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Drew 
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 20:33 |
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French.
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DarioIndjic
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 20:31 |
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Quebec accent .Terrible!!
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Ars longa , vita brevis
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 04:29 |
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personally i don't like vietnamese accents.
most asian accents just sound silly.
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 04:28 |
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Why are they all Caucasian accents? Afraid of sounding racist?
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 04:23 |
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I love all accents actually. .... but i'll say American cause that's what i am. and i find my accent.... booooring. and that's a annoying
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Posted: October 24 2006 at 13:44 |
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Bush has ruined the Texan accent, which wasn't great previously.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: October 23 2006 at 07:19 |
Upspeak, eh?
Sounds like one of those made up words along the lines of 1990's management-speak... why not call it something we can all understand, like plain old 'irritating'?
Quote/Unquote yesterday had one from Terry Pratchett I've never heard before; something along the lines of "marriage is a contract signed by two people, each of whom swear the other is the only one who snores"... sooo true. 
By the way - "Moonraker"??
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 23 2006 at 03:59 |
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I guess it's not just a phenomenon in Swindon then, Jim? I actually believe the English intonation is worse than the Australia version.
It's horrible and I've heard my mother do it and she hates it too. Double standards!
Oh and I was listening to "Quote Unquote" on BBC Radio 4 yesterday and it got a mention on there; apparently it's called "Upspeak".
Edited by Geck0 - October 23 2006 at 04:01
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Posted: October 23 2006 at 03:22 |
 Geck0 wrote:
and the other is where they use vocal intonation and ask a question, when one isn't required. |
Ah yes, the interrogative 'lift' at the end of a sentence; now that is something I dislike intensely, and I've no idea where it came from - unless it is a result of the wobbling classes becoming addicted to Australian soap operas in the '80s & '90s & wanting to imitate the speech patterns of their heroes...
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Posted: October 22 2006 at 09:05 |
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Oh I probably do have an accent of some description, but not an obvious one to place. I try to avoid having an accent, but sometimes a bit of the Moonraker in me creeps in!
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Posted: October 22 2006 at 08:22 |
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^I guarante that you have an accent. I cant hear my own but every one I've met from outside of Birmingham says I have a strong brummie accent.
BTW, I like the Welsh accent.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 22 2006 at 01:41 |
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Welsh!
Especially those from the valleys and Newport.
I also really dislike Cockneys. All my family are from London and none of them sound like that! Althought they weren't from the EastEnd.
Texan isn't great either, it has to be said.
Finally, I hate the Swindon accent. There are many accents in Swindon, due to migration from London and Wales, but there is one or two specific accents that grate me very much. One is where they say "Hiya!" and the other is where they use vocal intonation and ask a question, when one isn't required. It's worse than the Australian intonation!
ARGH!
I try not to have any discernable accent, but I probably do.
Edited by Geck0 - October 22 2006 at 07:33
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Posted: October 21 2006 at 09:31 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
...if you folks heard me speak, you'd probably ask "where's your accent," but what you hear is my accent. I speak the way that people from the city of St. John's, who are of English (protestant) descent speak. |
We shall see, Peter, we shall see... 
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 20:26 |
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TEXAN! I can't help it..I like the sound of the stereotypical Boston accent and find the Texas accent very annoying.
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 14:23 |
Jim Garten wrote:
AtLossForWords wrote:
Well then again there are those Newfie accents. |
I could be wrong, but I believe the word 'Newfie' is actually considered extremely offensive by some. I'd stress again, this poll is meant to be humorous, not divisive.
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Yes -- as a Newfoundlander, I find the term rather offensive, just as I find other diminutive forms such as "Paki" "Jap" "Spic" or "I-tie" offensive and insulting.
(I had let the use of the word go unchallenged, above, because I didn't think there was any intent to offend. Here on the "mainland," people tend not to know that the word is in increasing disfavour in Newfoundland.)
For the record, there is no single "Newfoundland accent" -- if you folks heard me speak, you'd probably ask "where's your accent," but what you hear is my accent. I speak the way that people from the city of St. John's, who are of English (protestant) descent speak. If I was of Irish (Roman Catholic) descent, my St. John's accent would be different again.
Different parts of Newfoundland were settled by people from different parts (and eras) of England and Ireland (mainly). Their accents differed when they arrived, and they still do. There are many accents in Newfoundland.
Thus concludes the lesson. 
Edited by Peter Rideout - October 20 2006 at 14:43
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 03:52 |
AtLossForWords wrote:
Well then again there are those Newfie accents. |
I could be wrong, but I believe the word 'Newfie' is actually considered extremely offensive by some. I'd stress again, this poll is meant to be humorous, not divisive.
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 12:04 |
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Texan without a shadow of doubt.
Who voted for Canadian? That's one of the most subtle accents there is. Well then again there are those Newfie accents.
Edited by AtLossForWords - October 19 2006 at 12:04
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 08:47 |
video vertigo wrote:
I went to spain for a week, after studying mexican spanish for 4 years in school since I'm not a native speaker it didn't bother me at all (unlike I probably bother real spanish speakers with my attempts) but I did notice a lisp on certain syllables that the mexican spanish speakers I'm used to didn't have. |
Of course it's hard to notice, Spanishs usw words that DON'T EXIST in the Real Academy Dictionary, their accent is simply horrible, they over pronounce the "Z" and the J, last month I saw in TNT an old James Bond Movie and the phrase "Hey Chaval. mi nombre es Bond JJJJJJames Bond" (With incredible strenght in the J as in Ham really made me want to destroy the TV set ) It was stolen from my house during the assault anyway  .
Peruvians from the Lima have absolutely no accent, we managed to destroy it so even Mexican accent is a bit strong but absolutely nice in comparison with the one from Spain, Colombians from some zones have almost no accent either.
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - October 19 2006 at 08:48
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 07:41 |
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Estuary English really annoys me. I quite like Northern accents.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 03:39 |
peter wrote:
This poll has a rather arrogant premise, IMO. Any "failure" lies with the uncomprehending listener -- not the speaker |
Hmmm - I like to think, Peter, this poll is intended as humorous, rather than divisive.
Personally, I believe there to be three accents:
1 - Mine
2 - Bloody Northerners
3 - Johnny Foreigner ("look, if you cannot speak English, go away quickly and return forthwith with somebody who can - chop chop!")
Ahem - sorry!
Personally, the one accent which grates on my nerves is Geordie; "Wy-eye man hoy me Newky Broon oot th' windee...." etc...
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