american accent vs english accent

comment section and for a second I thought it was Gypsy back on here already! hi majnoon! How ya doing, ehhh?

especially when wearing mukluks and a snowmobile suit.

Aussie accent on guys is hot! French/Italian is too but it has to be a deep voice, not sqeeky...that would be just annoying. Lebanese accent is sexiest among the arabs (and I'm not saying that cause I'm lebanese) but it's true!

Oh and about french...whatever u say in french sounds romantic!

what do you cal hugh grant's accent?

clive owen

pierce brosnan

so.. that's the meaning of Police song' de do do do.. :-)

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"Don't judge my brother, he's not a book"---melanism

Is virtually the same as the Liverpool accent, called "Scouse".

A long time ago Liverpool had a Lancashire accent, what some of you would recognise as a north of England accent.

Then a lot of Irish moved to England during the potato famine and many of them stayed in Liverpool.

The Irish accent mixed with the Lancashire accent produced the scouse accent.

There have been times when I have been speaking to someone and they have asked me what part of Ireland I come from.

I try not to let my accent some out too strong as it can sound horrible, but I like the mix in it.

Even today you can be in Liverpool talking to really strong scouse accents the drive for 5 minutes to sonewhere just outside Liverpool and they all talk with Lancashire accents.

I love England for that.

Wealso tend to roll al of our words into one.

Example;

"Do you know what I mean?" will come out as;

"J'noworrameen, like?"

The funniest thing I have heard Scousers say is.

"They don't talk like we do though, do they thouhg?"

It sounds like this;

"De don't talk like we doo do doo de do?"

Call me Maninibat!

Yeah they have lovely accents, you can really notice the difference between them and the Gulf Arabs.

Scorpio> I was told that females from those countries you mentioned sound sweet, like singing, according to my egyptian friend. Haven't met one though.

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"Don't judge my brother, he's not a book"---melanism

I really like the Syrian, Iraqi, Palestinian, and Lebanese accents as well. Especially the females, they sound so sweet :)

Lol! Missmoney is right, i had an irish classmate, wow, can't understand a word.

French accent is sexy. Remember French Kiss' Kevin Kline. How'd he learn that accent. He even sang the song "La Mer' - included in the soundtrack.

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"Don't judge my brother, he's not a book"---melanism

beautiful aussie accent....LOL....whats so beautiful about it?

what, no votes on the beautiful aussie accent? I find that astounding.

I have to say I vote for the Irish accent - despite not being able to understand a word of it. Like scarlett, I just nod and laugh - good advice too, since its 99% likely that they are cracking a joke of some sort.

x mp

nah this phrase isn't a typical american thing..its a habit some americans get into when they are speaking..most of us don't use it that much unless you do something really stupid...hmmm..ok maybe I DO use it a lot then... :)

I can't understand a single word they say!!! I just nod and laugh..yes..can get you into a bunch of trouble is you don't understand what they are suggesting!! lol

I like the Irish one, it's musical

on vacation and I'm jealous...besides..she's not here right now and its kinda like church...you don't show up and you get volunteered for everything!

sex, so HOW would you know that particular fact?????

and the campfire stuff is only too true...but you gotta watch out for shooting flames...can be a dangerous situation if you're not careful...

*wicked grin*

back...lol How the heck are ya Jauntie?

I still firmly believe Texans wear 10-gallon hats, cowboy boots with stars and spurs on them, drive around in massive cars, slap their thighs and scream YEEEEEHAWWW all the time, (I'm sure I saw your hub do that) swagger like John Wayne, sit round campfires eating beans with the resulting bottom noises, organise lynch mobs and call other cowboys out of dusty bars for a shoot out over a game of cards and generally haven't changed since the West was wilder than it is even now!

one group...I know too many Australians that are loud mouthed arrogant SOBs...but I also know Americans and English that fit that same category...PLEASE don't categorize nationalities as far as the way they speak, mannerisms, or behavior. We all have the way we think about certain countries but if we'd all get past that and deal with people on an individual basis, we'd all be a much happier group!

That being said...Y'all have a good day!

I would say English with a bit of Danish accent - works wonders with the weaker sex

- I took the blue pill and found myself alive in Qatar - wish I had taken the red and stayed in Europe

Oi SamyaUK - what's with the "Londoners don't pronounce their T's" comment?

I consider myself a Londoner (born and raised within 12 miles of the City) and I detest hearing English spoken badly. Accents are OK, but mispronunciation not only sounds ugly, it's often not even easy to enunciate the mispronunciation!

A neighbour's wife once said to me (referring to her husband):

"'e 'as a ulcer" That is NOT easy to say!!!!

Young chap in my office used to call 'Cathy' Caffy. I corrected him - he glared at me - "thas waddye I said, didnye"! sheesh

Wadya fink o' dat den? ugh ugh ugh

Mind you, when I travel to 'the regions' in UK, I'm always amused when I go into an Indian or Chinese restaurant and find that when the very ethnic looking staff open their mouths to speak, out pops a broad Glaswegian brogue or a Welsh lilt. Just seems odd ;o)

English wife: "did you put the bag in the bonnit, my dea(r)?"

American husband: "No baby! I put the suitcase in the trunk!"

that one.

Jasmine, Bristol...too posh of an accent...must be the university! Lived in Clifton, Bristol for a couple of years.

Bristol, Somerset, Devon? Have you people never heard of the Wurzells??? I, of course, have a perfect public school accent....

I agree with you about the French and the Irish accent also... soooo sexy but still all depends which part of their country they come from!

Transpotting with that Owen Mcgregor guy?

Cheers

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You got me :p

The French accent is very sexy....damn me and my Aussie accent..LOL

Other than that...French. So cute...

----> you are biased ... lol.

English. American accent gets slightly on my nervs. I like accent from the north, like in the Trainspotting movie, really cool.

Other than that...French. So cute...

Definitely the English accent…Americans are loud mouths :D

stay too long in God's own country.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi

The joy of staying too long in England eh?

Did you not read my post? Of course I would never go that pub or any other place in that barbarous land. I would advise you to do the same.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi

never go into that pub in Glascow! The one I mentioned above. Its on Great Western Road near the bridge. Can't remember the name. For your life's sake! :)

May the roof above us never fall in, and may the friends below never fall out!

Accents are for the slovenly ill educated masses. My advice is to avoid exposing yourself to all accents. Those of us who speak proper English should not expose ourselves to the risk of contamination of poorly spoken accented English. If you speak proper English you can preserve it by following the instructions below.

1. Live in a Georgian Manor house in Wiltshire.

2. Do not let people(peasants) from the north of England (otherwise known as Scotland) or those savages from Ireland or Wales into your house under any circumstances.

3. Instruct your servants to receive tradesmen only at your house's tradesman's entrance.

4. Give elocution lessons to your servants.

5. Only listen to the BBC radio. Avoid all television.

6. Refuse to acknowledge that Americans or Canadians exist other than as colonists that are not fit to live in England.

7. All Australians are criminal. Avoid them.

8.Help foreigners learn English by shouting at them.

Follow these instructions and preserve true English.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi

lol...

In Ireland it COULD have gotten me into a LOT of trouble, had I let it...lol They,and the Brits for that matter, seem to be fascinated by the accent...especially the y'all part. Funny tho, it seems to be the ONE word that is easiest for everyone to pick up accidentally! Nothing funnier than a Irish person saying y'all!!!!

The Canadian Accent is by far the best. We are a damned sexy lot.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

the States...Too short sounding, twangy, and nasal..But then again that might be because most of them have a very different way of behaving than I do...very short and abrupt(we call it rude down South, but its not, its just the way they are up there). There's a huge difference between the people in the southern states and the ones in the northern states. All are good people, just a differing of personalities.

British is the best....

London accents are the best... But the problem is only people from London will understand u... When i first came to Doha my London accent was so strong and id get in a taxi and be like take me to "City Centre" in my accent it sounds more like Ci'y Cen'aa" we dont pronounce the "t" in words... and he looking at me like im talking Chinese... But still our accent is the best, good old Bri'ish accent :D

------> i think any taxi driver in Doha will not understand any accents...

PS : Yes i was being sarcastic there.

I went back there 10 days later, during the last 2 days of my journey. I was fortunate enough to make a friend, who is till a friend 7 years later. He was kind enough to adjust he accent, appreciating the fact that we were not locals, something that most British don't do.

May the roof above us never fall in, and may the friends below never fall out!

"Actually, I prefer the Italian accents as a turn on...VERY sexy

Or the French...Honestly, they can be talking about taking the garbage out and it sounds like they are saying the most erotic things..."

-----> i wonder what accent will turn you off?????

cats could be so sexy!!!

i have to say, I have an English (Ascot) accent and its gotten me into more trouble than I care to describe... especially with northern birds. Brilliant!

Americans have accents... I don't I am British. ;)

I will go with Scarlett on the French

a good deep husky Spanish accent.... think Antonio Banderas in Desperado

its soft and all drawled, never clipped short.

can be quite funny...I'd say about tossing a piece of paper in the trash and I get stares...my flatmate would talk about "knocking me up in the morning"...I would burst out laughing and I had to explain to her that was physically impossible. Giving someone a "tinkle" was another that always got me giggling. You really do have to enjoy the differences between everyone's language.

London accents are the best... But the problem is only people from London will understand u... When i first came to Doha my London accent was so strong and id get in a taxi and be like take me to "City Centre" in my accent it sounds more like Ci'y Cen'aa" we dont pronounce the "t" in words... and he looking at me like im talking Chinese... But still our accent is the best, good old Bri'ish accent :D

Or the French...Honestly, they can be talking about taking the garbage out and it sounds like they are saying the most erotic things...

and you visited the same pub for the next weeks daily?

I remember the first day I landed in Glascow. I thought that my poor english was enough to communicate. Alas, that wasn't the case. I really suffered in that pub with a bunch of drunk Scottish people trying to explain to me why they hate the English. Left with a headache with just two pints of local ale. :) the good thing about it is that they never let me pay for it!

May the roof above us never fall in, and may the friends below never fall out!

will you still say the same with scottish accent from glasgow i wonder? :P

American accent is easier to pick up as sheikhsiva said,yet British English is THE proper english,no offense anyone,( i speak with an american accent)in the end u cant really choose which accent to talk to,its just how u speak.

British accent is sexier,IAN HAINSWORTH in desperate housewives,DAniel Craig the new 007,Clive Owen and of course HUGH GRANT ?

the legend said that you are very quiet person ... i wonder what accent do you have??? *mind spinning*

morning sheikshiva and gypsy gal ...

Yeah not all brits speak like Blair. Where my husband come from they speak with north east action.

Nah ... for all the brits in this section ... this thing always drive me nuts. When i go home ... people always referring lunch as dinner, then dinner as tea. And late meal as supper.

As far as i know ( learnt it from my school days) tea is tea as in a cup of tea.

Urgh ...

I Like my accent alot more better then both.

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American Accent is cool...... I like Tony Blair's accent..but not all Brits speak like him. I really dont understand some Brits with heavy accent. Canadiaan accent is weired..lol

Good morning Novita, The American accent on the whole is a lot easier to get used to, me thinks its because of the large number of Hollywood movies. But I must say a good British accent is a great turn on (just watch Liz Hurley in Bedazzled). And some of my fav. comedies are the british ones.

" I have a mind that ticks like a Clock, and like a clock it regularly goes Cuckoo "