Whisper sweet nothings in my ear in French and I'm yours ..... Ooooh la la! (http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/0002006D.gif)
I voted French, but that's only because you wouldn't let me choose more than one. >:( . I'm also rather partial to a sexy Italian accent, a soft Southern Irish accent, a gentle Welsh or Scottish accent, a lovely Aussie accent (especially if it's deep ... like Russell Crowe) and some American accents (as long as it doesn't sound whiny like Kevin Costner).
Oooh, and I love it when Sean Bean talks in his broad Sheffield accent ... very sexy!!
I'm obviously not too fussy am I?! ;D
Susie :D
... :laugh: Well I wasn't going to be quite that mean, but some Americans do sound rather whiny and, you're right, nasal-y. I rather like the New York accent ... especially if the guy's wearing a Fireman's uniform! ;D
Yeah the Canadian accent is quite cute too .... where "out" rhymes with "boat"! :P
Susie :D
Alex told me many Americans sound like cows! In other words, Americans have a very "Mwau Mwua" sound when they talk and there is very little variance and inflection in the speech patterns. And whether they know it or not, many Americans sound like they are talking through their noses. I've noticed this "nasal-y" sounding accent from people up north in places like Wisconsin and Michigan. It sounds like their noses are all stuffed up.
I think Canadians have a cute accent. I love the way they say words like "out" and "house".
If anything it's a Midwestern accent. But I don't have an accent. You have an accent! Everyone else has an accent! We don't talk funny here.
I've always thought the same, David! :D
And actually, I think that's somewhat objectively true. Actors, actresses, TV news people ... they always sound more Midwestern to me than anything else.
Canadians I think sound very much like Midwesterners, too, except for that "aboot" thing you all have been mentioning. Sometimes I'll be listening to someone on TV and think, "Hold up -- did he just say 'aboot'?" and I'll go look up the person on imdb and sure enough, he's from Canada.
It wasn't until I moved from Minnesota that I realized Minnesotans have an accent. It's that we say "Minnesooootans." Not exactly like the Canadian "aboot" but we say that O with a completely round mouth, in a kind of Scandinavian way, whereas people on the coasts would say something closer to "Minnesoteewwoootons."
I've always thought the same, David! :D
And actually, I think that's somewhat objectively true. Actors, actresses, TV news people ... they always sound more Midwestern to me than anything else.
Canadians I think sound very much like Midwesterners, too, except for that "aboot" thing you all have been mentioning. Sometimes I'll be listening to someone on TV and think, "Hold up -- did he just say 'aboot'?" and I'll go look up the person on imdb and sure enough, he's from Canada.
It wasn't until I moved from Minnesota that I realized Minnesotans have an accent. It's that we say "Minnesooootans." Not exactly like the Canadian "aboot" but we say that O with a completely round mouth, in a kind of Scandinavian way, whereas people on the coasts would say something closer to "Minnesoteewwoootons."
Minnesota is anther place where they sound like their noses are all stuffed up!! :laugh:
well if ennis was from canada he'd say "eh?" instead of "huh?"
I picked English... by which I mean British (all varieties of British accents).
Some English accents are nice.....but.......is there anyone else out there that feels like I do about David Beckham........he looks so so sexy, and then he opens his mouth and its awful.
My NZ opinion is biased but to help the readers should they need to distinguish those of us from down under, the best way to tell an Aussie from a Kiwi (NZ) is either the "fish n chip" test or the number 6 test??? (no offense intended to my cousins across the Tazy)
NZ = Fish n Chips
Aussie Feesh n cheeps
NZ siiix
Aussie seex
As to accents nothing beats a real strong aussie accent (eh mate) or American or well anything other than your own come to think of it
Absolutely correct! David Beckham should never speak in public. It's embarrassing! :-\
I like David Beckham's accent!! :D
I like David Beckham!! PERIOD!!! He's cute and so is his accent! :)
Kerry, don't you be mean to poor David now, you hear me? I'll have to spank you with a wet noodle! >:(
;) ;)
I'll have to give you that one Kerry LOL. Two of my colleagues from work are leaving for Bondi beginning of March... seriously. Not meaning to hijack the thread but I can understand the pull for NZers to immigrate to Oz, but why do Tasmanians immigrate to NZ? 3 out of the 4 Aussies I know here are tazzies??
Some English accents are nice.....but.......is there anyone else out there that feels like I do about David Beckham........he looks so so sexy, and then he opens his mouth and its awful.
Can I ask you Aussies something on what's kind of a sensitive and sad topic but one I've always been curious about? Heath's accent. To me, his accent never sounded quite like what I think of as an Australian accent. If anything, it sounded a bit ... well, almost more British. At least, he didn't (sorry, I hate using past tense) sound quite like the Australians I've known in real life -- a boss and a guy I very briefly dated years ago -- or on TV or whatever.
Was it a matter of the part of Australia he came from? Or are there class differences in accents there? Or was his accent trained for acting? Or am I just hearing wrong with my uneducated ears?
I know that in the U.S., accents can vary not only by region but often by state or even, in some cases, what part of a city people are from. So maybe it's as simple as that. In any case, I've always wondered and I hope it's not too touch a subject for someone to address.
I absolutly cannot STAND Brummie accents and scousers accents. God they are so awful. Can,t understand a word they say. I don,t mind Irish accents and scots are ok, think of Billy Connolly. :)
I was mean about David Beckham too ... does that mean I get a spanking??!! ;D ;D ;D
Susie :-*
What are Brummie and Scousers?
It tickles me when companies in the US use "someone with a British accent" on their answering service recordings because it "sounds elegant" when the specific accent they're using is very low-rent — cockney or something (I don't know the term; maybe that's Brummie or Scousers?). ??? ::)
There are all kinds of different Southern accents. People from coastal Virginia sound very "old-world" — the closest you'll find in the US to the Scottish accents from which they sprang. And Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas accents sound very different from each other. A friend of mine (who was from New Hampshire) said that when I left my native Tennessee and lived in the Florida panhandle for a while, my accent changed.
The most beautiful accent I ever heard was on this guy from Louisiana. Somewhat similar to New Orleans but purer . . . prettier. OMG — just made mah lil' heart go pitty-pat . . . :o
The most beautiful accent I ever heard was on this guy from Louisiana. Somewhat similar to New Orleans but purer . . . prettier. OMG — just made mah lil' heart go pitty-pat . . . :o
Can I ask you Aussies something on what's kind of a sensitive and sad topic but one I've always been curious about? Heath's accent. To me, his accent never sounded quite like what I think of as an Australian accent. If anything, it sounded a bit ... well, almost more British. At least, he didn't (sorry, I hate using past tense) sound quite like the Australians I've known in real life -- a boss and a guy I very briefly dated years ago -- or on TV or whatever.
Was it a matter of the part of Australia he came from? Or are there class differences in accents there? Or was his accent trained for acting? Or am I just hearing wrong with my uneducated ears?
I know that in the U.S., accents can vary not only by region but often by state or even, in some cases, what part of a city people are from. So maybe it's as simple as that. In any case, I've always wondered and I hope it's not too touch a subject for someone to address.
Can I ask you Aussies something on what's kind of a sensitive and sad topic but one I've always been curious about? Heath's accent. To me, his accent never sounded quite like what I think of as an Australian accent. If anything, it sounded a bit ... well, almost more British. At least, he didn't (sorry, I hate using past tense) sound quite like the Australians I've known in real life -- a boss and a guy I very briefly dated years ago -- or on TV or whatever.
Was it a matter of the part of Australia he came from? Or are there class differences in accents there? Or was his accent trained for acting? Or am I just hearing wrong with my uneducated ears?
I know that in the U.S., accents can vary not only by region but often by state or even, in some cases, what part of a city people are from. So maybe it's as simple as that. In any case, I've always wondered and I hope it's not too touch a subject for someone to address.
Hahahahhaa.....I see Kerry was writing his post at the same time as I was.......
Well, Kerry, we both agree where Heath got his accent from........but.........I had to have a giggle at you putting us "ockers" down in the uneducated unwashed masses.......fair dinkum mate......isn't "working class" a better way to put it.
I'm no intellectual, but I'm not a yob either. Just an average, everyday, garden-variety citizen of the Land of Oz!
Just goes to show, just how many varieties there are in this Beautiful garden.....eh Kerry !!!
;D ;D ;D
She's smiling now but...... >:(
You dissed the D, Susie. We can't have that around here. >:(
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Warning! Warning! Kerry has self-defence wet noodles of his own, armed with nuclear-powered, extra-hot-chillisauce warheads! They deliver an extremely painful, damp slap!!! ;) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Well make sure you have those noodles tuned up real good Kerry, because NOBODY yokes up David Beckham and gets away with it!! >:(
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Susie, I'm coming for you too girl! You better run! ;)
I know how you feel, David. It's the same way I'd feel if someone said something bad about Chris "God Incarnate" Meloni! :P :P :P
Here you are, mate!
(http://www.one-garden.org/Indig/images/Digitalis.jpg)
Digitalis purpurea
Kerry was smitten with Chris Meloni's finely shaped axillae, developed a little tachycardia, and asked, "pass the digitalis".
Being the good doctor, I obliged with the real thing.
Now, David, I hope you have a large pot of pasta, because I was about to blast Becks. He sounds like Mike Tyson! Some men should be seen and not heard.
So as not to be completely OT, can someone please tell me what Chris' accent is? To me, it doesn't necessarily sound "American." In fact, he doesn't seem to have an accent at all, to my ear. ???
So as not to be completely OT, can someone please tell me what Chris' accent is? To me, it doesn't necessarily sound "American." In fact, he doesn't seem to have an accent at all, to my ear. ???
IMDb says he was born in Washington DC and his ancestry is half Italian (see, Kerry!) and half Quebecois (very good, David).
Thanks for getting back to me, Paul and David. I just went over to Chris' Wikipedia page and found lots of interesting information about him, including some links to fan sites that I've added to my Favourites! ;) :D
Did it say what kind of accent he had Kerry? I don't believe I've ever heard him talk. He sure is cute though!