Author Topic: gotta be careful with accents, lol (Read 5737 times)

Holly · « **on:** November 13, 2003, 07:38:15 pm »

my grandpa told me this story tonight and he said that during WWII one of his friends had to go to the hospital. The nurse was Australian and had a heavy accent, she went up to this guy and was like "Did you come here today?" but she said it sounding like "Did you come here to die?" 8O

needless to say this guy was shocked! not something you want someone to ask you, lol

PIBby · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2003, 08:19:16 pm »

Wellll . . .

Considering the fact I don't have an accent and CERTAINLY not an Australian (or Southern) accent.

No, but I promise I don't have an accent. Except, acording to Alexxx, when I say, "sentence" and something else I really don't know.

Holly · « **Reply #2 on:** November 13, 2003, 09:36:25 pm »

thats impossible, everyone has an accent! its the way you speak, and if you speak you have an accent. maybe you dont think you have an accent because most the people around you speak the same way. but i'm sure if you were to talk to someone from scotland or somewhere with a scottish accent, they'd say you have an american accent or whatever.
lol... i learned this years ago when i was talking to someone on a plane.

Scotty · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2003, 09:54:01 am »

ye if ye tAk like me yull se whut a meen

Will · « **Reply #4 on:** November 15, 2003, 11:08:53 am »

áççëñts

:razz:

rosieposy87 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:33:48 pm »

You ALL have accents! Honestly, if anyone doesn't have an accent its me. Hahaha, its big headed Rosie! No seriously, they say that the area i live in England is the area where English originated. So naaah.

sayyouwould · « **Reply #6 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:34:36 pm »

I looooooooooove British accents and Spanish accents!!!!!!!!! They're sooooooooo cute!!

rosieposy87 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:38:32 pm »

Quote from: "sayyouwould"

I looooooooooove British accents and Spanish accents!!!!!!!!! They're sooooooooo cute!!

When i went to America in the summer you could just see people's faces change when they heard your accent- it was really weird! When we stood in queues for things people would hear us speak and go "oh i love your accent!" i just DON'T understand it!!

sayyouwould · « **Reply #8 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:42:05 pm »

Quote from: "rosieposy87"

Quote from: "sayyouwould"
I looooooooooove British accents and Spanish accents!!!!!!!!! They're sooooooooo cute!!

When i went to America in the summer you could just see people's faces change when they heard your accent- it was really weird! When we stood in queues for things people would hear us speak and go "oh i love your accent!" i just DON'T understand it!!

haha it's because we are all soooooo obsessed with accents!!

jlmusicchick · « **Reply #9 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:49:25 pm »

Quote from: "sayyouwould"

Quote from: "rosieposy87"
Quote from: "sayyouwould"
I looooooooooove British accents and Spanish accents!!!!!!!!! They're sooooooooo cute!!

When i went to America in the summer you could just see people's faces change when they heard your accent- it was really weird! When we stood in queues for things people would hear us speak and go "oh i love your accent!" i just DON'T understand it!!

haha it's because we are all soooooo obsessed with accents!!

*nods* it's the truth. it's because Americans are losers :wink: i myself find any accent whatsoever to be amusing and facinating. my friend has a british friend, and we made him read the first chapter of the harry potter book to us :oops: kind of sad, but you have no idea how much fun

i think it's because british accents sound so much nicer than american accents.

Will · « **Reply #10 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:56:18 pm »

Quote from: "rosieposy87"

No seriously, they say that the area i live in England is the area where English originated. So naaah.

Whoever said that would have to be incredibly misinformed about the orgins of the English language. It is a combination of many linguistic traditions, including the Celtic, Germanic, and Romantic. One can think of English as a form of Low German with a massive Romance vocabulary taken from Norman French. No one place can claim to be the source of English.

rosieposy87 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 15, 2003, 02:06:00 pm »

Quote from: "m125 Boy"

Quote from: "rosieposy87"
No seriously, they say that the area i live in England is the area where English originated. So naaah.

Whoever said that would have to be incredibly misinformed about the orgins of the English language. It is a combination of many linguistic traditions, including the Celtic, Germanic, and Romantic. One can think of English as a form of Low German with a massive Romance vocabulary taken from Norman French. No one place can claim to be the source of English.

I knew you'd say something like this. There was a whole programme on it on BBC Radio 4 here- saying Wessex was a main source.

Oh and don't ever link English to German again in front of an English person- you will be beaten up! lol

Will · « **Reply #12 on:** November 15, 2003, 02:13:52 pm »

Quote from: "rosieposy87"

I knew you'd say something like this. There was a whole programme on it on BBC Radio 4 here- saying Wessex was a main source.

Oh and don't ever link English to German again in front of an English person- you will be beaten up! lol

Well, it depends on how far you want to go back. The begininngs of modern English start, as far as we know, in the 5th century A.D when a group of invaders came from mainland Europe. They brought a form of West Germanic with them. Some of the trappings of the Celtic tradition were integrated. So far, you see that the base language of English ORIGNATED ON THE MAINLAND.

Then of course, the Norman conquest eliminated most of the complex Anglo-Saxon words and replaced them with Romantic equvalents. The Enlightenment period brought many loan words from many languages....

And yes, I will link the English language to German. It happens to be one of the closest modern linguistic relatives to English, although Afrikaans and Dutch are closer.

sayyouwould · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2003, 02:18:49 pm »

ohhh yes. On my AOL I have huge grant saying...you look lovely today...and you have letters!! OMG!! It's sooooooooo cute!! and and and I watch two weeks notice just to hear his accent. If only I could get me a nice Englishman someday....I think my life would be complete at that point.

Dancernl · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2003, 02:19:33 pm »

Quote from: "m125 Boy"

Quote from: "rosieposy87"
No seriously, they say that the area i live in England is the area where English originated. So naaah.

Whoever said that would have to be incredibly misinformed about the orgins of the English language. It is a combination of many linguistic traditions, including the Celtic, Germanic, and Romantic. One can think of English as a form of Low German with a massive Romance vocabulary taken from Norman French. No one place can claim to be the source of English.

you're both quite right. i never thought i would actually use the stuff i learned in my anthropological linguistics class. But your history is a little off. Normans yes, but not Norman French. Saxons. Wessex, Middlesex, sussex. etc are all anglo saxon terms for their territories in England. The names stuck. All forms of English are just vernaculars of this initial Anglo-saxon tongue. Sorry to be rambling but i just had an exam on this.

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