British Accents

Dakota Bud · Post by **Dakota Bud** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:59 pm

terrible, it's not convincing at all

I know no = nein

amyinodyssey · Post by **amyinodyssey** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:00 pm

I'm OK. I'm not exactly the Queen of England. But I would love to live in England to try and gain a Brittish accent. I have no problems incorporating a certain "Cheerio" word into a lot of my e-mails and saying it quite frequently. I want to be English so bad that I have put a toast rack on my Christmas wish list! My Dad has a co-worker who is from England and she says to my dad,"Why don't you get her a bloody toast rack?!" My Dad claims that he can't get one because he would have to fly to England for such a thing. Well pardon me but I think he works for Northwest Airlines for a reason: to get me the bloody toast rack!

Recently I was dubbed "Lady Amy" by some friends of mine at my church. I would fit in fine with the Brittish if only I had that charming accent mastered to perfection.

ObiWan Kenobi Girl · Post by **ObiWan Kenobi Girl** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:05 pm

Oh, yeah, I really want to move to London later, or something, at least England or the UK. I want a real accent that i won't have to fake!

Oh, by the way:

Is it- Brittish or British? Now i don't know. i thought it was British, but idk now.

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:11 pm

It's British.

ObiWan Kenobi Girl · Post by **ObiWan Kenobi Girl** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:17 pm

Okay, that's what i thought, but when amyinodyssey wrote it Brittish, i just didn't know. Thanks for clearing that up!

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:19 pm

I think my accent's OK, but it's hard to do in front of people.

Stubborn · Post by **Stubborn** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:22 pm

My accent? It sounds great! ... When it's not spoken out loud, that is.

I'm told I have a weird accent, and that's why my impressions don't come out perfectly. I don't have a weird accent.

It's just a bit... different. $\:D/$

It's not my fault. The only English I hear being spoken outside my family is... terrible. $\:D/$

Abigail · Post by **Abigail** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:53 pm

Mine is ok, I can mimic alot of accent and diff peoples voices or just there certin accent. My mom has even said I have a talent for that.

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:57 pm

My brother and I just finished watching Jeeves & Wooster and we were having a conversation in a british accent. It was pretty funny. We are both really good with accents, so my mom was laughing at us. But I thought it was fun. $\:D/$

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:32 pm

95% of my DVD collection are British films and TV shows and I pick up accents pretty quickly. That and about the same percentage of my book collection is British. So I can pull off a convincing accent.

Samwise · Post by **Samwise** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:52 pm

I watched a lot of British accent films when I was little so I can sort of do it but I still can't get their vocabulary. It's odd how accents just "stick"; I'm taking German class and people keep pointing out my "American" acccent.

Mel · Post by **Mel** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:01 pm

I think my British accent is ok, especially after listening to someone with one. I find it easy to pick up some accents--especially English and Scottish, I think, and sometimes after watching a movie I'll find myself talking like some of the characters. Which I think is cool.

I think I'm really tired...

darcie · Post by **darcie** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:54 pm

Mine... well I try not to practice such things for fear of major embarrassment. But every once in awhile, people ask me where I'm from because they think I'm from some random European country. My husband has a decent one, and totally does that accidental picking up of accents thing.

Oh, and yay for toast racks. $\:D/$

JesusFreak777 · Post by **JesusFreak777** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:08 pm

British - no

Irish - yes

Scottish - kinda.

Elf of Rivendell · Post by **Elf of Rivendell** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:41 pm

Eeh. I can't do accents decently for the life of me. Well, I can speak Gollum, and a British accent may come with practice; but that's about it.

Whits Clara · Post by **Whits Clara** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:21 am

British happens to be just about the only accent I can pull off, and I do talk in it for hours at a time - but Cockney (i.e. My Fair Lady) is that much more fun. I rave in Cockney.

Stubborn · Post by **Stubborn** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:21 pm

Mira Winter wrote:...Well, I can speak Gollum...

My brother goes around for hours talking like that. It can get annoying, but it's also a lot of fun hearing. $\:D/$

ObiWan Kenobi Girl · Post by **ObiWan Kenobi Girl** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:25 pm

Gollum.. WHOA! My cousin does that all the time. It's cool, though.

H34TH4R · Post by **H34TH4R** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:46 pm

i live in the u.k

ObiWan Kenobi Girl · Post by **ObiWan Kenobi Girl** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:16 pm

That's awesome!! Yours must be great then!!

*laughs* I want to live there.

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British Accents

how good is your British accent?