Accents

20 Mar 2007

This topic has probably been done to death but i thought i'd start a more personal one.
I myself have an australian accent, but since i was little ive learnt to hide it, so much so that its barely noticable. When i was learning to talk 3 of the members of my household had aussie accents, naturally i picked it up. If i ever talk to someone with an aussie accent mine comes back again and it can take ages to get rid of it. Funnily enough though, i cant say *dingo* or *kanga* without letter the accent out.
So, whats everyones views on accents, do they annoy you, do u like them, what ones do u like, what ones do u hate etc

20 Mar 2007

Yeah sorry southerners they can be annoying not all tho
But i love gordiesssssss mmmmmmmmmmm sexyyyyyyyyy :thrilled: :thrilled: :thrilled:
Debz xxxx

20 Mar 2007

Mmmmmmmm a nice accent can be quite a turn on Drew.... smile

:) An Ozzie accent is very nice...
Ones that annoy me are Nashville, Tennessee ones...very strong confused

:?

20 Mar 2007

i hope your not refering to those that live in the south of england :shock: but excluding the west we sound wonderful. Geordie accents though...yuck

20 Mar 2007

Quote by anais
Mmmmmmmm a nice accent can be quite a turn on Drew.... :) An Ozzie accent is very nice...
Ones that annoy me are Nashville, Tennessee ones...very strong :?

eurgh, accents in the south of the usa are just disgusting

20 Mar 2007

Geordie's good, so is Hampshire, so is the Forest of Dean, and you can't not like a soft Irish lilt.

20 Mar 2007

I have the good / mis fortune to sound a bit like Gary Lineker..........hardly a sexy accent but hey ho.
I love women with a nice Scottish or geordie accent.......Cheryl Tweedy...mmmmmmmmm

20 Mar 2007

I find the Northern Irish accent a turn on, but (sorry liverpudlians) dont like the scouse accent.
Being a geordie myself, you'll find that someone who lives 7 mile down the road will speak and sound totally different from me

20 Mar 2007

Quote by debz4u
Yeah sorry southerners they can be annoying not all tho
But i love gordiesssssss mmmmmmmmmmm sexyyyyyyyyy :thrilled: :thrilled: :thrilled:
Debz xxxx

:shock:

Im not saying anything else incase I offend anyone wink

except that I do love a London accent cool

Louise xx

20 Mar 2007

Quote by fildee
I find the Northern Irish accent a turn on

So do I :thumbup:
I also love a geordie accent confused

I don't really have much of an accent, well, I can't hear one :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

20 Mar 2007

My Manc accent is annoying to me, but I carn't do nowt about it, right.
My Dad has the good fortune of still having his Italian accent intact despite having lived in Manchester for the last 40 years. I can't even fake an Italian accent for long enough to convince anyone it's genuine sad

My mates used to always think he was in the mafia.

20 Mar 2007

I love a posh accent! :inlove:

20 Mar 2007

Well i dont really have an accent - until i meet someone from oop north, being born in barnsley and even when we moved being surrounded by yorkshire folk i have retained my accent. The weird thing is that it only seems to come out when i am talking to someone from yorkshire too! dunno

Having lived in the west for a while i can fake a good bristol and somerset accent too! lol

Mr swin is cornish, his isnt a strong accent but certain words and phrases definatly have a twang about them! :lol:
i do love accents. the ones that really do it for me are : geordie, irish, scottish, & yorkshire!
the onesthat doesnt : brum - (sorry brummies - no offence meant!)
sal xx

20 Mar 2007

I love a woman with an accent........very sexy. biggrin

I of course speak estuary which is well dodgy. rolleyes

Not keen on aussie accents, its the rising internation at the end of every sentance that makes everything a question. confused

I love the yoofs what speak mock New York mainly cos they sound so stupid. :D

20 Mar 2007

A nice soft southern Irish accent does it for me :rose:

20 Mar 2007

Quote by fildee
I find the Northern Irish accent a turn on, but (sorry liverpudlians) dont like the scouse accent.

Yes i love a nice Irish accent, some welsh, geordie accents are yummy but........ my fave is liverpudlian :twisted: lol

Quote by Miss_Kiss
I love a posh accent! :inlove:

<<<<<<<<<< Stuffs plums and marbles in mouth confused

20 Mar 2007

Quote by Drewxcore
i hope your not refering to those that live in the south of england :shock: but excluding the west we sound wonderful. Geordie accents though...yuck

S'cuse me! :twisted:
Joking aside, people either love or hate our accents there is no in between... I'm a geordie, and I hate my accent with avengance.

20 Mar 2007

Quote by Juniper_couple
I love a posh accent! :inlove:

<<<<<<<<<< Stuffs plums and marbles in mouth confused

I want to be so rude about that comment! lol

Yes I do love the very posh accent - I blame my ex as she was very very posh indeed! But just well spoken middle class even gets my juices flowing.
To me any voice or accent can be sexy, just depends on the person.

20 Mar 2007

Quote by Miss_Kiss
I love a posh accent! :inlove:

<<<<<<<<<< Stuffs plums and marbles in mouth confused

I want to be so rude about that comment! lol

Ohhh ok then, i'll go for the strap on :twisted: :twisted: :giggle:
I really must get a grip and go have a cold shower

20 Mar 2007

Quote by Juniper_couple
I love a posh accent! :inlove:

<<<<<<<<<< Stuffs plums and marbles in mouth confused

I want to be so rude about that comment! lol

Ohhh ok then, i'll go for the strap on :twisted: :twisted: :giggle:
I really must get a grip and go have a cold shower
You have a PM. :rascal:

20 Mar 2007

Quote by Miss_Kiss
You have a PM. :rascal:

Ohhh I do hope it's all about punishment :twisted: lol

20 Mar 2007

Quote by flower411
I love a Welsh accent. I not sure whether the particular lilt I like the most is north, south , east or west.
But a woman with a welsh accent :inlove:

Yes, especially a certain pair of Welsh lasses on here (Minxy/Sassy-Seren) :inlove:
I also love Scottish and Irish accents in a lady too biggrin

20 Mar 2007

I'm with keeno and the aussie accents. That rising internation at the end of every sentance that makes everything a question is rather unhelpful.
Mind you plenty of brits speak this way thanks to the soaps. Even some younger members of my family do!!!!!! But not myself I should add biggrin

20 Mar 2007

Comeone girls/guys, some of you must be worth letting my accent out for x

20 Mar 2007

Not sure what louise means by a London accent, since surely we Londoners don't have one do we? wink

20 Mar 2007

There has been an increase in the Ali G type accent which is more akin to Caribbean peoples. Now white youths are using this type of accent, and its developing language.
All this has been developed through the application of media and some great films and music.
The Rasta accent has been around longer, and much of it has been used in the development of urban/rapper/ Ali G talk. But somehow white youths took to the Ali G talk. It would have been unlikely back in the 70's and 80's to have found as many white youths using Rasta talk.

20 Mar 2007

Quote by duncanlondon
There has been an increase in the Ali G type accent which is more akin to Caribbean peoples. Now white youths are using this type of accent, and its developing language.
All this has been developed through the application of media and some great films and music.
The Rasta accent has been around longer, and much of it has been used in the development of urban/rapper/ Ali G talk. But somehow white youths took to the Ali G talk. It would have been unlikely back in the 70's and 80's to have found as many white youths using Rasta talk.

Whats your point marn?
sorry rolleyes

20 Mar 2007

Quote by Liaisons
I'm with keeno and the aussie accents. That rising internation at the end of every sentance that makes everything a question is rather unhelpful.

Don't

Get :banghead: Me :banghead:
Started :banghead: With :banghead: that :banghead:
lol

20 Mar 2007

Quote by Drewxcore
There has been an increase in the Ali G type accent which is more akin to Caribbean peoples. Now white youths are using this type of accent, and its developing language.
All this has been developed through the application of media and some great films and music.
The Rasta accent has been around longer, and much of it has been used in the development of urban/rapper/ Ali G talk. But somehow white youths took to the Ali G talk. It would have been unlikely back in the 70's and 80's to have found as many white youths using Rasta talk.

Whats your point marn?
sorry rolleyes

Oh yes the point. That an accent can be easily acquired, if one is immersed in a culture that uses it. Which is how we all learn our accents.
In this case it is acquired mainly through the media and the willingness of today's youth to make it their own language. That's for now though. It may well be followed by something else.

20 Mar 2007

Quote by duncanlondon
There has been an increase in the Ali G type accent which is more akin to Caribbean peoples. Now white youths are using this type of accent, and its developing language.
All this has been developed through the application of media and some great films and music.
The Rasta accent has been around longer, and much of it has been used in the development of urban/rapper/ Ali G talk. But somehow white youths took to the Ali G talk. It would have been unlikely back in the 70's and 80's to have found as many white youths using Rasta talk.

Whats your point marn?
sorry rolleyes

Oh yes the point. That an accent can be easily acquired, if one is immersed in a culture that uses it. Which is how we all learn our accents.
In this case it is acquired mainly through the media and the willingness of today's youth to make it their own language. That's for now though. It may well be followed by something else.
I think you should make it your own personal mission to make german or russian accents cool