Words said in one accent that sound like another word in a different accent

[Hipsy_Gypsy]

As silly as it seems, why not? It's what the off-topic dicussion threads are for.

Anyroad, I think this stems a bit from that Facebook group about how "'Bacon' in a Jamaican accent sounds like 'beer can' in an English accent" and I was wondering what else people could think of. Another example of mine is how "Fierce" in an English accent sounds just the same as the word "face" in a Belfast accent.

Such a silly topic but it'd be funny to see what other people come off with


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[Just Pman]

Good eye might. No matter how you say it in whatever accent it sounds Australian "Good day mate"

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Emma Chizit, when spoken, becomes How much is it? in an Australian accent.

 

[Kuroneko97]

I don't know about words, but when anyone in my family says "sandwich," it sounds like "sanwich." We're Dominican, by the way.

 

[FalloutJack]

Cold.

No, I'm serious. I knew a girl in college that told me that cold sounded like a different word in her language, so I corrected myself to 'chilly'.

 

[Last Hugh Alive]

I know this might be old to some of you, but when someone says "Bacon" in a Jamaican accent, it sounds like "Beer can".

EDIT - No wait, the OP said that... That'll teach me I guess.

 

[Viral_Lola]

Welcome comes to mind because my aunt had a really odd joke about welcome sounding very similar to wringing someone's neck in Vietnamese. (Pronounced wel- cog)

 

[shadyh8er]

"Fuck" is "fock" in Trinidad (they even spell it with an "o").


"Fucking" sounds like "four king."

 

[Mischa87]

I dated a Norwegian woman before, and learned that like here in Canada, we have a rodent name for vagina (Some here call them "beavers" apparently, in Norway, they call them a "mouse") But the way she pronounces it (and evidently all Norwegians according to her) sounds more like "moose" Was quite confusing when first discussing oral sex... Particularly when I've actually eaten moose (the animal)

 

[SillyBear]

My partner is Australian and when he says "hall" it sounds the same as "whore" so I never really know what to expect.

Guhrock*chap*gove in a Yahtzee accent sounds a little like Dumb lock *chap* glove in an American accent. I can never tell what he means anyway, the Australian.

Yahtzee doesn't have an Australian accent at all.

 

[fodderoh]

I had a Sri Lankan professor in college. For 3 years, I thought he was saying "devil up" until it finally dawned on me he was saying "develop".

 

[Hipsy_Gypsy]

I know this might be old to some of you, but when someone says "Bacon" in a Jamaican accent, it sounds like "Beer can".

EDIT - No wait, the OP said that... That'll teach me I guess.

LOL No worries!

Guhrock*chap*gove in a Yahtzee accent sounds a little like Dumb lock *chap* glove in an American accent. I can never tell what he means anyway, the Australian.

Just as SillyBear said, he's not Australian at all! Just an Englishman living in Australia. Lol, I remember when I first started watching his videos when he just came on the Escapist, trying to keep up with what he was saying! Used to it now mind, provided no-one else is attempting to converse with me in the background, aieyeh.


This is somewhat annoying for me. I'm trying to learn Finnish and a bit of Swedish seeing as Finland is blingual and all that, so a friend of mine got me a "Learn basic Swedish in 60 minutes" Berlitz CD with a little booklet to help with pronunciation for my birthday last week. A lot of the pronunciation words have the letter "r" in them, so I'm assuming all the pronunciation is considered in an English accent because when I listen to the tape, the person skips over the "r" and I'm practically emphasising it in comparison.
We also seemingly have a very strange way of pronouncing the number "8". I was once on the phone to my Vectian friend a few years ago, whatever the conversation was, I had said "eight" and she just started laughing at me and imitating me! Didn't take any offence mind, was only messing about.
I suppose a way to describe how we pronounce the number/word "eight" would be "ear-et" with an English accent, quickly going over the "et" part of it.


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