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Title: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Suga Foot on January 09, 2005, 03:42:47 PM
since you're 'english', when you talk, do you consider yourself having an accent? or do Americans/Canadians have an accent to you?  how does that work on your end?
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Seer on January 10, 2005, 05:43:18 AM
uhh... everyone has an accent.. there are regional accents here... its probably easir talking to an american or canadian than talking to someone from where Bez lives or in scotland in some cases... its all regional...

you think everyone over here sounds the same and speaks "BBC" / 'the queens' english?.. lol..



Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: *Jamal* on January 10, 2005, 05:50:16 AM
its probably easir talking to an american or canadian than talking to someone from where Bez lives

"YERRRRRR MATEY"
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Matrix Heart on January 10, 2005, 08:03:58 AM
its probably easir talking to an american or canadian than talking to someone from where Bez lives

"YERRRRRR MATEY"

 “They’re always after ‘me Lucky Charms!”
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Seer on January 10, 2005, 12:24:37 PM
^ lol thats ireland?!
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Suga Foot on January 10, 2005, 05:33:05 PM
you think everyone over here sounds the same and speaks "BBC" / 'the queens' english?.. lol..


I thought they did.  My ignorance can be embarassing sometimes. lol  I do find it interesting that in such a small area there can be so many different accents tho. 
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Elevz on January 11, 2005, 02:19:27 AM
Well, Britain is large compared to Holland. People living less than 50 miles away from each other here, and they really can't understand each other. Ah well, dutch is a bullshit language anyway. Let's not change subjects.
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Seer on January 11, 2005, 03:18:36 AM
you think everyone over here sounds the same and speaks "BBC" / 'the queens' english?.. lol..


I thought they did.  My ignorance can be embarassing sometimes. lol  I do find it interesting that in such a small area there can be so many different accents tho. 

i've always assumed that the same things happen in every country.. its just a distance thing
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Primo on January 11, 2005, 05:24:13 PM
Now heres a question. I have trouble understanding what some British dudes say. Do ya'll have trouble understanding American accents
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: mauzip on January 11, 2005, 05:35:06 PM
yeah british people people really need to learn how to speak cause nobody can understand them
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: *Jamal* on January 11, 2005, 06:07:30 PM
yeah british people people really need to learn how to speak cause nobody can understand them

Dutch people sound like they're trying to speak German while chewing shit.
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: bez on January 11, 2005, 06:14:26 PM
As Seer said its all regional.

The main accents are:

Brummy:  Birmingham
Manc:  Manchester
Scouse:  Liverpool
Cockney:  London
Wooly back:  Which is like peeps from the country and shit, farmers accents.

Then ya got Irish and Scottish which too have their regional accents but I dont know em.  I dont really try to talk in deep scouse cos its very hard to understand.  I try to speak in a tone which is understand to everyone, but I bet you could still guess where I was from in a second if you was speaking to me face to face.
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: BigBDrugStores on January 11, 2005, 07:57:16 PM
i herd somewhere that brittish people dont wash their assess
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: *Jamal* on January 11, 2005, 10:32:47 PM
I try to speak in a tone which is understand to everyone

I see...
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Seer on January 12, 2005, 02:35:02 AM
Now heres a question. I have trouble understanding what some British dudes say. Do ya'll have trouble understanding American accents

another silly Q...  like i already said... SOME american accents are really easy to understand.. some arent. the same thing applies to british ones.

whats funny is foriegners (not just americans) always say they're donig a "british accent" when they're really doing a funny east london / cockney accent.. we find that shit funny too. to us americans sound dry/sarcastic all the time.

for example.. you speak to Me, Rud or Nino/Que on the phone we sound very different.

People say I dont have a strong accent.. but i'm from a rural ish place.. Bez would expect me to sound "wooly back" but i dont :P  you might get the odd slip from me.. but not often.

Rud has a strong-ish northern accent since he's from near bolton (not far from manchester)

Nino has a London ish sounding accent.. although he now lives even further west than I do..

Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: bez on January 12, 2005, 02:10:35 PM
Shhh ya wool.
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Rizzle on January 12, 2005, 02:31:43 PM
what makes it harder for foreigners is that with every regional accent comes along regional words too i'm living in bristol these days and they all sound like farmers and can't string proper sentence together half the time it all seems backwards but thats just their variation. its just funny cos it makes them sound stupid, but they are no more stupid than people in any other city.
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Seer on January 12, 2005, 03:12:54 PM
you know whats really funny?  people in brizzle (as they say it) sound more farmer than some down here in taunton..
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Post by: Sikotic™ on January 12, 2005, 09:46:53 PM
That's whats so dope. If everyone sounded the same, language would be so damn boring.
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: OpTiCaL on January 13, 2005, 10:38:26 AM
Now heres a question. I have trouble understanding what some British dudes say. Do ya'll have trouble understanding American accents

another silly Q...  like i already said... SOME american accents are really easy to understand.. some arent. the same thing applies to british ones.

whats funny is foriegners (not just americans) always say they're donig a "british accent" when they're really doing a funny east london / cockney accent.. we find that shit funny too. to us americans sound dry/sarcastic all the time.

for example.. you speak to Me, Rud or Nino/Que on the phone we sound very different.

People say I dont have a strong accent.. but i'm from a rural ish place.. Bez would expect me to sound "wooly back" but i dont :P  you might get the odd slip from me.. but not often.

Rud has a strong-ish northern accent since he's from near bolton (not far from manchester)

Nino has a London ish sounding accent.. although he now lives even further west than I do..




and what accent do i have geezer  :P ?

btw near to seer they sound like pirates and farmers....west country folk ooo arr, graaaaaassss,
seer luckily hasnt been affected too much but damn i cant understand them from the likes of  "the forest"...inbreds and sheep shaggers


rofl
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: OpTiCaL on January 13, 2005, 10:39:55 AM
you know whats really funny?  people in brizzle (as they say it) sound more farmer than some down here in taunton..
ive learnt a few words (no offense) sounds like "alright my baba" and "ow biz ol butt"

lol
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Seer on January 13, 2005, 10:43:15 AM
[and what accent do i have geezer  :P ?

btw near to seer they sound like pirates and farmers....west country folk ooo arr, graaaaaassss,
seer luckily hasnt been affected too much but damn i cant understand them from the likes of  "the forest"...inbreds and sheep shaggers


rofl

typical essex gal........ :P :P :P

haha naw.. theres a bit of a twinge of something there.. aint much though..

Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: *Jamal* on January 13, 2005, 03:41:35 PM
[and what accent do i have geezer  :P ?

btw near to seer they sound like pirates and farmers....west country folk ooo arr, graaaaaassss,
seer luckily hasnt been affected too much but damn i cant understand them from the likes of  "the forest"...inbreds and sheep shaggers


rofl

typical essex gal........ :P :P :P

haha naw.. theres a bit of a twinge of something there.. aint much though..

Seer got clowned ARRRRRRR
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: bez on January 15, 2005, 10:10:30 AM
YER MATE!
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT, UK REPPING!!!!
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Doggystylin on January 16, 2005, 03:40:41 AM
man let me tell you, Ive been here in the UK for 10 days and I think id understand more if i was in mexico, lol. Ive spoken to some scottish people and seriously i think id understand german better, lol i love it all though, breathe of fresh air. UK peoples are my peoples, same with Irish, their my doggzzssss. oh yeah and not 1 bar has checked my id, its great, lol ive drank more beer here than i have in my whole life, lol im scared of guiness though that shit is fuckin BLACK!!! BEZ RUD SEER OPTICAL DON RIZZLE HHH UK PEOPLE WHERE YA AT!!!
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Sikotic™ on January 16, 2005, 11:56:28 AM
im scared of guiness though that shit is fuckin BLACK!!!

Oh so its like that now?  :'(
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: bez on January 16, 2005, 12:02:00 PM
im scared of guiness though that shit is fuckin BLACK!!!

Oh so its like that now?  :'(

LMAO!
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: white Boy on January 16, 2005, 12:03:38 PM
My ignorance can be embarassing sometimes. lol .
lmao
Title: Re: Question for the British people.......
Post by: Don Rizzle on January 16, 2005, 04:30:53 PM
man let me tell you, Ive been here in the UK for 10 days and I think id understand more if i was in mexico, lol. Ive spoken to some scottish people and seriously i think id understand german better, lol i love it all though, breathe of fresh air. UK peoples are my peoples, same with Irish, their my doggzzssss. oh yeah and not 1 bar has checked my id, its great, lol ive drank more beer here than i have in my whole life, lol im scared of guiness though that shit is fuckin BLACK!!! BEZ RUD SEER OPTICAL DON RIZZLE HHH UK PEOPLE WHERE YA AT!!!
thats cool man what u been up to over here?