Do you have a strong accent?

[Minx]

If everyone could come out, this could be an EPIC thread

[Surfermom]

Californian with a little southern American slipping in from time to time. When I am in California I am told that I speak like a southerner and when I am in Florida, I am told I speak like someone from the west coast. That means that people are generally happier when I don’t talk at all!

By the way, Southern accents portrayed in most television shows and movies are embarrassingly exaggerated and usually don’t match the locale in the scripts. Tom Hanks accent in “Forrest Gump” comes to mind as one that makes me cringe.

I love accents though. The make for good spice.

[Minx]

@Tiffany

Back along I wasn’t Devonian.

Posh is fine, Minx. I talks a bit of Middlesex, a bit of London & a bit Devonshire.

I’m reading your comment trying to imagine your accent :-p

[Minx]

@Surfermom

Californian with a little southern American slipping in from time to time. When I am in California I am told that I speak like a southerner and when I am in Florida, I am told I speak like someone from the west coast. That means that people are generally happier when I don’t talk at all!

By the way, Southern accents portrayed in most television shows and movies are embarrassingly exaggerated and usually don’t match the locale in the scripts. Tom Hanks accent in “Forrest Gump” comes to mind as one that makes me cringe.

I love accents though. It makes for good spice.

Forgive me, I revert to CNN reporters’s accents when I read your posts

[Surfermom]

@minx

forgive me, i keep reverting to cnn reporters accents when i read your posts

[Minx]

@Surfermom

But if you prefer Fox, I’ll switch

[xirrpy]

Bbc english, circa 1950’s You Oiks

[Rox]

Soft Hebridan Brogue, Highland and Island English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in the Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides. It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than other forms of Scottish English.

[Rhosyn]

Welsh accent and proud of it.

[Psmith]

I like the Scottish accent.There’s a lot around here and no matter how long they’ve been here it’s still as strong as when they got off the plane.
I don’t have much of a Welsh accent but everyone thinks I’m Irish.

[Minx]

@xirrpy

Bbc english, circa 1950’s You Oiks

For the life of me I imagine Basil Fawlty. Must be your Avatar

[Minx]

@rhosyn

Welsh accent and proud of it.

Nice! Great rugby team too

[Minx]

@Roxy

Soft Hebridan Brogue, Highland and Island English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in the Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides. It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than other forms of Scottish English.

That sounds fabulous. Do you speak Gaelic as well?

[The_Artful_Todger]

@Minx

TAT what non English language do you speak?
I speak Afrikaans but understand Finnish and Dutch. My first language is The Queen’s English

Hebrew (Modern and Shul), German, Polish, Yiddish, and “Moscow” Russian.

Enough Latin to get by and some French. The only language that I can never get into is Portuguese, especially Brasilian Portuguese.

My first language was Yiddish closely followed by English and Russian.

I’ve picked up a few others enough to find the “beds and bogs” but not what could be described as even semi fluently.

[Minx]

@Psmith

I like the Scottish accent.There’s a lot around here and no matter how long they’ve been here it’s still as strong as when they got off the plane.
I don’t have much of a Welsh accent but everyone thinks I’m Irish.

But you’re a Kiwi.

Watch this the presenter is South African

World's Sexiest Accents | The Daily Show | 2 May 2019

[Surfermom]

@Minx

But if you prefer Fox, I’ll switch

Truth be told, I am not one for sensationalist political entertainers - either conservative or liberal - who pretend to be journalists.

I’ll keep my ears open for someone who sounds like me…:-D.

[Minx]

@Surfermom

Truth be told, I am not one for sensationalist political entertainers - either conservative or liberal - who pretend to be journalists.

I’ll keep my ears open for someone who sounds like me…:-D.

Yes please

[Judd]

Yorkshire and proud. I do tend to chuck in the odd Yorkshire dialect word which makes it difficult for people to understand, especially by those brought up on a diet of American soaps and other TV shows. Proper Yorkshire language is slowly being erased.

[Minx]

@Judd

Yorkshire and proud. I do tend to chuck in the odd Yorkshire dialect word which makes it difficult for people to understand, especially by those brought up on a diet of American soaps and other TV shows. Proper Yorkshire language is slowly being erased.

That’s sad. As Surfermom said, accents add spice

[Jazzi]

Having just watched a YouTube tutorial, seems I speak Estuary English! When talking to family.

However, I tend to talk a little better when with neighbours, people I meet outside, or on the phone to relatives.

Many years ago, in my early days of working at the Indian bank, one of the IBTOs (India Based Trainee Officer) said to me when she was due to leave for home ‘Janet, whenever I couldn’t understand you, I’d smile a lot’.