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Old 08-15-2009, 09:07 AM   #151 (permalink)
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I agree with the French language but only coming from guys....it sounds absurd....I don't mind it from the females too much and probably because I can semi- understand what they are saying. ty 5 years of french in school
Yes, its is far worse coming from a male for sure.
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Old 08-15-2009, 09:35 AM   #152 (permalink)
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It's kinda' long, but a good indication of what I'm dealing with here in Lobster Land
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Old 08-16-2009, 11:59 PM   #153 (permalink)
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It really depends on the person talking, if i like their accent or not. Some peoples accents just make everything they say sound nice and warm...
Personally I love the irish accent, mostly because I have just barely enough irish blood to make me sunburn in 10 minutes and im jealous.
My history teacher was full blood irish and told us stories about people being able to tell his family name and exactly where he was from just by the way he talked. I just think that is soo cool. Im sure other places are like that too, but i dont know about it.
I also like a brooklyn accent just because its one of the most dramatic american accents I've heard, and its fun to read for some reason.

Texans on the other hand.. *shudder*. Here in CO, you have a texan accent and you are automatically a rich, RV dwelling, yard sale lurking, old prude who can't drive... but thats just because all the tourists we get are from Texas, and who really enjoys tourists??

I don't think I have an accent, Im smack dab in the middle of the country where everything kinda got mixed up and so we just...talk. of course the lack of accent is in a way an accent, but still, im a little sad i just speak plain old "american" english!
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Old 08-18-2009, 05:18 AM   #154 (permalink)
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Aussie and southern accents are the worst.
I love the Aussie accent. I have Aussie cousins so I'm used to it but while I was out there I could have listened to Aussie women for hours, I think it's a really attractive accent. Plus most Aussie women seem to like the English accent so it's works out well!

There are definitely similarities between the Aussies and the English but more in vocabulary I found. Not so much in accent but I didn't really have to be careful with what I was saying like I would elsewhere unless I wanted to have to repeat or explain myself every 2 minutes. Unless I was using any specifically regional dialect from the North East I was more or less OK.
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Old 08-18-2009, 09:32 AM   #155 (permalink)
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It's kinda' long, but a good indication of what I'm dealing with here in Lobster Land
Why are you up in Maine? Drop a line if you make it through the commonwealth.

Maine is a tough state to get a hang on. My girlfriend was just up in Central Maine (Skowhegan) for the annual Country Fest.

Portland is amazingly cool, but up north the poverty is vicious.
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:01 PM   #156 (permalink)
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I love the Aussie accent. I have Aussie cousins so I'm used to it but while I was out there I could have listened to Aussie women for hours, I think it's a really attractive accent. Plus most Aussie women seem to like the English accent so it's works out well!

There are definitely similarities between the Aussies and the English but more in vocabulary I found. Not so much in accent but I didn't really have to be careful with what I was saying like I would elsewhere unless I wanted to have to repeat or explain myself every 2 minutes. Unless I was using any specifically regional dialect from the North East I was more or less OK.
'Tis true, I'm an Aussie woman and I love English accents! They make me melt. I hate my accent though and don't know why so many people like the Australian accent though?! I guess it's because I hear it every day and it becomes to bland and commonplace to me.
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:02 PM   #157 (permalink)
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But you dont have a thick accent, it's a pleasant soft one which is best in both Aussies and Kiwis. It's the thick heavy ones that are bad, which is true for most accents.
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:11 PM   #158 (permalink)
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'Tis true, I'm an Aussie woman and I love English accents! They make me melt. I hate my accent though and don't know why so many people like the Australian accent though?! I guess it's because I hear it every day and it becomes to bland and commonplace to me.
I havent heard your accent but Aussie women do it for me. Whether you lot are soft spoken or foul mouthed it seems to make no difference. Actually I think Aussies are quite endearing when they swear. Swearing Aussies make me laugh!

I loved being a Brit in Australia! Women really do seem to dig the accent, so I'm not surprised that you do.
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But you dont have a thick accent, it's a pleasant soft one which is best in both Aussies and Kiwis. It's the thick heavy ones that are bad, which is true for most accents.
My dad is from New Zealand and still has the thickest Kiwi accent. He's been living here for 20 years and sounds like he just arrived yesterday. Especially when he gets mad
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Old 08-18-2009, 09:55 PM   #160 (permalink)
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But you dont have a thick accent, it's a pleasant soft one which is best in both Aussies and Kiwis. It's the thick heavy ones that are bad, which is true for most accents.
There are no bad accents. Language is like a social contract where in a way everyone agree to use the same words to mean the same thing and pronounce them the same way. Just because the pronunciation is different from what you expect doesn't make it BAD.
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