Sometimes I wonder what other people here sound like, what their accents are, and how a face-to-face conversation with them would be.
All of us here in England sound jut like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
To make English unintelligible to the English, add a Scottish, Geordie or American accent!
Steve.
Sometimes I wonder what other people here sound like, what their accents are, and how a face-to-face conversation with them would be. I grew up in Sweden, and when we learned English in school we early on had to choose whether we were going to use British English or American English. I chose British English since it seemed more applicable, and I spoke that way well into my 20s. At age 26 I began speaking to more Americans, and just drifted into an American accent, which is easier to do while being a Minnesota resident.
If I could do it all over again, I'd like to have a Scottish accent. A mild one... It's music to my ears.
I hate to tell you this but to most American ears it sounds...just like pretty much every other British accent (with the exception of the strong Cockney accent.)
I grew up in the mountains of Tennessee. I shore am glad I don't have no ahhk-sent.
(I sound like I just dragged in off the south 40, in spite of more years of college than probably made any sense and an advanced degree.)
I'd like to have a Scottish accent. A mild one... It's music to my ears.
Sometimes I wonder what other people here sound like, what their accents are, and how a face-to-face conversation with them would be. I grew up in Sweden, and when we learned English in school we early on had to choose whether we were going to use British English or American English. I chose British English since it seemed more applicable, and I spoke that way well into my 20s. At age 26 I began speaking to more Americans, and just drifted into an American accent, which is easier to do while being a Minnesota resident.
If I could do it all over again, I'd like to have a Scottish accent. A mild one... It's music to my ears.
Interesting. The Colorado Avalanche captain, Gabe Landeskog must have have gone to a school that taught Canadian.
As a native speaker of one of da Nordern Minnasoatah dialex, I like to inform anybody who talks about the movie "Fargo" just how fake the accents were.
"Gie it laldy son.... gie it some welly"
Ooh ya, shoor you betcha. I have a sneaking suspicion Joel and Ethan Coen were a bit provocative as always. 'Fargo' is such a funny film.
Ohh, ya. When dey played it up nort, nobody laughed. Dey coodn figgur aut what was so dam funny. I seen lotsa guyss sweepn-air driveway widda broom.
And what does that mean to the rest of us?
'Gie it some welly' I think means to 'strike it hard' or something like that, but the first part I am having trouble with...
Actually, I think there might me more variance amongst British accents than there are with American accents.
[video=youtube;5BV8KfpE3BA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BV8KfpE3BA[/video]
Hope this works. I searched for it at work where I don't have the sound connected!
Steve.
Actually, I think there might me more variance amongst British accents than there are with American accents.
Steve.
It works, and it's funny..
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