March 23, 200719 yr scouse - a whinging twang brummie - unintelligible gibberish cockinee - well cor blimey . fife lilt - amusing , ye ken ...... west country - oooaaahhhrrrr , cider......
March 23, 200719 yr Author scouse - a whinging twang brummie - unintelligible gibberish cockinee - well cor blimey . fife lilt - amusing , ye ken ...... west country - oooaaahhhrrrr , cider...... shift this pash ...............
March 23, 200719 yr On tv last night I saw (for the first time) a modern equivalent of the two fat cooks, except, that they are pretty ugly unintelligible northern biking blokes - Geordies, I believe. Great laffs, they think. The cooking's no bad and the setting last night, Southern India, is attractive. The amazing bit about the prgramme was... that every time an Indian was speaking, there were f**kin SUBTITLES! And the Indians were speaking better, clearer engerlish than the bloody fat guys! Appalling. It's a lot less understandable than subtitling Rab C or Trainspotting, cos the Indians were being particular about their speech and trying to communicate with foreigners, whereas, the sit-com and film was representing people in their 'real-life', warts and all, including language. I'm unkeen on how the Royals or sic-like talk. And West Midlands must be an acquired taste.
March 23, 200719 yr On tv last night I saw (for the first time) a modern equivalent of the two fat cooks, except, that they are pretty ugly unintelligible northern biking blokes - Geordies, I believe. Great laffs, they think.The cooking's no bad and the setting last night, Southern India, is attractive. The amazing bit about the prgramme was... that every time an Indian was speaking, there were f**kin SUBTITLES! And the Indians were speaking better, clearer engerlish than the bloody fat guys! Appalling. It's a lot less understandable than subtitling Rab C or Trainspotting, cos the Indians were being particular about their speech and trying to communicate with foreigners, whereas, the sit-com and film was representing people in their 'real-life', warts and all, including language. I'm unkeen on how the Royals or sic-like talk. And West Midlands must be an acquired taste. I find that pretty off putting as well. I rarely find any problem in understanding foreign accents in that manner when they are speaking English so likewise don't see the need for it. With my mum's family I hear the Derby/East Midlands accent a fair bit. For the most part I find it unbearably dull I must say.
March 23, 200719 yr On tv last night I saw (for the first time) a modern equivalent of the two fat cooks, except, that they are pretty ugly unintelligible northern biking blokes - Geordies, I believe. Great laffs, they think.The cooking's no bad and the setting last night, Southern India, is attractive. The amazing bit about the prgramme was... that every time an Indian was speaking, there were f**kin SUBTITLES! And the Indians were speaking better, clearer engerlish than the bloody fat guys! Appalling. It's a lot less understandable than subtitling Rab C or Trainspotting, cos the Indians were being particular about their speech and trying to communicate with foreigners, whereas, the sit-com and film was representing people in their 'real-life', warts and all, including language. I'm unkeen on how the Royals or sic-like talk. And West Midlands must be an acquired taste. One is a Geordie, the other a Cumbrian. I thought the subtitling of the Indians was an abomination, whoever was responsible for it should hang their head in shame.
March 23, 200719 yr And West Midlands must be an acquired taste. I have to agree. I've still not acquired the taste after 23 years in Brum - even though it - or something very like it - was probably good enough for Wullie Shakespeare and his mates.
March 23, 200719 yr THE worst accent has to be that of an Orkadian. Naw, I never found that a 'bad' accent - just a very interesting way of using englerlish. It definitely sounded like a foreign tongue to me.
March 23, 200719 yr Giving that we germans probably have the worst accent when speaking english this might be rich coming from me but I think the southern english accent has to be one of the worst. Northern is quite nice but you can't beat a girl with a belfast accent. Och aye
March 23, 200719 yr 1.Greencock2.Fife 3.Aberdeen 4.Edinburgh 5.Junkie 1 and 5 not the same? 1. Scouse 2. Brummie 3. Cornish 4. Dungdee 5. Kelvinside (put on shite) How is this not in the top 5 section anyway
March 23, 200719 yr brummie/yam yam is the worst for me, some people at uni I cannea understand a word they say.
March 23, 200719 yr The twats that talk in mid-Atlantic Asian in call centres. The weirdos 15 miles down the road in Kilmarnock Slice roll eaters Dani-G Toon Saint
March 23, 200719 yr Is mibbe 'Ned-speak' no the purest, mega gash of all, nowatameen, nat? Fuh q ya pure rocket.
March 23, 200719 yr Dundonian will always be mankiest for me, nothing more scunnersome than when an attractive young laydee from the City Of Discovery opens her filthy mooth to let her eh/peh/ingan and eh pour from her dirty gob! That said I lost interest in all things Orkadian when that prat was on Scotsport, indeed that show almost put me off football for life...
March 23, 200719 yr I think it's only the strength of an accent that makes it grate (that's grate,not great). Pretty much any strong regional accent sounds like shit. A strong accent from this part of the world grates on me much more that a mild Scouse or Brummie accent. You name it,the thick versions all sound awful,and mild versions sound all right. Aberdeen,Dundee,Fife,Edinburgh,Glasgow ,Ayrshire,Geordie,Scouse,Manc,Yorkshire,Brummie,Welsh,Cornwall,Cokney and related,Nor/Sufffolk,Norn Irn,etc. They all range from painful to hilarious. As for foreign people speaking English with an accent,I think it's definitely the French who are hardest to listen to. Even someone with a great vocabulary can be tough to stick with. Edited March 23, 200719 yr by Dirty Sanchez
March 23, 200719 yr I've noticed over the years that an uncanny amount of union leaders and nationalist/verging on national bigot types seem to have really strong versions of their local accent. I don't know if it's evolution or what,but it's a bizarre phenomenon that offers up a new example every time there's an industrial dispute or William Wallace documentary on the telly.
March 23, 200719 yr I've noticed over the years that an uncanny amount of union leaders and nationalist/verging on national bigot types seem to have really strong versions of their local accent.I don't know if it's evolution or what,but it's a bizarre phenomenon that offers up a new example every time there's an industrial dispute or William Wallace documentary on the telly. Ye dinae fib there, comrade.
March 23, 200719 yr I actually find most British accents quite nice, apart from Jasper Carrot's. Is that midlands? Other than that, I hate those f**king neds who speak as though they've inhaled the cotents of a helium ballon and then put a clothes-peg on their nose. No whitta mean big man byra way?
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