why are there so many accents this year?

[Edwin]

richard - canadian
mikey - liverpudlian
glyn - welsh
imogen - welsh
lisa - manunian (or however you spell it)
nikki - just trying to be upper class

THEY NEED TO PUT SUBTITLES ON MORE OFTEN, i can barely understand what these people are saying? does anyone else have the same problem?

[Deep2]

UUUUM Edweep you called me shallow for posting on looks and now you post on accent....uuum, you hypocrite. Shallow!!
Who cares? As you so aptly put it.

[BB-Rocks]

I can understand it all although Glyn and Imogen are quite hard sometimes

And how is Nikki trying to be upper class .. even if she did how is that to get understand

[pete_thomson]

And how is Nikki trying to be upper class .. even if she did how is that to get understand

It's my belief that the tone and diction that Nikki uses when she is angry or upset is mistaken for a faux upper class accent.

[Edwin]

Originally posted by Deep2
UUUUM Edweep you called me shallow for posting on looks and now you post on accent....uuum, you hypocrite. Shallow!!
Who cares? As you so aptly put it.

talk about cheap shot, i bet you were parading around "edweep" searches to find your target.

I was merely posting on how frustrating it is when you can't understand what they're saying because of their accent, how is that shallow?

Originally posted by pete_thomson
It's my belief that the tone and diction that Nikki uses when she is angry or upset is mistaken for a faux upper class accent.

well that's pretty much what I said... :conf:

[pete_thomson]

Originally posted by Edwin
well that's pretty much what I said... :conf:

No, you said "trying to be upper class". This would be Nikki delibrately trying to come across as something she is not.

I said that when she is angry or upset uses diction and a tone that could be mistaken for an upper class accent.
This is a misunderstanding of the person observing her.

This is not the same as what you said.

[Edwin]

Originally posted by pete_thomson
Originally posted by Edwin
well that's pretty much what I said... :conf:

No, you said "trying to be upper class". This would be Nikki delibrately trying to come across as something she is not.

ever heard nikki complain about how she thinks she is "middle class"

Originally posted by pete_thomson
I said that when she is angry or upset uses diction and a tone that could be mistaken for an upper class accent.
This is the fault of the viewer and not what you said.

well it doesn't take a genius to realise that nikki is trying to sound posh by over-pronouncing every word, and it was a joke, no need to make it the main topic of the godamn thread.

[Legend]

Mikey's mumbling annoys me but i'm used to it by now, every ba$tard in the street talks like that. I've been practicing and i can nearly talk at a normal pace with only a bit of mumbling! :wink:

[pete_thomson]

Originally posted by Edwin
ever heard nikki complain about how she thinks she is "middle class"

No, never.

Originally posted by pete_thomson
I said that when she is angry or upset uses diction and a tone that could be mistaken for an upper class accent.
This is the fault of the viewer and not what you said.

well it doesn't take a genius to realise that nikki is trying to sound posh by over-pronouncing every word, and it was a joke, no need to make it the main topic of the godamn thread. [/quote]

Well then Genius, my guess is that your OP was incorrect and should have said "trying to sound posh / upper class" not "trying to be upper class"

[Edwin]

Originally posted by Legend
Mikey's mumbling annoys me but i'm used to it by now, every ba$tard in the street talks like that. I've been practicing and i can nearly talk at a normal pace with only a bit of mumbling! :wink:

yeah i agree, i really wish they'd give him subtitles!

Originally posted by pete_thomson
Well then Genius, my guess is that your OP was incorrect and should have said "trying to sound posh / upper class" not "trying to be upper class"

seriously who cares? I can see you're trying to belittle me in every post i make, even for the most pointless reasons, so just grow up/shut up.

[booty-full]

how old????

[pete_thomson]

seriously who cares? I can see you're trying to belittle me in every post i make, even for the most pointless reasons, so just grow up/shut up.

This is another thread were you make statement and then ask for people to comment upon that statement and then don't like it when people respond.
It was hardly belittling when I said people are mistaken about her accent - you then tried to pass the comment off as the same thing where it clearly wasn't.

[Edwin]

Originally posted by pete_thomson
seriously who cares? I can see you're trying to belittle me in every post i make, even for the most pointless reasons, so just grow up/shut up.

This is another thread were you make statement and then ask for people to comment upon that statement and then don't like it when people respond.
It was hardly belittling when I said people are mistaken about her accent - you then tried to pass the comment off as the same thing where it clearly wasn't.

well many other people replied and you're the only one that annoyed me because you weren't even answering the question, and just pointing out a miniscule mistake i made in the original post.

[booty-full]

Seriously Edwin, forget it now.


Legend...... totally agree about Mikey. Every few words it's like...sorry?? What was that???? lol.

[pete_thomson]

OK - that's a fair comment.

But no, I dont have a problems with the accents. In my job I travel all over Europe, and I mostly only get a problem with people that can barely speak English. I'm not proud to say, but my skills in other languages is poor so have to rely on English :nono:

Regional accents are no problems for me but I'm glad there are no Glaswegians in the house as I find that I have to listen a few words behind trying to keep up with some of them!!!

[Legend]

Originally posted by booty-full
Seriously Edwin, forget it now.


Legend...... totally agree about Mikey. Every few words it's like...sorry?? What was that???? lol.

Conversations between Mikey and Glyn are a disaster, between Mikey's mumbling and Glyn's accent on a whole, it's like listening to 2 japanese people have a full on coversation.

[Edwin]

Originally posted by pete_thomson
OK - that's a fair comment.

But no, I dont have a problems with the accents. In my job I travel all over Europe, and I mostly only get a problem with people that can barely speak English. I'm not proud to say, but my skills in other languages is poor so have to rely on English :nono:

Regional accents are no problems for me but I'm glad there are no Glaswegians in the house as I find that I have to listen a few words behind trying to keep up with some of them!!!

thank god shabaz is gone then! :devil:

[BB-Rocks]

Originally posted by pete_thomson
OK - that's a fair comment.

But no, I dont have a problems with the accents. In my job I travel all over Europe, and I mostly only get a problem with people that can barely speak English. I'm not proud to say, but my skills in other languages is poor so have to rely on English :nono:

Regional accents are no problems for me but I'm glad there are no Glaswegians in the house as I find that I have to listen a few words behind trying to keep up with some of them!!!

Excuse me!! I talk like that:shocked:

Dont sonud like Shabaz though LMAO

When i go to England, they expect me to speak slower as if im in the wrong

If they came over they would be in for a shock!

[booty-full]

He was so damn annoying but at the same time I was split when he left.... On one side it was ad that he left because the drama was good television..... on the other hand the cracks in the rest of the house began to show at long last

[Deep2]

Oh...so you're not been shallow now, edweep, eh? And no, trust me, I wasn't going around 'edweep searches', don't flatter yourself, m'boy.

[Kaz]

Originally posted by Deep2
Oh...so you're not been shallow now, edweep, eh? And no, trust me, I wasn't going around 'edweep searches', don't flatter yourself, m'boy.

Deep2 - could you please have the common courtesy to use Edwin's proper Forum name.

Main Forum Rule No. 1 - 'Treat other forum members with respect'.

[chick]

Edwin have a smile on me :spin2::thumbs:

[Legend]

Originally posted by chick
Edwin have a smile on me :spin2::thumbs:

Chickkkk, hello. :laugh:

Have a cat from me.... :cat:

[GlitterEyes]

I dont mind the accents apart from Imogens as I find it hard to understand.

[lambruscokid]

Originally posted by Edwin
richard - canadian
mikey - liverpudlian
glyn - welsh
imogen - welsh
lisa - manunian (or however you spell it)
nikki - just trying to be upper class

THEY NEED TO PUT SUBTITLES ON MORE OFTEN, i can barely understand what these people are saying? does anyone else have the same problem?

I have no trouble understanding people, except Mikey when he mumbles - but that's mumbling, not an accent.

Nikki's the easiest to understand because she's always over-enunciating (and I'll leave the upper class comment alone, since it's already established that she's not doing that)

I have to make a comment on your listing of accents, though.
Richard doesn't exactly have a "Canadian" accent - it's more like he's trying to affect some British inflections, but running it all through a Bette Davis filter.

And don't forget Susie's fake posh accent. You KNOW she didn't talk like that as a child. She probably picked it up when she started trying to marry a rich man.

[sol]

I don't mind all the accents at all - it would be boring if everyone had a 'normal' English accent.

[GlitterEyes]

I think Richard changes his voice tones because he feels like an outcast. I think if we put a English person in a scotish school for example they would pick up on some tones and words that the scotish use that is just what will naturally happen as the weeks go by.

[lambruscokid]

Originally posted by GlitterEyes
I think Richard changes his voice tones because he feels like an outcast. I think if we put a English person in a scotish school for example they would pick up on some tones and words that the scotish use that is just what will naturally happen as the weeks go by.

Yeah, you're probably right. I know that when people come to New York they tend to start getting a little New York accent after a few years.

I think I'm being over-sensitive to Richard's accent because he's Canadian. Do other people agree with GlitterEyes?

[GlitterEyes]

I think his accent is very mild for a canadian aswell, plus the fact he talks alot of sense makes me like him. I havent thought much about his accent until this post was started. I find Imogen has the worst accent...cant understand her and she constantly says "Totally" although Glyn is fine to understand.

[lambruscokid]

Originally posted by GlitterEyes
I think his accent is very mild for a canadian aswell, plus the fact he talks alot of sense makes me like him. I havent thought much about his accent until this post was started. I find Imogen has the worst accent...cant understand her and she constantly says "Totally" although Glyn is fine to understand.

What do you mean mild? That his Canadian accent is mild?

Yeah, Glyn is easy to understand because his accent is consistent, so you quickly get used to it (plus, Welsh accents as well as Welsh itself is nice to listen to).

[Kore]

glyns welsh accent is much different to imogens welsh accent. obviously glyns is north and imogens is a south/swansea accent.

not many people realise that there was quite a few welsh accents. people in cardiff do not sound welsh at all.

[lambruscokid]

Originally posted by Kore
glyns welsh accent is much different to imogens welsh accent. obviously glyns is north and imogens is a south/swansea accent.

not many people realise that there was quite a few welsh accents. people in cardiff do not sound welsh at all.

True. I'm normally just used to hearing Welsh accents like Jeff on Coupling - Glyn's the first time I've spent so long listening to a northern Welsh accent. It's his that I was talking about. Maybe it's so much stronger because English is his second language.