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General Discussion => The Flea Trap => Topic started by: RW on July 19, 2015, 06:38:16 PM

Title: Accents
Post by: RW on July 19, 2015, 06:38:16 PM
I know some of you were born in other places and some of you have moved away from your birth countries, but have you kept your accents from your birth place or have you adopted your new country's accent?  Do you find you've mixed your accents?  Can people tell you are from another place?
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: cc on July 19, 2015, 07:22:01 PM
While born in Oz, I came over young and thankfully I lost any trace of that horrible sound.



Now I have only a boring S Ontario sound. No one would guess where I was born.



I can fake a pretty good Tennessee accent though ... I guess because I visited there a lot and loved the way they spoke. I think it was the courtesy they show to others  that turned me on to it. Even a short phone call to people I know there finds me talking Tennessee for hours after . without trying to
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 19, 2015, 08:24:24 PM
People I speak to face to face say I no longer have an accent but folks on the phone say I do. Go figure. This Canadian-born Pinoy (Filipino) has a funny video on Filipino accents. He really speaks without an accent but he is exaggerating here.  :laugh3:



Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2015, 09:03:33 PM
Quote from: "RW"I know some of you were born in other places and some of you have moved away from your birth countries, but have you kept your accents from your birth place or have you adopted your new country's accent?  Do you find you've mixed your accents?  Can people tell you are from another place?

Although I was actually born in Canada, I went back to Taiwan shortly after..



English is my third language after Taiwanese and Mandarin..



When we came to Canada as a family I had to learn English..



Most people say I do not have an accent, but a few people say they hear the odd word that gives away I am an immigrant..



I am very comfortable with English though.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 19, 2015, 09:11:19 PM
I don't have an accent.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 19, 2015, 09:20:56 PM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"I don't have an accent.

You don't sound so obnoxiously Australian.  Is that he Brit coming through or is that long gone?
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 19, 2015, 09:25:44 PM
I don't have an accent. If I did, my friends and acquaintances would tell me.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 19, 2015, 09:30:11 PM
ARG!!!!



You are so frustrating sometimes!!!!
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: cc on July 19, 2015, 10:07:23 PM
lol no shit



I'm picturing Aussie Cockney mix  ac_crying
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 19, 2015, 10:26:37 PM
Join the next Skype party and find out for yourself!!!!
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 19, 2015, 10:30:21 PM
Quote from: "cc la femme"lol no shit



I'm picturing Aussie Cockney mix  ac_crying

I'm picturing a lot of Aussie Cockney myself  ac_blush
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Frood on July 19, 2015, 10:32:38 PM
Or wombat.  ac_smile
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 19, 2015, 10:33:47 PM
Quote from: "RW"
Quote from: "cc la femme"lol no shit



I'm picturing Aussie Cockney mix  ac_crying

I'm picturing a lot of Aussie Cockney myself  ac_blush


TART



 :001_rolleyes:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: cc on July 19, 2015, 11:09:14 PM
:laugh:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 19, 2015, 11:20:04 PM
I couldn't let a set up like that go to waste!!!
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: asal on July 20, 2015, 12:17:15 AM
I tease my Philippino coworker by saying "pibe"
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 21, 2015, 06:13:09 PM
Quote from: "RW"I know some of you were born in other places and some of you have moved away from your birth countries, but have you kept your accents from your birth place or have you adopted your new country's accent?  Do you find you've mixed your accents?  Can people tell you are from another place?

Yeah, I got a bit of a fucking accent, so fucking what. I'm still fucking lovely. :001_tongue:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 21, 2015, 06:16:39 PM
Sweet as sugar like always Shen :D
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 21, 2015, 06:24:37 PM
Quote from: "RW"Sweet as sugar like always Shen :D

Fucking rights I am.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 21, 2015, 08:18:47 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "RW"I know some of you were born in other places and some of you have moved away from your birth countries, but have you kept your accents from your birth place or have you adopted your new country's accent?  Do you find you've mixed your accents?  Can people tell you are from another place?

Yeah, I got a bit of a fucking accent, so fucking what. I'm still fucking lovely. :001_tongue:


So, you squawk and drawl like all the other ch1nks?
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 21, 2015, 09:23:41 PM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "RW"I know some of you were born in other places and some of you have moved away from your birth countries, but have you kept your accents from your birth place or have you adopted your new country's accent?  Do you find you've mixed your accents?  Can people tell you are from another place?

Yeah, I got a bit of a fucking accent, so fucking what. I'm still fucking lovely. :001_tongue:


So, you squawk and drawl like all the other ch1nks?

 :001_rolleyes:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 21, 2015, 09:25:46 PM
I only meant Shen Li.... ac_blush
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 21, 2015, 09:28:53 PM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"I only meant Shen Li.... ac_blush

lol SPECTRE, that's different.

 :laugh:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: cc on July 21, 2015, 09:29:11 PM
nice try, but a bit late out of the gate
Quoteall the other ch1nks?

 ac_smile
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 21, 2015, 09:38:36 PM
Quote from: "cc la femme"nice try, but a bit late out of the gate
Quoteall the other ch1nks?

 ac_smile


Who asked you, sheila???



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Title: Re: Accents
Post by: cc on July 21, 2015, 09:53:10 PM
ac_biggrin
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 21, 2015, 10:59:38 PM
I do an awesome Chinese impression.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 22, 2015, 02:21:22 AM
And a pretty impressive American impersonation...well, all you Canucks do, really...
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2015, 02:33:23 AM
I have an odd combination of easthe coast and southern slang....I've lived in a lot of states. Considering my flame board history, people who have spoken to me from the net usually comment on how soft spoken I am and how it clashes with my 'board impression' lol
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 22, 2015, 02:36:45 AM
I would expect you to be nothing but soft and delicate..."Dove"...geddit...geddit...



 ac_lmfao
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2015, 02:40:44 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"I would expect you to be nothing but soft and delicate..."Dove"...geddit...geddit...



 ac_lmfao
 Isn't it strange that my screen name has always been "Dove"....but I was soooo ruthless?  And I got washed in the blood.  I'm actually pretty delicate and sensitive.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 22, 2015, 02:42:39 AM
I get told I'm way nicer and more giggly on Skype.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2015, 02:46:12 AM
I think a lot of times online, our "tone" gets misinterpreted and we come off as forceful pricks. It's hard to express ourselves properly in heated discussions without seeming aggresive....I'm a passionate person, so I run into this issue often lol
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Bricktop on July 22, 2015, 08:54:14 AM
Quote from: "RW"I get told I'm way nicer and more giggly on Skype.


By whom??



 :confused1:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 22, 2015, 08:57:23 AM
Not you :P
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2015, 04:06:10 PM
Quote from: "RW"I do an awesome Chinese impression.

I do a pretty good one myself. :001_tongue:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: priscilla1961 on July 22, 2015, 11:52:12 PM
Quote from: "RW"I know some of you were born in other places and some of you have moved away from your birth countries, but have you kept your accents from your birth place or have you adopted your new country's accent?  Do you find you've mixed your accents?  Can people tell you are from another place?

I have the English poor accent. :sad:
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2015, 09:11:02 AM
Quote from: "priscilla1961"
Quote from: "RW"I know some of you were born in other places and some of you have moved away from your birth countries, but have you kept your accents from your birth place or have you adopted your new country's accent?  Do you find you've mixed your accents?  Can people tell you are from another place?

I have the English poor accent. :sad:

You are doing fine Priscilla.

 ac_smile
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: keeper on July 23, 2015, 09:39:18 AM
I can do a pretty good Scottish, Irish accent



My Australian accent has faded with time, now i sound like a lovely Canadian. ac_razz
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2015, 02:03:25 PM
I can imitate an East Indian accent so well, that if I was on the phone with someone they would not know I was not an EI. Jamaican accents are tougher to master.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2015, 05:45:03 PM
I like the Quebecois accent when they speak English.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: RW on July 24, 2015, 06:20:15 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li"I like the Quebecois accent when they speak English.

I do too.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2015, 06:25:43 PM
Quote from: "RW"
Quote from: "Shen Li"I like the Quebecois accent when they speak English.

I do too.

It's sexy.
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: cc on July 24, 2015, 07:03:07 PM
Edit - scrub that
Title: Re: Accents
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2015, 12:27:30 PM
There are many different accents in Newfoundland.
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