english accent

[MattBrick]

Cigar babe:

Think Atticus (Gregory Peck)in )To kill a mocking Bird, Coach Yost (Will Paton) Remember the Titans, "Brock" (Christopher Rich) on "Reba" (American regional sitcom) Dan Seaborn on the Radio.

This is what I am thinking of - not "rednecky"
There isn't anything wrong with those accents though
it's just to my New Jersey ears, the one's above sound pleasant

 

[DaveyR]

Okay,sorry I thought you were in Tenerife,for some reason!
My apologies.
C.B.

I am Cigarbabe and Tenerife is in the Canaries :wink:

 

[dong20]

Okay,sorry I thought you were in Tenerife,for some reason!
My apologies.
C.B.

CB, Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands, the largest of seven.:smile:

 

[B_Italian1]

I like certain English accents--the ones I can understand. I like the way Joan Collins talks. It's not a strong accent and she annunciates every word. Some I've heard are so garbled, it's like me trying to understand someone talking in Chinese. It's interesting when people with English accents sing; they don't have an English accent. I wonder if that's because they grew up listening to American music? The Beatles had accents, and John Lennon's was stronger than Paul McCartney's, but when Lennon sings, you don't really detect an English accent. But occasionally, on certain words you can hear it. Matt Monroe, Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield, and quite a few others have accents that are barely detectable when singing.

 

[dong20]

I am Cigarbabe and Tenerife is in the Canaries :wink:

SSSSSNAP!

 

[B_houugadunor]

I just asked my american hubby how does my accent sound and he said its "just like Joan Collins - a midatlantic drawl" - I guess thats good, right....daaahling?

 

[B_cigarbabe]

Oops! D'oy!
I obviously haven't been reading anything related to geography.
Oh my! what a dolt! I didn't mean to give away where you were,sorry.
Thank you Davey,for setting me straight.
cigarbabe:saevil:

 

[vince]

I am Cigarbabe and Tenerife is in the Canaries :wink:

You are Cigarbabe?

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

You are Cigarbabe?

No, he's Spartacus.
And I'm Marie of Roumania.

 

[DaveyR]

Oops! D'oy!
I obviously haven't been reading anything related to geography.
Oh my! what a dolt! I didn't mean to give away where you were,sorry.
Thank you Davey,for setting me straight.
cigarbabe:saevil:

No problem. Most folks on here know where I am.

You are Cigarbabe?

:redface::redface::redface::redface:

No, he's Spartacus.
And I'm Marie of Roumania.

Correct on both counts.:biggrin1:

 

[B_cigarbabe]

Yeah,I see what you meant more clearly now Matt,but I don't know
too many men,{just one} with those kind of pleasing,southern accents.
The ones I can think of,sound like "Larry the cable guy"!
I do love talking with lil' pee wee though, who is from Liverpool,he was
a little hard to understand,for us,here in Boston, Mr. Ed only catches one or two words,but I adore it! I like most accents except for "southie",Taunton"
or "Larry"!
cigarbabe:saevil:

 

[DaveyR]

Here is a clip of two people in my home town. I sound nothing like this at all althouh I did as a teenager. I do not know these people :redface::redface::wink:

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

Here is a clip of two people in my home town. I sound nothing like this at all althouh I did as a teenager. I do not know these people :redface::redface::wink:

You're from Westphalia? Flanders? Silesia?:biggrin1:

 

[DaveyR]

You're from Westphalia? Flanders? Silesia?:biggrin1:

Could be SR. :wink:Almost incomprehensible but I could translate if anyone needs me too.

 

[B_cigarbabe]

You are Cigarbabe?

Umm,yesss!
Hahaha!
I know the Canaries are Islands,Dong,but for some reason I was linking Tenerife to New Zealand
don't know why I have this mixed up,I just does!
Wait did the girl on that video say; ya' fuckin wanker?
Aahh crap!
cigarbabe:saevil:

 

[snoozan]

No_Strings is rather pleasant to listen to. He could say that most disgusting, heinous things and I would still find them to be the height of charm.

 

[vince]

When I know where a poster is from, I tend to read their words with what I think their accent might sound like.
So when someone is from England and they write something Californian like "Dude...you are sooo totally awesome.." my small brain just can't compute it.

 

[Erk78]

I've got an Essex/Suffolk accent but i adore an Irish, Welsh or Scottish accent.

 

[dong20]

...
I know the Canaries are Islands,Dong,but for some reason I was linking Tenerife to New Zealand

Well, they're both island groups but beyond that similarity, you're on your own!:biggrin1:

 

[No_Strings]

I've always found that having a Brit accent gives an air of intelligence

Really? I assume the exact opposite. To me, they stink of unintelligence and 'commonness'. :redface:

No_Strings is rather pleasant to listen to. He could say that most disgusting, heinous things and I would still find them to be the height of charm.

Crazy yanks.


I can't stand most English accents. (Because I'm English myself?)

I dislike any English TV or movies simply because I have to endure the accents.
Most sound posh, snooty and 'fake' to me.