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Marie · Rickmaniac Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 922 Location: Sweden

Yeah, maybe...
Swedish in itself is a really beautiful language, but english with the swedish accent- sounds funny to me. But I guess kind of sweet...

jacksl · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:02 am Post subject:

It is for me anyway...it's kind of sing-song...it is sweet!
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Eustacia · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:22 am Post subject:

Don't tell me about accents. They're annoying and difficult to get rid of. Part of why I enjoy being on the internet is that people can't hear me Laughing

When I first went to England 7 years ago, my English friends told me quite bluntly that I would have to start speech training all over again. I was in a foul mood and stopped talking for a whole week because it was so depressing - I wanted to become a teacher, after all. It annoyed the hell out of me that my friends, who to my ears didn't speak any better than I did, got compliments on their English all the time and I never got any.
Schools in this country concentrate on written English, they never tell you that your accent is horrible (probably because most teachers have horrible accents, too).
I know I've improved since then, but pronunciation is still my secret obsession, and it is only after the second glass of wine that I stop worrying about it Wink

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njf61 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject:

That's funny, Eustacia, it doesn't sound like you have an accent at all to me!!! Wink

I expect German people to speak English with a German accent....how else are you supposed to talk??
As I've said (too many times) I love different accents, and enjoy listening to people from other places (except Chicago)
Now, I on the other hand, still have way too much hillbilly in my voice...quite embarassing, people think you're stupid if you sound southern, it goes with the territory. Crying or Very sad

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jacksl · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

Your typing is completely accent-free!!!!

Accents are great and make us unique!!
I'm like you Nora....where I come from the accent is quite strong, and we are mocked on TV and such as being more than a little thick....which is not very kind, and I do wish I sounded less country bumpkin and more refined, but that is not to be!!!
...Hagrid has an accent like mine, in case you're wondering, and we are all portrayed as simple folk!!

Still...it could be worse!!
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njf61 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject:

I love Hagrid's accent, Jackie!
And, I know not even all people from the south here, not even say...Alabama or Arkansas (my fam) are uneducated, but it leaves that impression. And, I don't have as much as them, not even as much as my husband...but it's still there...
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jacksl · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject:

People in Devon and the West country are portrayed as straw-chewing, in-bred tractor huggers, who are over familiar with either their sisters or sheep....The trouble is, whenever someone from this area goes on a national quiz show,or something similar, they are usually nutters, or a little "unique", shall we say....and just perpetuate the myth!!.....I despair!!
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Eustacia · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject:

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Magenta · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:40 am Post subject:

For a couple of months when I stayed with a friend in London I did all the meals. She hated cooking but she loved to eat. Even cooked breakfast. When she realized that I like cooking and shopping for groceries she suggested she would take over all the other chores in the house. I would prepare meals.
First I told her that this would not be a fair deal, but she insisted on it. It was like living in heaven and she seemed to be very happy too. I did more cooking than I would have done under normal circumstances. I would not have two to three cooked meals a day at home. So I think I did a fair amount of work. Still. I was enjoying most of it.
So I am a lazy German.

But a flat mate who does not take over a fair part of all the rubbish work, or offers something I couldn't do myself, such a person would not last long in this houshold.
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Eustacia · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

jacksl · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

The Englishman abroad....well, what can I say.
They have the reputation of being loud, drunken thugs, who only want to eat English food and speak English....and if they don't get understood....SHOUT English.
Unfortunately, they are acting the same way they do at home! There are a core group of English travellers who all congregate on the Costa Del Sol or Majorca....who behave in this way!
Thankfully, I believe people like yourselves realise that not all English people are like this...I hope...but they keep reappearing year after year and do it again and again....I really do despair!!
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skittlebunny · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject:

yes, English people do have a bad reputation, but from what I have seen on my travels, non-english people are quicker about forgetting stereotypes if you turn out to be a good person than we are generally. I personally don't believe in generalising, and I'm quite shocked at some of the opinions which some people have in this country about foreigners. They usually seem to be tabloid readers. . .usually, not always of course. . .that would be generalising.

About the accent thing, I must admit I have a bit of a thing for a man who speaks English with a foreign accent. . .one of my teachers was russian/east european and had the most gorgeous accent, it made it rather difficult to concentrate at times!

I think for accents, the british are the worst, I have travelled a lot around the mediterranean and british people speaking other languages. . .not nice unless it's fluent and properly done, which is rare. I also think we have one of the most boring languages, but maybe that's the way many people speak it now. It's certainly not boring when Alan talks. . . Laughing

njf61 · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject:

Isn't that odd how people perceive other people?
Americans think the English are very reserved, Germans neat & orderly, oh yes, all Italian men are flirts (most of us have never met an actual man from Italy!), and all Asian people are very smart with technology!

And, yes, I've heard about all that vacation time and maternity leave in Europe!! I can't imagine...When you start a new job here, you usually get one week to start off, then after a year you get another week, after 5 years another, etc. Or, you earn so much per day worked as I do, like 6.something hours per 2 weeks (it was 12 hours, which is one day for me, until I quit and came back... Crying or Very sad

) And, if you have a decent job, you get 6 weeks off after having a baby, but alot of people can't afford to do that...and Dads get nothing, maybe a day or so out of their vacation time to stay home and help, that's it.
don't Americans all die earlier from heart disease than people in other countries???
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