12-11-2003 17:18									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer though this is not specific enough... english can be cockney, manchesteran, upper class, etc. american southern can be Missouri, plantation southern, etc. even in a single city, there's great difference... people in north philly sound much different from people in south philly (think the Rocky accent)

The word is Mancunian Alb, for your information arrrrr kid

Has to be Russian, must have been from watching all those Bond films when I was younger

	12-11-2003 17:19									#32
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Still, looks like there is hope for me yet, as I have an English accent

	12-11-2003 17:29									#33
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I find that it isn't any particular accent that gets me going, but more my experience with that accent or the quality of the voice that seems to have an effect. Growing up watching a lot of war movies I thought that German and Russian were vulgar sounding languages. After all I saw them being spoken by a lot of evil Nazis and Communists. Once I was in the army I found that Russian was a really beautiful language (especially when spoken by a certain blonde 6 foot tall instructor from St. Petersburg). While stationed in Germany my first experience with a beautiful sounding voice was the recording of a woman's voice on the streetcar, announcing the stops. This was soon reinforced by a number of lovely German women who deigned to speak to me during my time there.

There are accents that I don't care for particularly, especially East Coast accents in the U.S. as well as some of the nasal midwestern accents like those I grew up around in Michigan. I still don't care for that nasal accent, despite the fact that a lot of friends and former girlfriends who speak it.

	12-11-2003 17:30									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Big Crunch I can give you the phone numbers of a couple of such girls.

Good thing, because I doubt he could understand enough to get it from them.

	12-11-2003 17:32									#35
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Indian .. although, like every country, they have as many accents as they do regions (and even sub regional accents)..

	12-11-2003 17:32									#36
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quote: Originally posted by self biased aren't south african and dutch the same thing?

No, not exactly. Afrikaans is to Dutch what Cajun is to French, though IIRC it has moved even further from Dutch due to the larger population base of its speakers and the larger number of languages that influence it including Portugese, English, French and a number of African languages.

	12-11-2003 17:35									#37
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I know a Chinese girl who when she speaks English, she does it in a very soft sexy French accent. Also, she doesn't realize this.

	12-11-2003 17:39									#38
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander No, not exactly. Afrikaans is to Dutch what Cajun is to French, though IIRC it has moved even further from Dutch due to the larger population base of its speakers and the larger number of languages that influence it including Portugese, English, French and a number of African languages.

eek. i've got a freind of mine that speaks cajun. to think that a language could be even further removed from it's source... oi.

	12-11-2003 17:45									#39
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi I know a Chinese girl who when she speaks English, she does it in a very soft sexy French accent. Also, she doesn't realize this.

We want a pic!

	12-11-2003 17:54									#40
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She's married now. Sorry. Also, she's a good friend, but obviously racist. You know, Chinese are the best sort of thing. Everyone else is underevolved. If you ignore that she's very nice, and has been a great friend to me.

	12-11-2003 18:02									#41
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I like oriental girls but the Russian accent. What I need is someone who is a cross of both...

	12-11-2003 18:18									#42
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you should go for one of those siberian eskimos then

	12-11-2003 18:26									#43
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Irish
Australian
US Southern
South African (as in native English speaking South Africans)

	12-11-2003 19:09									#44
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf you should go for one of those siberian eskimos then

As long as she moves here, it would be a bit too cold there

	12-11-2003 19:45									#45
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quote: and Japanese and Korean accents are different from Chinese ones.

Rearry?

	12-11-2003 19:54									#46
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pretty much any accent

european ones do so the most

Jon Miller

	13-11-2003 04:44									#47
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:mmm:

I've worked with a girl with an Afrikaans accent, I tend to pick up on it after we've talked for any length of time.

I also like a Brit in my history class, wonderful British accent, though she was born in raised here in BC.

However, the best for me is a strong Hispanic accent, Mexican is absolutely beautiful.

	13-11-2003 04:45									#48
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Space05us:

What's a Canadian accent?

Are you talking about the Newfies on the coast?

	13-11-2003 04:49									#49
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quote: What's a Canadian accent?

Canadian's don't have an accent, eh... You flippin' hoser, don't even know what you talkin' aboot

A lot of accents "do it" for me; peurto rican southerner with a touch of Bostonian I really hate the Midwest accent, like in Fargo. Makes them sound like idiots.

	13-11-2003 05:10									#50
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quote: I like oriental girls but the Russian accent. What I need is someone who is a cross of both...

I'm seeing a gorgeous Japanese girl who lived in Moscow for years as a child and is studying Russia at uni...

	13-11-2003 05:12									#51
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quote: Canadian's don't have an accent, eh... You flippin' hoser, don't even know what you talkin' aboot

This depends on the region. People over here in BC won't talk the same way as people back east, or people in Quebec.

I just want to find out what accent Space05us considers, 'Canadian.'

	13-11-2003 06:59									#52
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident they all sound alike What is Daphne from the tv show frasier? In the show she is supposed to be from Manchester. I don't know if her accent fits that or not.

Its supposed to be Manchester, but it sounds a bit put on to my hear. If you hear her talk out of character you'll find that her accent very different. She is actually from East Grinstead, which is about 15-20 miles from my home in the England.

	13-11-2003 07:02									#53
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the norther you go in britain the harder it is to understand.

best english accent, californian an yes i'm biased.

	13-11-2003 07:08									#54
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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 the norther you go in britain the harder it is to understand. best english accent, californian an yes i'm biased.

Amen.

Rab C Nesbitt.

	13-11-2003 07:14									#55
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Ah my vote got French in the lead
Worst: dutch (not flemish, although it can wfull too)
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quote: best english accent, californian an yes i'm biased.

Depends on what they are saying though, like you know, i mean, like, like, well, you know like that thing!, well's like that, you like see... *shivers*

	13-11-2003 07:39									#56
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cweing gum thats california accent, thats california

	13-11-2003 07:44									#57
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* Lonestar loves the way GRITS speak

(Girls raised in the South)

	13-11-2003 15:10									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Big Crunch Its supposed to be Manchester, but it sounds a bit put on to my hear. If you hear her talk out of character you'll find that her accent very different. She is actually from East Grinstead, which is about 15-20 miles from my home in the England.

The actor who plays Martin Crane is actually from Manchester originally. The very worst accent I heard on 'Frasier' was when they had Daphne's brother (played by Australian, Antony La Paglia) visit her.
For some bizarre reason, he spoke in American accented Mockney.

I love the sound of English when spoken by French Canadians. I also like Canadian English. Soft Irish brogues and Scots English of the Highlands and Islands are absolutely dreamy. I like a West Country burr, too, and the sound of Cornish accents makes me homesick for clotted cream, saffron loaves and pasties.

I can't abide a Birmingham or Black Country accent- despite being born a stone's throw from Birmingham. Yorkshire accents unfortunately remind me of Geoff Boycott and obnoxious Tory politicians.

I like most Australian accents I've heard (the Greek, Maltese and Lebanese Australian comedians do great take offs of the 'aspiring' ethnic accents) and I really do like Kiwi accents too. There is an advertisement on Aussie television for a Kiwi cheese where the actors (Kiwis) actually say 'frudge' for 'fridge', 'creckers' for 'crackers', and 'byewdiflee' for 'beautifully'.

I also like Ghanaian and Nigerian English.