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I think most Southern US women love a British accent. I know I always have. My advisor in college was a British man - smoked a pipe. I adored him. I took any class he advised me to take - even ones I hated. Hell, I took a class that he taught once and I didn't even need it - I just took it to hear him speak for a semester.
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That would be me on a good day!Who Shot Sam? wrote:Think Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.Jackson Monk wrote:Not being pedantic, but what is a 'British' accent???
I can understand the misconceptions concerning "British accents". There are also subtle variations of the American "southern" accent, depending on where in "the south" you may reside. It's really funny to listen to Hollywood actors attempt to emulate the southern drawl and end up sounding almost Irish at times!!!
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I often wonder if other English speaking countries have the diversity of accents that Britain has. Geordie, West Country, West Midlands, Various Scottish accents (some of which are impenetrable!), Belfast and other Northern Irish, various Welsh accents, Cockney,scouse (Liverpool), Manchester, Yorkshire, East Midlands, Norfolk/Suffolk....etc etc.spooky girlfriend wrote:Okay, pretty much most UK accents get me going. Sorry to lump it under the term "British" accent.
Even 3 years ago when in Munich - the last night of Oktoberfest - a group of English guys sat down at our hotel bar and spent hours talking to me. I found it impossible to move. . . . .
i know the States does, but what about Australia or Canada?
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I'm not sure anywhere does to such a degree, or in such proximity. Not in our language, anyway, and not in other European countries I'm familiar with. Sure there are significant regional differences, but not the immense difference of, say, Liverpool and Manchester when they're only a handful of miles apart.
Poland is interesting in that there is, as I understand it, incredibly little in the way of regional differences, certainly compared to here. To do with the huge amount of relocating of people throughout Polish history - as the borders moved eastwards, people were moved from one side of the country to the other, etc., and post-war loads of people ended up in different places from where they're families originated. IP can explain better!
Poland is interesting in that there is, as I understand it, incredibly little in the way of regional differences, certainly compared to here. To do with the huge amount of relocating of people throughout Polish history - as the borders moved eastwards, people were moved from one side of the country to the other, etc., and post-war loads of people ended up in different places from where they're families originated. IP can explain better!
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What about Queensland? Seems to me the accent up there is a lot thicker.bambooneedle wrote:I'm not aware of any accent differences here that are regional. I doubt there are any, whatever accent variations there are exist in every city and everywhere else in Australia.
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Now that you mention it... but I'm not even sure the difference is particularly regional, maybe it's just that a parochial aussie 'ocker' attitude (if that's what you're refering to, that "moaaate...") may be more prevalent there, even in Brisbane, not being as cosmopolitan as Sydney or Melbourne. But it's still prevalent elsewhere. Where did you go?
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I haven't been anywhere in Queensland other than in the Brisbane airport when we got fogged out of Sydney. One of my wife's work colleagues, who organizes this annual conference she attends, is from Brisbane and his accent seems really pronounced. We discussed it when I saw him in Melbourne and he said it's the equivalent of a Southern US accent.bambooneedle wrote:Now that you mention it... but I'm not even sure the difference is particularly regional, maybe it's just that a parochial aussie 'ocker' attitude (if that's what you're refering to, that "moaaate...") may be more prevalent there, even in Brisbane, not being as cosmopolitan as Sydney or Melbourne. But it's still prevalent elsewhere. Where did you go?
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I still can't get my head around it getting warmer as you go north.
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As I travelled north to Brisbane and then Cairns I didn't notice much difference.Who Shot Sam? wrote:One of my wife's work colleagues, who organizes this annual conference she attends, is from Brisbane and his accent seems really pronounced. We discussed it when I saw him in Melbourne and he said it's the equivalent of a Southern US accent.
Anyway I found this article -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_a ... h_speakers
(extract, under 'Australia')
"Australia
Main article: Regional variation in Australian English
The greatest variation in Australian accents is along educational and occupational lines, expressed as three class-based accents: Broad Australian, General Australian and Cultivated Australian. However, some regional variation has been documented. Generally, accents are found to be broadest in the more remote and rural areas.
A 1995 survey by D. Crystal of the usage of /aË