you know what I like about the British accent?

I like how ya'll scream over punk rock, or used to.

I also like how British actors imitate the American accent (Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, that chick who played Edie Sedgewick in Factory Girl, etc.). I mean, I think the American accent is either hit or miss; it works with a gruff voice, but often comes off too squeaky or slurred. I was born here and hearing some of my countrymen speak irritates me to no end. seriously. but British actors tend to hit the right note when doing it; don't ask me why. thank god I'm from New York, where people tend to sound alright.

I also like Scottish and Welsh accents. way to go, guys! though I still maintain the Irish accent kicks the shit out of all of them. my girlfriend is half Irish, and my last one was also half Irish. they both hate you.

disclaimer: I just drank a bottle of wine, and half a pint of vodka.

 

So how's it going Wiuf? What have you been up to these last few years? How come you disappeared from the forums and what brought you back? Good to see you again....

 

ay up, long time no see welcome home

 

thanks

not much, not much... school, work, writing, whatever. I'm not doing any of those things now, so I guess I came back by default, out of lack of something else to occupy me.

good to hear from you as well, mates.

 

I Have a Strange Accent...

No One knows What Part of UK Where I am From...

When They First Speak to me or Hear me...

 

I just sound posh according to some looser on here
But I don't think so!!

 

You are pretty posh sounding....

 

I never thougth I sounded Devonshire, but every now and again those 'R' noises feel the need to roll overrrrr

 

southerners think im scouse an northerners think im from bristol...yet teh first accent i ever had was mancunian, which got lost living in the english bit of north wales, and i think my biggest twang is brummy if anything...though i guess there is abit of bristol, inherited from hanging out with my friend liz hehe

 

i have a very strong yorkshire accent, mostly a sheffield accent with a barnsley twang. people always comment on my accent where ever i go because its soo strong. living in doncaster i very often get the piss taken out of me for my accent, even tho doncaster & sheffield arnt that far away there are many differences in the way people talk.

i was drinking in the club the other day & got asked where i come from. when i told the lady i was from sheffield she didnt believe me. she is convinced i'm from lituania. my grandad was from poland & i've very often had comments that i dont look english but people tend to know i'm from the UK by my accent. i wonder if lituanians have an accent similar to sheffieldish?!

 

i have a scouse irish welsh scottish with a bit of cockney thrown in for good measure accent know what i fackin mean like ......fackin slags :uhoh2: aint ancestery amazing.

 

My accent is genuinely, truly, bland. Neutral. A nothing, not linkable to any region. I guarantee it

I have short, southern "u" sounds (rather than an oo like sound)...but also short (usually northern) "a" sounds. A bath aint a barf. So its complicated and i have no idea why this happened

I was born and grew up in north wales for 6 years, but theres no hint of a welsh intonation. Then i moved to a part of nottinghamshire where everyone had their own dialect, which i didnt catch. I moved to France, and now im in Cheltenham.
Maybe only when i move to oz will i get an accent, and i cool one at that

 

my accent, which was once a very pronounced Texas accent, has all but disappeared, giving way to something that confuses everyone. Usually the English think I'm Canadian, the Canadians don't know what to think, the Americans just think I'm foreign. The only group that have consistently got it right are the Irish...

 

arghdatllbeitted

 

HA!

 

Having a regional British/English accent to just lets everyone know how common you are.

'Whey hey what! Why aye man....garn doon the toon', said the geordie

'Yes, yes, yes dear boy' replied the mackem, 'I know, indeedy deed.'

 

what's "scouse?" what does that mean?

 

nvm, found it.

i'm a navy brat. i've picked up loads of american regional accents. currently i have a drawling western twang. only good for being sarcastic.

 

nah scouse carnt be learnt it come naturally alright der man

 

I love how Scousers say "Dickhead", it's priceless.