http://www.englishforums.com/English/CulturalAnecdotesSimilarities-Differences/Forum19.htmAll topics related to cultural interaction. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#502601Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:502601nona the brit0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#502601http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-502601.xmlIn the same way that I (and many others) cannot tell the difference between American and Canadian accents. I know it drives the Canadians bonkers! It is obvious when you are local to that part of the world but difficult for others. I also cannot tell the difference between Australian and New Zealand accents. Again, it's probably totally obvious to locals but to others, the similarities are more striking than any differences.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#502563Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:502563Forbes1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#502563http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-502563.xmlWHY do americans find it so difficult to differentiate between an Australian and English accent? It is not only Americans who have the problem but also Scots and those from the North of England. The fact is that a London accent and an Australian accent have more in common with each other than either has in common with any American, Scots or Northern English accent. When an accent is close to one's own it is easy to pick up the differences. Since I come from quite near London, I have no problem in picking out Australians. It is all a question of what one is used to. There was a time when I could not distinguish a Tyneside accent from a Wearside accent, but having spent a while in Sunderland the difference is now quite clear to me....http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#500758Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:500758scottmichaelj2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#500758http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-500758.xmlI know a singer that sings with a british accent. She is Kate Nash. the one good song is foundation.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#454321Sat, 23 May 2009 01:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:454321Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#454321http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-454321.xmlThe reason that we, Americans, can not hear the difference between an English accent and an Australian accent is because we are from the US! It is that simple... And just as recent post stated, you probably would't hear the difference between an accent from Northern California, Southern California and Oregon. Also, it is really silly for anyone to get affended by differences in language because the way that I see it is... IT IS AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL and just goes to show the evolution of languages, cultures and community as well as the complexity of humans and life in general... (GOD is awesome)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#396864Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:396864Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#396864http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-396864.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Anonymous wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4"> every country has lots! peoblem solved! </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE> I beg to differ. Australia has only one accent with only VERY slight variations. There's not more than one Australian accent. And on the subject of Australian accents, WHY do americans find it so difficult to differentiate between an Australian and English accent? It baffles me....http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#369358Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369358Charlotte_T5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#369358http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-369358.xmlI think it's rather hard to differentiate between American English and British English when one is singing. I personally can't tell the difference though I know there're loads of British singers.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#367337Sat, 23 May 2009 01:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:367337Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#367337http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-367337.xmlwhen people sing they change their accents because certain notes are easier to sing in a certain way. Like ahhh is easier to sing than ooo because your mouth is opened wider... so even if you have an american accent your accent is changes when you sing also because it's easier to sing that way... and not get pitchy...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#335092Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:335092MrPedantic7http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/22/ghk/Post.htm#335092http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-335092.xml(Only to a trainee ventriloquist.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334930Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334930Mike in Japan8http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334930http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-334930.xmlIs gashish anything like hashish?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334859Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334859Prez1dent9http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334859http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-334859.xmlMy friend Gogi Shevchebadze (he is Georgian) talks me that he's speaking English as good as American. He is a lamer and he talks me that then he taked gashish. It is not a joke!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334716Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334716MrPedantic10http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334716http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-334716.xmlAnonymous wrote: The feeling are very british sounding. Indeed. Except when they try to sound like CSN&Y. MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334387Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334387Anonymous11http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#334387http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-334387.xmlThe feeling are very british sounding.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#324463Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:324463Marvin A.12http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#324463http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-324463.xml>> whoa. i am from central ny (for those of us who know that upstate is not anything above westchester). we definitely do not have the accent or use any of those pronunciations that you mentioned. << Haha. I see what's going on. Check this out. Xam0 said: cat - keeyat mat - meeyat There is a sound shift called the Northern cities vowel shift that affects much of New York state. That is exactly how others hear the NCVS accent. The "a" sound in "hat" is raised to a higher position than in other dialects. Dialects without this feature (such as my own, and obviously Xam0's as well). In fact, in my own dialect, the "a" sound in "hat" is more like the "ah" sound in "father" in other dialects. Thus, to hear a raised "a"...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#324349Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:324349Anonymous13http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#324349http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-324349.xml[but no, we don't have a distinction between "mary, marry and merry." what kinds of distinctions do other areas have in these words?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#324348Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:324348Anonymous14http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#324348http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-324348.xmlXam0 wrote: There is definately an upstate NY accent. The vowels in the middle of some words are either changed or pronounced as dipthongs. Ill put the normal spelling of some words followed by the upstate NY pronunciation.. and then the north jersey pronunciation (where im from) which is fairly neutral compared to upstate ny. Dog -- dwog -- dog Frog -- frohg --frog Cat -- keeyat -- kat Mat -- meeyat -- mat Walk -- wooawk -- wahk Map -- meeyap -- map Hat -- heeyat -- hat Creek -- crick -- kreek Water -- wuohdr -- wahdr Ball -- bowul -- bahl Fall -- fowul -- fahl Hair -- hayer -- hare Fair -- fayer -- fare Have -- hyav -- hav Has -- hyaz -- haz Also, upstate NY, like NJ does not make a distinction in pronunciation between "Mary,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#305132Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:305132Anonymous15http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#305132http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-305132.xmlHere in the Philippines, we consider the Manila accent as the standard accent in speaking Filipino. People from other regions have their own accents. Singers from other regions in the Philippines, as well as the singers from Manila & those who grew up abroad, sing with the same accent. Their accents can only be noticed when they speak not when they speak Maybe that's why we can't identify which country is a singer from, when he/she sings an English song.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#300637Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:300637Anonymous16http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/21/ghk/Post.htm#300637http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-300637.xmlWhat makes americans sound stupid when theyre trying to do british accents? what sound do we have a really hard time immatating? that guy on house whose british has a really good american accent, but what do i know, hes the only brit ive heard that trys to sound american!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#273687Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:273687Anonymous17http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#273687http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-273687.xmlChris wrote: Have you ever heard Ozzy Ozbourne speak? Real 'brummy' Birminghan accent - LOVELY! do you even like Ozzy Ozbourne? hes okey too me...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186992Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186992MrPedantic18http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186992http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-186992.xmlAnonymous wrote: Accents don't develop overnight. Colonists didn't start settling here until the 1600s and the US has only been a country for 230 years. Presumably the colonists arrived with accents, though...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186765Sat, 23 May 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186765Tallulah Tam19http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186765http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-186765.xmlAnonymous wrote the following post at 20-01-2006 11:03 PM: It is incredibly idiotic to critisize the US for not having as many different accents as the UK. The US has a lot of accents considering all the factors. Accents don't develop overnight. Colonists didn't start settling here until the 1600s and the US has only been a country for 230 years. States in the West (such as Washington where I am from) were only just beginning to be settled about 170 years ago. People came to the US from all over and once they were here they often moved to new frontiers. All this mixing and moving made the "general" american accent. Contrast this with thousands of years of relativley stationary, isolated living in Europe (they probably hardly met...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186619Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186619Anonymous20http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186619http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-186619.xmlIt is incredibly idiotic to critisize the US for not having as many different accents as the UK. The US has a lot of accents considering all the factors. Accents don't develop overnight. Colonists didn't start settling here until the 1600s and the US has only been a country for 230 years. States in the West (such as Washington where I am from) were only just beginning to be settled about 170 years ago. People came to the US from all over and once they were here they often moved to new frontiers. All this mixing and moving made the "general" american accent. Contrast this with thousands of years of relativley stationary, isolated living in Europe (they probably hardly met people from outside their towns, let alone another country) and it...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186524Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186524MrPedantic21http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186524http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-186524.xmlAnonymous wrote: according to many phoneticians the reason why they do this is because there is an universal accent used to sing, they don´t go on much on the reason why this accent was created, but i´ll have to agree with a mate i´ve got at school, he says that if English sang in their accents, only them ( and their families) would understand it :-) Hmmm...So, um, when Elizabethan madrigalists sang their madrigals, they sang in an American accent? And the tribesmen of New Guinea – when they sing, do they suddenly acquire an American accent? MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186492Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186492Anonymous22http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#186492http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-186492.xmlwhy do english people talk with an english accent but sing without one?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#164425Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:164425Anonymous23http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#164425http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-164425.xmlaccording to many phoneticians the reason why they do this is because there is an universal accent used to sing, they don´t go on much on the reason why this accent was created, but i´ll have to agree with a mate i´ve got at school, he says that if English sang in their accents, only them ( and their families) would understand it :-)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#160134Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:160134Anonymous24http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#160134http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-160134.xmlrepublic of the philippines....hahahahttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#158082Sat, 23 May 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:158082MrPedantic25http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/20/ghk/Post.htm#158082http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-158082.xmlTry the links halfway down this page, Rio: http://www.let.uu.nl/~Rene.Kager/personal/TV2/accents.htm#Brummie MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#157473Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:157473RIO26http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#157473http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-157473.xmlHello, can anyone help me I must do an English presentation about bImingham and I say some thing about the Brummie accent ! I need a listening example do anyone know a site with a soundfile with the brummie accenthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#157467Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:157467Anonymous27http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#157467http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-157467.xmlHello, I must do a presentation for school about Bimingham. I say something about the Birmingham brummie accent !!! I need some listening here examples do anyone know some??? pls help??http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156446Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:156446Tallulah Tam28http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156446http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-156446.xmlAnother aside……….. Hugh Grant does not normally speak in the voice he is now using for interviews. “Innit, dunnit, gerrit.” that is a phony accent he seems to be trying to cultivate and finds it as difficult to maintain as someone putting on a “posh” accent such as Mrs Bucket.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156413Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:156413Tallulah Tam29http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156413http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-156413.xmlTo continue..... I think the sound quality is an important difference between the two languages besides the pronunciation. The Americans tend to drone in the middle tone, wheras the English have a more lilting quality and the Welsh more so; but the vowel sounds are what they pick up on first. When I was at University I was asked several times to say, "The car is parked in Harvard Yard".http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156405Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:156405Tallulah Tam30http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156405http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-156405.xmlWhen I came to live in the States I joined a singing group. Not a band, more a choral society. I was told when we were singing Shenandoah not to sing "water" with an English accent, it was meant to be sung with an American pronunciation where the "a" in water rhymes more with our English pronunciation of pa and ma. Strangely, in both the American and English dictionary it gives the pronunciation as waw -ter. but their version comes out very differently. The American language does not possess the vowel sounds of the English version of watch or water. I think if you listen carefully you will hear the American accent when they are singing. Incidentally, I think you DO have an accent! The way you say "Corri" and "mate" I can almost hear it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156026Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:156026Forbes31http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#156026http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-156026.xmlCrazed And Befuddled wrote: I wouldn't say that I particularly have an accent. Everyone has an accent.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#154448Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:154448Crazed And Befuddled32http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#154448http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-154448.xmlI'm sorry but you've got it all wrong, lol! When British artists talk they sound British and when they sing they sound British ! When American artists talk they sound American (usually), but when American artists sing they usually sound British! LoL! I've always thought that was really weird, being English myself, I mean most American's have quite a pronounced accent, don't they? Oh, and I mean the bog standard metropolitan accent that some of us Brits have, not like, Scouse or Cornish, or anything like that. Sort of how Hugh Grant speaks, the metropolitan accent, ennit? Unless... it's country music, and then it's anyones guess I wouldn't say that I particularly have an accent. Not like they do on Corri or Eastenders, or even Emmerdale....http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#152482Sat, 23 May 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:152482Anonymous33http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#152482http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-152482.xmlI do im a brit meselfhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#150702Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:150702MrPedantic34http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/19/ghk/Post.htm#150702http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-150702.xml"To." "No." MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#150655Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:150655Anonymous35http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#150655http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-150655.xmlHow do you say the 'to' and the 'no' in the british accent.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#139173Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:139173Anonymous36http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#139173http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-139173.xmlI agree, must of english bands and singers sing with an accent that is not much different to the american accent. But there are a few english bands that have that strong british accent while they sing. Listen to Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, bands like the buzzcocks, listen to graham coxon ex from blur, ...listen to must of Blur songs. All of them sing with a very strong British accent.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#138776Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:138776Anonymous37http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#138776http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-138776.xmlits stupid to argue who is better than the other cuz "we have more accents than you!"! every country has lots! peoblem solved! like ,i think is was YC, said, just cuz you havent heard them, doesent mean they dont exist! in america there are probably three recognized englis accents. queens, rp, and cockney. just because you cant hear the others doesent mean they dont exist. people who LIVE there give examples! same goes for england. i would say maybe three as well recognized accents. NY, southern, maybe cali, . just because you cant hear the others , doesent mean they dont exist. people who LIVE ther give examples! i think its something to talk about with intrest in other cultures rather than trying to think of ones self as...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#134549Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:134549Anonymous38http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#134549http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-134549.xmlAt least as far as accents go (not words or spelling) it's really too simplistic to talk about "American" English or "British" English etc as if they were seperate. "RP" English is in fact a lot closer to New England American than it is to - say - Scouse (Liverpool) or Geordie (Newcastle, N.E. England). The language "borders" aren't as simple as the geographical ones. It sometimes annoys me when Americans talk of a "British" accent as if there's a core accent with a couple of variations (eg Cockney, Scottish), but I appreciate that probably not that many UK accents are heard in the US. But keep your ears open - Ozzy = Black country (Middle of England west of Birmingham. NOT brummie) Ricky Gervais = Reading (Subtle one here - basically...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#134255Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:134255MrPedantic39http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#134255http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-134255.xmlIt seems slightly cruel to advise anyone to listen to the Thompson Twins. MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#134019Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:134019Tbwj6240http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#134019http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-134019.xmlListen to the thompson twins and some of the beatles along with some of the 80s english bands.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#133389Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:133389May L.41http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#133389http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-133389.xmlThis is a most fascinating discussion for me! I live in Russia and don't often have a chance to talk to native speakers, but I try to see as many films in English as I can. Sometimes I have to watch a film two or three times before I can understand it properly. I've just remembered a very funny episode about British and American accents from an old film "It's a mad, mad, mad world". Personally I like British English better. When I watched the Harry Potter films it was a huge pleasure to listen to the actors. Two of them I really admired were Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) and Alan Rickman (Professor Snape; I also just loved him as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, especially his reading Sheakspeare was tremendous). And...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#133355Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:133355Anonymous42http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#133355http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-133355.xmlHello, i dont know what your talking about but a while back like the idk what page, they were talking about New York Accents and whatnot. WELL, i live in Rhode Island, and i dont know if anyone of you have been to Rhode Island, but everyone here has what people call a "Rhode Island Accent". since were in the middle of Boston and New York, and my town is really REALLY close to the middle of both cities. Well, the Rhode ISland accent is a mix of New York Accent mixed with a bit of Boston accent. my family would talk like this: "im gonna go to the stowah by drivin thah cawh to wahwick." (im going to go to the store by driving the car to warwick) just lettin ya all knowhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#132930Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:132930Anonymous43http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/18/ghk/Post.htm#132930http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-132930.xmlhi there all, want your help guyz i want to lear the BRITISH accent so could you give me any web site address or any advice on how to improve. bye ALI (THE LION HEARTED) MY EMAIL IZ alimaullajutt@gmail.comhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129816Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129816Brendan198644http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129816http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-129816.xmlThats alright, I love Rachel Stevens though. I love her voice, brilliant I say. oh well. At least someone in that band went out to do good.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129734Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129734MrPedantic45http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129734http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-129734.xmlWelcome to English Forums, Brendan! Don't stop moving... (Sorry, that was the very last S7 ref.) MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129707Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129707Brendan198646http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129707http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-129707.xmlAh this is me, I got an account. The one who used to like sclub7. I am no longer anon. lol. Finally I can get a bit of something out of this forum. I really enjoy culture and foreign countries. The United States can get so bland.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129490Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129490MrPedantic47http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129490http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-129490.xmlSClub7, eh. That brings it all back. You know, now you mention it, I can still detect a little Britishness in your accent...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129373Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129373Anonymous48http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129373http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-129373.xmlHa ha, lol Sclub7 remember them . . . yeah thats all in the past. I was a pre-teenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129359Sat, 23 May 2009 01:38:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129359MrPedantic49http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveQuestionAboutBritishAccent/17/ghk/Post.htm#129359http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-129359.xmlI think you should tell us who the band were, Anon. You're Anon, after all. It would add to the soundscape... MrP