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The Fury on 27 July 2009

Eastern European for me, especailly when talking in English.



Hmm, pie.

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The Velour Fog on 27 July 2009

Oh some American acccents really annoy me. It sounds as though someone is trying to slaughter a pig.



Let me show you why they call me the velour fog. Hit it.

I met her in a club down in old Soho,

Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca cola,

C-o-l-a, cola.

She, walked up to me and she asked me to dance,

I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said;

Leela, L-e-e-l-a, Leela, Lee, Lee, Lee, Leela

Leeeeeeeelaaaaaaaa

lolita on 27 July 2009

Well being in England and having an English fiancé, you would hope I like the English accent! :-p

I dislike heavy southern US accent... I don't really know why, it just sounds weird to me.

Mine is mixed, since English isn't my first language, there's some words I mispronounce, some I say as an eastern Canadian way and some as British.

As for French, I guess it's closer to a Montrealaise accent but I do not say things like "s'te" instead of "cette". I just like to pronounce the words correctly, I think it sounds better and it's more elegant.



headshot91 on 27 July 2009

fine no1 reply >->



megaman79 on 27 July 2009

See this why i love travelling. I don't understand it but my accent wobbles knees where ever i go. Scottish, Irish, English, Polish, American, Malaysian, Singaporian, i could go on but im lazy.

Oh, i reckon years of American tv has got me enthralled by southern and new yorker Rosie Perez style American accents. The fact that there are very few hispanic girls around here prob. has something to do with it, though its not specifically relative to spanish/mexican/sth american girls.



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megaman79 on 27 July 2009
FaRmLaNd said:
LMAO at that girls video.

I find it funny that people didn't think she had a real aussie accent. That happened to me when was in America, no-one thought I was aussie unless I pulled out the old ocker style.
Bro, dont remind me. If i hear another convict joke ill punch someone in the face. British expect the sterotype aswell, ofcourse its not so bad when girls assume your a crocodile wrestler or something.

 

 



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

FootballFan on 27 July 2009
megaman79 said:
FaRmLaNd said:
LMAO at that girls video.

I find it funny that people didn't think she had a real aussie accent. That happened to me when was in America, no-one thought I was aussie unless I pulled out the old ocker style.
Bro, dont remind me. If i hear another convict joke ill punch someone in the face. British expect the sterotype aswell, ofcourse its not so bad when girls assume your a crocodile wrestler or something.

 

 


LOL

Everyone gets it though. When im in America everyone presumes i am like the Queen. IM NOT JOING



highwaystar101 on 27 July 2009
FootballFan said:
megaman79 said:
FaRmLaNd said:
LMAO at that girls video.

I find it funny that people didn't think she had a real aussie accent. That happened to me when was in America, no-one thought I was aussie unless I pulled out the old ocker style.
Bro, dont remind me. If i hear another convict joke ill punch someone in the face. British expect the sterotype aswell, ofcourse its not so bad when girls assume your a crocodile wrestler or something.

 

 


LOL

Everyone gets it though. When im in America everyone presumes i am like the Queen. IM NOT JOING

They also occasionally ask you if you like cricket and soccer too, it's all British stereotypes I guess.

Haha, funny story. My mate was working in a hotel a few months ago when he recieved a phone call from an American, after this American booked a room they went on to compliment him on how good his English was for a foriegner, to which he repilied "You're talking to an English person in England, I would be worried if I couldn't speak English."



FaRmLaNd on 27 July 2009

My family weren't even convicts and I get that crap. I've got thick skin, but being called the descendent of a criminal all the time gets a bit tiresome.



Kantor on 27 July 2009
highwaystar101 said:
FootballFan said:
megaman79 said:
FaRmLaNd said:
LMAO at that girls video.

I find it funny that people didn't think she had a real aussie accent. That happened to me when was in America, no-one thought I was aussie unless I pulled out the old ocker style.
Bro, dont remind me. If i hear another convict joke ill punch someone in the face. British expect the sterotype aswell, ofcourse its not so bad when girls assume your a crocodile wrestler or something.

 

 


LOL

Everyone gets it though. When im in America everyone presumes i am like the Queen. IM NOT JOING

They also occasionally ask you if you like cricket and soccer too, it's all British stereotypes I guess.

Haha, funny story. My mate was working in a hotel a few months ago when he recieved a phone call from an American, after this American booked a room they went on to compliment him on how good his English was for a foriegner, to which he repilied "You're talking to an English person in England, I would be worried if I couldn't speak English."

God, I hate that word. IT'S CALLED FOOTBALL, whether your violent rugby clone shares its name or not!



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