canvas  +  187585 Mon, 23 Jan 06 04:22 PM I would like to speak with a Scottish accent canvas Joined on Sun, Jul 6 2003 Spain New Member 24 Accents, Scottish Accents

	Tearsofjoy  +  187592 Mon, 23 Jan 06 05:06 PM I prefer British English, but I definitely agree with Nef that you should choose which language to learn according to your future plans. The British accent, by which I mean what you hear on the BBC, is infinitely easier to understand, so I'd advocate that for a new learner. It's easy too - just pronounce every syllable clearly, and you've got it. American English would help those who are in the entertainment line, or want to "be cool". My friends tell me I don't have an accent, which I take to mean that I have a neutral accent. Sometimes it veers towards the British, sometimes the American. But the greatest emphasis lies on speaking good, clear and grammatical English. It helps to have a working knowledge of both British and American English, though. There are a few differences between the two that can be really startling when you first come up against them. Tearsofjoy Joined on Mon, Sep 19 2005 India Contributing Member 1,324 God help you if you are a phoenix And you dare to rise up from the ash A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy While you are just flying past - Ani DiFranco (32 Flavours) Accents, British Accent, British English, American English

	YoHf  +  188300 Tue, 24 Jan 06 10:16 PM  Tearsofjoy wrote: My friends tell me I don't have an accent, which I take to mean that I have a neutral accent. Or that you are dumb. YoHf Joined on Wed, Oct 26 2005 Senior Member 3,347 Shinichi Okazaki. Accents

	Tearsofjoy  +  188305 Tue, 24 Jan 06 10:19 PM Not having an accent makes you dumb? Wow. Classic example of "brawn without brains", aren't you YoHf? Tearsofjoy Accents

	MrPedantic  +  188396 Tue, 24 Jan 06 11:55 PM I think YoHf may have meant "dumb" as in "unable to speak"... MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Tearsofjoy  +  188480 Wed, 25 Jan 06 06:44 AM  MrPedantic wrote: I think YoHf may have meant "dumb" as in "unable to speak"... MrP, Ville_maddengurl and you have been very sweet to defend me, but this is the Muffin War between YoHf and me! He certainly did mean "dumb" as in "stupid" as well as "silent", and it's my job to insult him back! Don't mind, please. We'll stay short of swearwords. Promise.  - Joy PS: For the record, I am not "dumb" ie "silent". Quite the opposite, in fact Tearsofjoy

	Passionate_freak  +  188497 Wed, 25 Jan 06 07:42 AM Hello dudes, Well, you guys are having the WAR !!! Then chill out 5 presidents are on a plane     Five presidents are on a plane: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. George Washington says, "I will make someone happy!" and throws a dollar bill off the plane. Then Abraham Lincoln says, "I will make five people happy!" and throws 5 one dollar bills off the plane. Then Thomas Jefferson says, "I will make 500 people happy!" and throws 500 one dollar bills off the plane. Then George W. Bush says, "I will make the whole world happy!" and throws Bill Clinton off the plane.   http://jokes.comedycentral.com/results/detail.asp?id=9997&sql=1&cat=32 read it and laugh... and I guess you'd be getting to the AmE as it is too much natural... not like BrE and the Aus. cheers Passionate_freak Joined on Mon, Oct 24 2005 nepal Full Member 466 Make a friendship Let the love survive It will surely dry Tears from your eyes, saw rose Jokes, Images