Speech Accents in the UK

[HiDesertHal]

Hey...

The Australians and the British have recognizable speech accents, so why don't the Canadians?

HDH

 

[Warrigal]

What are you talking about? I'm an Aussie and I don't have an accent. Kiwis on the other hand...

 

[HiDesertHal]

Hey Warrigal,

So what's wrong with an accent?

I think they're great!

HiDesertHal

 

[Warrigal]

:lol: I do too HDH and I can speak pure Strine with the best of them.
Strine is an unaccented form of English in case you are wondering.

 

[beneDictus]

Hey...

The Australians and the British have recognizable speech accents, so why don't the Canadians?

HDH

Maybe they didn`t have as many newcomers with Cockney accents....

 

[HiDesertHal]

Yes, Warrigal...I was wondering!

I always thought that the Aussie accent was like the British accent on Steroids.

So it's the Kiwis that have that extravagent accent, huh?

HDH

 

[beneDictus]

You got it in one, HDH...Who else on the planet can have a ''frudge'' in the ''kutchen''...?!!

 

[Shalimar]

Fesh and chups!

 

[Shalimar]

Hey...

The Australians and the British have recognizable speech accents, so why don't the Canadians?

HDH

Ever been to Newfoundland? The people sound Irish. Some left coast Canucks end all their sentences sounding as if they are asking a question.

 

[JaniceM]

Hey...

The Australians and the British have recognizable speech accents, so why don't the Canadians?

HDH

I didn't notice the times I was actually in Canada, but there's a t.v. show on EscapeTV called 72 Hours: True Crime, and it's set in Canada, accents are occasionally noticeable.

 

[Iam]

:lol: I do too HDH and I can speak pure Strine with the best of them.
Strine is an unaccented form of English in case you are wondering.

Oh yeah?!
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[Manatee]

Canadian accent is more subtle than Aussie or Scots, but it is there. Eh?

 

[Shalimar]

Canadian accent is more subtle than Aussie or Scots, but it is there. Eh?

Yes it is. West coast Canucks usually say hey instead of eh. Loll.

 

[Butterfly]

I have Acorn TV and there is a program on there I watch that is from New Zealand -- the people on it have a very noticeable accent.

 

[Magdi]

First hearing this video was not funny to me (lesson 2). I first heard the Scottish talk in English. The pronunciation typically such as German. I heard the German very much because in the adjacent Austria the official language is German. I listen to the video and at first, I thought that the Germans men say English words. I learned that a whole country speaks with this accent and this country is the dear Scotland.

 

[Shalimar]

I have Acorn TV and there is a program on there I watch that is from New Zealand -- the people on it have a very noticeable accent.

Fesh and chups!

 

[Shalimar]

First hearing this video was not funny to me (lesson 2). I first heard the Scottish talk in English. The pronunciation typically such as German. I heard the German very much because in the adjacent Austria the official language is German. I listen to the video and at first, I thought that the Germans men say English words. I learned that a whole country speaks with this accent and this country is the dear Scotland.

Hahahahahahaha. Too funny.?

 

[SifuPhil]

Found this video of an actress doing 17 British accents ...

 

[RadishRose]

That was so much fun. I love to notice accents.

 

[hollydolly]

You got it in one, HDH...Who else on the planet can have a ''frudge'' in the ''kutchen''...?!!

I love the NZ accent, but it always makes me laugh to hear them pronouncing words like that...lol

 

[hollydolly]

First hearing this video was not funny to me (lesson 2). I first heard the Scottish talk in English. The pronunciation typically such as German. I heard the German very much because in the adjacent Austria the official language is German. I listen to the video and at first, I thought that the Germans men say English words. I learned that a whole country speaks with this accent and this country is the dear Scotland.

LOL...I'm Scottish born and raised...never ever has anyone ever said our language sounds like German...Norwegian yes...German never lol

 

[Magdi]

LOL...I'm Scottish born and raised...never ever has anyone ever said our language sounds like German...Norwegian yes...German never lol

Really??? The Norwegians also speak such as The Germans?

 

[Capt Lightning]

The local language here is 'Doric' . I was brought up listing to a Glasgow accent and I regarded it as normal. Glaswegian is nothing compared to Doric, ken? This is an amusing little sketch which is called Doric, but it's far too refined...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDNN6NigGNM

 

[RadishRose]

OMG, that is too funny!

 

[Mike]

Many years ago I asked a University Professor of English about
the differences between the American, Australian and English
versions of the English language.

He explained that the American accent was how the English
spoke English at the time of the Pilgrim Fathers when America
was first settled.

The Australian accent was how the English spoke English at the
time when convicts were transported to the Penal Colonies in
Australia.

Incidentally the accent of the people in Nova Scotia is Orcadian
as most of the original settlers were from the Orkney Islands and
other island of Scotland.

Hence the name Nova Scotia = New Scotland.

Mike.