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Post by Fuil Dearg on Mar 17, 2006 5:27:04 GMT 11
Do you have a really cool Irish accent? I love Irish accents! i dont think so. for one, my accent is atypical of irish accents (not everyone would agree, but most would). since i was a teenager irish ppl would think i was from somewhere else, because of my accent. mostly they thought i was brittish/english. some ppl thought i was german. when i went to germany for a week some ppl thought i was english. last week a guy doing the same college course as me thought i was french. for the first few weeks of college ppl in my class thought i was a foreigner and didn't talk to me much. when i was on work experience a few weeks ago, a cutomer thought i was swiss and said that he had a swiss friend who looked and sounded like i do. i'm from County Cork (south ireland) and County Wicklow in the east of ireland. As a teenager, i had a friend who i knew only by phone. she was from wicklow. i met her through a friend. sometimes we spent hrs talking on the phone (which led to quite a phone bill). when i finished secondary school we met in person in cork, as she accompanied me to my graduation ball (as a friend, not a romantic date). I, she and my twin brother dara were talking about something, and the topic of accents came up. she said that we both had a strong cork accent. that was probably the only time anybody that that i had an accent local to where i was from. btw, i love the wicklow accent. |
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Post by Squirt on Mar 17, 2006 14:14:12 GMT 11
It's like wherever you go you have a different accent, and everyone loves an accent! Well, I do, you lucky thing!  |
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Post by Kangaruth on Mar 17, 2006 21:48:50 GMT 11
I have a similar problem. I'm from Perth, in Scotland, but most people don't realise I'm Scottish. Generally they can't place me at all, but if pushed they think I'm English, until I point out their mistake. Although one guy I met recently asked me if I was going home to Belfast for the holidays!?!
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Post by Siryn on Mar 18, 2006 11:18:37 GMT 11
i woul LOVE that problem. you see, i have a really bad sense of direction and can NEVER find my way anywhere. if people thought i were a foreigner, they would excuse the fact that im always lost.
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Mar 18, 2006 11:59:02 GMT 11
Since I've returned from Europe, I've had people ask me whether I was Scottish, South African, or English (different people, obviously). I suppose I'm closest to the latter in terms of accents (RP English), but really, there's a huge variety there! And look - the ban has already been lifted! www.theage.com.au |
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Post by Min on Mar 20, 2006 13:42:29 GMT 11
I remember when I was working in Liverpool (England) doing some telemarketting and talking to a lot of people every day, customers kept asking me where about in Wales I was from.
Odd, since Aussie and Welsh accents are completely different...!!!
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Mar 20, 2006 13:46:44 GMT 11
Hehe, my Mum was born in England and when she came out here at age 5 the other kids used to pay her to say things because of her accent. It faded really fast though...
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Post by Fuil Dearg on Mar 20, 2006 20:59:06 GMT 11
i was talking to a welsh guy in ireland once. he was asking for directions. at first i thought he was speaking a foreign language. after 2 or 3 minutes i started to understand what he was saying, he was speaking english. his accent was very hard to understand. I have a similar problem. I'm from Perth, in Scotland, but most people don't realise I'm Scottish. Generally they can't place me at all, but if pushed they think I'm English, until I point out their mistake. Although one guy I met recently asked me if I was going home to Belfast for the holidays!?! i like the scottish accent, especially Séan Connery's. its nothing like the Belfast accent though. i dont know how someone could get them confused. Since I've returned from Europe, I've had people ask me whether I was Scottish, South African, or English (different people, obviously). I suppose I'm closest to the latter in terms of accents (RP English), but really, there's a huge variety there! And look - the ban has already been lifted! www.theage.com.auwhat part of europe did u go to? i find it embarressing when someone thinks im foreign. iv gotten used to it though. i actually liked when the guy thought i had a swiss accent though. probably because he thought it sounded like an actual particular accent rather tahn being from some random place because of not knowing where my accent was from. i love accents. an old friend told me that dutch sounds really nice. i havent heard it yet though |
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Post by Siryn on Mar 20, 2006 23:25:02 GMT 11
i dont find it offensive. though i do love lost of things Irish. i even lke the word... Irish..... Irisssh.
but "thats a bit Irish" is offensive why?
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Post by Kangaruth on Mar 20, 2006 23:37:11 GMT 11
i like the scottish accent, especially Sean Connery's. its nothing like the Belfast accent though. i dont know how someone could get them confused. But there are lots of different Scottish accents! (Glaswegian sounds nothing like a Highland accent, and Dundonian is like a different language!) Some West-coast accents sound quite similar to Irish, although I definitely don't have a West-coast accent. I was talking to someone about this yesterday, and he said that I stress my Rs in a very Irish manner, though. |
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Post by Dark One on Mar 21, 2006 7:27:43 GMT 11
Glasweigian is usualy considered unitelligable by most Brits |
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Post by Fuil Dearg on Mar 21, 2006 20:57:50 GMT 11
i like the scottish accent, especially Sean Connery's. its nothing like the Belfast accent though. i dont know how someone could get them confused. But there are lots of different Scottish accents! (Glaswegian sounds nothing like a Highland accent, and Dundonian is like a different language!) Some West-coast accents sound quite similar to Irish, although I definitely don't have a West-coast accent. I was talking to someone about this yesterday, and he said that I stress my Rs in a very Irish manner, though. it was silly of me to think there was one uniform scottish accent. it's like that in ireland too, and germany. even in cork city there's a norry(north-side accent) which i've heard nothing like anywhere else. you're lucky if u can strees ur Rs in a very irish manner, if u ever want to learn irish, as Rs are very important in irish. was the someone u were talking to irish? |
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Mar 22, 2006 10:46:26 GMT 11
what part of europe did u go to? i find it embarressing when someone thinks im foreign. iv gotten used to it though. i actually liked when the guy thought i had a swiss accent though. probably because he thought it sounded like an actual particular accent rather tahn being from some random place because of not knowing where my accent was from. i love accents. an old friend told me that dutch sounds really nice. i havent heard it yet though I was born in Australia, moved to the Netherlands when I was 14. My mother is Dutch. But I went to an international school while in NL (and then studied English at Groningen University), so picked up an RP English accent there because quite a few of my teachers were English. You mean Dutch as an actual language? I like it, but then, I'm fluent in it, so I'm biased.  There are, just like with any other language, aspects of Dutch which are really, really appealing. |
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Post by catwhisperer on Mar 22, 2006 16:44:16 GMT 11
Im all Aussie from way back whenever both sides of the family... and I've never even been overseas!! I feel boring  |
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Post by scruffy on Mar 22, 2006 17:05:10 GMT 11
I'm american, with Australian parents and living in australia atm. People meeting me for the first time often think I am "from europe", which I find really weird. When I was little and living in the states, I would speak to my parents in an australian accent and to everyone else in an american accent.
When we moved to australia, I quickly learnt that an american accent was not much appreciated, so I kind of merged the australian and american parts together. I use some really american accents on some words and syllables, and I also use some very broad australian accents. Frankly, the result is weird.
(of course, there are then the Scruffyisms - sop puckets, sheepies, pademellings)
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Mar 23, 2006 18:16:54 GMT 11
Here's something to laugh about: the Canadians are banning the "So where the bloody hell are you?" ads because of the word "hell"! ;D Oh stop, this is just too hilarious!  |
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Post by Min on Mar 23, 2006 22:37:55 GMT 11
I heard that the other night! What's the deal with that?! lol!! i was talking to a welsh guy in ireland once. he was asking for directions. at first i thought he was speaking a foreign language. after 2 or 3 minutes i started to understand what he was saying, he was speaking english. his accent was very hard to understand. Maybe that's what happened to me in Liverpool. They couldn't understand what I was saying, so they assumed I was Welsh (Well, my grandfather is Welsh...) |
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Post by Dark One on Mar 24, 2006 4:08:39 GMT 11
I finaly got to see the ad last nite! It was played on the Discovery Channel. At the end they just said "so where the hell are you?" I was most dissapointed...
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Post by Min on Mar 24, 2006 10:45:14 GMT 11
LOL! God that's funny...If nothing else, at least the ad's sparked worldwide interest.
Oooh, controversy...someone nearly swore!
Does this remind anyone of the South Park movie?
"Horrific, Deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don't say any naughty woids!"
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Mar 24, 2006 10:58:02 GMT 11
Of course, now all the tourists coming to Australia will expect us to say "bloody hell" every other sentence. |
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Post by catwhisperer on Mar 24, 2006 15:26:09 GMT 11
Bloody hell! LOL... I think this is all blown out of propotion. he he he i would just LOVE to see that ad!
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Mar 24, 2006 17:34:17 GMT 11
I know, how can you ban something for 'hell'? The ad will run 'So where the bloody are you?" which won't make any sense, and "So where are you?" just doesn't have the same feeling! cat |
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Post by catwhisperer on Mar 24, 2006 17:43:57 GMT 11
Nah... there is no harm in it  There's lots more things on TV during the day that could be seen as a bad influence on kids. Besdies... even preachers say 'hell' cos its a place! |
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Post by Siryn on Mar 24, 2006 23:10:18 GMT 11
Nah... there is no harm in it There's lots more things on TV during the day that could be seen as a bad influence on kids. this in particular reminded me of an episode of 'Hi 5' where Charlie (most popular with the guys) stuck her rude finger up at the camera! it wasn't a 'flash' either, the camera closed in on it. |
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Post by catwhisperer on Mar 27, 2006 14:14:35 GMT 11
REALLY??? That's appalling!
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There are, just like with any other language, aspects of Dutch which are really, really appealing. 
There's lots more things on TV during the day that could be seen as a bad influence on kids. Besdies... even preachers say 'hell' cos its a place!