Accents :)

[LadyW]

Hello all! :D

Gosh, it's been a long time since I've started a thread on this forum.

Anyway, it's all in the title really; which accents do you love and which accents can't you stand?

Loves (in order of preference): Scottish
Spanish (Dori, shhh)
Liverpool accent ("liverpuddlian")

Hates: Birmingham accents (my apologies to anyone from Birmingham)
High-pitched Barbie-esque American accents (Note: generally, I like the American accent.)

[Nightshade]

Umm when you say liverpudlian do you mean liverpudlian or a scouser accent?
Becuase scouse has been recognised as a languge in its own right you know? :D

[TheFifthElement]

Liverpool accent ("liverpuddlian")

What?! :eek:
You like Scouse?
Even the ones that sound like they're about to lob a split ball at you? Ugh!

Even this: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=sBYlXfjKru4

[LadyW]

Umm when you say liverpudlian do you mean liverpudlian or a scouser accent?
Becuase scouse has been recognised as a languge in its own right you know? :D

:lol:
I adore the scouse accent, yes.
In a 5 hour delay in a Spanish airport this year, I got talking to a family from Liverpool. For days afterwards I was talking with the exact same accents; it just stuck to me.


What?! :eek:
You like Scouse?
Even the ones that sound like they're about to lob a split ball at you? Ugh!
Even this: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=sBYlXfjKru4
:lol: Hahaha!
How can you not love it?
I'm from Manchester, and I don't possess a very distinct accent at all... it's a very generic English accent; maybe that's why I like the Scouse accent so much.

[TheFifthElement]

:lol: Hahaha!
How can you not love it?
I'm from Manchester, and I don't possess a very distinct accent at all... it's a very generic English accent; maybe that's why I like the Scouse accent so much.

Cool, I'm from Glossop so I have a 'posh but unplaceable' Northern accent. Glad to hear you haven't developed a Manky accent (pseudo scouse) a'la the Gallaghers/Happy Mondays, etc.

[Nightshade]

:lol: Hahaha!
How can you not love it?
I'm from Manchester, and I don't possess a very distinct accent at all... it's a very generic English accent; maybe that's why I like the Scouse accent so much.
Ok first off manchester manchetser! yes Mancunions do have a strong accent than you very much! Well Im not really a we but there you go does 2 years make me a manccunion? one wonders probably not but my accent has defiantly morph from generic Queens english to northern in the last few years and thanks to some people I have begun incorporating more international accents into it :rolleyes:
anyway some more youtube-y stuff
Edit: scourser accent (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqPT4UPyz0)
hehe this one is good lots of different accents (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_kOjsXakM&feature=related)
not that he's got them all quite right or and hes sort of muddled all the north west together ... but mostly good stuff :D

[LadyW]

Cool, I'm from Glossop so I have a 'posh but unplaceable' Northern accent. Glad to hear you haven't developed a Manky accent (pseudo scouse) a'la the Gallaghers/Happy Mondays, etc.
:lol: Nooo, thank goodness.
I've been told that occasionally I have a posh twang to my accent, but aside from that it really is very generic and not distinctive at all.


Ok first off manchester manchetser! yes Mancunions do have a strong accent than you very much! Well Im not really a we but there you go does 2 years make me a manccunion?
:lol: What on earth made you come to Manchester? Haha. I'm only kidding... I quite like this place.
I suppose it even depends on what part of Manchester you come from really...

[wessexgirl]

:bawling: I'm a Brummie!!!! How very dare you? My accent is gorgeous. ;) I know it's not recognised as one of the nicer accents, but I think that a lot of people mistake us for the Black Country, which has a stronger accent. Personally I love the Geordie accent, and Irish, both the lovely lilting Southern Irish, and some of the harsher Northern Irish dialects, (think James Nesbitt). I hate the Scouse accent, don't mind the Manc. I also love the Spanish and French accents, beautiful. Can't stand that accent which seems to have crept in in the UK over the last few years, which I think has crossed from Australia, where the speaker's voice goes up at the end? like a question? Do you know what I mean? I think it's called "Estuary English" and it makes me want to scream.

[LadyW]

:bawling: I'm a Brummie!!!! How very dare you? My accent is gorgeous. ;) I know it's not recognised as one of the nicer accents, but I think that a lot of people mistake us for the Black Country, which has a stronger accent.
My sincerest apologies wessexgirl :( I meant no offence to you whatsoever.
It is the stronger accent that bothers me - the one which people from Birmingham are most associated with... having never been to Birmingham, I can't say much else for the rest of you.


Can't stand that accent which seems to have crept in in the UK over the last few years, which I think has crossed from Australia, where the speaker's voice goes up at the end? like a question? Do you know what I mean? I think it's called "Estuary English" and it makes me want to scream.
Aah, I think I know what you mean! I agree with you on that point, definitely.

[Annamariah]

I don't like the Finnish "tönkkö"-accent (which I hope I don't have...)

Scottish accent is nice :nod:

And generally I prefer British accent to American.

[TheFifthElement]

:lol: Nooo, thank goodness.
I've been told that occasionally I have a posh twang to my accent, but aside from that it really is very generic and not distinctive at all.
You know, I used to think that then I went to visit my friend at Bath university, and they all thought we both sounded like Tracy Barlow from Corrie :( (not the new Tracy Barlow, the old one!)


Ok first off manchester manchetser!

Not quite there yet Nightshade, its: manchest-ohr, manchest-ohr ;)

[LadyW]

Not quite there yet Nightshade, its: manchest-ohr, manchest-ohr ;)

I think it has more of a neanderthal ring to it, with the syllables broken down a little more for simplicity:

"Man - chest - OH!"

or the extended version...(for the bright sparks)

"Man - chest - ORRRRRRRH!"

[TheFifthElement]

I think it has more of a neanderthal ring to it, with the syllables broken down a little more for simplicity:

"Man - chest - OH!"

or the extended version...(for the bright sparks)

"Man - chest - ORRRRRRRH!"

:lol:

[Nightshade]

well there is Mun-CHESS-tour
MAN-chester
Munch ess t OR

[LadyW]

...Or it's technical and most commonly used name, "The City of the Damned" :lol:
I kid I kid.

[wessexgirl]

...Or it's technical and most commonly used name, "The City of the Damned" :lol:
I kid I kid.

:lol: I hope not, my son lives there!

I don't notice a difference in his accent when he's home, he still sounds the same to me....like a Brummie, not a Manc. :D

[kilted exile]

The welsh accent is quite nice ( I am aware this likely puts me in a distinct minority). I cant stand the cockney accent, not a particular fan of the french either. Yorkshire accents annoy the hell out of me (e by gum lad and all that tosh). Bah-stun accents grate on my ears ( i watched the majority of the film "The Departed" on mute with the subtitles)

[LadyW]

The welsh accent is quite nice ( I am aware this likely puts me in a distinct minority). I cant stand the cockney accent, not a particular fan of the french either. Yorkshire accents annoy the hell out of me (e by gum lad and all that tosh). Bah-stun accents grate on my ears ( i watched the majority of the film "The Departed" on mute with the subtitles)
:lol::lol::lol:

If he weren't Scottish... there might not have been 3 "lols" :angel:

I quite like the welsh accent myself, only when it's really quite soft though.

[kilted exile]

The fact that I am Scottish automatically means that everything I say is so incredibly funny that it is worthy of at least 10 smiley faces, I feel cheated...

[LadyW]

The fact that I am Scottish automatically means that everything I say is so incredibly funny that it is worthy of at least 10 smiley faces, I feel cheated...

:D:lol::D:lol::D:lol::D:lol::D:lol:
Hilarious, see.

[Niamh]

one wonders probably not but my accent has defiantly morph from generic Queens english to northern in the last few years and thanks to some people I have begun incorporating more international accents into it :rolleyes:

Humm...I wonder who that could be! :rolleyes:

and Irish, both the lovely lilting Southern Irish, and some of the harsher Northern Irish dialects
Now when you say soft lilting Southern Irish accent, which part do you mean? we happen to have a lot of different accents!
I love the Monaghan, Donegal and for some bazzare reason, dont know why the Dundalk accent (now i say dundalk instead of Louth because they all sound different in that county!) A north Dub accent is nice, but not a north inner city dublin accent. Ick. "Howeye Luv! ear yung wan! Giz a cig will ye.":sick: worse than cockney.
I love a geordie accent, a west country accent, and i adore scottish accents. Not really the ones far north as i havent a clue what they are saying...ever. My fav is the Edinburgh accent. i quite like an aberdeenshire accent.
And one has gotta love a Wisconsin accent! :p
Love aussie and kiwi accents. esp kiwi.
I dont like cockney. Dont really like Texan either. I'm not a fan of deep russian accents.

[wessexgirl]

[QUOTE=Niamh;631959]Now when you say soft lilting Southern Irish accent, which part do you mean? we happen to have a lot of different accents!
I love the Monaghan, Donegal and for some bazzare reason, dont know why the Dundalk accent (now i say dundalk instead of Louth because they all sound different in that county!) A north Dub accent is nice, but not a north inner city dublin accent. Ick. "Howeye Luv! ear yung wan! Giz a cig will ye.":sick: worse than cockney.

I'm not sure Niamh. I think it's the Dublin accent I like, I'm just going on when I've seen and heard people on tv. But I could be wrong. I know I like Jimmy Nesbitt's accent, and I know he's from the North, but I'm not certain whereabouts. His voice is so sexy. I also like Liam Neeson's voice, but I'm not sure whereabouts he's from.

[djy78usa]

I was born in Savannah, GA, so I love girls with southern (U.S.) accents. When I say southern, I'm mainly speaking of the southeast (think Georgia/and the Carolinas, not Texas/Arkansas). I'm not so big on any of the northeastern accents, although people with thick Boston accents crack me up. As for other countries, I really like most of the Latin/South American, (esp. Brazilian), Eastern European, and Japanese accents.

[librarius_qui]

Hello all! :D

Hates: (...)
High-pitched Barbie-esque American accents (Note: generally, I like the American accent.)

(Like in Legally Blond?)


Is this thread meant to accents of English or is it for accents in any language? ...

As for English, I can't say there's much difference I can make besides American & British (all right, Scottish is very peculiar ...)

I like the British one.

(Even though I usually defend many features in being and living as American myself, as Brasilian. In Brasil there's a culture of disliking the way US'ans appropriate the adjective "American" for "someone from the United States of America". It isn't my case, but not all compatriots of mine do use the words with the ... blacksmith's perspective as I. So, once they think they can't be, or use, of change things, they happen to say "aw, they're mean!" ...) Concerning this, I'm a very happy Portuguese American citizen, something very different from a "Eangeese" American ...

I learnt English with British methods & teachers, so it's kind of normal that I pull it that way. Thoughts, thoughts ...

As for other languages, I'm willing to learn some Czech ... I miss something from the Slavic tree ...

I'll never learn German, no matter Playmobil is a toy from Zirndorf, Germany, originally.


librarius
:crash:

[Niamh]

I'm not sure Niamh. I think it's the Dublin accent I like, I'm just going on when I've seen and heard people on tv. But I could be wrong. I know I like Jimmy Nesbitt's accent, and I know he's from the North, but I'm not certain whereabouts. His voice is so sexy. I also like Liam Neeson's voice, but I'm not sure whereabouts he's from.

Liam Neeson from the North. Brendan Gleeson is from Dublin, as is Colin Farrell. Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are from Cork. :)

[TheFifthElement]

Liam Neeson from the North. Brendan Gleeson is from Dublin, as is Colin Farrell. Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are from Cork. :)

Hmmm, I like Jonathan Rhys Meyers :D
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/JRM2.jpg


http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/jrm.jpg

[LadyW]

(Like in Legally Blond?)
Yes!
Oh, and all those annoying over-enthusiastic voice overs on American TV ads really grate on my nerves too.


Is this thread meant to accents of English or is it for accents in any language? ...

Any accents in any language :)


Hmmm, I like Jonathan Rhys Meyers :D
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/JRM2.jpg
Unfortunately, I only ever watched a small part of Series One, but it was the kinkiest twist on Henry VIII I've ever seen :eek2:

[Weisinheimer]

I love hearing different accents, so pretty much anything that's not American is cool. I especially like Scottish, Australian, French, Italian, German.

I don't like the Southern US (Georgia or Texas.)
Boston grates on my ears too. And the New York accent is interesting, some people's NY accent annoys the heck out of me, while I love other people's. I guess maybe it depends on how strong it is.

[wessexgirl]

Hmmm, I like Jonathan Rhys Meyers :D
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/JRM2.jpg


http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/jrm.jpg

Me too!

ml.berkeleyblogs.com/archives/jonathanrhysmey...

Sorry link didn't work, but I can look at your piccies again.

[applepie]

Being in the U.S. and all, I don't know much about accents from anywhere but here. I like a good Scottish brogue, but as for accents here in the states.... I guess I like mine. It is a bit of New England mixed with a bit of Southern. One of a kind:D I had friends from both areas as a child and it just rubbed off on me. I'm always getting comments, even in my hometown (Cincinnati, Ohio) of people wondering where it is I'm from. If I really had to say one specific, I guess it would be that smooth southern drawl you'll find down in areas like Savannah, Georgia.

[Niamh]

Hmmm, I like Jonathan Rhys Meyers :D
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/JRM2.jpg


http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/jrm.jpg

Saw him in work one day!
I like him too!

[Nightshade]

Yes!
Oh, and all those annoying over-enthusiastic voice overs on American TV ads really grate on my nerves too.
:
Are we by any chance talking cillit BANG and the dirt is gone adverts because then I completely agree that particular voice over makes you want to hit the man for his condescension


Humm...I wonder who that could be! :rolleyes:

Now when you say soft lilting Southern Irish accent, which part do you mean? we happen to have a lot of different accents!
I love the Monaghan, Donegal and for some bazzare reason, dont know why the Dundalk accent (now i say dundalk instead of Louth because they all sound different in that county!) A north Dub accent is nice, but not a north inner city dublin accent. Ick. "Howeye Luv! ear yung wan! Giz a cig will ye.":sick: worse than cockney.
I love a geordie accent, a west country accent, and i adore scottish accents. Not really the ones far north as i havent a clue what they are saying...ever. My fav is the Edinburgh accent. i quite like an aberdeenshire accent.
And one has gotta love a Wisconsin accent! :p
Love aussie and kiwi accents. esp kiwi.
I dont like cockney. Dont really like Texan either. I'm not a fan of deep russian accents.

Now you cant be taking all the credit I am living in a ver international house surround by very international people! I do like the dublin accent better than the north of irish accent.


(Like in Legally Blond?)


Is this thread meant to accents of English or is it for accents in any language? ...

As for English, I can't say there's much difference I can make besides American & British (all right, Scottish is very peculiar ...)

I like the British one.


I learnt English with British methods & teachers, so it's kind of normal that I pull it that way. Thoughts, thoughts ...

As for other languages, I'm willing to learn some Czech ... I miss something from the Slavic tree ...


librarius
:crash:
Czech is quite a nice languge to learn if you can keep the 14 conjugations for a word i your head and the sentance structure is the complete opposite to english.


I love hearing different accents, so pretty much anything that's not American is cool. I especially like Scottish, Australian, French, Italian, German.

I don't like the Southern US (Georgia or Texas.)
Boston grates on my ears too. And the New York accent is interesting, some people's NY accent annoys the heck out of me, while I love other people's. I guess maybe it depends on how strong it is.
I like some Southern US accents but dont ask me to place them because I wouldnt know how and they may very well be fake ones. There are some New york accents that I really really dislike but others I really dont mind.

I was talking to my mum about accents fairly recently and she was talking about the Dutch accent ( in any languge) and how it was the lovliest accent of them all. Now I couldnt really identify the dutch accent because Id only spoken to a few dutch people and had assumed that these people just had a fantastic grsp of english and somehow had discoverd away of dropping their accents completly. But I met a few Dutch girls recently and I realised that no that is the dutch accent and its acctually really nice. I dont know why I had it in my head that the dutch would have a german accent but I did ? :confused:

[LadyWentworth]

I met a man from Manchester once. I LOVED his accent! I think he knew it, too. I think he knew I was going out of my way to be nice to him because he accidentally charmed me with his accent. :p

I like majority of the accents that come from England, but I am partial to the sound of anyone from Liverpool (I suppose it is the Beatle connection that has done it to me :blush:).
I love the Scottish accent. For some reason I am somewhat drawn to a person speaking with a French one.
As for American, I don't really think too much one way or the other about any that come from the New England area, but I really do like a good Southern drawl. NOT a Southern twang. A Southern drawl. The sort like I heard down in Missouri. This man called me "Sugar Plum" with that accent down there and I was in Heaven. :p


And one has gotta love a Wisconsin accent! :p

Why? Did you write this knowing that I would eventually read this?? :D You know what? We don't all speak with this sort of accent (if it is what I think you are talking about). In fact, I don't personally know anyone that speaks that way. I always get a kick out of it when you listen to a Chicago radio station and they are talking about the way that we speak and they speak EXACTLY the same way!! I will say this, though. I am sure I do pronounce some things differently. We all have accents. There are probably some things that may be said just slightly different here (I took a couple of different quizzes on pronunciation and they all said that I was from the midwest :rolleyes:), but, for me, it really isn't that true to say that I talk with this Wisconsin accent that we are all supposed to have here. I just don't personally know anyone, but I do know something else. If you A) go to the Southside of the city (or as I like to call it the "Sout-side"), or you B) go up north closer to Minnesota and Canada. That is where you will find the people with the accents. Quite honestly, I am not too fond of it. I am glad that you like it, though, Niamh. :D

[Niamh]

Why? Did you write this knowing that I would eventually read this??
:lol: not at all!!! I know someone from Wisconsin, havent seen her since jan though. She has that accent. Dont ask me what part as i dont know! But i do know Shes from a real church going community. She was only allowed to come live here if her boyfriend agreed to marry her. They have been engaged for years and she just doesnt want to go home. she has more freedom here then she ever did at home. And he is a really nice guy.

And of course as mentioned before, good old caroline in the city! :D

[papayahed]

I do like the southern accent, especially when the fellas call me "darlin'". When I first moved here I loved the cajun accents but lately I'm liking it less and less, I wonder if it's because I'm meeting more and more cajuns.... I also really like the hispanic accent.

I'm not a fan of the boston or new jersey accents. I used to really like the lead singer from Godsmack until I heard an interview of him and now all I that comes to mind when I think of him is that darn accent.

[TheFifthElement]

Saw him in work one day!
I like him too!

I'm so jealous :(

[LadyWentworth]

:lol: not at all!!! I know someone from Wisconsin, havent seen her since jan though. She has that accent. Dont ask me what part as i dont know! But i do know Shes from a real church going community. She was only allowed to come live here if her boyfriend agreed to marry her. They have been engaged for years and she just doesnt want to go home. she has more freedom here then she ever did at home. And he is a really nice guy.
Now you've gotten me really curious! I wish I knew where she was from. A real church going community? Now that could be anywhere here. :) I seriously wish I knew where she was from now. :p


And of course as mentioned before, good old caroline in the city! :D
Well, to be honest, I kind of wondered if that would play a part in it. ;)

[Epistemophile]

i like basil rathbone's way of speaking the language. it's crisp, snappy and masculine.

[Niamh]

Now you've gotten me really curious! I wish I knew where she was from. A real church going community? Now that could be anywhere here. :) I seriously wish I knew where she was from now. :p
If i find out i'll let you know!



Well, to be honest, I kind of wondered if that would play a part in it. ;)
But it was brilliant! :p