Originally posted by Ian
hehe. like the americans use "huh"
"you messing with me, huh?"
I dunno what I use as my oft-spoken word.
btw do you say hoose ?
hoose?
do you mean, house? or hose?:nervous:
Aristronica
when i get drunk the accent comes out.
Silky Johnson
quote:
Originally posted by Ian
btw do you say hoose ?
LoL...hell no!
Ian
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Originally posted by jennypie
LoL...hell no!
I'll refer will to this reply :p
When Spyder came over, we spent ages trying to get her to say it and she was denying for a ges that she said it, then it slipped out later on if I remember and we all giggled with her. The only things I do with my sis-in-law is call her a hoser, say Eh all the time to her, or ask her if seal clubbing is canadian slang for masturbation. The accent is kinda cool once I get used to hearing it. I'm not the quickest person at picking up accents/sounds well. It was good fun last night though to surprise people. Infact it was kinda weird to actually be heard, and wonder what people made of it, like did the tone or accent sound as expected & so forth :p
DJ_Eternal
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Originally posted by Ian
I'll refer will to this reply :p
When Spyder came over, we spent ages trying to get her to say it and she was denying for a ges that she said it, then it slipped out later on if I remember and we all giggled with her. The only things I do with my sis-in-law is call her a hoser, say Eh all the time to her, or ask her if seal clubbing is canadian slang for masturbation. The accent is kinda cool once I get used to hearing it. I'm not the quickest person at picking up accents/sounds well. It was good fun last night though to surprise people. Infact it was kinda weird to actually be heard, and wonder what people made of it, like did the tone or accent sound as expected & so forth :p
Lol Ian,
isn't 'hoose' some Scottish slang for house?
In fact, i think it's more West-Scotland where I come from.
'Hoot!?' is also slang for 'What!?". Very strange slang over that part of the country.
pvdAngel
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Originally posted by DJ_Eternal
Lol Ian,
isn't 'hoose' some Scottish slang for house?
In fact, i think it's more West-Scotland where I come from.
'Hoot!?' is also slang for 'What!?". Very strange slang over that part of the country.
"Hoots mon there's a moose.. loose.. aboot this hoose!"
or as Wine Gums put it:
:D
Frenchie
Everyone has an accent, so I've been told. I mean I don't think I have one at all anymore. I used to have such a heavy French accent when I spoke English:nervous: :(
DJ_Eternal
Hahahahaha Angel,
that's brilliant. I haven't seen that advert in years.
Lira
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Originally posted by Frenchie
Everyone has an accent, so I've been told.
Indeed.
If you speak a language, you must've learned from a group of speakers (usually the community in which you grew up)... and, more radically, you've got your very own way of speaking (from now on, I'm calling your "way of speaking" by its formal name, idiolect).
Because your idiolect is based on the language you learned (you can, after all, develop your very own language and expect everyone else to fully understand it), you must "pick" some features that seem necessary: for example, you probably think the pronunciation of "saw" must be different from the pronuntiation of "sore", but "caught" and "cot" sound the same. Someone from Australia, however, might think the exact opposite.
These differences give rise to what we perceive to be accents. Certainly you think you're "accentless" because everyone else around you speaks the way you do. However, as soon as you meet someone from a distant region (or when you need to learn another language), your accent becomes more obvious :)
gehzumteufel
yesterday i totally called jamie and left a message speaking in some wack ass british accent that prolly doesnt sound british but it was funny.
jamie: how did i sound. i thought i sounded funny.
Slylee
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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
yesterday i totally called jamie and left a message speaking in some wack ass british accent that prolly doesnt sound british but it was funny.
jamie: how did i sound. i thought i sounded funny.
omg that's right, i totally forgot u did that! lol
k u called at 9:15 pm and did that...i think i called tae earlier that afternoon (i remember because it was light out still and i was on my way to the store) and left HIM a voicemail in a stupid brit accent.
creepy.
Vlad
Those of you who's phone numbers I have are in for a treat this weekend, muahahaha.
