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British accents
October 1, 2014 at 1:28 am
I thought I would put this out there for the real English folk on this forum. How many English (country) accents are there. From the the people I have come across working customer service and playing MMOs there seems to be three. The traditional London type accent, the new castle type accent which is lighter but spoken fast, and the Oxford style, which is the brand Dawkins and hit hens and many academics seem to portray. What do the actual British people here think?
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: British accents
October 1, 2014 at 1:40 am
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(October 1, 2014 at 1:28 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: I thought I would put this out there for the real English folk on this forum. How many English (country) accents are there. From the the people I have come across working customer service and playing MMOs there seems to be three. The traditional London type accent, the new castle type accent which is lighter but spoken fast, and the Oxford style, which is the brand Dawkins and hit hens and many academics seem to portray. What do the actual British people here think?
There's not very many British people in Britain as far as I am aware, whenever I go to London to meet my sister we play spot the white guy.
And the accents aren't much better, we often joke that if you were drowning in a canal and screaming for help you would be lucky if anyone spoke enough English to understand.
Britons are where the cultural borders of the Celts overlapped with the Romans, so Welsh people are British also. Scottish too.
I can't stop thinking about that Monty Python sketch now, where King Arthur travels around telling everyone he's 'King of the Britons'.
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RE: British accents
October 1, 2014 at 1:45 am
(October 1, 2014 at 1:40 am)ForumMember77 Wrote: (October 1, 2014 at 1:28 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: I thought I would put this out there for the real English folk on this forum. How many English (country) accents are there. From the the people I have come across working customer service and playing MMOs there seems to be three. The traditional London type accent, the new castle type accent which is lighter but spoken fast, and the Oxford style, which is the brand Dawkins and hit hens and many academics seem to portray. What do the actual British people here think?
There's not very many British people in Britain as far as I am aware, whenever I go to London to meet my sister we play spot the white guy.
And the accents aren't much better, we often joke that if you were drowning in a canal and screaming for help you would be lucky if anyone spoke enough English to understand.
Britons are where the cultural borders of the Celts overlapped with the Romans, so Welsh people are British also. Scottish too.
I can't stop thinking about that Monty Python sketch now, where King Arthur travels around telling everyone he's 'King of the Britons'.
I'm well aware of this, just I wanted to be clear I was referring to accents from England, not all the ones in the English language.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: British accents
October 1, 2014 at 1:48 am
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Non-English person here (Kraut disklaimer),
So you covered Geordies and Cockney (broadly)? What else...the Brummie accent maybe, in Buhminghm. The Manchester area and merseyside seems distinct (think Brian Cox  )
If England is anything like Germany though (in this respect), there sure are dozens more. Aren't there some areas which sound similar to (have preserved) American style pronunciation as well? I thought Id read something to that effect
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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RE: British accents
October 1, 2014 at 3:03 am
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There are more than 3 accents. Every town has a different accent and can differ wildly over short distances. For instance Liverpool and Manchester are only 30 miles way and sound completely different, and Coventry and Birmingham are the same. You can even spot someone who comes from the town next to us by their accent.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_l...in_England
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RE: British accents
October 1, 2014 at 3:56 am
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