if you dont love noel there is something wrong with youWadders said:<3 Noel!shootthebandit said:because england is so diverse even though its such a small country. here is a sample of all the different regional accents
"oh, let's write a song about fucking washin' up liquid or summin'..."
Pffft, because bitches love the Australian accent? The language of gentlemen can blow me, we speak the tongue of the larrikin. Proper pronunciation is a rare sight, and we don't miss it.Guy from the 80 said:If you speak in a horrible accent, why not change it? Also, what is Charles Dance accent called?
Seconded, he is practically God.shootthebandit said:if you dont love noel there is something wrong with youWadders said:<3 Noel!shootthebandit said:because england is so diverse even though its such a small country. here is a sample of all the different regional accents
"oh, let's write a song about fucking washin' up liquid or summin'..."
@OP if you include wales, scotland and N.ireland as england (most people outside the UK do) then there are so many more accents
Maybe they don't but I find accents do. Being Half English and Norwegian (for the most part) I've found that Norwegians have quite a few accents For example, my mother's accent is rather monotone (Tromso accent), and quite low pitch. Whereas an Oslo accent seems to end words on a high pitcher and sound almost fluttery, and I personally can't stand.Guy from the 80 said:I'm Norwegian but our dialects doesnt really vary much.SckizoBoy said:Just out of interest, what is your native tongue, because I'm betting that unless there are only a million or fewer native speakers of it, there will be regional variations if not dialects of it.
I know that nobody's going to pick up on this post, but...Guy from the 80 said:Since my native tounge is not English perhaps I rate the various types of english in a different way? But Charles Dance speaks perfect English, its so beautiful. My impression is that the amount of people who speaks like he does is shrinking, is this correct? If so then the English language is like the movie idiocracy. There are so many English dialects thats horrible, terrible and unberable.
If you speak in a horrible accent, why not change it? Also, what is Charles Dance accent called?
At least your natural accent can be easily recognised both in and out the country. I happen to have s bastardised accent combining my dad's mostly RP and my mum's South Welsh, with a nice healthy dash of mid-Welsh where I grew up in for good measure. It means I sound English in Wales and Welsh in English, and quite strange abroad.CrimsonBlack said:I know that nobody's going to pick up on this post, but...Guy from the 80 said:Since my native tounge is not English perhaps I rate the various types of english in a different way? But Charles Dance speaks perfect English, its so beautiful. My impression is that the amount of people who speaks like he does is shrinking, is this correct? If so then the English language is like the movie idiocracy. There are so many English dialects thats horrible, terrible and unberable.
If you speak in a horrible accent, why not change it? Also, what is Charles Dance accent called?
I have an "RP" accent. Charles Dance's accent is accentuated by his VOICE - a mellifluous, vibrating and authoritative voice. I think you might be confusing his authoritative voice with actual RP.
Throughout my adult life I've been hiding my RP accent by using a Scottish one (I live in Edinburgh). I do this because it seems friendlier, less authoritative, less posh, less patronising, more approachable - even though ultimately I can't help but have my accent. Believe me, some people in Britain are quite beleaguered by their accent, including me.
Nonsense, we have rustic charm.Guy from the 80 said:The last time I was in Cornwall well....not much charm there
That's not so much an accent as it is a way of speaking, which is called "Toff". They go to private schools and made to be perfect gentlemen and ladies, for the upper classes to show off and be proud of etcGuy from the 80 said:snip
we have a superb accent made even better by our inclination towards the more fucking profane languagerob_simple said:Being from Glasgow, I'm much happier working towards sounding like this:
Agreed, I think Glasgow is one of the few places on Earth where '****' is a noun, verb, adjective and term of endearment.shootthebandit said:we have a superb accent made even better by our inclination towards the more fucking profane languagerob_simple said:Being from Glasgow, I'm much happier working towards sounding like this:
I'm in favor of calling it the Charles Dance accentGuy from the 80 said:Also, what is Charles Dance accent called?