Being... British?

[terry78]

And what's wrong with a New York accent?

Tourists feel like youse guys are gonna punch them in the kidneys whenever you speak.

 

[Crowforge]

It kind of annoys me when people from other countries say they love the "British" accent. What is a British accent exactly? I mean, I find it hard to believe anyone could love my thick Glaswegian accent, since no one outside the UK seems to understand it.

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[jokersminion]

sexiest brit dialect right here
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[Clobberin' Time]

For a second there I was expecting something sarcastic like a Brummy chav...

 

[Crowforge]

Ha ha ha, I stopped once I saw it was oasis.

 

[terry78]

I will never understand how artists from the UK can sing their lyrics so clearly yet when they're actually talking it's like they got a mouth full of ****ing marbles. *****, just sing whatever you want to say to me.

 

[jokersminion]

For a second there I was expecting something sarcastic like a Brummy chav...

no I was being totally serious

 

[Banshee]

I've been in the states since I was eleven or so, I barely have an English accent anymore, but it still works wonders at the bars.

Still though, its not my accent that makes me proud to be british or English, it's more of the sense of perseverance and refusal to submit I suppose. And for some reason... and don't ask why... the English National team. Yeah. Even after not qualifying for Euro. Don't ask. I love being English

 

[Gallagher]

Oasis YAY!

Anywho, my accent is a bit of a hybrid of Yorkshire and a bit of southern thrown in for good measure. A bit like Jullian Barratt:

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[uchiha_itachi]

Welsh? Really? You must be the first person I've heard of that likes that accent.

I always wanted an Irish accent.

Stupid Northern accent.

i used to have a northen accent but i phased it out when i moved to london when i was 5

 

[hammy]

It kind of annoys me when people from other countries say they love the "British" accent. What is a British accent exactly? I mean, I find it hard to believe anyone could love my thick Glaswegian accent, since no one outside the UK seems to understand it.

Scottish accents are great, too. At least, the ones I can understand. Seriously, some of them are so strong and peppered with so many curses, they're impossible to make sense of.

Anywho, my accent is a bit of a hybrid of Yorkshire ..

So you sound like Compo and Cleggy. Actually, I almost mentioned this earlier. What I love about the Yorkshire accent is the way you make a meal out of words. Like computer is Com .. puter. Or Confusion is Con .. fusion. One word is pronounced like two separate words. Cute.

 

[hammy]

Anyway for alot of the terrible stuff that came from it quite a bit of good came from it too.

When I was talking about past sins, I wasn't speaking only of issues with foreign countries. I was thinking of what the British have done to each other, as well. For instance, there is a long history of problems between the English and the Scottish. And the English and Welsh, as well. Oh, and the English and the Irish, too.

Are you starting to see a pattern here?

*runs*

 

[Hobgoblin]

What great about the Brits???? Well...

That, and people always used to ask me if I was English. Something about me made them think I was foreign. (Of course, people have also thought that I'm German or from the East Coast. )So I guess that makes the Brits ok with me. They seem more laid back than many Americans.

 

[The Avatar]

I'm an Englishman who's been living in the U.S. for the 7 past years

 

[hammy]

And does your accent help you pull?

 

[Monster]

I need to try that.

 

[Crowforge]

And the 'womanizing foreigner' stereotype lives on...

 

[PyroChamber]

And also, there something about getting insulted by someone who's british that hurts more than someone who's american.

 

[The Amazing Lee]

Were better at it...

You know how grumpy British people are as a nation?

VERY lol.

 

[Gallagher]

So you sound like Compo and Cleggy. Actually, I almost mentioned this earlier. What I love about the Yorkshire accent is the way you make a meal out of words. Like computer is Com .. puter. Or Confusion is Con .. fusion. One word is pronounced like two separate words. Cute.

Way to generalize.

Haha, I'm only kidding. Although I'm not that bad, my accent is very subtle, I just sound really generic, so much so most people can't quit place where I'm from.

 

[chamber-music]

And also, there something about getting insulted by someone who's british that hurts more than someone who's american.

Its probabley hurts more because its true

I hate my own accent. Its a mix of home counties and londoner

 

[Eggyman]

I never realise how thick my Mancunian accent is until I talk with people from different counties.

Innit

 

[Gallagher]

I never realise how thick my Mancunian accent is until I talk with people from different counties.

Innit

*Slap*

That's for chavemey.

*Creepy Sean Connery stare*

 

[Eggyman]

*Slap*

That's for chavemey.

*Creepy Sean Connery stare*

E Rrr, packitin

LOL! I was joking both times. I don't speak chav. Please don't slap me again

 

[jokersminion]

E Rrr, packitin

LOL! I was joking both times. I don't speak chav. Please don't slap me again

Thank you Jesus!