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Old 27-02-2011, 10:13 AM #1
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Most people in Ireland seem to find it annoying,mainly cos the tourists are really annoying.
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Most people in Ireland seem to find it annoying,mainly cos the tourists are really annoying.


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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.
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I don't think anyone here would really care
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I don't think anyone would even care tbh. I wouldn't.
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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_A...onal_phonology
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How would you react to a British person talking?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I don't know any who would care either way really.
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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.
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I'd be like omg you're american!
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Erm LA florida and that I really love. Texas and **** grate on me :/
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Erm LA florida and that I really love. Texas and **** grate on me :/
I'm the opposite I love that Southern cowboy type accent
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Depends where you're from. I don't even like all the UK accents, especially the Brummie accent.
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Depends where you're from. I don't even like all the UK accents, especially the Brummie accent.
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Depends where you're from. I don't even like all the UK accents, especially the Brummie accent.
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