| Carol! the Musical 11.09.2008 21:16 |
( Have I made this thread before, a long time ago? I can't remember ) Everyone's got a super-neat accent, assuming they can speak- so what's yours sound like? Be as descriptive as you can! Type out words and how you pronounce them as opposed to how they're spelled ( or anything else that'll help you show us HOW you talk ). If you speak with a Cockney accent then you automatically win the entire thread. Me first: I've genuinely got no idea. The only english-speaking places I've ever lived in were in the southermost Bible belt sections of the USA, but the folks here tell me I sound different. They pronounce 'Harry' as 'hairy' here too, wow. I kept correcting them when I was talking about our cat because I wasn't aware that it was an accent. xD |
| Erin 11.09.2008 21:27 |
How do I talk? link ;-P |
| Sergei. 11.09.2008 21:55 |
My accent sounds like shit. And God dammit, the rest of what I wrote didn't make any sense. |
| Lady Nyx 11.09.2008 22:36 |
im from RAH-chester we pronounce (we meaning not me) creek as crick, hammock as hamMOCK and boots as bewts. and room as rum....if only the room were rum O.o |
| queenie-taylor 12.09.2008 00:54 |
I'm from Good old barnsley and it's got one of the most southernly and strongest accents in yorkshire.. Here goes; tha noz = You know.. a se = I say wa iz zit = What is it? wi izzit = Where is it? Oh hell...... |
| Matias Merçeauroix 12.09.2008 02:29 |
I sound exactly like this. link Yes, that's what I do in my free time. Cheers, Hor |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 12.09.2008 04:19 |
as i'm originally from 'cockney country' [family on my fathers side are from Camberwell/Lambeth/Southall area] i declare myself the winner.[as by the rules of the thread] however,my mothers side are Cornish so if you throw that into the mix as well then i sometimes sound as if i've had a stroke depending on who's company i'm in. i've also been told on many occasion that i sound South African.although the closest ive ever been to there is via a cheap bottle of plonk. think Dick Van Dyke meets Jethro for a vocal combination. "we dont like strangers here" is pronounced "we downt loick strayngas ear" when i say it around locals |
| JakobusKobus 12.09.2008 07:05 |
I refer you to this topic if you want to know more about my accent: link We swallow klinkers, we don't say lopEn, but lop'n. We don't pronounce the E in this word for example. PS: I don't talk in Grunnings. Here you can hear Grunnings: link (I know, some Dutch accents sound really stupid; Frysk is even worse than Grunnings) On this site, you can hear induvidual words and sentences: link If you click on the little icons |
| pma 12.09.2008 07:09 |
A native Brit lecturer put me under the label "conservative American accent" based on a reading test in which I tried my best to pronounce everything in the standard British English, trying to find that phrasing and intonation of a bbc newsreader... (obviously I failed miserably in the ears of a native, therefor the conservative Ame. verdict)... |
| Philly Guy 12.09.2008 07:47 |
link There's a bit of Pennsylvnia Dutch, and American Southern sprinkled about as well. Wow. I didn't know I had that much of an accent untill I read all the way through that web page. I assumed that I was speaking correctly all these years. However, I aint changin'. No way, no how. |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 12.09.2008 08:00 |
Bad Horsie wrote: I sound exactly like this. link Yes, that's what I do in my free time. Cheers, HorI've watched that many times. Hahahaha. So cute! :) My accent....??? For those who know me well here... Most of you have heard it before... It's very British. Yeah... |
| Ms. Rebel 12.09.2008 08:37 |
Hmmm... I sound more American than British when I'm speaking English. Something like Goran Visnjic. lol *edit* As for Croatian, it sounds like this: link "If you are in Zagreb or near, come to Piranha bar around 23pm. If you aren't, see you on Monday. Goodbye!" xD |
| @ndy38 12.09.2008 08:39 |
I guess i have a Glasgow/West of Scotland accent, not that strong mind you, i've been told before that i don't even sound Scottish. But i have a husky/shit voice anyway, all my friends say i sound like i'm losing my voice since it can be that husky. |
| @ndy38 12.09.2008 08:40 |
Ms. Rebel wrote: Hmmm... I sound more American than British when I'm speaking English. Something like Goran Visnjic. lolHe is a legend! |
| Freya is quietly judging you. 12.09.2008 09:49 |
Think Hermione Granger. Sadly, I'm telling the truth. I'd way prefer a nasal northern Beatley accent. |
| Lisser 12.09.2008 11:12 |
I have no accent. I live in the Mid East of America, very neutral I'd say. Erin and Pieter have met me in person, maybe they can say if I've got an accent or not. Even though I live in Kentucky I do not sound like everyone thinks I would. I live in Northern KY, close to Haystacks and Cincinnati so if anything I sound more like an Ohioan, a Southwestern one. |
| Erin 12.09.2008 12:10 |
Lisser wrote: I have no accent. I live in the Mid East of America, very neutral I'd say. Erin and Pieter have met me in person, maybe they can say if I've got an accent or not.I don't recall you having a specific accent. I guess you'd call that non-regional dialect. ;-) I don't think Pieter has a very strong accent, at least, not compared to the other Scottish accents I've heard. He has a great uncle that I can't even understand. |
| Rick 12.09.2008 12:30 |
I live in Friesland (nothernmost province of The Netherlands). It's a part of the bigger continent called 'Frisia'. Thus I'm Frisian and we have our own language. And yes, I'm able to speak Frisian, though I talk Dutch most of the time. I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it. It's going quite well so far, but practising is really the key here. I want to enlarge my vocabulary as well as being able to pronounce the words correctly in speech. In contrast with using words in isolation, which is fairly easy. If everything goes well, I will be abroad next year. For six months or so. I will probably gain much experience that way. Ah well, just wait and see, I guess... |
| Lisser 12.09.2008 13:42 |
Rick wrote: I live in Friesland (nothernmost province of The Netherlands). It's a part of the bigger continent called 'Frisia'. Thus I'm Frisian and we have our own language. And yes, I'm able to speak Frisian, though I talk Dutch most of the time. I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it. It's going quite well so far, but practising is really the key here. I want to enlarge my vocabulary as well as being able to pronounce the words correctly in speech. In contrast with using words in isolation, which is fairly easy. If everything goes well, I will be abroad next year. For six months or so. I will probably gain much experience that way. Ah well, just wait and see, I guess...I don't know how well you speak English but your written word is excellent! |
| thomasquinn 32989 12.09.2008 13:49 |
Rick wrote: I live in Friesland (nothernmost province of The Netherlands). It's a part of the bigger continent called 'Frisia'. Thus I'm Frisian and we have our own language. And yes, I'm able to speak Frisian, though I talk Dutch most of the time.Sorry to bust your bubble: Frisian is not a language. It's been awarded the status by the government, because you lot whine so much, but every major linguist disagrees, because you do not fundamentally differ from Niederdeutsch (i.e. Dutch). As for 'Frisia', that is not a 'continent' but a region, which is really an arbitrary demarcation based on the possessions of a ruling house in the mid-1400s. I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it.That is just laughable. English is much, much older than the abomination of a dialect that is called Frisian; your 'language' is as much a Germanic derivation as Dutch, German and English are (although English is highly influenced by Roman influences brought by the Normans in the 1066 invasion). |
| pma 12.09.2008 13:52 |
Lisser wrote: I have no accent.Well, you have an American accent... |
| JakobusKobus 12.09.2008 14:28 |
Zeg NEE tegen de zachte G! |
| Poo, again 12.09.2008 14:39 |
I picked up a lot of English from the Beatles. Hopefully I don't sound too much like them though. |
| Poo, again 12.09.2008 14:42 |
Bad Horsie wrote: I sound exactly like this. link Yes, that's what I do in my free time. Cheers, HorVery entertaining! |
| -fatty- 2850 12.09.2008 15:05 |
Ah'm fae Embra so ah've no really goat much o' an accent, ken? Likesay when ah'm spraffin tae some gadgie fae doon sooth, they sometimes dinnae huv a scooby whit ah'm oan aboot bit other thin that ivryhin's barry, ken? No like they Weedgies fae the west, ken? They've aw goat that radge, whiny, dead nasal wey o' spraffin, ken? N' they keep gaun "Byraway" at the end o' each sentence, ken? You ken whit ah'm spraffin aboot eh @ndy38? fatty. |
| JakobusKobus 12.09.2008 15:12 |
Wat n gek accent hast doe ja. Merkwoarig heur! |
| Rick 12.09.2008 15:14 |
Thomas, did you miss your British Studies class too often? That goes to show. We've had many lessons concerning 'language influences'. And English was influenced by many and one of them is Frisian. Hate to pop your bubble mate. What about certain French words which are integrated in today's English, such as 'judge'? Some Frisian examples: The English word 'key' is taken from the Frisian word 'kaai'. Same goes for 'cow' and 'ko'. Okay another one: 'goose' and 'goes'. There are definitely more. Or do you think my teacher is talking from her butthole? I admit, I may not be as informed and educated as you in things like history and cultural backgrounds, but this cannot possibly be a lie. Or else I will apologize to you and you may stick a sign to my head with the title 'pigheaded fool'. I won't comment on Frisian being a language or not. You and me both know that this has been a long discussion in The Netherlands. And yes, it has been approved by our government, but how many years ago already? I don't think it's fair to come up with this again. Did you run out of ammunition? In addition, Frisian is a language that consists of different dialects (around six or seven, can't recall it at the moment). Shit, I did comment :( |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 12.09.2008 15:18 |
fatty wrote: Ah'm fae Embra so ah've no really goat much o' an accent, ken? Likesay when ah'm spraffin tae some gadgie fae doon sooth, they sometimes dinnae huv a scooby whit ah'm oan aboot bit other thin that ivryhin's barry, ken? No like they Weedgies fae the west, ken? They've aw goat that radge, whiny, dead nasal wey o' spraffin, ken? N' they keep gaun "Byraway" at the end o' each sentence, ken? You ken whit ah'm spraffin aboot eh @ndy38? fatty.THIS POST REMINDS ME OF THE BOOK "TRAINSPOTTING". I've read it with a lot of struggle at the beginning, then I picked it up through the middle and it wasn't too bad.... XD I love the slang you guys use!!!!! |
| Sergei. 12.09.2008 15:22 |
Rick wrote: Or do you think my teacher talks from her butthole?XDDDDDD THIS WINS |
| Rick 12.09.2008 15:40 |
Hehe. @Lisser: Thanks! Well, I have improved a lot the last two years when speaking English is concerned. Though I learn every day. It's still a very long way for me to the point when I can say: "Crickey, my English IS good." Despite this, it keeps me motivated and that makes it a lot more interesting as well. Like setting a goal. |
| Winter Land Man 12.09.2008 16:21 |
I don't know about my accent. But I speak higher than the average male at my age, I guess. I can do a great falsetto too. |
| Lisser 12.09.2008 16:46 |
pma wrote:Ya, but America is large and there are many different accents in America. I can drive ten minutes south of where I live and it is as hillbilly as ever.Lisser wrote: I have no accent.Well, you have an American accent... |
| Matias Merçeauroix 12.09.2008 18:04 |
Jake? wrote: I don't know about my accent. But I speak higher than the average male at my age, I guess. I can do a great falsetto too.I can sing like Monserrat Caballè and actually sound like her, can you do that?!?!?! LAWL Cheers, Hor |
| Lady Nyx 12.09.2008 18:18 |
Bad Horsie wrote:id be interested to hear that XDJake? wrote: I don't know about my accent. But I speak higher than the average male at my age, I guess. I can do a great falsetto too.I can sing like Monserrat Caballè and actually sound like her, can you do that?!?!?! LAWL Cheers, Hor |
| Matias Merçeauroix 12.09.2008 19:03 |
Your wish is my command! Guide Me Home in spanish. Translated by the other guy that sings. I'm Monserrat, of course. link REMEMBER: It's a joke. I must say it's a joke because I keep having people telling me that it's a terrible version. PEOPLE, THAT'S THE IDEA: TO LAUGH. Cheers, Hor |
| Ms. Rebel 12.09.2008 19:52 |
Back off Lisser, Rick's mine!!! xD |
| StoneColdClassicQueen 12.09.2008 21:23 |
I have no specific accent. I'm from Los Angeles, but I don't sound like a Valley girl or anything. You know how they love to talk with the word "like" every 5 seconds or so. That's not me. I guess you can say I have no special accent or anything.... |
| Lady Nyx 12.09.2008 21:53 |
Bad Horsie wrote: Your wish is my command! Guide Me Home in spanish. Translated by the other guy that sings. I'm Monserrat, of course. link REMEMBER: It's a joke. I must say it's a joke because I keep having people telling me that it's a terrible version. PEOPLE, THAT'S THE IDEA: TO LAUGH. Cheers, Horlol it was amusing!!!! youre right, you have a similiar vibrato as her! and im impressed you cna reach those notes, mostly clear haha i love how in some spots you had to stuff large phrase into an area we only have 2 sylables for XD |
| Lady Nyx 12.09.2008 21:56 |
Bad Horsie wrote: I sound exactly like this. link Yes, that's what I do in my free time. Cheers, Horlol shit dude...i wish my guitarist could shred like you. |
| Matias Merçeauroix 13.09.2008 02:36 |
Lady Nyx wrote:lol, I know xDBad Horsie wrote: Your wish is my command! Guide Me Home in spanish. Translated by the other guy that sings. I'm Monserrat, of course. link REMEMBER: It's a joke. I must say it's a joke because I keep having people telling me that it's a terrible version. PEOPLE, THAT'S THE IDEA: TO LAUGH. Cheers, Horlol it was amusing!!!! youre right, you have a similiar vibrato as her! and im impressed you cna reach those notes, mostly clear haha i love how in some spots you had to stuff large phrase into an area we only have 2 sylables for XD I can go higher... just not with "that" voice. I'm glad you found it funny, SUCCESS! xD Cheers, Hor |
| Appolo Jupiter 13.09.2008 06:46 |
I worked very hard to sound just like American and now i even do all the accents will it be British Scots or Irish etc. and everybody tells me that i sound very good, though i had terrible accent when I started studying English. We say "Ze" instead of The. For instance Ze Doorz (and Z instead Of S)And for example Tired Instead of saying "taerd" we say "Taird" with very sharp T. Instead of soft Th we say Z: Wiz Wizaut, Wiz mi, Wezer, eizer mi or u, Neizer me nor u and so further . . . Great isn't it?? :P |
| Mr.Jingles 13.09.2008 07:49 |
I have a douche bag accent. |
| ***Marial-B*** 13.09.2008 07:56 |
I have my venezuelan accent and with english a bit of american, dunno how do I sound fo the rest. Beata... :P |
| Rick 13.09.2008 07:59 |
Ms. Rebel wrote: Back off Lisser, Rick's mine!!! xDI think I need a full explanation here xD |
| Ms. Rebel 13.09.2008 08:10 |
Rick wrote:*winks*Ms. Rebel wrote: Back off Lisser, Rick's mine!!! xDI think I need a full explanation here xD |
| ***Marial-B*** 13.09.2008 08:11 |
Come to msn and you'll have it xD |
| Lisser 13.09.2008 09:51 |
Ms. Rebel wrote: Back off Lisser, Rick's mine!!! xDOh, so sorry. I didn't even know I was trying to take him. |
| Lisser 13.09.2008 09:54 |
Bad Horsie wrote:Aside from that other guy singing, I thought it was beautiful!Jake? wrote: I don't know about my accent. But I speak higher than the average male at my age, I guess. I can do a great falsetto too.I can sing like Monserrat Caballè and actually sound like her, can you do that?!?!?! LAWL Cheers, Hor |
| Ms. Rebel 13.09.2008 11:11 |
Lisser wrote:Apology accepted. xDMs. Rebel wrote: Back off Lisser, Rick's mine!!! xDOh, so sorry. I didn't even know I was trying to take him. |
| thomasquinn 32989 13.09.2008 12:12 |
Rick wrote: Thomas, did you miss your British Studies class too often? That goes to show. We've had many lessons concerning 'language influences'. And English was influenced by many and one of them is Frisian. Hate to pop your bubble mate. What about certain French words which are integrated in today's English, such as 'judge'?You're failing to make a subtle distinction, namely between Frisian influencing English, and English and Frisian having a common ancestor. The latter is indeed true; Frisian is one dialect (and yes, it may well occur with variations, like the 6 or 7 you mention; vowel-sounds tend to morph from area to area), but it is not a language: it lacks a distinct system of grammar and a unique morphology amongst other things. These two factors are essential for linguists accepting something as a language rather than a dialect. Some Frisian examples: The English word 'key' is taken from the Frisian word 'kaai'. Same goes for 'cow' and 'ko'. Okay another one: 'goose' and 'goes'. There are definitely more.As I said, these are both derived from the same source, a common ancestor, being early medieval Germanic. Or do you think my teacher is talking from her butthole?I think your teacher has an axe to grind, the axe being Frisian nationalism. I admit, I may not be as informed and educated as you in things like history and cultural backgrounds, but this cannot possibly be a lie.It's not a lie, merely a very selective reading of the facts (the facts here being the common ancestry) Or else I will apologize to you and you may stick a sign to my head with the title 'pigheaded fool'.No need for that. I won't comment on Frisian being a language or not. You and me both know that this has been a long discussion in The Netherlands. And yes, it has been approved by our government, but how many years ago already? I don't think it's fair to come up with this again. Did you run out of ammunition? In addition, Frisian is a language that consists of different dialects (around six or seven, can't recall it at the moment).I think I dealt with all reasonable parts of this above, save one: the length of time that has passed since acceptance of Frisian as a language (only by the Dutch government; scholars uniformly disagree, a rare thing, to be sure!) has nothing to do with anything |
| Rick 13.09.2008 18:21 |
Fair enough. Anyway, thanks for your info and point-of-view. @Beata: you're one mysterious girl :P |
| Sweetie 14.09.2008 05:07 |
I dont know how I sound... all I know is that I speak kinda fast and people often ask me if I'm from London or New Zealand... I don't know how one can sound London/Zealand at once... I thought they sounded different... *frowns*... |
| Ms. Rebel 14.09.2008 06:10 |
Rick wrote: @Beata: you're one mysterious girl :PAt the moment I'm very sad girl. :( |
| The Mir@cle 14.09.2008 06:32 |
I'm sorry Rick, but they the people there are obsessed with Frisian nationalism is a bit disturbing.... But I hope for you that Russia will accept you soon as an independant country. ;-) |
| Lady Nyx 14.09.2008 10:16 |
i also realize i say 'twunny' in stead of twenty. sometimes twenny. |
| thomasquinn 32989 14.09.2008 13:03 |
The Mir@cle wrote: I'm sorry Rick, but they the people there are obsessed with Frisian nationalism is a bit disturbing.... But I hope for you that Russia will accept you soon as an independant country. ;-)That could be quite fun, methinks. I wonder if Holland would declare war on Frisia, or just force them to take Limburg along as well ;-) |
| QueenMercury46 14.09.2008 16:21 |
I have a Philadelphia accent even though I've lived in California my whole life. It's because of my mom. |
| Rick 14.09.2008 16:25 |
The Mir@cle wrote: I'm sorry Rick, but they the people there are obsessed with Frisian nationalism is a bit disturbing.... But I hope for you that Russia will accept you soon as an independant country. ;-)Back off, you Grunninger or what we would say: Grinslander :P |
| Carol! the Musical 14.09.2008 17:15 |
JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: "we dont like strangers here" is pronounced "we downt loick strayngas ear" when i say it around localsPRECISELY WHY YOU'RE THE WINNER |
| Erin 14.09.2008 17:33 |
Lady Nyx wrote: i also realize i say 'twunny' in stead of twenty. sometimes twenny.It's twenny for me. Down here we are always "fixin'" to do something. For instance, I'm fixin' to get me some dinner. ;-) |
| Donna13 14.09.2008 18:39 |
When I talk to my dogs, I use a Scandinavian/French/German accent. But my normal accent is probably a strange mixture of California and other places. Nobody ever knows where I'm from. And I talk too fast. |