[quote]chrismcl wrote:
Fuck the British Parliament, I wanna talk like Ali G.[/quote]
You is r’aight, mah man; Ali G is da shit!
Le’ i’ no’ be sed, tha’ ai is a bruva uh daz no’ care.
[quote]lumbernac wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
Unless you are an actor don’t be the guy that fakes a British accent.
Everyone hates that guy.
Thats not my intention.
I just like accents and think that it would
be entertaining to improv a upper crust kind of character. [/quote]
If you put the time and effort in, you could have a wonderful westcountry accent like mine and sound like a cross between a pirate and a country bumpkin.
Somebody wants to hear a fuckin awesome british accent, you should have hearn my thick belfast before I moved to Canada.
Right craic.
[quote]lumbernac wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
Unless you are an actor don’t be the guy that fakes a British accent.
Everyone hates that guy.
Thats not my intention.
I just like accents and think that it would
be entertaining to improv a upper crust kind of character. [/quote]
The only other acceptable use would be for picking up dumb chicks.
[quote]Wayland wrote:
I say what subject is this and twain i shall provide thee with a map of the isle of britannia so thou can from whence these accents doth constrew their genesis[/quote]
LOL!!
But that map is not accurate for Ireland. The North and Republic of Ireland have totally diferent accents. Breaking it down even further, Northern Ireland (or Norn Iron as we pronounce it) could be viewed as being similar to England in that there is the Belfast accent which gets less heavy the further out of Belfast you go and then there are different accents throughout the country such as the Ballymena or Londonderry accents.
When you consider that the British Isles are only the size of an average state in America I can see why its something of a curiosity to americans, but I guess its down to (present) american culture only being a few centuries (give or take) old so accents never really got a chance to develop in the same way. Off the top of my head I can only think of 3 prominent american accents; Noo Yawk, West coast and cowboy/Texas.
[quote]X-Factor wrote:
Somebody wants to hear a fuckin awesome british accent, you should have hearn my thick belfast before I moved to Canada.
Right craic.[/quote]
Dead on mate! What about ye?
[quote]comedypedro wrote:
X-Factor wrote:
Somebody wants to hear a fuckin awesome british accent, you should have hearn my thick belfast before I moved to Canada.
Right craic.
Dead on mate! What about ye?[/quote]
Naught, you’re right with the breakdown of accents, my dah has a funny one. He lived in letterkenny up until 12 before moving to belfast, my mah is from Dunmurry, which is pretty much where I lived until I was about 11. My dad was a builder so we kind of flaked around homes, and I spent near everyday at my grannys in dunmurry, not to mention thats where most of me mates and family are now. Go back quite too, try to make it annually. Whereabouts are you from?
[quote]comedypedro wrote:
Wayland wrote:
I say what subject is this and twain i shall provide thee with a map of the isle of britannia so thou can from whence these accents doth constrew their genesis
LOL!!
But that map is not accurate for Ireland. The North and Republic of Ireland have totally diferent accents. Breaking it down even further, Northern Ireland (or Norn Iron as we pronounce it) could be viewed as being similar to England in that there is the Belfast accent which gets less heavy the further out of Belfast you go and then there are different accents throughout the country such as the Ballymena or Londonderry accents.
When you consider that the British Isles are only the size of an average state in America I can see why its something of a curiosity to americans, but I guess its down to (present) american culture only being a few centuries (give or take) old so accents never really got a chance to develop in the same way. Off the top of my head I can only think of 3 prominent american accents; Noo Yawk, West coast and cowboy/Texas.[/quote]
True enough about the British Isles. There are LOADS of different American accents. Further, almost every single town has their own slang and lingo (especially) amongst the young?uns which could be interpreted as a language unto itself! The most prominent seperations would be New York, Boston, South East, South, South West, West Coast, Midwest, Hawaii, Alaska. In most cases I could tell you what state exactly someone was from just from hearing their accent.
South African accent > British accent
[quote]comedypedro wrote:
Wayland wrote:
I say what subject is this and twain i shall provide thee with a map of the isle of britannia so thou can from whence these accents doth constrew their genesis
LOL!!
But that map is not accurate for Ireland. The North and Republic of Ireland have totally diferent accents. Breaking it down even further, Northern Ireland (or Norn Iron as we pronounce it) could be viewed as being similar to England in that there is the Belfast accent which gets less heavy the further out of Belfast you go and then there are different accents throughout the country such as the Ballymena or Londonderry accents.
When you consider that the British Isles are only the size of an average state in America I can see why its something of a curiosity to americans, but I guess its down to (present) american culture only being a few centuries (give or take) old so accents never really got a chance to develop in the same way. Off the top of my head I can only think of 3 prominent american accents; Noo Yawk, West coast and cowboy/Texas.[/quote]
There are countless American accents.
Upstate NY sounds different than NYC and both sound different from Long Island accent.
In Pennsylvania Pittsburghers sound different than people in Philadelphia.
In my own area of Central PA we have a Pennsylvania Dutch accent, the generic PA accent and more of a southern twang in the Carlisle area.
I am sure it is the same in most other states.
I would say the accents are being lost in many areas and are more pronounced among the older folks or the isolated.
Watch Family Guy - copy Stewie the baby.
Comedypedro - ballymena speak is like a totally different language to me 
[quote]comedypedro wrote:
Wayland wrote:
I say what subject is this and twain i shall provide thee with a map of the isle of britannia so thou can from whence these accents doth constrew their genesis
LOL!!
But that map is not accurate for Ireland. The North and Republic of Ireland have totally diferent accents. Breaking it down even further, Northern Ireland (or Norn Iron as we pronounce it) could be viewed as being similar to England in that there is the Belfast accent which gets less heavy the further out of Belfast you go and then there are different accents throughout the country such as the Ballymena or Londonderry accents.
When you consider that the British Isles are only the size of an average state in America I can see why its something of a curiosity to americans, but I guess its down to (present) american culture only being a few centuries (give or take) old so accents never really got a chance to develop in the same way. Off the top of my head I can only think of 3 prominent american accents; Noo Yawk, West coast and cowboy/Texas.[/quote]
To an outsider, that may be true. But I can easily pick out the different accents from many regions in the U.S. For example, there is are distinct accent differences in central NY, easten PA, NJ New England (of course), North Central U.S., Northern MidWest (MN,ND,SD), Wisconsin, Northern VA, North/South Carolina, Kentucky/Tennessee, Texas, California, Midwest, etc. There are further delineations within regions as well, such as natives from the Charleston, SC area whose accents can make their speech nearly unintelligible to even other Carolinians if they speak too fast (think Boomhower from King of the Hill), Northern vs Southern NJ, etc.
It’s all in what you’re used to hearing. I never knew there were so many different English accents prior to this thread. I can’t distinguish between all of the German accents other than Bavarian, nor can I tell the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin - it’s all Greek to me.
DB
my gf is from Donegal her accent has softened due to living in UK. When i went visit her folks, i found the Donegal accent rather soft, where as coming through the north its so harsh, especially on women.
The cork accent was softer but incomprehensible. and dont get me started on the dublin accent iiits “leeetal”
Im currently living in middlesbrough and the accent here is a bizarre cross between Geordie and Yorkishire. The pronounce double o words like book and look with w sound, becoming pool pewl, and book bewk, drives me mad. And the expression “Haway man”! I went to boarding school so i speak the queens english apparently. I get called posh by all the M’boro folks.
[quote]comedypedro wrote:
etaco wrote:
The BBC news type accents are great. You can listen to the BBC world service stream from your computer. As a bonus, it’s one of the best news sources out there.
Im not sure about the world service but these days the BBC is little more than a propaganda tool of the current Labour government. Theyre very subtle in their ways so its hard to notice.[/quote]
BBC domestic is tabloid crap like all the rest from what I’ve seen. World service seems to be marketed towards a more diverse audience and anyway they talk about parts of the world that American news doesn’t know exists.
Yeah Im not arguing that there arent many different american accents but Im saying that they arent as different from each other as british / irish accents. Put it this way, I can understand all american accents but even I cant understand some british accents sometimes!!
EDIT - Ok apart from Boomhauer I can understand american accents!!
[quote]Ryu wrote:
Watch Family Guy - copy Stewie the baby.
Comedypedro - ballymena speak is like a totally different language to me ;)[/quote]
Yeah my gf is from there, I swear I cant understand a word her dad or granny says!! Every sentence ends in ‘hey’ or ‘boy’
[quote]X-Factor wrote:
comedypedro wrote:
X-Factor wrote:
Somebody wants to hear a fuckin awesome british accent, you should have hearn my thick belfast before I moved to Canada.
Right craic.
Dead on mate! What about ye?
Naught, you’re right with the breakdown of accents, my dah has a funny one. He lived in letterkenny up until 12 before moving to belfast, my mah is from Dunmurry, which is pretty much where I lived until I was about 11. My dad was a builder so we kind of flaked around homes, and I spent near everyday at my grannys in dunmurry, not to mention thats where most of me mates and family are now. Go back quite too, try to make it annually. Whereabouts are you from?[/quote]
Originally Belfast, now living in Bangor. Ever been to Bangor?
[quote]Ren wrote:
South African accent > British accent[/quote]
Saff Afffika!! Yeah I know a few saffas, quite like their accent.
John Cleese is a classic accent in “Fawlty Towers”. That was some of his best work. “Search for the Holy Grail” is another great movie with all types of English accents. Basically, anything Monty Python is good, especially when they parody the rich and snobbish.
When I lived in England (1983-86), I was told I had a beautiful accent by the locals. That’s a weird feeling.
I had a buddy in college who had a great fake Austrailian accent. That dude had girls absolutely swooning.
Piss on accents. I wish I could get rid of mine…yaaaaaaallll.