Is the American accent looked down upon or adored in the UK?

[Liberty4eva]

Just wondering if I ever go to the UK and open up my mouth what kind of reaction I'll get. Will it get any type of reaction at all?

[Stephanie]

a lot of people don't like it, but you'd probably get people asking you to say certain words with your accent haha. or they will get you to imitate a british accent.

[Daniel McIver]

Some like the way you talk and some really hate it and find it annoying. Quite a lot of the time , english people ask amercians to say something because of how you speak. To be honest if you came to britain and spoke , people would say nothing and wouldnt react and just treat you as any other person.

[arista]

Just wondering if I ever go to the UK and open up my mouth what kind of reaction I'll get. Will it get any type of reaction at all?


No we are Polite.

[Princess]

Most people in Ireland seem to find it annoying,mainly cos the tourists are really annoying.

[Barbie]

I don't think anyone here would really care

[arista]

Most people in Ireland seem to find it annoying,mainly cos the tourists are really annoying.



Mabye Anti-Yank Patrick.

but not every one.

[Boothy]

I don't think anyone would even care tbh. I wouldn't.

[Omah]

Just wondering if I ever go to the UK and open up my mouth what kind of reaction I'll get. Will it get any type of reaction at all?

It may depend on your REGIONAL accent :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English_regional_phonology

;)

[Liberty4eva]

Most people in Ireland seem to find it annoying,mainly cos the tourists are really annoying.

That's too bad cause I have a mostly Irish ancestry. Ireland and the US used to be best of friends but seem to have drifted apart.

[Liberty4eva]

a lot of people don't like it, but you'd probably get people asking you to say certain words with your accent haha. or they will get you to imitate a british accent.

I don't mind doing that. I would be amused if just talking made other people amused. I'm terrible at imitating accents so that'll make 'em laugh. :joker:

[Marsh.]

How would you react to a British person talking?

[Liberty4eva]

How would you react to a British person talking?

I would try not to openly react but would be very curious about where they're from and I'd be excited. I doubt I'd ask them to say certain words but it would definitely be fascinating.

[Angus]

Well there isn't just one American accent, any more than there's just one British accent. Some American accents are extremely irritating, especially the nasal whiny New England, New Jersey, and New York ones. But then so are the West Country, Liverpudlian and Brummie regional accents in England, the Northern Ireland accent, the Glaswegian accent, and all of the Welsh ones, at least in my opinion.

[Tom4784]

I don't know any who would care either way really.

[Suze]

Some accents do grate on me, I won't lie about that, however I don't judge a person on their accent, I go by persona as to whether I find them very likeable or not. Some people shine in that respect, others fade.

[Smithy]

I'd be like :amazed: omg you're american!

[Vicky.]

Erm LA florida and that I really love. Texas and **** grate on me :/

[Niamh.]

Erm LA florida and that I really love. Texas and **** grate on me :/

I'm the opposite I love that Southern cowboy type accent

[Ramsay]

i like it

[Benjamin]

Depends where you're from. I don't even like all the UK accents, especially the Brummie accent.

[Boothy]

Depends where you're from. I don't even like all the UK accents, especially the Brummie accent.

:bawling:

[MTVN]

I like the American accent if it's not too Southern

[Josy]

Accents don't bother me at all.

[Tom4784]

Depends where you're from. I don't even like all the UK accents, especially the Brummie accent.

I know where I'm not wanted *packs up my things in Tibb Towers and leaves in a dramatic fashion*

[InOne]

A sexy American girl accent turns me on to be fair mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Ninastar]

The New York accent is :love:

[Ninastar]

A sexy American girl accent turns me on to be fair mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

:evilgrin:

[InOne]

:evilgrin:

:amazed:

[Niamh.]

I know where I'm not wanted *packs up my things in Tibb Towers and leaves in a dramatic accent*

aw, are you from Birmingham? I never knew that, I quite like that accent actually

[Ninastar]

:amazed:

i was kidding hehe. My accent is a mess

[Callum]

I wouldn't mind at all and I doubt many people would, I actually love the American accent, it's probably my favorite after Scottish. I would love to have one. :D

[Benjamin]

:bawling:

I know where I'm not wanted *packs up my things in Tibb Towers and leaves in a dramatic accent*

:laugh2:

Sorry guys, it's the few people I know from there have grating accents. I'm sure not everyone sounds the same. :)

[Benjamin]

i was kidding hehe. My accent is a mess

You're a mess. :bored:

[InOne]

i was kidding hehe. My accent is a mess

Ya I've heard it dear :tongue:

[Mystic Mock]

i think it depends on what accent you have got really.

[Mystic Mock]

Depends where you're from. I don't even like all the UK accents, especially the Brummie accent.

the brummie accent is great,:nono: its the scousers i struggle with.:joker:

[Tom4784]

aw, are you from Birmingham? I never knew that, I quite like that accent actually

I'm about an hour away, I've got a Black Country accent but that's very similar to a Brummie accent anyway.

[Omah]

I'm about an hour away, I've got a Black Country accent but that's very similar to a Brummie accent anyway.

Oh no it isn't :

In common with most parts of the UK, the extent to which the Black country accent and dialect are used varies from person to person and across the Black Country itself, with some elements of the dialect being stronger in some towns than others. Local dialect was, and probably still is to a lesser degree quite distinctive between the different towns and villages of the Black Country. Although most outsiders to the Black Country cannot tell this difference, Black Country folk can quite fiercely defend the difference between the accents.

Thus while a single example of Black Country dialect is hard to give, as different areas of the Black Country differ with colloquialisms, examples include babby" for baby, "alf baerked" for stupid, "argy-bargy" for fight and "bostin" to mean "very good".

The word endings with 'en' are still noticeable in conversation as in 'gooen' for going, callen for calling. The vowel 'a' is pronounced as 'o' as in 'sond' for sand, 'hond' for hand, 'opple' for apple, 'sponner' for spanner, and 'mon' for man. Other pronunciations are 'winder' for window, 'fer' for far, and 'loff' for laugh

The traditional Black Country dialect preserves many archaic traits of Early Modern English and even Middle English, and can be very confusing for outsiders. Thee, Thy and Thou are still in use, as is the case in parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. "'Ow B'ist", meaning "How are you?" is a greeting possibly contracted from "How be it with thou?", with the typical answering being "'Bay too bah", meaning "I am not too bad" contracted from "I be not too bad". "I haven't seen her" becomes "I ay sid 'er". Black Country dialect often uses "ar" where other parts of England use "yes" (this is common as far away as Yorkshire). Similarly, the local version of "you" is pronounced /ˈjaʊ/ "yow", rhyming with "now". The local pronunciation "goo" (elsewhere "go") or "gooin'" is similar to that elsewhere in the Midlands. It is quite common for broad Black Country speakers to say agooin where others say going.

Despite the close proximity, many inhabitants of the Black Country resist hints at any relationship to people living in Birmingham, which may be called "Brum-a-jum" (Birmingham's colloquial name is Brummagem, a corruption of its older name of Bromwicham – and hence West Bromwich) or Birminam (missing the g and h out and saying it the way it's spelt). Residents of Birmingham (Brummies) meanwhile often refer to their Black Country neighbours as "Yam Yams", a reference to the use of "Yow am" ( or yow'm) instead of "You are".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country#Black_Country_dialect

[Tom4784]

Oh no it isn't :



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country#Black_Country_dialect

I do know my accent thank you very much, you don't need to bring Wikipedia into it. With the exception of the vocabulary, The Black Country accent is quite similar to the Brummie accent. If you talk to an older person though you can really tell the difference. I don't like being called a Brummie as I'm not but I accept that nowadays the accents are similar.

[Omah]

I do know my accent thank you very much, you don't need to bring Wikipedia into it. With the exception of the vocabulary, The Black Country accent is quite similar to the Brummie accent. If you talk to an older person though you can really tell the difference. I don't like being called a Brummie as I'm not but I accept that nowadays the accents are similar.

Oh no, they're not :


If someone speaks with a strong Brummie accent then they are often percieved as not very bright or as one academic research suggests - a police suspect with a Brummie accent sounds guilty!

Unfortunately this stigma applies to the Black Country accent too. Speakers from Wolverhampton, Dudley or Walsall are often assumed to be Brummies by default whereas in reality the accents are different.

http://www.birminghamuk.com/birminghamaccent.html

[Tom4784]

Oh no, they're not :



http://www.birminghamuk.com/birminghamaccent.html

Quote whatever articles you like, I live here. I hear the similarities and differences every day.

[Omah]

Quote whatever articles you like, I live here. I hear the similarities and differences every day.

Proximity is not the best argument for objectivity ..... ;)

[Liberty4eva]

How would you react to a British person talking?

One more thing. I'll admit that I think most English accents are sexy. In the US having an English accent I think comes with some subtle stereotypes, though mostly good stereotypes. People can think you're sophisticated (maybe not so much if you have Cockney) but other things as well like people may think that you have a liberal outlook on life.

And I know, whether it's admitted or not, that having an American accent brings some subtle stereotypes. I'd like to think if I went to the UK with an American accent the girls would automatically think I was a wild untamed beast in bed. :wink:

[Omah]

One more thing. I'll admit that I think most English accents are sexy. In the US having an English accent I think comes with some subtle stereotypes, though mostly good stereotypes. People can think you're sophisticated (maybe not so much if you have Cockney) but other things as well like people may think that you have a liberal outlook on life.

And I know, whether it's admitted or not, that having an American accent brings some subtle stereotypes. I'd like to think if I went to the UK with an American accent the girls would automatically think I was a wild untamed beast in bed. :wink:

Think on ..... :laugh3:

[Tom4784]

Proximity is not the best argument for objectivity ..... ;)

Relying on Wikipedia isn't a winning strategy either. The Black Country accent is distinct to the Brummie accent but nowadays it's more interchangeable apart from the words people from the BC use. The vocabulary is the thing that really seperates the accent but unless you live here then I'd probably say it's quite hard to tell the difference between the two. Most people outside of the West Midlands would consider both accents one and the same.

[lostalex]

I think American tourists get a bad name in the UK cause of all the Canadians that people assume are American.

Damn Canadians.

[Omah]

Relying on Wikipedia isn't a winning strategy either.

Luckily, I'm originally from Coventry and have worked extensively in Birmingham and in the Black Country but live elsewhere nowadays, so I have inside experience of most of that regions accents and dialects, while now having the comparative experience of accents and dialects from living in several other several other regions, including the South-West, the North-West and Wales ..... ;)

[Shasown]

Luckily, I'm originally from Coventry and have worked extensively in Birmingham and in the Black Country but live elsewhere nowadays, so I have inside experience of most of that regions accents and dialects, while now having the comparative experience of accents and dialects from living in several other several other regions, including the South-West, the North-West and Wales ..... ;)


My you do get around a bit.

Fully appreciate Dezzy's comments about Black country and Brummie accents being lumped together. I have a north eastern accent, washed out by living elsewhere, but I hate it when people are described as having a Geordie accent, even though to me they are clearly from places like Sunderland, South Shields, Hartlepool Durham, etc

[Omah]

My you do get around a bit.

Some people do and some people don't - I do ..... ;)

[Benjamin]

I think American tourists get a bad name in the UK cause of all the Canadians that people assume are American.

Damn Canadians.

For somebody who hates people hating on USA, I find it odd that you seem to hate Canadians.

I actually like there accent. ;)

[Shasown]

Some people do and some people don't - I do ..... ;)

I bet you say that to all the boys :wink:

[lostalex]

For somebody who hates people hating on USA, I find it odd that you seem to hate Canadians.

I actually like there accent. ;)
*their

i'm not hating, i'm just teasing.

And i love your sig. Totally points out the hypocrisy of the mods. If i said any of those things i'd get a 1 week ban.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

*their
i'm not hating, i'm just teasing.

And i love your sig. Totally points out the hypocrisy of the mods. If i said any of those things i'd get a 1 week ban.

:joker:

[Tom4784]

Luckily, I'm originally from Coventry and have worked extensively in Birmingham and in the Black Country but live elsewhere nowadays, so I have inside experience of most of that regions accents and dialects, while now having the comparative experience of accents and dialects from living in several other several other regions, including the South-West, the North-West and Wales ..... ;)

I've lived here my whole life and there's been multiple generations of my family that have lived here. I know the accent inside and out so don't try to lecture me on what it does or doesn't sound like. List all the places you've been, doesn't make you more knowledgeable about my accent when I've been speaking with it for 2 decades. It's a varied accent but it's dilluted like that wiki article said. In many places the main difference between the two is the slang used in the Black Country (like I've stated a lot of times already). They used to be more distinctive and even though I don't like being confused with a Brummie I can understand why people could confuse the two...because they are similar.

[Locke.]

Is liberty4ever the girl or the boy in their avatar?

[Tom4784]

And i love your sig. Totally points out the hypocrisy of the mods. If i said any of those things i'd get a 1 week ban.

It's a nonsensical comparision. You got your infractions for blatant trolling and baiting of members and you've been reported by many members throughout your time here, the quote from Ben's sig was making light of a silly situation and no one took it seriously or was offended by it. It's not created any problems, if it did then Ben would have to take it out of his sig but it isn't so it'll stay there until he sees fit to get rid of it.

There's no hypocrisy here, try harder next time.

[Omah]

I've lived here my whole life and there's been multiple generations of my family that have lived here.

Well, some of us decided to see the rest of the world ..... ;)

[Angus]

Well, some of us decided to see the rest of the world ..... ;)

How true! Such provincialism explains a hell of a lot.:bored:

[Niamh.]

*their

i'm not hating, i'm just teasing.

And i love your sig. Totally points out the hypocrisy of the mods. If i said any of those things i'd get a 1 week ban.

You realise that we didn't actually say any of those things in his sig?

[Shasown]

How true! Such provincialism explains a hell of a lot.:bored:

Wow the ego.

You must be operating under the misguided view your travel and experience has in some way shape or form opened your mind.

Believe me its apparent to all, it hasnt.

[Tom4784]

Well, some of us decided to see the rest of the world ..... ;)

That's good for you, send me a postcard on your travels but doesn't do anything for your argument though.

How true! Such provincialism explains a hell of a lot.:bored:

Shush Wombai.

[Omah]

That's good for you, send me a postcard on your travels but doesn't do anything for your argument though.

It's done wonders for my grasp of languages (5), dialects and accents, though ..... ;)

[Liberty4eva]

Is liberty4ever the girl or the boy in their avatar?

Neither. These are two of the most famous houseguests from the Big Brother USA series, Will and Janelle. Will is widely considered to be the best player ever in the 12 years of that show and Janelle is probably the most loved houseguest ever. They're a cute couple.

[Tom4784]

It's done wonders for my grasp of languages (5), dialects and accents, though ..... ;)

Fair enough, it just irks me when someone tries to tell me about something I've known all my life.

[arista]

Neither. These are two of the most famous houseguests from the Big Brother USA series, Will and Janelle. Will is widely considered to be the best player ever in the 12 years of that show and Janelle is probably the most loved houseguest ever. They're a cute couple.


well can I speak just to the Lady

[Benjamin]

*their

i'm not hating, i'm just teasing.

And i love your sig. Totally points out the hypocrisy of the mods. If i said any of those things i'd get a 1 week ban.

Firstly, thank you for point out my spelling mistake, but next time make sure you use capital 'I' if you want to point out my flaws. ;)

Secondly, my sig has nothing to do with this thread or you.


Back to the topic: most people won't hate the American accent, but you will always get those few that do. Same with any accent, anywhere in the world.