Funny accents

[Kramerman]

southern US accents can be sweet when a female has it, but upsetting when a male does.

Nothin makes me more at home than a southern gal who says "Hi" with her sweet voice and smile (and daisy duke jean shorts )

[C0ckney]

bah cockney isn't a funny accent, the rest of you just don't speak proper (like what we do)

[Sikander]

Re: Indians and their accent

Originally posted by Agathon

Yes, but English isn't their first language.

Actually, it often is.

[Sikander]

I think I'm still in love the with girl who did the recordings for the streetcars in Augsburg Germany when I was there is the eighties. After a lifetime of only hearing German spoken by concentration camp guards and soldiers it was nice to hear the softer side of it.

As for funny accents, the best place in the U.S. to find them is Louisianna, which has quite a variety.

[st_swithin]

OH MY GOD!! WHERE DID MY H'S GO?!? I'VE DROPPED MY H'S!

[laurentius]

I think the funnies accent is americans speaking finnish

[Dinner]

The habit mid-westerners have of inserting "R" sounds into words which don't have Rs in them is quite funny. Nothing like hearing someone say they are going to warsh their car.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by st_swithin
OH MY GOD!! WHERE DID MY H'S GO?!? I'VE DROPPED MY H'S!

Those is called "Aitches".

[st_swithin]

I stand corrected.



I was once in a restaurant in Glebe, Aus. I was told by an English gent at the next table (ok, I wasn't TOLD, so much as he raised his voice enough so that the ENTIRE RESTAURANT COULD HEAR HIM) that I had a HORRIBLE AMERICAN ACCENT.

Hee hee hee! Oh yes, truly horrible!

[MikeH]

I'm from the south of England so luckily I don't have an accent.

[st_swithin]

Nice one, ye silly wee bastard

[MikeH]

Nice one? It's as if you thought that was some kind of joke rather than a statement of fact.

[st_swithin]

My bad. I must have been listening with an East London accent again.

[MikeH]

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by MikeH
I'm from the south of England so luckily I don't have an accent.

My g/f actually said this to me once in total seriousness. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I'm still not sure she understands what an absurd statement it is.