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Why do you Brits talk so funny? (pg. 2)
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| DuMonde TrAnCeR |
i find most foreigners speak the "americani-english" rather than "english-english" if that made snese.
eg: i never see any foreigners say "arse" etc.
and hardly anyone speaks propper ffs! :p |
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| Blake613 |
I like watching Absolutely Fabulous on BBC. I've started to pickup some of the UK slang. I walk out of the house saying "I need some bloody petrol." I don't know what accent they have on that show but it's what alot of American's think UK people talk like.
I'm more inclined to think that UK people talk like the host on Who's Line Is It Anyway (BBC Edition, not the American one with Drew Cary hosting it).
So I leave you with...
OYE! Ya nocked me in de kissa |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake613
I've started to pickup some of the UK slang. I walk out of the house saying "I need some bloody petrol."... |
hehehe, Its pretty funny watching a white guy trying to pull off black hip-hop slang "Yo yo whatz up homey, Ight, much love brother", but I think it would be even funnier to hear an American try an english accent "First rate chap, how bout a spot of tea, are u lookin at me bum, i dare say me door dont swing that way"
LOL |
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| BigDil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jploveparade
.... Especially Dutch people use both UK-English and USA-English mixed: lift/elevator for example... |
I agree with you here 100%, you can't make the difference between UK and USA-English, unless you live or you've lived in any of these countries. :)
It's one reason why it's hard for us foreigners to speak english. :)
As for me, I've never been to the USA nor the UK, so... :)
In the meantime, I've lived in Paris for some years, and I learned some english there, so I used to have a terrible french accent while speaking english. Fortunately it's already gone now. ;) (got back the hungarian accent, hehe :) ) |
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| Michael Russo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vesa
Even though only a small minority of English people use the RP accent, it is very popular outside of Britain. For example, here in Finland it is taught at school as the only model of speaking English. So I always have difficulty talking to British people because they are using slang which I can't understand :D And I feel stupid because of using overly polished language.
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Everyone here is talking about different "accents"... is that the same thing as all of the different dialects, for example, in Italy? That's cool, I never knew britain was like that |
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| eye_03 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jploveparade
We Dutch start learning English at the age of 2 from cartoons. Everything is subtitled.
When coming out of kindergarden, Dutch children already speak better English than most college students from countires like Germany (where they don't subtitle but use native voices)
Getting into highschool the problem starts: Slang learned from TV against the proper English education...
Indeed it's hard to speak proper English. Especially Dutch people use both UK-English and USA-English mixed: lift/elevator for example... |
my dad is dutch... his english is really good.. he even corrects me sometimes, lol |
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| Blake613 |
Just a thought...
I'm in my 5th of Spanish and I was thinking about dialects. Spanish that is spoken in Mexico is vastly different then the Spanish spoken in Spain.
Example: The 'you guys' (third person, plural) form of a verb in Mexico would be Ustedes while in Spain you would use the Vosotros form. Also, the 'z' in corazon (heart) would sound like a "ths" in Spain and an "s" in Mexico.
Not to mention the different slang in the two countries. It's kinda like English in the UK and the States. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
acton once provided us with a good understanding of the english language:
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AHL AV A GANZEE- i will have a look
AHM MADE UP!.AHM CHUFFED TA BOLLOKS- i am very pleesed
ARLRITE ALRITE, CYARM DOWN CYARM DOWN- pleese stop being irational
BEADY EYED BASTARD- an inquisitive male
BIZZIES- police
IM BLOCKED- im feelin rather enlited
EES CABBAGED. I DON KNOW A BLIND WORD EE SAYSE- my friend has had to much to drink
EE WUS GAWPIN AT ME GYERL .ARL EFFIN CHIN IM- he was lookin at my girlfriend, i am not pleased
MADLAD- a high spireted lad
ME HEDS A SHED, ARM TROLLEYD!!- i have had to much to drink
MOOCHIN- i am going for a look around
WILL YER GERRUS A BEVVIE? AN NONNER OV DAT BADGER PISS SOFT LAD ALRITE- could you get me a good quality drink please my friend.....?
WOT U LOOKIN AT EY EY EY- pleese dont look at me in that way
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:nervous: :eyespop: :tongue3 :stongue: :wtf: :nervous: :eyespop: :D |
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| blazed it |
they make fun of this in austin powers "goldmember" when austin talks to his dad.
:toothless |
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| big dave |
i reckon youve never heard the good old Scottish/English then!
in every sentence i use id say about 1 out of every 10 words is an actual word and has not been changed or made to slang! for any one interested in me and yer man technauts patter please check here ------------> http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/enter...fat/index.shtml
or you could check some more here --------------------> http://www.pagan.clara.net/rab.htm
and if you cant be bothered heres a few good ones!
If at first you don't succeed...in with the boot, and then with the heid = self-explanatory.
Pure deid brilliant = The highest of compliments
ye lookin at me or ye chewin a brick?! either way yer gonna lose some teeth! = your going to assualt some one!
shes got a face like a bulldog chewin a wasp = shes not good looking |
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| Arya |
I love brittish accents and all the slang. I'd love to sit down and just have a really long conversation with Ocalla or Ste.
One of these days Im going to give you a call! :p |
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| Xavier |
Can someone please give a list of all the British accents there is.
(if possible) |
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