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acujerjer
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England is a strange country. They call private schools public schools and their accents range from pure beauty to almost indecipherable gibberish. On this ship I am on now, the Casino manager is from Liverpool. I seriously, can barely understand the guy. It really sounds like a completely different language. One time, when he was talking, I literally thought it was a different language. Fukuman has a beautiful accent. He really speaks nice like Bellabella. Pabloc Picasso sounds like he was raised from the British slums, but I can still understand him. |
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nathanton
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Aug 21, 2006 - 02:18 PM |
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Comparing with british accent, conversation with jap is saturated with confusion and misunderstanding. |
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shanghaiceltic
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Aug 21, 2006 - 02:34 PM |
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US is a strange country too. A president who cannot speak English, and some accents so draaaaaaaaaaaawn out that you fall asleep waiting for the end of the sentence.
You should try Glasgow AJJ, now there is an accent! Or someone who speaks broad Geordie, you would definately need a dictionary. |
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hammerforlife
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Aug 21, 2006 - 03:09 PM |
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Don't talk to me about the Glasgow accent. I used to drink in a bar where a local gangster type from Glasgow drunk. He was into some really dodgy stuff and not a man to be crossed. I was afraid to talk to him as he had such a strong accent I could understand maybe 20% of what he was saying and really didn't want to misunderstand him.
My lecturer at Uni was a Geordy. On his reading list for the course the number one book was "Larn yersel Geordie" A Newcastle to English phrasebook. |
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BlackAdder
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Aug 21, 2006 - 03:12 PM |
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They call private schools public schools
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This is from the old days when children went to the school closest to home. Schools only accepted children from within their allocated districts. Then Certain schools of fame arose, parents were willing to send their Children away to schools not in the vicinity of their home and such schools were able to accept students from outside their district. Hence these schools that were accepting students from far away where called Public schools, mind you education wasn't free back in those days.
Such is true even in the colonies, the adder attended a GPS ( Greater Public schools ) school. In modern terms it was a private school, but the public school namesake continues, state run schools where simply known as state schools.
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the Casino manager is from Liverpool. I seriously, can barely understand the guy
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that's because he's a scouser growing up eating rat |
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shanghaiceltic
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Aug 21, 2006 - 04:02 PM |
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There used to be a comedy TV series called Rab C Nesbit in the UK. A great actor called Gregor Fisher played the man of that name, a neer do well from a Glasgow council estate who dressed in a suit (stained and torn) a grubby vest and trainers and avoided work at all costs.
When it was shown in England they had some parts subtitled so the English could understand it.
We had a number of Glaswegians in our crew and they all seemed to talk out of the side of their mouths. But whatever Glasgow is a great night out. |
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Aug 21, 2006 - 06:35 PM |
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scousers r not english or any other nationality, they r just scum
what i find trippy is kiwi is more fruity sounding than me and he didnt go to no english public school
ajj, u cali-movas twist the lingo sth chronic. dude |
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Aug 21, 2006 - 06:36 PM |
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i only understand 50% of what my familly say in "english"
sad, but true, even catholics wish they had my accent there |
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Catherinee
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:20 PM |
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Yeah, best to stay well away from any English Northerners.
I'm from the south and we all have wonderful accents!
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yingying236
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:27 PM |
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i think private schools are called public schools down south but in the north im pretty sure we still call them private/grammar schools.
I love scousers... met some this summer at a music festival they were beautiful. I also like Gordies their accents crack me up "why ai man!"
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Yeah, best to stay well away from any English Northerners.
I'm from the south and we all have wonderful accents!
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i beg to differ.... im northern and i think i have a good accent...at least i hope. I get told by southerners that they love my accent... but then again i love southern accents. |
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Catherinee
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:38 PM |
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i think private schools are called public schools down south but in the north im pretty sure we still call them private/grammar schools.
I love scousers... met some this summer at a music festival they were beautiful. I also like Gordies their accents crack me up "why ai man!"
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Yeah, best to stay well away from any English Northerners.
I'm from the south and we all have wonderful accents!
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i beg to differ.... im northern and i think i have a good accent...at least i hope. I get told by southerners that they love my accent... but then again i love southern accents. |
Okay, I'm sorry to generalise - I'm sure not all Northeners have bad accents  Where abouts are you from? |
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yingying236
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:41 PM |
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i think private schools are called public schools down south but in the north im pretty sure we still call them private/grammar schools.
I love scousers... met some this summer at a music festival they were beautiful. I also like Gordies their accents crack me up "why ai man!"
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Yeah, best to stay well away from any English Northerners.
I'm from the south and we all have wonderful accents!
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i beg to differ.... im northern and i think i have a good accent...at least i hope. I get told by southerners that they love my accent... but then again i love southern accents. |
Okay, I'm sorry to generalise - I'm sure not all Northeners have bad accents Where abouts are you from? |
Lol i knew you were joking (well kind of joking  )
Manchester... ill be the first to admit that some manc accents are hideous but some of us have nice ones also. |
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Macpod
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:45 PM |
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do you ladies sounds like Kate beckinsale? Her accent is sweeeeeeet........... actually more like 'OMFG, half of my brain just died from a rush of hormones' |
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bellabella
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:48 PM |
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some people in the south of england have horrible accents!! some london accents are really ugly! what accent you have in england is also often related to class, your parents and your upbringing as well as whereabouts you live. So you can have someone from the north of england with a very standard accent and someone from the south wioth a very countrified accent.
I have a pretty standard English accent i think, apart from guessing that i'm from the south no-one could guess what part of england i'm from. Pablo has a definite north london accent and Commando has a slight west country lilt. GC is clearly scottish as you can't understand a bloody thing he says (haha!!)!! I think the worst english accent by far is a birmingham accent, anyone fromt here with a strong accent immediately sounds stupid! |
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Catherinee
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:49 PM |
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i think private schools are called public schools down south but in the north im pretty sure we still call them private/grammar schools.
I love scousers... met some this summer at a music festival they were beautiful. I also like Gordies their accents crack me up "why ai man!"
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Yeah, best to stay well away from any English Northerners.
I'm from the south and we all have wonderful accents!
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i beg to differ.... im northern and i think i have a good accent...at least i hope. I get told by southerners that they love my accent... but then again i love southern accents. |
Okay, I'm sorry to generalise - I'm sure not all Northeners have bad accents Where abouts are you from? |
Lol i knew you were joking (well kind of joking )
Manchester... ill be the first to admit that some manc accents are hideous but some of us have nice ones also. |
lol well, I don't know many people from Manchester. But from what I've heard it's pretty awful!  |
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Catherinee
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:50 PM |
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I didn't mean to post that smiley face! |
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Macpod
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:51 PM |
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What accent does kate beckinsale have? sounds pretty posh **** to me. |
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Catherinee
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:51 PM |
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| do you ladies sounds like Kate beckinsale? Her accent is sweeeeeeet........... actually more like 'OMFG, half of my brain just died from a rush of hormones' |
hahaha
No no, everyone from the UK sounds like the queen. |
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Catherinee
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:52 PM |
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some people in the south of england have horrible accents!! some london accents are really ugly! what accent you have in england is also often related to class, your parents and your upbringing as well as whereabouts you live. So you can have someone from the north of england with a very standard accent and someone from the south wioth a very countrified accent.
I have a pretty standard English accent i think, apart from guessing that i'm from the south no-one could guess what part of england i'm from. Pablo has a definite north london accent and Commando has a slight west country lilt. GC is clearly scottish as you can't understand a bloody thing he says (haha!!)!! I think the worst english accent by far is a birmingham accent, anyone fromt here with a strong accent immediately sounds stupid! |
hehe that's so true. Where abouts are you from in the south? |
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bellabella
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:54 PM |
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she has quite a posh accent Macpod, it's a standard english accent, i've no idea where she's from but she doesn't have a regional accent. |
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Catherinee
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:55 PM |
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| she has quite a posh accent Macpod, it's a standard english accent, i've no idea where she's from but she doesn't have a regional accent. |
I think she's from Oxford |
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bellabella
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:55 PM |
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Catherinee - i'm from oxford. so glad i don't have a regioanl accent as the local oxfordshire accent is really horrible! I have my posh sounding dad to thank for that!! |
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bellabella
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:56 PM |
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| she has quite a posh accent Macpod, it's a standard english accent, i've no idea where she's from but she doesn't have a regional accent. |
I think she's from Oxford |
haha!! i should have known!! |
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Macpod
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Aug 21, 2006 - 10:56 PM |
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| do you ladies sounds like Kate beckinsale? Her accent is sweeeeeeet........... actually more like 'OMFG, half of my brain just died from a rush of hormones' |
hahaha
No no, everyone from the UK sounds like the queen. |
Nah. Lizzie doesnt do it for me. |
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yingying236
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lol well, I don't know many people from Manchester. But from what I've heard it's pretty awful! |
 WHAT?!??! BLASPHEMY!!! 
Thats it im going to have to stick up for Manchester here.... Manchester is AWESOME!!! Yes there are some scummy parts but the nice areas are gorgeous. |
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