>> So you WILL hear Gen Am from sea to shining sea, often alongside other accents. <<
You mean you'll hear General American *approximates*
You mean you'll hear General American *approximates*
What accent do you really hate? and which one you love?
Hey, only teen-aged Californians say like at least twice per sentence. Others avoid it like the plague. I know most people don't like the Cockney accent but I think its totally awesome, mostly becuase you almost have to translate every word they say into something you can actually understand. It makes you think big time; even more than the Glasgow accent which I love too but mostly becuase of a particular actor I like from there.
***even more than the Glasgow accent which I love too but mostly because of a particular actor I like from there***
Och, someone admits to liking the Glasgow accent! And because of a Glaswegian actor? I wonder who that can be...... Douglas Henshall? Robert Carlyle? Gerard Butler? Not the lovely Peter Capaldi? It can't be John Hannah as he comes from East Kilbride! Well, ok, it's just outside Glasgow so what the heck..... whoever it is, you just have to be smitten if it means you love the Glasgow accent! LOL
Och, someone admits to liking the Glasgow accent! And because of a Glaswegian actor? I wonder who that can be...... Douglas Henshall? Robert Carlyle? Gerard Butler? Not the lovely Peter Capaldi? It can't be John Hannah as he comes from East Kilbride! Well, ok, it's just outside Glasgow so what the heck..... whoever it is, you just have to be smitten if it means you love the Glasgow accent! LOL
Alright Damian you force me to admit it... the actor in question is Gerard Butler and yes I am totally smitten.
I love the soft Scottish or Irish accent and hate the Brummie and Cockeny accent. The cockney accent is so iliterate they dont even speak with correct grammar. For example "can you borrow us a fiver" or "I see him" instead of saw or "we was" instead of we were etc. They may not be stupid but they certainly sound it.
well ppl i'm as manx as they cum check out the name! its pronounced breesha. i love my accent n it duz exist fella, born n bread yessir. i really like the welsh accent n possibly the irish. livin on the isle of man we av alot of cumovaz so we av 2 put up wif many different accents, the birmingham accent can get annoyin espsecially wen they r moanin about sumat lol. above all i h8 the yorkshire accent! it duz my nut in! my sista jus moved there n i refuse 2 talk 2 her ova the fone coz she picked up the accent, ill stick 2 msn 4 a while. THE MANX RULE!!!!!! l8r xxxbreesheyxxx
my three all time favourite accents in the WHOLE world are:
1. Cork accent in Ireland- could listen to it for horus, its like a song
2. Yorkshire accent, pure class, reet good.
3. Edinburgh accent, LUSH
My worst ones have to be the Gloucester/Bristol accent (ARGH DIE) and really up yourselves posh accents, and I'm not too keen on the Geordie or Brummie accent.
1. Cork accent in Ireland- could listen to it for horus, its like a song
2. Yorkshire accent, pure class, reet good.
3. Edinburgh accent, LUSH
My worst ones have to be the Gloucester/Bristol accent (ARGH DIE) and really up yourselves posh accents, and I'm not too keen on the Geordie or Brummie accent.
oh and i love the boston accent!! especially the ones in good will hunting. LOVELY.
"Accents I hate
California (Say "Like" one more dang time...)"
Like, we don't, like, talk like, like, that! Like, oh my gosh! You, like, are being, like, generalist towards, like, Californians! =)
California (Say "Like" one more dang time...)"
Like, we don't, like, talk like, like, that! Like, oh my gosh! You, like, are being, like, generalist towards, like, Californians! =)
I'd say my favorite accent would be Scottish or Irish...But that's considering that i've only met a few people with a foreign accent, because I've never been out of America. Can definitly say I loathe southern or country accents (*shivers*). They're the WORST. Chinese accents are pretty bad too. Of course, no offense by any means to anyone.
P.S. Gonna be going by Jessyca from now on...After reading this forum, it seems there's already a couple people named "Jess".
P.S. Gonna be going by Jessyca from now on...After reading this forum, it seems there's already a couple people named "Jess".
Hey Guys. This is my version of loving and hating English accents. Having learnt the English language at school, it seems very hard for me to understand nearly every accent.
Although, I really love the real Cockney accent. I don't really know why I love it, but it sounds amazing to me. When I was in Harrogate many years ago, I found it hard to understand the people there, but it was nice, too. Also the Aussie accent is nice but very hard to understand. It is no real English, I think.
I really hate every accent, coming from the U.S. because they make nonsense of that beautiful language. I hate people, who are using just one universal word as negation (I mean 'ain't'). Watching films in English are very hard to understand, when they come from the US. So Britons, stay with your nice language and do not take the stupid US American words from the US to say what you want ;-)
Although, I really love the real Cockney accent. I don't really know why I love it, but it sounds amazing to me. When I was in Harrogate many years ago, I found it hard to understand the people there, but it was nice, too. Also the Aussie accent is nice but very hard to understand. It is no real English, I think.
I really hate every accent, coming from the U.S. because they make nonsense of that beautiful language. I hate people, who are using just one universal word as negation (I mean 'ain't'). Watching films in English are very hard to understand, when they come from the US. So Britons, stay with your nice language and do not take the stupid US American words from the US to say what you want ;-)
>> I really hate every accent, coming from the U.S. because they make nonsense of that beautiful language.
Obviously you learned British English, and therefore it's easier for you to understand because you're more accustomed to it. If you were to have learned North American English, you would most likely like it better than British English dialects. And anyway, I bet there are some British dialects that you would find harder to understand and less pleasing than North American English.
Obviously you learned British English, and therefore it's easier for you to understand because you're more accustomed to it. If you were to have learned North American English, you would most likely like it better than British English dialects. And anyway, I bet there are some British dialects that you would find harder to understand and less pleasing than North American English.
"Obviously you learned British English, and therefore it's easier for you to understand because you're more accustomed to it. If you were to have learned North American English, you would most likely like it better than British English dialects. And anyway, I bet there are some British dialects that you would find harder to understand and less pleasing than North American English."
Although you didn't say anything when people have said that liked the Irish or Boston accent the best.
But when they say they like the british accent the ebst, you feel that you have to comment on it.
Although you didn't say anything when people have said that liked the Irish or Boston accent the best.
But when they say they like the british accent the ebst, you feel that you have to comment on it.
No, but when people say THIS:
"Also the Aussie accent is nice but very hard to understand. It is no real English, I think."
and
"I really hate every accent, coming from the U.S. because they make nonsense of that beautiful language. I hate people, who are using just one universal word as negation (I mean 'ain't'). Watching films in English are very hard to understand, when they come from the US. So Britons, stay with your nice language and do not take the stupid US American words from the US to say what you want ;-)"
you have to comment on it!
I'm sure it's news to Australians that all this time they have not, in fact, been speaking English (although it sure looks and sounds like it to me, but what do I know, since I'm stuck having to use all these "stupid US American words from the US", which also look (oddly) just like regular English....
And the word "ain't" was invented by the British, Karsten -- they've been using it a lot longer than all the rest of us!
"Also the Aussie accent is nice but very hard to understand. It is no real English, I think."
and
"I really hate every accent, coming from the U.S. because they make nonsense of that beautiful language. I hate people, who are using just one universal word as negation (I mean 'ain't'). Watching films in English are very hard to understand, when they come from the US. So Britons, stay with your nice language and do not take the stupid US American words from the US to say what you want ;-)"
you have to comment on it!
I'm sure it's news to Australians that all this time they have not, in fact, been speaking English (although it sure looks and sounds like it to me, but what do I know, since I'm stuck having to use all these "stupid US American words from the US", which also look (oddly) just like regular English....
And the word "ain't" was invented by the British, Karsten -- they've been using it a lot longer than all the rest of us!
Why do I see so much hatred in these forums? It seems that peopple come in here to generalize other countries and hate large groups of people. There is no single "British" "American" "Canadian" or "Austrailian" accent for a person to hate even if they were so inclined. I can spot the accent from my locality pretty easily, but most people don't seem to hear it... Just like I have a hard time distinguishing accents from two areas I am not familiar with... And when questions are asked about accent, why do people answer with politics?