So did I, I went to Rhydyfelin,
Accents. Have you got one?
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
In his mind he's thinking he's all Ray Winston, but in reality he more Grandad from Only Fools and Horses.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
Fuck me, that Magnum PI reboot looks like it's done on the cheap....
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
When I speak I don't hear any accent at all. However, when I listen to a recording of me speaking I have a distinct Lancashire accent, possibly modified slightly by living for most of my life in Southern Shandy drinking country.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
‘Bout ye! Ah left Norn Iron when ah was 18, so ah did. Lived over here ever since, so ah have. Mrs W is from there too, so she is, and we both still talk funny, so we do. Our kids think we’re hilarious (std).
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
Can you turn it off?
Just been talking to an Irish family for 10 mins. Very nice but couldn't tell a word.
I can turn mine off and they could understand me.
But despite me saying a few times that I couldn't understand, they didn't soften it one bit.
I like it when Kevin Bridges does the posh English voice.
It's just common sense and polite to soften your accent if your audience doesn't understand you.
Hmmm ?
Just been talking to an Irish family for 10 mins. Very nice but couldn't tell a word.
I can turn mine off and they could understand me.
But despite me saying a few times that I couldn't understand, they didn't soften it one bit.
I like it when Kevin Bridges does the posh English voice.
It's just common sense and polite to soften your accent if your audience doesn't understand you.
Hmmm ?
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
And I was the same when I first met you!Yorick wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:56 pm Can you turn it off?
Just been talking to an Irish family for 10 mins. Very nice but couldn't tell a word.
I can turn mine off and they could understand me.
But despite me saying a few times that I couldn't understand, they didn't soften it one bit.
I like it when Kevin Bridges does the posh English voice.
It's just common sense and polite to soften your accent if your audience doesn't understand you.
Hmmm ?
Not a flipping word at first.
Accents are mad things, in parts of Belfast, two areas a couple of hundred yards apart can have totally different accents.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
Be careful with the letter 'aitch' pronunciation or you'll give the game away.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
Yeah it's the same here, my next door neighbour Raúl sounds nothing like me.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
My wife’s grandmother was from deepest darkest Glasgow. When she spoke to us she had a gentle sweet Scottish lilt to her voice.
When she was on the phone to her sisters still in Glasgow we couldn’t understand a word she said.
And that’s after not living there for 40 years.
When she was on the phone to her sisters still in Glasgow we couldn’t understand a word she said.
And that’s after not living there for 40 years.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
I thought you were PolishBigjawa wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:03 pmAnd I was the same when I first met you!Yorick wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:56 pm Can you turn it off?
Just been talking to an Irish family for 10 mins. Very nice but couldn't tell a word.
I can turn mine off and they could understand me.
But despite me saying a few times that I couldn't understand, they didn't soften it one bit.
I like it when Kevin Bridges does the posh English voice.
It's just common sense and polite to soften your accent if your audience doesn't understand you.
Hmmm ?
Not a flipping word at first.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
I worked with an Ulsterman who said the same and said his Mum could locate people to within few streets of where they lived by their local accents?!Bigjawa wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:03 pmAnd I was the same when I first met you!Yorick wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:56 pm Can you turn it off?
Just been talking to an Irish family for 10 mins. Very nice but couldn't tell a word.
I can turn mine off and they could understand me.
But despite me saying a few times that I couldn't understand, they didn't soften it one bit.
I like it when Kevin Bridges does the posh English voice.
It's just common sense and polite to soften your accent if your audience doesn't understand you.
Hmmm ?
Not a flipping word at first.
Accents are mad things, in parts of Belfast, two areas a couple of hundred yards apart can have totally different accents.
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Re: Accents. Have you got one?
Currently in Ponty. Well, Tirpentwys trails but will be in Ponty for sandwiches later before heading to Dyfi