aussie accent

sorry, it makes me laugh, HARD

so hard that I assume an aussie would say "the fock is so funny mate"?

that said, I love to hear any accent, I love them; as long as I can understand the message, I'll never understand why somebody would want to speak other language without his/her native accent. Insane, pointless, discriminatory even

italian, spanish, arabic, scouse, russian, japanese, are some of my favorites...

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say this Joe Tyler:

Rise up Lides

JoeTyler said:

aussie accent

sorry, it makes me laugh, HARD

so hard that I assume an aussie would say "the fock is so funny mate"?

that said, I love to hear any accent, I love them; as long as I can understand the message, I'll never understand why somebody would want to speak other language without his/her native accent. Insane, pointless, discriminatory even :-?

italian, spanish, arabic, scouse, russian, japanese, are some of my favorites...

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First an Austrian/German accent doesn't exactly sound nice IMO, second it sure is easier to understand people who talk without an accent (even when you can understand them you will have to concentrate harder), and third isn't it logic that it would be great to master a foreign language without an accent?

Serious said:

JoeTyler said:

aussie accent

sorry, it makes me laugh, HARD

so hard that I assume an aussie would say "the fock is so funny mate"?

that said, I love to hear any accent, I love them; as long as I can understand the message, I'll never understand why somebody would want to speak other language without his/her native accent. Insane, pointless, discriminatory even :-?

italian, spanish, arabic, scouse, russian, japanese, are some of my favorites...

[Edited 7/12/12 4:16am]

First an Austrian/German accent doesn't exactly sound nice IMO, second it sure is easier to understand people who talk without an accent (even when you can understand them you will have to concentrate harder), and third isn't it logic that it would be great to master a foreign language without an accent?

why? even the British Island have like 30 different accents or more!

to begin with, the american accent is well, an accent! and america also has lots of accents!

ZombieKitten said:

say this Joe Tyler:

Rise up Lides

the razor blades joke??

JoeTyler said:

Serious said:

First an Austrian/German accent doesn't exactly sound nice IMO, second it sure is easier to understand people who talk without an accent (even when you can understand them you will have to concentrate harder), and third isn't it logic that it would be great to master a foreign language without an accent?

why? even the British Island have like 30 different accents or more!

to begin with, the american accent is well, an accent! and america also has lots of accents!

I am talking about accents in a foreign language. I don't mind my slight Austrian accent when I talk German, but I don't like my Austrian/German accent when I talk English or French.

Even though I must admit that I cannot really stand strong Austrian/German accents (when these people speak their own language), nearly all of them sound pretty embarrassing IMO .

JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

say this Joe Tyler:

Rise up Lides

the razor blades joke??

in a perfect aussie accent! provided you say those words in your american accent

Serious said:

JoeTyler said:

why? even the British Island have like 30 different accents or more!

to begin with, the american accent is well, an accent! and america also has lots of accents!

I am talking about accents in a foreign language. I don't mind my slight Austrian accent when I talk German, but I don't like my Austrian/German accent when I talk English or French.

Even though I must admit that I cannot really stand strong Austrian/German accents (when these people speak their own language), nearly all of them sound pretty embarrassing IMO .

well, i feel ya, germanic accents are easy to target; of course, hearing a brit or a yankee talking german sure is funny too, lol

JoeTyler said:

Serious said:

I am talking about accents in a foreign language. I don't mind my slight Austrian accent when I talk German, but I don't like my Austrian/German accent when I talk English or French.

Even though I must admit that I cannot really stand strong Austrian/German accents (when these people speak their own language), nearly all of them sound pretty embarrassing IMO .

well, i feel ya, germanic accents are easy to target; of course, hearing a brit or a yankee talking german sure is funny too, lol

But I ain't complaining, it is what it is and overall I am happy with my English these days .

What is much more a problem for me is to understand the West Indian accent properly, I still have to concentrate really hard .

Most of them, but probably RP (Received Pronunciation) or BBC English. I like proper speech and actually can not stand the Kiwi accent, its so guttural and rural sounding. I am not too keen on Maori and Working Class Vernacular, stuff like "Thas choice" and "Do Yus'e fullas do beers", or the annoying Lancashire accent you hear on Coronation street "Ere thats our Terry that is" and "They're cold oot and they're sing ging"

Tittypants said:

I am a fan of all kinds of accents simply because I try to imitate them.

I do the same!

Accents fascinate me. I love jumping from accent to accent to confuse telemarketers also.

I once had a JW approach me and I threw on a "Hindu" accent and she thought I was Latino and seemed so dissappointed when I spoke , she did a 180 and practically ran from me.

I love doing stuff like that.

KidaDynamite said:

babynoz said:

Louisiana Cajun, hands down.

Second would be Africans from Kenya...I was married to one.

Third would be people from Scotland.

Yes. I love the way some New Orleanians sound.

But like Tittypants said, I like a lot of accents because I try to imitate them. Like Jamaicans but I suck at Jamaican Patois.

A like watching this lady, she's pretty good.

She's good,

Nickenese.

Chicago!

I ain't gonna play in Sun City, but... South African!

This guy is interesting...

KoolEaze said:

Chicago!

They can all be nice, but I think Russian & Polish accents are sexy, I think Australian accents are friendly & cute, and British accents are stuffy

Strangely, I find most American accents to be fairly unappealing except Southern

Not an accent, but I kinda like it when I hear people whispering in Japanese, it just sounds cool to me.

Analyst said:

Not an accent, but I kinda like it when I hear people whispering in Japanese, it just sounds cool to me.

aye, laddie. i like all different sorts of accents, scottish, australian, english, irish, hindi, chinese... i bet there are accents out there i haven't heard yet i'm gonna love when the time comes...

The ones where the ladies scream my name.

Personally, I think French accents are the most sexy. The language itself is beautiful; for example, the word for hair in french sounds so sexy!

People who speak with Scottish accents are sometimes difficult to understand. I used to work at a hospital that employed folk from all over the world. People from Asia had the most difficulty. I had a gentleman from China ask my something, and I could barely understand what he was saying. we had to write each other notes.

West Indian accents can be tricky because people from Jamaica, Guyana (well, that's in South America) Trinidad, etc. have variations of the same accent. One can actually tell if someone is from Jamaica or Trinidad. I was in love with a guy from Trinidad when I was in college, and some of the things he said crack me up. Like one time we were having a little spat and he said, "Why you lookin at me in dat tone of voice, mon?" I fell the hell out. I couldn't be mad at him anymore. Oh, and the way they leave off the th sound and say "tree" for three and "ting" for thing. It's so cute!

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