brittish accents

[ChipWrecked]

I'm a yank with friends in Bideford, North Devon. They claim the accent in Appledore is incomprehensible... just down the road.

[M2d]

especially if it's on an indian girl...especially if she looks like aishwarya rai

[smokingrobot]

when i went to college i had a friend from england.

and since it was a wacky ass liberal arts school, all classes were discussions, no letures etc.

so anyway, i always thought that no matter what he said, it sounded serious. even when he dropped a line "its not like mother's give their sons blow jobs"...

(it actually made sense in context of the discussion, but i never thought he sounded pretentious)

[smokingrobot]

which is the one with the real annoying "INN'IT?"

translated - isnt it?

[Sephus]

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If I never hear another person say "cawn't" "bawth" or "dawnce" it'll be too soon. It's ENGLISH for chrissake. Can't they just say the letters that are there?

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You mean like tomayto?

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Yes "to ma' to" " not "to mah' to" ". There's no "h" and there sure as hell aint no "w".

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the word "cat" is not the letter c plus the letter a plus the letter t.

it's the "k" sound plus the "a" sound plus the "t" sound.

words are combinations of sounds, not letters. spelling rougly reflects pronunciation, pronunciation is not derived from spelling.

[jakethebake]

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If I never hear another person say "cawn't" "bawth" or "dawnce" it'll be too soon. It's ENGLISH for chrissake. Can't they just say the letters that are there?

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You mean like tomayto?

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Yes "to ma' to" " not "to mah' to" ". There's no "h" and there sure as hell aint no "w".

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the word "cat" is not the letter c plus the letter a plus the letter t.

it's the "k" sound plus the "a" sound plus the "t" sound.

words are combinations of sounds, not letters. spelling rougly reflects pronunciation, pronunciation is not derived from spelling.

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[jakethebake]

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Yeah I agree. There are 2 brits in one of my classes, and I always hope they will participate so I can hear them talk.

-Craig

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[PITTM]

this is generally the only positive thing about having to call pokerroom/casino support for online sites with support in britian/any british territory. they all sound so calm and happy and it makes me more calm and happy when theyre telling me why theyre holding my $2k or somesuch.

rj

[JDErickson]

What I can't stand is the British woman who has lived in US for 90 years who still insists on trying to speak with an accent.

Local Radio Awards

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Easiest voice to pick out: Abby Bonell of KNRS radio, with her British accent

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Its so fake its sickening

You Riilly feel that the Bri-ISH oxent is owwwl that apiilling??