Shakey
Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.
That is so good! As a regular visitor to the UK that video is invaluable. LOL. Thanks for posting, Jerry.
Baz
Loc: Peterborough UK
Not a bad coverage jerry, and there are a few others to trip you up. The main thing is not to call a Scot, Paddy or Taff, English. The gratest insult you can give them. We English are far more forgiving - just call us Sir. Incidentaly, many would argue that the spoken English as spoken in the Western colonies (USA), is truer to the language roots than "British English". That's the way life is I suppose. You invent Soccer, Cricket, Rugby, and give it to the world, and look where we are in those now. So why not the same way with the language.
Baz wrote:
Not a bad coverage jerry, and there are a few others to trip you up. The main thing is not to call a Scot, Paddy or Taff, English. The gratest insult you can give them. We English are far more forgiving - just call us Sir. Incidentaly, many would argue that the spoken English as spoken in the Western colonies (USA), is truer to the language roots than "British English". That's the way life is I suppose. You invent Soccer, Cricket, Rugby, and give it to the world, and look where we are in those now. So why not the same way with the language.
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Accents fascinate me, and I've gotten fairly good at guessing the general area where English people live. It must be completely different for the English themselves. You must be able to know someone's location as soon as he speaks.
Baz
Loc: Peterborough UK
Not always Jerry. My youngest daughter was a toddler in Cambridgeshire, and as her speach developed she was a broad "Fen Tiger". Later we moved to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, and she developed the soft Scottish accent. Now, she is married and lives in Wales, and quess what - she speaks with a North Wales accent.
An old boss of mine was proud of his Welsh heritige, and the language showed it. However, when he was angry it changed to pure "Brummie", which is where his home was. It livened up many a slow shift at work, winding him up just to watch the changes.
Baz wrote:
Not always Jerry. My youngest daughter was a toddler in Cambridgeshire, and as her speach developed she was a broad "Fen Tiger". Later we moved to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, and she developed the soft Scottish accent. Now, she is married and lives in Wales, and quess what - she speaks with a North Wales accent.
An old boss of mine was proud of his Welsh heritige, and the language showed it. However, when he was angry it changed to pure "Brummie", which is where his home was. It livened up many a slow shift at work, winding him up just to watch the changes.
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Interesting. I was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, yet when I started working in a grocery store while in high school, customers wondered if I came from Ireland or England. People have often commented that I seem to have an accent. It's a mystery to me.
When some-one from East London says "house", it sounds exactly the same as when some-one from New York says "ass". That has to lead to some miss-understandings. "Hello you've got a really nice house".
NeilL
Loc: British-born Canadian
Two Welshmen, two Scotsmen, two Irishmen and two Englishmen were marooned on a desert island. The two Welshmen started singing, the two Scotsmen started talking about money, the two Irishmen started fighting and the two Englishmen just stood there, because nobody had introduced them.
Fantastic! I'd love to see the same thing done for the United States.
As our foreign neighbor once said after I commented on his accent: "Accent? you're the one with the accent!" ;)
Thanks Jerry, that was a bit of fun and quite a talent to get all those accents pretty accurate. Cheers!
It would be interesting to see someone do that with accents here in America.
I am in New Orleans. Some people say we have Bronx accents in parts of the city--a result of 19th century Irish immigrants.
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Two Welshmen, two Scotsmen, two Irishmen and two Englishmen were marooned on a desert island. The two Welshmen started singing, the two Scotsmen started talking about money, the two Irishmen started fighting and the two Englishmen just stood there, because nobody had introduced them.
That makes me laugh every time I hear it. :thumbup:
HEART
Loc: God's Country - COLORADO
Great tutorial and geography lesson at the same time! Thanks, Jerry. Liked Weilhelm's answer the best!!
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