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Everyone has an accent....
souxi:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on February 08, 2008, 04:15:01 pm ---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.
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Me Kate. He,s as dense as fog he is. His football "skills" arn,t much better either. ::)
serious crayons:
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.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on February 14, 2008, 12:35:51 pm ---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.
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I'd also be curious to learn more about Australian accents (regional dialects, etc.), since I know very little about that subject.
About Heath, I also agree that there were moments when he sounded British. Sometimes his voice actually reminded me of Keith Richards (only sometimes though). To me, Heath's voice seemed to change a bit from interview to interview... and I always sort of wondered if it had anything to do with particular roles he might be working on. I wonder if altering his voice for certain parts carried over into his normal speech patterns from time to time.
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: souxi on February 07, 2008, 06:35:08 am ---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. :)
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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
David In Indy:
I think many of the people in Maine sound somewhat British too. Also to a lesser degree in Vermont and New Hampshire. :)
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