I looked up the "word" crackerjack, and the only British reference I could find was a TV show in the 50s.

crackerjack either means something or someone who is good, or a crunchy caramel covered popcorn snack with peanuts in it.. and a prize.

(March 12, 2012 at 11:47 am)aleialoura Wrote: crackerjack either means something or someone who is good, or a crunchy caramel covered popcorn snack with peanuts in it.. and a prize.

If somebody called me a crackerjack I would probably take it as an insult.

It's not been a popular word in any place that I'm aware of since the 1940's.

I can't do a video because I don't have a webcam right now. I like the British accent though. I can't wait to hear the scottish one.

(March 12, 2012 at 7:32 am)aleialoura Wrote: Since many of us have discussed our accents, I thought I would make an accent tag video. I am hoping others here will do this too, as I think it would be a lot of fun to hear everyone's unique accents. If not, feel free to make hilarious little comments about mine.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMAGCj1aVmQ

I got a message telling me that 'embedding had been disabled' so I was unable to see your post.

Mr buzzkillington strikes again.

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If somebody called me a crackerjack I would probably take it as an insult.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOlmIBQynkw

(March 12, 2012 at 3:55 pm)LittleMissAwesome Wrote: I can't do a video because I don't have a webcam right now. I like the British accent though. I can't wait to hear the scottish one.

Maşallah....

(March 12, 2012 at 4:17 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: [quote='aleialoura' pid='252932' dateline='1331551935']
Since many of us have discussed our accents, I thought I would make an accent tag video. I am hoping others here will do this too, as I think it would be a lot of fun to hear everyone's unique accents. If not, feel free to make hilarious little comments about mine.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMAGCj1aVmQ

I got a message telling me that 'embedding had been disabled' so I was unable to see your post.

Same here (in Chrome, on OSX). But I could on Youtube.

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If you want to prepare for doing it with a British accent, Aleia, you may want to study this first.

I might get around to this later, though my accent is hardly as noticeable as others here.

I have no webcam so there is no way of me reading the words for comparison.

But here is a video of one of our local football (soccer) side's players giving an after match interview - gives you an idea of our local accent. I sound similar to (but don't look like) the following fellow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...uW5piLp3k8#!