What's your favourite accent?
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I don't understand what people mean when they say British accents because there are SO MANY which are completely different from eachother.
Like a scouse accent, a brummy accent, a Manchester accent .. even tiny neighboring towns have varied accents.
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For the record I am ashamed to admit I enjoy a geordie accent now and then.
Like a scouse accent, a brummy accent, a Manchester accent .. even tiny neighboring towns have varied accents.
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For the record I am ashamed to admit I enjoy a geordie accent now and then.
I have a little trouble differentiating accents because it's not my native language, that's why I say I like the 'British accent' as a whole. I'm sure there are lots of differences but I can't recognize them n_n
Hyperpesta
Blue is my colour
I love Irish accents.
ohh lol, I get confused when people say it because when I'm describing American accents I can differentiate between quite a few different ones haha
There's so many different accents in the world it's crazy. My accent is a crappy common english one b/c I'm from the north of England
There's so many different accents in the world it's crazy. My accent is a crappy common english one b/c I'm from the north of England
I didn't grow up or live in the UK so I wouldn't know the difference.
Swiftstream
ethreal
British.
I understand that I forget that a lot of users here are from America or other parts of Europe, etc
New Yorker accent. I have it
It's fine since I'm sort of the same way with my mom. She's from Osaka and she can immediately tell if someone isn't from Osaka based on their accent. (Like if she talked to someone from Tokyo for example). I can only tell the difference a little lol.
I can barely understand that accent, and that's coming from a New Yorker.
Amissapanda
Manda Panda
This was said already, but since you brought it up, I'll say it again: Those of us who have never been there and aren't familiar with the different accents in the area can't really differentiate them.
That would be like me expecting that all people know what a Yooper accent is.
To be fair I can understand this to an extent: I don't really expect people to be able to differentiate between the different accents within England, however I think it's pretty common knowledge that Britain is not limited to just England, and even people who have never been there should understand that people in Scotland and Wales don't have English accents
Just a pet peeve of mine, it's a serious Americanism and it's annoying lol
Just felt like adding this, something people aren't taking into consideration here. It is possible to say you like "British" accents, if you like all/most of the British accents. I can't say that as I like only English/Welsh accents, but don't care for Irish/Scottish accents. I don't know the names for the different English accents, but I like most of them which is why I said I liked "English accents". I also just asked my English boyfriend if he knows the names for the different English accents, and he just said he doesn't even know the name for most of them. If even most English people don't care enough to differentiate their accents, why would you expect foreigners to?!
It's ok to generalize, if you mean to do so.
It's ok to generalize, if you mean to do so.
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unless you mean northern ireland in which case carry on, and yeah i understand your point but when people say 'british accents' they generally mean harry potter voices
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