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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 12:48 am
I don't think the English, Scottish, or the Irish do America accents very well either; nor yet identify them. Every time I travel England, I get identified as Canadian, which I take to mean I don't sound, Boston, Southern, Valley Girl, or Australian to them and must therefore be Canadian.
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 2:41 am
May be a northwest thing, Jen - even my Midwestern ex wife thinks I have a Canadian accent (I don't).
(Then again, my mom's side of the family emigrated to the US from Canada.)
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 2:41 am
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(March 1, 2015 at 5:47 pm)Esquilax Wrote: (March 1, 2015 at 5:17 pm)professor Wrote: What about our accents?
Do you Brits cringe when we talk?
Didn't mean to get too far off topic but I'm curious.
I've become convinced that Americans can't perceive individual accents at all, just broad strokes. Since moving out here, every last one of my new family who has tried imitating my accent has come out with a British one, which sounds nothing at all like my broad Australian accent.
So I assume your erotica have to be read in a broad Aussie accent to be properly appreciated? ...that's not a whip... that's a whip!
On a related note, a lot of Texans thought I was Russian? What ze heck?
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 5:50 am
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English accents are very variable, Bolton is only about 35 Miles from Liverpool and you defiantely wouldn't mistake the two. My own accent is the same as local cricketer Freddy Flintoff and I'm about 15 miles from Liverpool and Bolton.
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 5:51 am
(March 2, 2015 at 2:41 am)Alex K Wrote: On a related note, a lot of Texans thought I was Russian? What ze heck?
What's funny is, despite speaking fluent Russian I can't fake a Russian accent in English. Or a Polish one. I can't do accents at all. I feel like I'm missing out on some fun 
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 5:58 am
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Speaking of english accents...
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 6:19 am
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English?
Edit: oh! You mean tel?
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 10:27 am
(March 1, 2015 at 11:50 pm)whateverist Wrote: Um .. she isn't the only one. Can an Englishman understand a Scot? (How about another Scot?)
There was the fuss a little while back when Peter Capaldi first emerged from the TARDIS, apparently viewers complained that they had to resort to subtitles to figure out what he was saying. Then again, everyone had to do that anyway to compensate for the god-awful music drowning out all the lines.
I don't have much trouble myself, though I might struggle initially when confronted by a new Scot. Back in my Civil Service days, my line manager, Derek, was Scottish (probably still is), and communication was fine. I do remember one of the girls having trouble with it though, or pretending to, as on one occasion after he said something she shot back with "oh, talk English man!"
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 10:30 am
Is...is her name really "Philomena Cunk"? That sounds like the name of a nasty Harry Potter teacher.
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RE: Insightful English documentary threatens to undermine godless evolution 'science'
March 2, 2015 at 10:37 am
FAF, one of the members (I am not mafia) said she is Diane Morgan.
some of her stuff is brilliant- like the cigarette / dog arse but I am dumbfounded at some of the others.
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