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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2006 at 09:05
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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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2006 at 03:22
Originally posted by Geck0 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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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".


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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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Points: 588 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2006 at 13:44
Bush has ruined the Texan accent, which wasn't great previously.
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Points: 529 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2006 at 04:23
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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Why are they all Caucasian accents? Afraid of sounding racist?
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Points: 387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2006 at 04:29
personally i don't like vietnamese accents.

most asian accents just sound silly.
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Points: 600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2006 at 20:31
Quebec accent .Terrible!!
Ars longa , vita brevis
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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2006 at 20:33
French.



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