The British Accent - A lesson on ignorance.
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what people call the "british accent" isn't from britain. its from ENGLAND. oddly enough their are three other countries in Britain, all with differnt accents. thats what he's getting at (i assume) i'm not saying its alright to stereotype countries but people are sterotyping a group of countries.
Not that it matters they will still continue to use bad Cork accents in every movie with an Irish person in it.Furburt said:
The city of Hull has entirely its own accent which is completely at odds with therest of Yorkshire. Yorkshire is famous (and stereotyped) for condensing "the" into a "t'" sound. But Hull doesn't bother with any of that - in Hull, we just elongate vowel sounds, so "there's no coca-cola" becomes "there's neeer ceeerca-ceeeerla". Expect this accent to fade away, the more middle-class one becomes.
tis' right, it be very different in UllCmwissy said:My fellow escapists, I come here today to teach you on British accents - the first lesson; there is no British accent
First of all; let me explain what has happened - Britain has always been class-based (The Queen is a Combat rogue) meaning a lower class-person will be left in the blue when it comes to the media (well at-least till recently they were)
Meaning you would never find a cockney-sparrow on TV a few years back; this is why we have the term 'BBC English', The 'BBC' accent is a Middle/upper-class Greater London accent; these were the only people on TV a few years back and because of that; the rest of the world has come to accept the 'British accent' in Media as one, BBC-based accent.
On to our second lesson - Differences.
I(ironically) grew up in Surrey; meaning I have a media 'BBC' accent - for an example of It's usage; I put an unnecessary 'r'' in some of my words.
Whereas a man (Let's call him Cabbages) In Somerset - Is completely different (Perhaps this is why Americans can never ever tell if somebody is from the UK) People from Somerset have been nicknamed 'Mummerset' by some - seeing as they mumble almost every word incredibly softly; yet with great emotion.
- To quote Wikipedia; this is a common Somerset characteristic (One that us South-easterners do not share)
And now - the Shocking truth - Somerset is a 2hour 34 minute journey from my front door; As you can see the differences in accent within a small distance is incredible - I could go on and on about the west-midlands, the North; all sorts of places - and that's only in one country; and Scotland has even more accents than England.
So, my foreign friends - the next time you say 'British accent' Remember 'Mummerset'
I too am Irish, but the thing I love about accents the most in Ireland is you can change your accent based on who you are talking to. Now I don't have a very noticeable Irish accent at all, very boring. Yet if I hope into a taxi, boom my accent has changed to fit my surroundings. Same is if I go into the bog(aka anywhere that isn't Dublin) my accent changes aswell. I would love to meet someone who can both identify and reproduce an accent from every county in Ireland. I could only do about 5 or so.
This accent always comes out when I am drunk, not because thats the accent I am hiding, but because its hilarious.
This accent always comes out when I am drunk, not because thats the accent I am hiding, but because its hilarious.
She got it.Xanian said:
You were Pawned Cmwissy.
Xanian I salute you *salutes*
So Somerset, Bristolian, Cockney to we Brits. British to the rest of the world. the simplicity is outstanding.
*Please exucse my sarcasm, I think I'm haemorrhaging due to overworkingXD*
I agree with this and when I meet english folk I ask where they are from, in England. However, you all have "british" accents because that's your nation of origin. However, you also have regional dialects that differentiate you further from other englishmen.
Ahh God bless idiots, such a fine line between being unafraid and unaware...spikeyjoey said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFLQf3hM8Vw&feature=related
this is the british accent
Indeed... I too hate the Geordie Accent and yet i have learnt it so easily. I also love Irish and can mimick it quite nicely if i do say so myself.Daystar Clarion said:
