Could it be that the english pronounce some vowels differently?

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by reds4ever


Funny you should say that. As a Brit I've noticed lots (but not all) of Scandanavians have an definate American accent.

When I first visted Sweden in the 70's, most that I met spoke british english. Now I'd say it's more american english.

[BeBMan]

Ecthy not understanden a question about beer

Though I remember the Berlin meet where I didn't understand much for the first 20-30 mins and just looked dumb. Later it was ok.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Aivo½so
BTW, do Poly's non-native English speakers (not having lived in an English-speaking country) prefer British or American English? I personally find myself using American expressions & pronunciation whenever I have to use English, for reasons I'm myself not fully aware of... is it just the media or is American English somehow easier for speakers of some languages?

You're EU, you should be using British English

Yeah, my accent is quite distinct from that of Dauphin or c0ckney (well, at the time of the last poly meet which had hin there anyway). I know Ecthy found it quite strange to switch between mine and Dauphin's accent. I am a Yorkshireman, but because of my city of origin, heavily permeated by Lincolnshire as well (I hate admitting to that fact, it is a hard thing for a Yorkshireman to do) and with the nature of it being a major port probably also influenced by other places like Scandinavia, Germany or The Netherlands (there is a Danish church located in the centre of Hull, which you wouldn't normally expect in a British city).

And then there have been other influences on my accent - 4 years studying in Oxford mixing with lots of Welsh and Scottish people, 4 years living back in Hull, and several years of that mixing with a lot of Mancunians. And now I've lived in London/Kent for 4 years...I've probably got some hideous mongrelised accent. There will be London/Estuary which everyone will be familiar with, then Hull (where, for example, phone would be pronounced more like fern with considerable dropping of leading h's - sounds very flat, not really much like the rest of Yorkshire at all, nor Lincolnshire for that matter.

People have great difficulty placing where I am from now. Some don't realise I am from somewhere else in the country, some think I am a Northerner but can't pinpoint it, and some think I am Welsh (?)...funny what living in multiple different places can do to you!

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
where, for example, phone would be pronounced more like fern

You do go all Trekkie when you ask for coke. "Can I have a Kirk please?"

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison


You're EU, you should be using British English

Yeah, my accent is quite distinct from that of Dauphin or c0ckney (well, at the time of the last poly meet which had hin there anyway).

Are you implying that I sound like c0ckney? I can't comment as I've never heard him speak, but I would highly doubt that I do.

[Provost Harrison]

Funny you say that, but yes Well I don't personally, I seem to have this somewhat less regional Northern accent.

[Krill]

I should go to the next poly meet so you can talk about my accent...

[Dauphin]

Pleaze comalong.

We would talk about LordShiva's accent, but he didn't speak the whole time he was at the meet.

[Victor Galis]

My accent seems to change every time I move. At one point I had a noticeable Bostonian accent I keep meaning to pick up some sort of English accent (or more likely some bastardized mix of a variety of accents), though this is a bit harder when living in North America

I did once intentionally pick up a Quebec accent while speaking French to fit in, but subsequently dropped it because it sounds stupid.

By now most people have trouble placing my accent in most languages that I speak (though my Romanian accent is clearly a Bucharest accent).