I have an English accent.... It's a London accent but not an East London accent (you know, cockney and all that stuff!
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Erm, hello!, whats wrong with a Northern accent?!Originally Posted by Purity
I don't think I have much of an accent, certainly not compared to people who live in the north of the UK or stereotypical Londoners! Just sound English I suppose (but without plums in the mouth!)
That would be Estuary English thenOriginally Posted by Purity
I don't think I have much of an accent, certainly not compared to people who live in the north of the UK or stereotypical Londoners! Just sound English I suppose (but without plums in the mouth!)
Same here!!! And another South Jersey member...who would have thought!!Originally Posted by GratefulBear629
Wow, I didn't realize how many members are near me in the Philly/NJ/NY area. Nice to know I'm not alone. haha
We do get alot of english speaking shows, they just put swedish subtitles on them instead of dubbing(like in germany!!Originally Posted by fwan
do you have the australian accent from watching home and away and neighbours?(i heard that you get english channels up there?)
Like in Gone with the Wind?Originally Posted by RoseHawke
Jus' cain't get more suthen.
Actually it depends totally on the person I'm talking to. If I'm talking to a northerner, it will get REAL thick. At other times, if I'm in a pedantic mode it will tend towards more a textbook almost English sort of thingy wossname.
And yes, the accents can vary not only between regions of the South (Florida excluded) but between city and country. Some parts of Southern Alabama have what most of y'all would probably think of as the "definitive" Southern accent although to most of the rest of us it sounds rather fake; dropping a lot of endings, drawling out words and dropping r's so that "there" sounds like "theyah." Other areas will turn it into two syllables, but it would be more like "theyar" with the r pronounced.
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That's interesting, Anne. I think I know the Israeli accent -- that is, I have one example of it, and I think it is unadulterated by other influences. The Sessional who teaches Hebrew in the theological college where I work is an Israeli woman. I LOVE her accent! I think it's quite charming -- in some ways not dissimilar to French. It's her voice I hear when I read your posts.Originally Posted by Anne
I have a terrible Israeli accent. I think. It's such a mess really. Been taught at school by American and Australian teachers. Then at university had to take a full year of "British pronounciation"...
Most Israelis can't even hear the correct pronounciation in English - can't tell the difference between "ship" and "sheep" for example, or "full" and 'fool" (is there one?). Which is also why Israelis have terrible spelling mistakes in English. The pronouciation course taught me to "hear" the difference between the different sounds, but I probably mix them up all the time when I try to talk. Fortunately most of my communications with English speakers are in writing
You got that right! I've always been under the impression that Philadelphiansand New Yorkers simply consider people from Jersey their "suburbanites" (though they envy Atlantic City's status as 'the Northeast's 'sin city"', and don't know what to make of the "Jersey Devil", especially when they're driving through the "Pine Barrens" at night!Originally Posted by lovemycodygirl
Half North Jersey aka New York...and half South Jersey aka Philly!