I really don't like the American rhotic sound. And the overcharged intonation. Most video tutorials narrated by Americans (e.g. www.lynda.com) make me tired.
>>6
I'm French too, and i prefer British and Australian accents to American by far. I also hate the French English accent (I've been correcting mine by studying & practising the Estuary accent so hard). And "coz" used by a non-native like you just looks lame to me, sorry.
>>9
I get the same feeling. But i force myself to watch it in their original accents (especially on YouTube) because the content (science) interests me a lot. I feel relieved when i chance on one of those made by BBC.
I know I don't speak english as well as the american people, but I'm only 14, and I think I speak well for a french14 years old boy.
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Anonymous2009-09-07 20:21
>And "coz" used by a non-native like you just looks lame to me, sorry.
why? when we learn language we pick such slang as well, i don't see anything bad with it
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Anonymous2009-09-09 19:16
When British singers sing, why does their accent become American?
America > Britain
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Anonymous2009-09-10 2:48
It's easier to sing the vowels if you flatten them. Their accent doesn't become American, it just becomes flat - and that's not even all the time. I think you ought to listen to more British singers.
If there is any advantage to the American accent, it would be that it acts as the "text to speech" or "robot" of the English language: It pronounces every syllable cleanly, by the text-book rules, and omitting un-needed vowels from the written language. It's clean English, but with absolutely no character (well, then there are regional accents like in the South... that has character...). The Canadian Accent is also quite close to English, with a few notable differences.
My order of accent preference I would put
- British
- Scottish & Welsh
- Irish
- American/Canadian
- Australian (sorry :[ )
Many British singers are distinguishable from American singers by just listening to them. Even though i'm not a native English speaker, i can tell the difference.
Mine would be
- British
- Welsh
- Scottish
- Irish
- Canadian
- American
I'm not sure about Australian and New Zealand. Some of them are very close to British, others to American. The Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns speaks and sings like a British, but his wife Natalie Imbruglia speaks and sings like an American, when they are both Australian. I like the accents of Australian YouTubers like AngryAussie (http://www.youtube.com/user/AngryAussie) and 1GOD1JESUS (http://www.youtube.com/user/1god1jesus). There are some American accents i seem to like, again from YouTubers like Crosisborg (http://www.youtube.com/user/crosisborg), but he is of Irish descent, maybe that's why.
>>20
You will find different accents across the UK, same as you wild the US. The modern British accent sounds horrible. fink abaot it fow a momint.
Scottish people dont sound like that.
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Anonymous2009-12-08 0:12
Britfag here. There is no "British" accent, retard. Britain is an island, within which are England, Wales and Scotland.
I'm a canadian and I can honestly say our accent is not very english at all, I lived abroad and got used to hearing english and american accents and I can honestly say now that I can hear the difference I'd put canadian close to last. I cringe when I hear people raise their dipthongs...
I'd say
-English (RP)
-General American
-New Zealand
-Australian
-Scottish
-Canadian
-Southern American English
-Various chavy english accents
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Anonymous2009-12-08 2:25
in my opinion, southern accents only sound 'stupid' because people with this accent speak too fast. the accent is very capable of sounding nice as fuck if people were to take time and speak slowly, to take the time to make love with my ears and the insides of them.
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Anonymous2009-12-10 14:30
Never heard southern accent sound fine. In fact there is some show on TV I haven't looked at only because it contains a character with an annoying southern accent.
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Anonymous2009-12-13 1:19
Why do British men all sound like homosexuals?
Srs question.
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Anonymous2009-12-15 20:25
British can't fucking pronounce the final r in words, instead they just say "ah" like a fag opening up his mouth just before being fed a cock. They also can't fucking tell that 'tube' is spelt with a 't' and not 'ch'.
You fuckers probably never read a book in your lives, so what else can we Americans expect of people who never see words written properly? Thank god your worthless country lost its empire and now has no influence over the direction of modern English internationally.
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Anonymous2009-12-16 3:27
this thread brings to mind a wonderful exchange of words from the simpsons.
Troll louder, I don't think they can hear you in back.
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Anonymous2010-03-19 14:16
Are you serious? have you not ever though that americans pronouncing the T is wrong? I am sure that you do not say thawguhut when trying to say thought? And worthless Empire? If the Empire did not exist then many things that we have today would not exist, think next time before you post, and have a nice day.
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Anonymous2010-03-20 5:17
>>30
At least we don't say it 'toob'. What the fuck is up with that?
At least General American is not nearly as retarded as Estuary English (or "Heschry" if you want the authentic feel) or whatever you call the accent that kids speak these days in the Yew-Käy.
>>11
Yeah, "howdy partneRRRRRRR" to you too, Britfag.
Here's a speaker who's spoken English way longer than you, in a way more authentic way, in a way more English part of the country, and in times before mass surveillance and Muslims: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/text-only/england/portesham/
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Anonymous2010-03-24 22:49
OP, that's because United-Statian ARE stupid. So their accent sounds stupid too.
/thread.
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anonymous2010-04-15 20:23
I don't care what country your from, most of you here are idiotic bigots! People speak a certain way because that is how they are raised to speak. What is "correct" is up in the air. Also, a person's native speech pattern has nothing to do with their intellect!
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anonymous2010-04-15 20:26
Oh, by the way, I'm pretty sure they don't even say "howdy partner" in Texas anymore, and they sure never said it where I come from.
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Anonymous2010-04-18 13:44
でも、マウンテンデューが嫌いなのよ。
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Anonymous2010-07-21 20:50
Yeah, um, I think the british accent's are kind of funny,but I guess obviously other people find the american accents funny as well,I don't see anything stupid or wrong with it.
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Anonymous2010-07-28 3:46
Why does the American accent sound so stupid?
'Cause you are a fag :D
The Game ='D
Britain(<--LAND)= Scotland, England and Wales.
UK(<--NATION)= Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales
.... if you don't know that then get fucking educated before posting here. You're making an arse of yourself ...
>>39 Yeah, "howdy partneRRRRRRR" to you too, Britfag.
Milkribs isn't a fag brit, he's a canadian!
By the way, here's the real list from best to worst, based on proper pronunciation-
Normal American (ex. most Americans)
Canadian
Southerner (American)
Irish
Scottish
Australian
English (every other accent sounds interesting to me, but good god do I hate their accent...no thanks.)
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Anonymous2010-09-23 23:04
>>50
God tier (in order)
Southerner (Southerner here, I think it can sound good in the right situation, other times it sounds straight retarded)
Normal American
Irish
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Meh tier
Scottish
Australian
Canadian
everything else not mentioned above or below
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Shit tier
Welsh (sounds terrible)
English (not as bad as Welsh)
Boston
New York
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Anonymous2010-09-25 14:05
>>51
Well that is a decent list, except Boston and New york should not be so low.
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Anonymous2010-09-26 12:00
>>52
They should probably be about Welsh and English, but I still don't like 'em
Like I said, I'm a Southern, and that means I don't like yankees
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Anonymous2010-09-26 16:30
>>53
Well in that case fuck you, because I am from NY, dumb southern [lol].
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Anonymous2010-09-27 2:50
Americans invented retarded words like "Ain't", "Y'all", "Howdy", "Hidely ho", and "Yeehaw".
When u watch American tv programmes and they mimic English accents they make it sound all posh when it's not I'd like to see someone put on a standard/common English accent (well I'm a Londoner so maybe a Londoner accent).
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Anonymous2010-09-27 12:09
>>55
Fuck you, "y'all" is a great word. It solves they problem of saying "you" for plural (and getting confused) and wasting precious time saying two syllables like "you guys" or "you all"
Thanks for punctuating it correctly, most people put "ya'll" which is blatantly wrong.
Ain't can be alright in some circumstances
>>58
Meh, just revive "thou" pronoun. If conjugation is hard, use the same as "you". Like:
"Thou art a faggot", or
"Thou are a faggot".
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Anonymous2010-10-07 11:55
>>59
If you think y'all is a redneck word, you've never been down here. Everyone, I repeat, every-fucking-body uses it, Except maybe English teachers, but I've heard a few use it (in informal situations, which is when anyone uses it). I know people who are the farthest thing from a redneck that use it.
You are stupid, and you are just jealous of our great pronoun.
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Anonymous2010-11-26 3:10
your an idiot. I live in Florida and NO BODY says "y'all" you must live in Tecks-ass
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Anonymous2010-11-26 4:02
Does anyone else find the English voice in Google Translate annoying?
>>9
The element Al was originally called Alumium, then it was changed for no fucking reason to Aluminum. Americans stuck with this. Then it was changed to Aluminium because that sticks with the -ium trend of chemical elements. The rest of the world stuck with this.
Tube should be pronounced like "tyube". You should hear a t and a y (as in yes).
The reason certain American accents sound stupid to me is that they intonate normal sentences as if they were questions, making it seem as if they are constantly making sure they're not retarded.
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Anonymous2010-11-27 18:20
>>63
Thats because old people from the North live in Florida.
I've lived in Georgia and NC and have lots of family in South Carolina. Errybody says it.
>>69 Tube should be pronounced like "tyube". You should hear a t and a y (as in yes).
No, it shouldn't. It's "toob" you inbred fuck.
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Anonymous2010-11-27 22:42
chyoob
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Anonymous2010-11-30 18:20
Americans are stupid in the first place, of course their accent would also.
Hallo. I am Bernie from England.I spent 3 days in school before I quit and became a huge English douche who looked down on everyone else for not having as many bacterial colonies in my mouth. It actually makes my accent stronger!
You're just jealous because we're #1 in total crimes, rape, CO2 emissions, divorce rate, teen birth rate, heart attack, McDonald's restaurants, plastic surgery, and prisoners.
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Anonymous2011-11-07 22:00
America is the best country!
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Anonymous2011-11-13 12:21
If our accent wasn't so irritating, we would hold the British accent, the Australian accent, etc., in such high esteem. It's the whole reason any English narrators even get a fucking job. So, be happy that our accent is so shitty.
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Anonymous2011-11-14 23:13
Why the fuck do you sound so stupid you buttfucking faggot. America strong!
What? U jealous biotch from some backward far off land. We hear what u sound like. You damn well know American accents are sexy and are the most coolest and normal sounding voices in the world. I know what I hear and I damn well know that American accents are great.
there is no normal or standard american english, there are alot of dialects klie midwestern standard were people combine standard northern with standard southern, so they sound like a typical american but say things like rass-le instead of restle or war-shing rather than washing. but i dont blame you brit islanders for not knowing that as few americans even realise it, but really you need to stop lumping us all togeather as well when you say american that means nothing.....a new englander, southerner, midwesterner, westerner, west coast american, alaskan, hawaiian, porto rican? point is america is more like the whole E.U. then it is like one individual country hell even an iowan and an nabraskan are not all that alike even tho there both midwestern american.
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Anonymous2012-02-22 10:18
It's sad; this is actually an interesting topic of discussion to me and yet somehow it always devolves into "my country is better than yours" patriotic dickery. It'd be nice to know why General American sounds stupid apart from the fact that it's American.
If there's one thing in its favor, at least the rhotic accent is consistent with orthography, in contrast to whatever this person was suggesting: >>22
ACCENT PREFERENCE ACCORDING TO AN AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANTEE:
1. Maryland (not Baltimore)
2. General American Accent
3. Canadian
4. Midwestern
5. German
6. English Accent
7. Australian
8. Pakistanian (it's really pretty~)
Filipino accent in English...god, no. Spare me.
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Anonymous2012-02-28 23:27
Yo dudes, I think yer all leavin' out the hella important Northern California accent. Fer sher teh sickest accent.
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Anonymous2012-02-29 16:58
>>24
I actually read that in a British accent. how did you do that??
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Anonymous2012-02-29 22:17
>62
>If you think y'all is a redneck word, you've never been down here. Everyone, I repeat, every-fucking-body uses it, Except maybe English teachers, but I've heard a few use it (in informal situations, which is when anyone uses it). I know people who are the farthest thing from a redneck that use it.
I recall reading that people from the Northern United States, when asked to guess a speaker's socioeconomic class from a recording of his speech, invariably guessed that people from with Southern accents were poor and uneducated. They weren't able to differentiate between an upper-class Virginian accent and the barely-intelligible speech of an Appalachian inbred.