How to teach British people to speak English

[wouldlikemuscle]

Originally Posted by Zazz

The british accents are split up into groups. There's English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and mixed and within those categories they have sub-accents like Bristol and Cardiff, etc.

PS: I love canadian accents, I think ther're sexy.

The best UK dialect (sub-accent) is blatently the cockney accent tho!! I say that as a non-cockney... although I a born and bred Londoner.. but there is a difference ya'know


Best accent all round... I lurve the Aussie accent... on the bodybuilding forum I frequent, there's a guy who posts his own youtube vids to do with nutrition... he's got a dayum sexy voice!! Straight though

I love em all - especially Colin Murray on BBC1 right now - very sexy voice!

Yer dunno about the tortured cow thing, but as a right proper northerner I've always found posh accents VERY sexy. I'm trying to get into a southern University for that very reason! (Or Scottish. I love a good scottish accent. Very nice very nice.)

Bu' yer, I stil like my acsen'. I's well gud. Propeh comon 'n' tha'.

[Marky]

I have a welsh accent

I love it to be honest...

YES welsh is cool also!

I learnt that from Torchwood.

[Shadow]

Well I'm from Derbyshire so I should by rights have a northern (ok, a northern midlands) accent, but I lost it as we moved down here when I was two, so I have to put it on when I'm dealing with people from back home to blend in *does a blending in movement with his hands* .

I love different accents, and love to mimic them, but I have to say (Saltybeanz), Welsh is by far the hardest to do in my opinion. The accent is almost always on the vowel, and it seems to be much more regularly placed on the vowels than in other accents, giving the language a floatier, almost songlike quality that I could listen to for hours ...

Ok ok, add to that my boyfriend's Welsh so .

But yeah - I LOVE accents ... I can always remember going to the States and having people tell me "oh I love your accent" and I'd be all "no no NO my friend, YOU'RE the one with the ... oh ... wait a minute ... ."

Hee hee !

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[Marky]

Originally Posted by shadow

I love different accents, and love to mimic them, but I have to say (Saltybeanz), Welsh is by far the hardest to do in my opinion. The accent is almost always on the vowel, and it seems to be much more regularly placed on the vowels than in other accents, giving the language a floatier, almost songlike quality that I could listen to for hours ...

Ok ok, add to that my boyfriend's Welsh so .

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Welsh boyfriend?! Good choice And yes most of the time people try to mimic the welsh and it comes out indian.. I dont have a strong welsh accent, unless I talk to someone with one! The cardiff accent, (Which I luckily dont have!), is all about the "A" like my name is pronounced Maaaaark. Mehh

BTW Torchwood rocks my socks. :D

[Shadow]

Yeah I know ... Caaaaaaaaaaaaardiff - always makes me laugh when I hear Martyn say that ... he's from Llanidloes, so he's ... I think ... a midwales lad ?

I think it's spelled midwalian ? Midwailian ? Something like that .

And lol @ Indian - I know exactly what you mean !!

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[Marky]

Aha awesome!

And the Cardiff accent is shameful to be fair. Its so common and YUCK

God knows how to spell it lol. I just state im WELSH

Alot of the welsh cant even do a welsh accent if asked... Like a stronger one..

[Shadow]

Martyn's like you I think - his accent only really comes through when he's either a) in the company of family or close mates; or b) when he's pronouncing certain words like "muthered" - "muvvered" (as in when his rugby teams gets STUFFED).

He's SO FRIGGIN' CUTE I love him .

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[Marky]

Aha! How cute

when I get into a rant I start sounding welsh as my speech goes ZOOOOOOOMING.

I wish I had more of an accent.

[Shadow]

Fortunately I've not had to cross swords with him yet (I don't like arguments - I tend to get WELL hacked off if I'm riled that far, but fortunately it's REALLY difficult to annoy me anywhere near that level - I'm too placid), so I don't know what he's like when he's annoyed ...

... hope I don't have to find out .

.

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[Marky]

Aha! See I like some arguments in a relationship.. Feels good clearing the air

[Shadow]

I'd say that's what make-up sex is for, but then you can't really have make-up sex if you don't argue I guess ... hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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[Marky]

Originally Posted by shadow

I'd say that's what make-up sex is for, but then you can't really have make-up sex if you don't argue I guess ... hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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So for you its just sex sex. LOL.