Jamaican and Irish are both good examples of those that would say things differently than most and it can be put down as accent. I wonder if there is any reasoning behind them both using 'ting' instead of 'thing'.
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Jamaican and Irish are both good examples of those that would say things differently than most and it can be put down as accent. I wonder if there is any reasoning behind them both using 'ting' instead of 'thing'.
My guess would be in their native speech, the th sound doesn't exist or is very uncommon, so it is approximated as t
You all should take a linguistics course 8D Then you'd know that there is no such thing as having "no accent", that "bad" accents are less a factor of intelligence than the people you are born around and spend time around, and about morphemes!
I wonder what Freya's motivation is for those comments. I do personally believe if we all spoke the same language and had the same idioms it would lead to less conflicts in communication.
Alternatively I guess I could learn 7-8 dialects of english and be fluent in 3-4 different languages (chinese, english, hindi, and um...french)
The motivation behind those comments is probably her opinions based on her experiences.
I don't have an accent. Londoners don't really have one IMO. We just sound normal. I do like to put on more of a British accent when I flirt with foreign chicks. They love it. There aren't really any accents that annoy me but I find it odd that some Americans like to drag out words a bit and say "errr" a lot. My step mum always does it.
Okay, "Wenches gonna wench".Quote:
Originally Posted by Freya
An intelligent person should also understand that a specific dialect is an evolution of language for that particular region or culture based on a wide variety of socializing factors. An intelligent person should also understand that ignorance and prejudice aren't one way streets. Ooops, sorry for the slang there. Hopefully no one thinks I'm a moron for my use of colloquialisms!
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It's okay you're forgiven, foa. :love:Quote:
Ooops, sorry for the slang there
Also, your egg thing is scary.
My accent is Norwegian and American (As heard on Friends, which is where I learned all the English I know)
This means that I can't differentiate V and W.
Wikings. Walley. Woltorb.
It also means I speak like an inbred retard who's been lit on fire.