Apparently there's this new craze of Asians posting videos of themselves

on webpages trying to speak English with a British accent.

Now, let me just state.... these are non-native English Asians. Not,

"Americanized" asians who've been raised in English speaking households.

These are Asians straight off the boat, or still on their homeland.

Here's an extremely beautiful Japanese boy trying and failing at it.

(THEY ALL FAIL AT IT)

Yes, I know this thread will fail. But

I.

DON'T...

GIVE....

A......

SHIT.....

He's pretty!

Is is the shit eye dont get????? If davetherave had done this thread id b banned???WTF.....

davetherave6767 said:

Is is the shit eye dont get????? If davetherave had done this thread id b banned???WTF.....

Reminds me a little of David Beckham with some of the words.

Great English in general, though. Not sure how 'straight off the boat' he is.

Fauxie said:

Reminds me a little of David Beckham with some of the words.

Great English in general, though. Not sure how 'straight off the boat' he is.

I'm not sure either. In general, the Asians here get really confused by the British accents, while they don't mind the Australian and prefer the American.

I find this perplexing because except for the really rednecky Australian sounding folks, I tend to find little difference between Aussie accents and some British ones.

davetherave6767 said:

Is is the shit eye dont get????? If davetherave had done this thread id b banned???WTF.....

Why? It's cute and funny when ppl mangle a foreign language or have a quirky accent. Languages are fun to learn, can be very useful, but they can also be a source of much amusement. I make comical errors in Thai, for example, as does my wife in English. Last night she said I was "on the fire!"

Fauxie said:

davetherave6767 said:

Is is the shit eye dont get????? If davetherave had done this thread id b banned???WTF.....

Why? It's cute and funny when ppl mangle a foreign language or have a quirky accent. Languages are fun to learn, can be very useful, but they can also be a source of much amusement. I make comical errors in Thai, for example, as does my wife in English. Last night she said I was "on the fire!"

I think he means that as a white guy he can't post the same content and get away with it.

While I, as a 'minority' can.

And his argument is valid. I get away with a bit more than Dave does.

But, it could also be that I'm better liked, far more popular, and have slept with 80% of the mods in this forum.

imago said:

Fauxie said:

Reminds me a little of David Beckham with some of the words.

Great English in general, though. Not sure how 'straight off the boat' he is.

I'm not sure either. In general, the Asians here get really confused by the British accents, while they don't mind the Australian and prefer the American.

I find this perplexing because except for the really rednecky Australian sounding folks, I tend to find little difference between Aussie accents and some British ones.

Really? I've found big city folks, from Melbourne in particular it seems, sometimes don't have a strong Aussie accent and don't sound too different to some English ppl. Generally though I think most have a pretty distinctly different accent.

Fauxie said:

imago said:

I'm not sure either. In general, the Asians here get really confused by the British accents, while they don't mind the Australian and prefer the American.

I find this perplexing because except for the really rednecky Australian sounding folks, I tend to find little difference between Aussie accents and some British ones.

Really? I've found big city folks, from Melbourne in particular it seems, sometimes don't have a strong Aussie accent and don't sound too different to some English ppl. Generally though I think most have a pretty distinctly different accent.

But, you have to remember, that I have an American ear, so it sometimes (though much much less lately) confuses me.

It's sort of like how I used to confuse Polish, German, and Russian accents. They're not really close, but to an American ear they sometimes are.

I used to really have no way of hearing Thai vs. Isarn vs. Burmese

Now, I couldn't possibly confuse them.

Fauxie said:

davetherave6767 said:

Is is the shit eye dont get????? If davetherave had done this thread id b banned???WTF.....

Why? It's cute and funny when ppl mangle a foreign language or have a quirky accent. Languages are fun to learn, can be very useful, but they can also be a source of much amusement. I make comical errors in Thai, for example, as does my wife in English. Last night she said I was "on the fire!"

If eye did a thread and used the term off the boat id b gone!!!!!!!! All privileges taken away.......But 4 a long time now its obvious 2 me that some orgers has privileges given 2 them.....Eye dont care that im a newbie!Eye will always b a newbie thats cool.....But here there is 1 rule 4 1 and another rule 4 others!!!Eye love the threads on here i like this 1....but i no that if these threads had my name next 2 them id b out of here!!!And i no others agree with me....(off the boat).......id love 2 say shit like that....

imago said:

Fauxie said:

Why? It's cute and funny when ppl mangle a foreign language or have a quirky accent. Languages are fun to learn, can be very useful, but they can also be a source of much amusement. I make comical errors in Thai, for example, as does my wife in English. Last night she said I was "on the fire!"

I think he means that as a white guy he can't post the same content and get away with it.

While I, as a 'minority' can.

And his argument is valid. I get away with a bit more than Dave does.

But, it could also be that I'm better liked, far more popular, and have slept with 80% of the mods in this forum.

I could get away with it too. Several years back I decided I liked the spray method best for post-defecation cleansing and awarded myself the proverbial 'Asian card'.

Fauxie said:

imago said:

I think he means that as a white guy he can't post the same content and get away with it.

While I, as a 'minority' can.

And his argument is valid. I get away with a bit more than Dave does.

But, it could also be that I'm better liked, far more popular, and have slept with 80% of the mods in this forum.

I could get away with it too. Several years back I decided I liked the spray method best for post-defecation cleansing and awarded myself the proverbial 'Asian card'.

This has got to be the most perfect post in the history of the org

imago said:

Fauxie said:

Really? I've found big city folks, from Melbourne in particular it seems, sometimes don't have a strong Aussie accent and don't sound too different to some English ppl. Generally though I think most have a pretty distinctly different accent.

But, you have to remember, that I have an American ear, so it sometimes (though much much less lately) confuses me.

It's sort of like how I used to confuse Polish, German, and Russian accents. They're not really close, but to an American ear they sometimes are.

I used to really have no way of hearing Thai vs. Isarn vs. Burmese

Now, I couldn't possibly confuse them.

I can tell Thai accents apart by the fact that I don't understand half of what non-Bangkokians say. I can be awesome sometimes around ppl who are either family and friends I speak to regularly or who sound like them, but lost around fast-speaking folks from up-country.

davetherave6767 said:

Fauxie said:

Why? It's cute and funny when ppl mangle a foreign language or have a quirky accent. Languages are fun to learn, can be very useful, but they can also be a source of much amusement. I make comical errors in Thai, for example, as does my wife in English. Last night she said I was "on the fire!"

If eye did a thread and used the term off the boat id b gone!!!!!!!! All privileges taken away.......But 4 a long time now its obvious 2 me that some orgers has privileges given 2 them.....Eye dont care that im a newbie!Eye will always b a newbie thats cool.....But here there is 1 rule 4 1 and another rule 4 others!!!Eye love the threads on here i like this 1....but i no that if these threads had my name next 2 them id b out of here!!!And i no others agree with me....(off the boat).......id love 2 say shit like that....

Isn't it about ppls' intentions? Naturally, knowing ppl for longer allows one to know and understand their intentions. If those intentions include showing a willingness to sleep with moderators, all the better to grease the wheels of understanding.

[Edited 9/18/11 16:09pm]

imago said:

Fauxie said:

Why? It's cute and funny when ppl mangle a foreign language or have a quirky accent. Languages are fun to learn, can be very useful, but they can also be a source of much amusement. I make comical errors in Thai, for example, as does my wife in English. Last night she said I was "on the fire!"

I think he means that as a white guy he can't post the same content and get away with it.

While I, as a 'minority' can.

And his argument is valid. I get away with a bit more than Dave does.

But, it could also be that I'm better liked, far more popular, and have slept with 80% of the mods in this forum.

So im right then!!The more popular the orger the more established on the org they and there online relationships with mods gives them greater privilege.......Ive known that 4 along time and its nice 2 have this confirmation at long last....Whatever!!!

davetherave6767 said:

imago said:

I think he means that as a white guy he can't post the same content and get away with it.

While I, as a 'minority' can.

And his argument is valid. I get away with a bit more than Dave does.

But, it could also be that I'm better liked, far more popular, and have slept with 80% of the mods in this forum.

So im right then!!The more popular the orger the more established on the org they and there online relationships with mods gives them greater privilege.......Ive known that 4 along time and its nice 2 have this confirmation at long last....Whatever!!!

But some of it is definitely about time and familiarity, as I said. If another member, or a mod in the case of being reported, knows where you're coming from and where you're not, they may see something you post in a different light. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing at all, to know ppl better and be able to use more discretion. Sucks for a newbie but then it's always going to be that way, isn't it. It's hard to know someone's intentions until you get to know them much better.

Fauxie said:

davetherave6767 said:

So im right then!!The more popular the orger the more established on the org they and there online relationships with mods gives them greater privilege.......Ive known that 4 along time and its nice 2 have this confirmation at long last....Whatever!!!

But some of it is definitely about time and familiarity, as I said. If another member, or a mod in the case of being reported, knows where you're coming from and where you're not, they may see something you post in a different light. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing at all, to know ppl better and be able to use more discretion. Sucks for a newbie but then it's always going to be that way, isn't it. It's hard to know someone's intentions until you get to know them much better.

Understood Fauxie....but i still think theres a vendetta against me!!