Most irritating accent
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Topic: Most irritating accent
Posted By: spectral
Subject: Most irritating accent
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:04
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Probably been done before, but don't you find some accents just grate? Do you find an accent on the vocals in prog improves a song or takes something away from the overall enjoyment. How about the accent of the guitar player, are his lead section degraded by having an irritating accent? What about the drummer, is an annoying accent a disability when hitting the skins... ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:06
Swedish !!!!! 
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Posted By: Gloryscene
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:08
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Sometimes when a drummer hits the skins he may scream like a wounded animal now that is an annoying accent....anyone for chess? ------------- "The Beautiful Ally Of Your Own Gravediggers" www.gloryscene.co.uk |
Posted By: Gloryscene
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:09
i voted for all of them as my name is Frances The MUTE hahahahaahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa  ------------- "The Beautiful Ally Of Your Own Gravediggers" www.gloryscene.co.uk |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:14
Damn, forgot about Swedish!! Is it true you all talk like that chef out of the muppet show? ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:19
Yes we do 
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Posted By: Gloryscene
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:23
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what about mute's? ------------- "The Beautiful Ally Of Your Own Gravediggers" www.gloryscene.co.uk |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:30
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Mute ? That´s no accent  ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 10:39
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it is if you're mute. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 17:52
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Australian and Californian. Both use Australian Questioning Intonation (AQI) which is really bloody annoying??? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 18:09
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I agree with you forgotten sun, although I absolutely hate your cat so much trhat it makes me want to shout out "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH f**king Hell" Anyway I voted for the old scouse patois, and I'm suprised that Welsh is not there! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 18:12
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I'm surprised they even let Welsh people on here,I mean it's not a proper country is it? There wasnt anyone in Wales until that pig made love to a sheep... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 20:30
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Finlands-Svenska å Gotländska
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 20:54
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Bostan accent...and American southern ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 04:19
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Welsh accent is the best ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 13:19
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the accent form argentina is the most irritating ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 14:02
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I can't believe I forgot to put Welsh on there. My mother is Welsh and I want to punch her whenever she opens her mouth! ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 19:43
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You did put in on there, you just put it as the question is all ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 03:42
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The Welsh half of me made that mistake!! Curse my damn mother! ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 12:37
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germans scare the crap outta me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 07:37
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German no doubt it sounds like pure evil...
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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 19:37
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Montréal accent. That 'Franglais' language kills me... ------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 14:30
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Definately Liverpudlian! Why do they always have to put it on!! e.g. Cilla Black aaaaarrrrgggghhh!! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 21:29
Canadians in Ontario don't have accents  German. |
Posted By: Thufir Hawat
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 21:36
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I can’t stand New Zealand Accent (Sorry Guys) I is really annoying… although I’m Australian. I like Scottish accents though. ------------- "I can't see through my eye lids" |
Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 21:45
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defenatly boston accent. pahk the cah. texas accents annoys the hell out of me. ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants. 
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Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 21:52
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Can't stand the accents of Frenchmen. French women on the other hand.... ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 22:11
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São Paulo (paulista*) accent... My God, it's about the English language not Portuguese!
* paulistas will tell you that my accent (from Rio) is much more irritating. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 22:15
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I live in Texas, have all my life, and ironically I absolutely hate our stereotypical accent. A hot girl with the accent is a total turn off. Great state to live in though, despite the terrible accent. ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: Xymphony
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 11:28
| German, Dutch, Arabic; and then French... |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 14:37
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I voted Dutch before I read it was about singing. Dutch English is terrible, see this quote: "How do you do and how do you do your wife?" ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 15:17
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I like how you divided up England....the country is the size of Wisconsin for cripes sakes.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 15:25
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The Brummie accent is the ugliest one I can think of. Speaking as a Liverpudlian, I am in total sympathy with anyone who hates professional Scousers - Cilla Black sets my teeth on edge, Jimmy Tarbuck is a good argument against the existence of that legendary Scouse wit and don't get me started on Stan Boardman.... ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 15:27
But with a greater variety of regional accents and dialects than the USA, Canada and Australia put together. And as for being a snobbish butler with a stick crammed way up your arse - don't knock it til you'e tried it ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
gdub411 wrote:Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 21:57
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German
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Posted By: Violenza
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 00:42
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A lot of American accents I find irritating. French Canadian accents come in second. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 10:50
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Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 21:50
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texan ugh. i cant stand it anymore.
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 22:32
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New York City accents - God they're annoying! And Norwegians run a close second, especially when they're trying to speak English.
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 03:52
| PORTUGUESE OF PORTUGAL BECAUSE SOUND STRECHT BUT I LIKE THE ACCENT OF BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE. |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 03:56
| None of the above |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 04:11
Who said Australian
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Posted By: Swanhild
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 09:46
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About accents, São Paulo countryside's is something of incredible... But, 'orra meu', if a poll was made back here for the catchiest accent, 'carioquês' (from Rio de Janeiro) would easily win. Every time I go there, even for a few days, I come back speaking the damn thing fluently.
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 09:52
Podiscrê!  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Swanhild
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 09:57
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You mean 'podishshcrê', for sure!!
For Gods sake, is it not enough for it to be just an accent... does it really need to be catchy too?
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 09:59
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In Rio, people have a shh shhh sound when they talk..
Here in the south we speak clean and correct Portuguese
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 10:19
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Not that the accent itself is annoying, but what's up with the pseudo-southern "red neck" accent? It exists everywhere in the United States. You can speak like a network news anchor, and a person who grew up a mile away can sound like a Hillbilly.
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Posted By: Sasquamo
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 10:19
| What's an American accent? Over here we consider the British to have an accent in the English language, is it the same the other way around? |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 10:55
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This one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCvm7Lje0A&mode=related&search=Cockney - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCvm7Lje0A&mode=related&search=Cockney
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 11:13
| It's interesting that the creator of the poll thinks that only England has regional accents, the rest are all national (except Texans who for some reason are differentiated from the "Americans" in the other 49 States.) |
Posted By: ViolinCyndee
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 00:39
I agree!!
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 09:10
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The American deep south accent is the most annoying thing in the hostory of annoying things, closely followed by cockney. Who the hell voted Brummie  .------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 13:07
you forgot about the minnesota/wisconsin accent. WOW that's annoying. -------------
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 13:11
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eastern european accent, i'm sick of it. i live with it. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 13:21
Scottish and Australian really pisses me off 
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Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 13:22
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I love it when swedes try to speak english.
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 13:59
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There are many distinct accents in Canada, and in America too.
There is no such thing as a generic "Canadian" or "American" accent, just as there is no single "British" accent. (Accents even vary within provinces, states, cities, etc.)
Anyway, everyone on earth has some sort of accent, and I don't find any of them to be "irritating." (Some might be harder for me to understand than others, but there is no "proper" way to speak. We say "standard" English, not "proper" these days. Two Cockneys or two Jamaicans, for example, understand each other perfectly -- there is nothing "wrong" with the way they speak. In the world of academic writing, however, "standard" English is required to facilitate broad, cross-border understanding.)
This poll has a rather arrogant premise, IMO. Any "failure" lies with the uncomprehending listener -- not the speaker.  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:04
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Why are people 'irritated" by accents, anyway? Just stay home if you can't handle the fact that people speak differently in different areas.
Accents and differences are facts of life -- deal with it!
(I think I see some hints of xenophobia/racism in some of the responses here.)
Hooray for diversity!
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:17
Peter's correct...the one quoted here is a particular disgrace. Imagine a pig agreeing to go with a sheep!!!
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:23
there really isn't anything worse than a scouse accent; it's a perpetual whine like they have a permanent gripe against the world...
...whoops, that'll be me following Boris Johnson up the M6 to make an official apology on BBC Radio Liverpool, tomorrow morning...
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:25
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Hey im from Texas!! btw I don't have a Texan accent really, except i say "yall" a whole lot ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 17:23
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I agree with those who think that the "american" accent is ridiculous.
I can think of about 15 different american accents. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 21:08
| boston and italian accents are the most annoying |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 21:12
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People from Indiana (and Michigan I think too) are known for having very little to no accent, and I think that holds true for me. I'm not really bothered by many accents, but if it's to the point where you can't understand the person, then that's tough. The movie "The Departed" used a Boston accent excellently...and heavily, and it actually makes the movie better. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 21:12
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None. The irritation is on the listener, not in the accent. Things are just things, physical or not. Idividual interpretation is what turns them into something else. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: yesfan88
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 00:40
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I'm American, so I've never heard most of these. Texan is the most annoying I've heard, especially because it is often paired with bad grammar. ------------- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"- Evelyn Beatrice Hall |
Posted By: epifreak
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 02:20
| I'm going to have to jump on the "America has obnoxious subdialects too" bandwagon. Having lived in Tennessee all of my life, I can vouch for at least 6 subgenres of the Southern American dialect, most of which are (assuming a moderate-heavy strength) nails on the chalkboard to my ears. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 02:24
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Most of you won't get it but for Spanish speakers, the one from Spain is unlisteneable, horrible IMO.
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 03:05
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. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 03:59
For God's sake! As an Italian I have to strongly disagree!!! Northern italian accents (in which I belong) differ enormously from central or southern ones...and even in each of those groups you can immediately tell a Piedmontese speaker from another from Milan, Venice, Genoa or Bologna...same goes for the centre (Florence and Rome accents are a great deal different) and the south (Naples and Palermo ones for instance). As a piedmontese dialect connoisseur, I can even tell from which area surrounding Turin another one comes from... And that's true for the majority of Italians! As a matter of fact, the accents you maybe refer to as "Italian" belong in the southern group, since the majority of Italian immigrates abroad trace their origins in Southern Italy (mailny Campania and Sicily). However, when speaking (or singing, since this is the focus of the post) in english, our accent can surely be heavy and annoying, but I think nothing can beat French and Japanese when they're at it! Man, they really make my nerves creep, and I hardly can understand a word when they're talking (or singing)!!! ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 03:39
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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Posted By: Neil
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 07:41
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Estuary English really annoys me. I quite like Northern accents. ------------- When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 08:47
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.
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Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date 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. -------------  
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 03:52
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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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 14:23
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.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date 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. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 21 2006 at 09:31
We shall see, Peter, we shall see...
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date 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. -------------   
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Posted By: sleeper
Date 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. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date 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 By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 23 2006 at 03:22
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 By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date 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". -------------
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 23 2006 at 07:19
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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.
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Posted By: the icon of sin
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 13:44
| Bush has ruined the Texan accent, which wasn't great previously. |
Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date 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 By: B.B Hood
Date Posted: October 25 2006 at 04:28
| Why are they all Caucasian accents? Afraid of sounding racist? |
Posted By: mina
Date Posted: October 25 2006 at 04:29
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personally i don't like vietnamese accents. most asian accents just sound silly. |
Posted By: DarioIndjic
Date Posted: October 26 2006 at 20:31
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Quebec accent .Terrible!! ------------- Ars longa , vita brevis |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: October 26 2006 at 20:33
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French. ------------- |