Worst accent?
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Re: Worst accent?
Growing up around many accents from my diverse background I really do not mind any. As long as they are delivered with good will.
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Way too PC for me.
Go on Steven Hawking
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Way too PC for me.
Go on Steven Hawking
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I don’t particularly hate any regional accent. There are some I prefer; Lothian Scots, Geordie(particularly if it’s softly lilted), Kent(Lady Beamish is from there).
Some are a bit coarse; heavy Scouse, Glaswegian, Belfast, but all have qualities that make them endearing.
I particularly love the barking laugh that comes from those with a Belfast accent. It’s so warm and heartening.
Some are a bit coarse; heavy Scouse, Glaswegian, Belfast, but all have qualities that make them endearing.
I particularly love the barking laugh that comes from those with a Belfast accent. It’s so warm and heartening.
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I'm surprised nobody has brought up foreign speakers of English as examples. I taught English to non speakers of it when I moved back here in '98, and had a lot of Eastern European students from varying countries. Slavic speakers don't have intonation like we do, so a Russian speaker who learned English in Russia (from a Russian speaking English teacher), and had perfect grammar, and a reasonable vocabulary would still sound terribly rude to the little old lady who he (or she) boarded with via the school. "May I have a cup of tea please?" only sounds polite when you add the intonation in the back of the sentence to indicate it's a question. Students from Italy made great strides once they learned to control the urge to add a vowel sound to the end of every word, though they could often make English sound very musical.
On the other side of this, I've found that speaking Spanish in various accents is very little hindrance to getting the message across to Spanish speaking people in many different countries (unlike English spoken in different accents to English speaking people).
On the other side of this, I've found that speaking Spanish in various accents is very little hindrance to getting the message across to Spanish speaking people in many different countries (unlike English spoken in different accents to English speaking people).
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Clinton Morrison. Wanabee Gangsta. Thread over!
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Manchester townie accent is pretty bad. Letter T is absent as well.
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HospicalStayingup wrote:Manchester townie accent is pretty bad. Letter T is absent as well.
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West Yorkshire. Bratfud!
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Adrian Childs
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Chiles.Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:Adrian Childs
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Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:Adrian Childs
Now now children play nicelyLord Beamish wrote:Chiles.
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It is a bit aint it?Devils_Advocate wrote:Ours is pretty bad. Dont realise how awful it sounds till I go back to Burnley and hear it everywhere. Couldn't do with living down the West Country and hearing that accent all day.
The accents of backwater Yorkshire towns between Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster are so bad they are funny but I'd hate to have the infliction personally
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Likkle bokkle o’popFactualFrank wrote:Hospical
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Me, when it's played back !!
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Scouse. Then Scouse.
Leeds.
West Country is all a bit comedic to me. Like they are just putting it on for a laugh. Yare but no but. Just bloody silly is that.
The whole “Ebonics” thing. Just made up shite.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaarch. That’s just daft an all.
Leeds.
West Country is all a bit comedic to me. Like they are just putting it on for a laugh. Yare but no but. Just bloody silly is that.
The whole “Ebonics” thing. Just made up shite.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaarch. That’s just daft an all.
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Garforth (East Leeds)
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That's very specificLoveCurryPies wrote:Garforth (East Leeds)
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Hospical is pure Preston
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Burnley...?!
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Blackburn accent ....
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Murrrs burrrs in't currr purrrkturfytopper wrote:Blackburn accent ....
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Bulgarian.
End of thread.
End of thread.
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intelligent people, who say the number three ,but fail to realise that it doesn't begin with the letter F(ree)
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Mrs Clarets4me would agree, was videoed years ago on a course, came back horrified at her accent, " don't I sound broad ? "2510 wrote:Me, when it's played back !!
Also ran into a local lass recently who we used to work with. She appeared on a TV reality show, " Never heard you so quiet,****** ". She replied, " they showed me some of the first day's filming, I sounded like two looms had fell out mi' mouth ! "
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Thats 'The Beast' Mark LaBett off the chase... The Mrs hates when he offers firty fousand or firty free fousandholdyourfire wrote:intelligent people, who say the number three ,but fail to realise that it doesn't begin with the letter F(ree)
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It is Burnley. You must have heard yourself on an answer machine at least once.
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Spitting scouse
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Murrrs burrrs, my urrrseBosscat wrote:Murrrs burrrs in't currr purrrk
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Put the Curr Burr over thurr on the sturr.Bosscat wrote:Murrrs burrrs in't currr purrrk
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QUE ?ClaretTony wrote:Those I can’t understand
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(1) Brum
(2) Hull (combination of Geordie dipthongs and lazy Yorkshire
(3) Sarf London (surrounded by it when I leave my leafy enclave)
(2) Hull (combination of Geordie dipthongs and lazy Yorkshire
(3) Sarf London (surrounded by it when I leave my leafy enclave)
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The worst accent comes from any country ending in Stan .
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My mate Stan has a lovely speaking voice m8Spike wrote:The worst accent comes from any country ending in Stan .
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that'd be a sufferner guv except none of em are intelligent .holdyourfire wrote:intelligent people, who say the number three ,but fail to realise that it doesn't begin with the letter F(ree)