What do you reckon is the funniest accent that a countries people have?
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What do you reckon is the funniest accent that a countries people have?
my own accent from the swamps of Louisiana. When I moved to California at the age of 18 no one could understand a word I was saying :(
That's because Californians don't have accents and speak a pure form of English.
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Originally Posted by Yamaneko
Whenever I talk to people they break out in laughter. It makes me think that I have told an extremely funny joke. But when I find out that it's just my accent they are laughing at I get sad.
I'm pretty bad when it comes to distinguishing accents. I can tell if someone is from the ways Ireland, England or Scotland; I can't pinpoint the exact location they are from, however.
This actually got me into a very embarrassing incident with a Fijian who I thought was Indian, which I won't go into too much detail of.
I do think that GregSolomon has a dreamy voice.
Funniest accent? Ahh, I have no idea. I like making fun of Australian accents, Japanese accents, Ebonics (though I don't know if you'll count that as an accent), Irish accents, and British accents. I think Hawaiian accents are cool though, and I'm kind of developing one. Watch, I'll sound a bit like Wakka from FFX.
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Originally Posted by Yamaneko
Virginians have funny accents. So do New Jeresy people. And Montanans.
"SEAN CONNERY-ISM"
Southwest cowboy accents are pretty funny :p
Glyn from Big brother.
People from Minnesota have silly accents. I was watching a movie that took place there, and I never really got used to it. It makes them all look so cute! I try to control my laughter but that never goes well.
Bostonians have weird accents to me. "Lemme go pok my ca."
Dudley accents just sound inherantly dense.
Is it just me, or are Scottish accents usually hilarious? Try talking to smittenkitten. She sounds really grown up.
Though, I don't really like my dull, boring Mancunian-sorta accent. There's not really much character to it. But that's probably because I don't talk with enthusiasm.
Indians (from India).
I love pretty much any accent. Accents are glorious things.
I love Scottish and Irish accents, but its so akward when you havent got a clue what they are saying!
Gosh, accents are so funny. I was sitting outside of a Gamestop store a couple of weeks ago waiting for it to open, and a group of people from New Jersey came out from the restaurant next door talking in their hilarious accent. Then a few minutes later, some family that moved from Britain came and they were also waiting for Gamestop to open. It was such a fun-filled day, but it was even better when I got my game. Anyway, I love all accents lol
Mackem, it's a massive butcherization of the Geordie accent with no clear way to say "h" as standalone or on the start of a word.
People from Dudley....
I find Texas accents funny.
I speak with kinda a London accent, it's mainly cockney, bit a Queen's english.
Spanish. Everyime I hear it I think 'he's from Barcelona.'
My accent. :D Everyone thinks I'm really funny, and I often get asked to say words so people can laugh at me! ;_;
Ah well. I'm happy with my accent. :cool:
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Originally Posted by Yamaneko
I love my accent. People think it's funny. xD I have a thick Queens accent (what people outside NY would call a Noo Yoikah accent, I suppose) so I say things like "caaawfee" and "daaaahlahs (dollars)" and "daaaawg" and "taaaaawk" :)
Gods, I love my Ballycastle/Belfast accent. I dont just say Irish accent, cos there aint one1 There are HUNDREDS of the bloody things...you can almost tell EXACTLY where someone is from by it. Mines is funny, in its way. But I LOVE Dungiven people and their little hey surs in every sentence.
A lot of British people have hilarious accents. Specifically, folks from Yorkshire. But also the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish. Most British accents tend to just be hideous affronts to my ears and the language, however.
I agree with you there. I also love when Aussies speaks.Quote:
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I love British, Scottish, Irish, Aussie, etc accents :p But I don't think they're funny, just sexy ^_^ Especially if it's from a guy with a nice voice:-* O=)
Danish peope tend to have a very akward accent when speaking English, but the funniest is probably when Indian people speak English e.g. Apu from The Simpsons :greenie:
Funny? I don't scoff at the way people talk because that seems mildly racist.
I like the accent French people have when they're speaking English
The accent on á is pretty funny.
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Originally Posted by Rusty
The lrish Cork accent.. hehe its just irregular
People love my accent, for some odd reason.
Well, aside from people where I live of course
I would say Scottish.
southern US accents are funny. And scottish. But here on the moon we say the whole word. Instead of Wyomin' as most say we say Wyoming. Perfect english here. :D
The East Coast accent basically New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and the other New England states. A lot them say sneakers :D . That word just soounds funny to me.
Actually the Midwestern accent is standard American English (thats my part of the country I live in Detroit we put the world on wheels :D ). So people in Minneasota talk like our English is supposed to be spoken as do people in my state (Michigan). Along with people in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio. So naturally everyone from every else speaks funny to me cuz your're all wrong. :tongue: or its just because I'm very keen to accents. People in California do talk very proper though from what I've noticed. I have also noticed that nobody else in the country says pop which is what soft drinks are called in my part of the country. It seems they call soft drinks soda (hate that word) or coke in parts of the south (how do u differeniate between different drinks say I want a Sprite Coke or Orange Coke). The craziest thing is why do I care considering I don't drink pop (its rightful name) because I'm an athlete.
When I was in Hong Kong when Great Britain still controlled it, I never could understand a word the Brits were saying. One got mad at me too because I didn't understand :(
Sodas? When I grew up in Louisiana we called every soft drink a "Coke" regardless of what type it was. And we totally mutilated the name of that game, Mahjong. Never could understand my fellow southerners liking warm Dr. Pepper though...
In the midwest its pop. I said its called soda in the south in my post.
Indians have some pretty laughable English accents. :\