside drawl.
4) Chinese accent - so hard to understand what they're on about.
tinycowboy
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1) What your accent is: non-descript South East England, with t's usually pronounced
2) Your favourite accent: French people talking English, quite liked that rabbit on the Cadbury's Caramel ad
3) Your most hated accent: South African/Dutch/Brummie
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: anything spoken with a thick accent - hate having to ask people to repeat what they said multiple times
2) Your favourite accent: French people talking English, quite liked that rabbit on the Cadbury's Caramel ad
3) Your most hated accent: South African/Dutch/Brummie
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: anything spoken with a thick accent - hate having to ask people to repeat what they said multiple times
gregbrighton
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Talking on the phone.
Worthingite
Sexy Pete... :D
It's not though, is it. Let's be honest now.
This is the top Google result and sums it up best of all I think
Cyber
Online sex that loners engage in if they are too ugly and boring to get a real boyfriend/girlfriend.
Loner1: Hey wanna cyber?
Loner2: Sure, baby, let me virtually take my clothes off.
Loner1: This is so great.
anygivensunday
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1.Suvern.
2. Favourite-Geordie, just makes me laugh
3. Birmingham/midlands
4. Deep south. Had to watch O brother where art thou with subtitles.
2. Favourite-Geordie, just makes me laugh
3. Birmingham/midlands
4. Deep south. Had to watch O brother where art thou with subtitles.
Publius Ovidius
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Love the Italian accent, and always find brummie a bit guttural
I can't tell the difference between Mackem and Geordie.Just as dificult as each other.
The worst one to understand (in practice) was the Northern Irish one (too quick) where I had to ring Dell when the computer went wrong. (Ceased buying Dell computers because of it.)
The Black County accent when the talkers had a few drinks is a foreign language to me.
The Glasgow accent is different depending on the part of the city, the south is understandable.
I turn down appearances on local Birmingham local radio as they callers are too difficult to understand.
I think Brighton natives may have there own distinct accents, often lost, but sometimes very clear.
A Poet's Corner Hove accent (acquired at the turn of the 19th/20th century) sounded strange to me, more like Cockney. Not very musical.
The worst one to understand (in practice) was the Northern Irish one (too quick) where I had to ring Dell when the computer went wrong. (Ceased buying Dell computers because of it.)
The Black County accent when the talkers had a few drinks is a foreign language to me.
The Glasgow accent is different depending on the part of the city, the south is understandable.
I turn down appearances on local Birmingham local radio as they callers are too difficult to understand.
I think Brighton natives may have there own distinct accents, often lost, but sometimes very clear.
A Poet's Corner Hove accent (acquired at the turn of the 19th/20th century) sounded strange to me, more like Cockney. Not very musical.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I used to think that until I came across rural Fermanagh.
SouthCoastOwl
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South Yorkshire
French
Public school
Thailand (had a couple of phone conferences where I haven't understood a word)
French
Public school
Thailand (had a couple of phone conferences where I haven't understood a word)
symyjym
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SouthCoastOwl
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phone conferences
Sometimes I read back my posts and think, did I really write that?
It gets worse. Most phone 'conferences' are with our chief Underwriter in Thailand who's called Supaporn��
gregbrighton
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de la zouch
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- Jul 12, 2007
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1. Softened Nottingham accent - Think Ken Clarke
2. Norn Iron - female
3. Birmingham - hard to sound intelligent
4. Pished Glaswegian
2. Norn Iron - female
3. Birmingham - hard to sound intelligent
4. Pished Glaswegian
Gabbafella
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1) What your accent is: polite and proper English.
2) Your favourite accent: Sussex, but not mockney.
3) Your most hated accent: Irish, with a passion!
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: Brummie, Geordie or redneck.
2) Your favourite accent: Sussex, but not mockney.
3) Your most hated accent: Irish, with a passion!
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: Brummie, Geordie or redneck.