I have a Brit sitting next to me today and I suddenly hate

MrsTC Posted: Nov 03, 2004 10:14 AM

I have a Brit sitting next to me today and I suddenly hate

my American accent - it sounds so 'unclassy' LOL

brideinapril Posted: Nov 03, 2004 10:36 AM

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I know! I love the British accent - it sounds so sophisticated.

KerrC Posted: Nov 03, 2004 10:41 AM

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My husband is English and his accent is very strong and gets stronger when he is around other English. When we first started dating I was so in love with the way he spoke. However, he was crazy about my American accent. It was different for him. His friends liked to hear me speak when I go over. His young cousin would stare at me while I spoke. Weird, I hate my accent.

darly Posted: Nov 03, 2004 10:50 AM

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at the jewish holidays my mom makes my bil re-read the passages from the prayer books b/c he sounds so much better than we do!

i am not sure that he finds it as funny as she does!!

usuk2004 Posted: Nov 03, 2004 10:56 AM

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OMG, spend a few months in the UK and listen to some of the northern accents!!! We think the deep south is bad! You can hardly understand a word these people say and it sounds so terrible!!!! It makes me very, very proud to have an American accent!

After a while I didn't even notice DH's accent anymore, now it's just his voice. Although I do like to make fun of him ever now and again just to keep him in his place!

KerrC Posted: Nov 03, 2004 11:09 AM

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Posted by usuk2004

OMG, spend a few months in the UK and listen to some of the northern accents!!! We think the deep south is bad! You can hardly understand a word these people say and it sounds so terrible!!!! It makes me very, very proud to have an American accent!

After a while I didn't even notice DH's accent anymore, now it's just his voice. Although I do like to make fun of him ever now and again just to keep him in his place!

When DH & I argue I kind of imitate his accent in a slightly mocking tone. All in good fun, he does it to me too.
'is it really rubbish, Daniel, is it?'

Kriss2c Posted: Nov 03, 2004 11:32 AM

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Posted by usuk2004

OMG, spend a few months in the UK and listen to some of the northern accents!!! We think the deep south is bad!

We are in the process of getting estimates on work to be done to our house and one of the salesmen that came in was a Brit. He had a very thick Cockney (forgive me, I do not know the proper spelling) accent. Some things were just so hard to understand. We asked him to repeat himself several times and then realized he was mispronouncing water spout. The guy was good about it though.

usuk2004 Posted: Nov 03, 2004 11:46 AM

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Posted by Kriss2c

Posted by usuk2004
We asked him to repeat himself several times and then realized he was mispronouncing water spout. The guy was good about it though.

That's because they don't have spouts, they have taps

At our wedding, DH didn't understand what the deacon had said when he said Take and wear this ring...he asked him once, Deacon repeated, but he still didn't get it. DH didn't feel that he could ask again, so he just said what he thought he heard, which came out really fast as one word - takinware! We still tease him about it. I guess it works both ways!!!

usuk2004 Posted: Nov 03, 2004 11:50 AM

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Posted by KerrC
When DH & I argue I kind of imitate his accent in a slightly mocking tone. All in good fun, he does it to me too.
'is it really rubbish, Daniel, is it?'

DH likes when I imitate him, because I can manage the accent. He tries to do an American one and it's just awful!!!!!

the other day I was in the supermarket and this woman had two little kids in her cart and they wanted candy they kept saying 'Mummy, pleeeeeeaaaaase! Mummy!' and then they were chanting 'Sweet-ties, sweet-ties, sweet-ties, sweet-ties' I did my impression of them when I got home and had DH rolling!!

oneday Posted: Nov 03, 2004 12:50 PM

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I LOVE and English accent (or Irish, Welsh, Scottish). I especially love little kids talking like that - it is soooo cute to me. I told DH is we ever had children, we'd have to move over there for thier formative years so they would get an accent like that!!

KerrC Posted: Nov 03, 2004 02:57 PM

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Posted by usuk2004

Posted by KerrC
When DH & I argue I kind of imitate his accent in a slightly mocking tone. All in good fun, he does it to me too.
'is it really rubbish, Daniel, is it?'

DH likes when I imitate him, because I can manage the accent. He tries to do an American one and it's just awful!!!!!

the other day I was in the supermarket and this woman had two little kids in her cart and they wanted candy they kept saying 'Mummy, pleeeeeeaaaaase! Mummy!' and then they were chanting 'Sweet-ties, sweet-ties, sweet-ties, sweet-ties' I did my impression of them when I got home and had DH rolling!!

DH's family finds it funnier when I imitate the accent than DH does. He pretends to be bored and calls me a plonker.

melmayer Posted: Nov 03, 2004 04:25 PM

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My husband is from Scotland and has a strong accent. I love it!

David'sbride Posted: Nov 03, 2004 04:30 PM

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Oh, my mom was from Scotland. She passed away when I was 8. When I entered school they sent me to speech lessons because I said 'One, two, tree' with the accent... I guess Plainview wasn't exactly immigrant central in 1976 and they never thought 'Maybe the kid said tree instead of three because her Mom's from Glasgow'. Yes, this is a true story...

usuk2004 Posted: Nov 04, 2004 09:10 AM

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Posted by David'sbride

Oh, my mom was from Scotland. She passed away when I was 8. When I entered school they sent me to speech lessons because I said 'One, two, tree' with the accent... I guess Plainview wasn't exactly immigrant central in 1976 and they never thought 'Maybe the kid said tree instead of three because her Mom's from Glasgow'. Yes, this is a true story...

THat's so funny. WHen I was in HS, there was a girl from Ireland that we were all friends with - we used to make her say The Third Thursday of the Month just for kicks!

soon2bMrs Posted: Nov 04, 2004 10:22 AM

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Posted by usuk2004

OMG, spend a few months in the UK and listen to some of the northern accents!!! We think the deep south is bad! You can hardly understand a word these people say and it sounds so terrible!!!! It makes me very, very proud to have an American accent!

After a while I didn't even notice DH's accent anymore, now it's just his voice. Although I do like to make fun of him ever now and again just to keep him in his place!

Same here in Ireland, sometimes the taxi drivers will talk to us and we have no idea what they are saying!