I have a country-ish accent, but not like one of those annoying country singers. I would like a british accent, although I would eventually miss my own.
2006-09-01 14:26:33 · 31 answers · asked by ericaofgordon 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Isn't is strange how so many people say 'I have no accent'! I am British and (of course) I 'have no accent' (meaning that, if I do, it's the generic 'southern' accent of Britain, rather than a regional one.
Americans, especially, seem VERY happy with my accent - I can't understand what it is about it that makes them go all weak at the knees (well, some of them)!
If I were to adopt another, I think I like the southern Irish accent the best with Yorkshire Dales coming a close second.
To a certain extent it helps to speak in the language of the people you are talking to but without compromising one's own accent or attempting a pastiche of theirs. It is more to do with rhythm and music than anything. Certainly to try to copy vocabulary and syntax and vowel sounds is outway rude!
What I ABSOLUTELY HATE is when one speaks to a singer with a nice English accent and then they get on stage and produce the most dreadful whining sound that would send all the whales in the mid-Atlantic diving to the bottom!
2006-09-02 01:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If ever I had a chance to change my accent I would like to have a british accent 'cause they sound so cool but of caurse I already like the way I am so there's no need for meto change anything about me. And by the way I'm a Filipino
2006-09-01 14:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by twowizdom 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Im a Filipino and having a hard time typing of which word is appropriate to the sentence im making. What more on my oral english.... my point is .... oh i dont know what my point is, all i know is i'll get 2 points 4 answering questions here....Joke!
I like the British accent of course!
2006-09-02 06:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by KAREN 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't really have an accent but if I could have one it would be an british accent or an aussie accent! I just LOVE the way they talk
2006-09-01 14:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by elfyeaf 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have a mess of an accent!
I am from Macclesfield but i don't sound like anyone else from Macc!
When i went to Turkey everyone spoke to me with a scouse accent n kept guessing i came from Liverpool!
My Dad is a scouser but he doesn't have a strong accent as he hasn't lived there for over 20 years! so i didn't think i picked up his accent but i must of a Lil bit!
I would like a french accent they are so sexy! you could say anything at all and it would sound sexy!
2006-09-02 04:45:21 · answer #5 · answered by Sazzle 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well if you speak two differing languages, you can speak with two different accents, for example, I don't speak Arabic with an English accent or English with an Arabic accent. You can learn to speak each language in its own accent.
2006-09-01 18:20:08 · answer #6 · answered by GERMANY EURO CHAMPS 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wish I had a British accent. They sound so smart, no matter what they are saying.
2006-09-01 15:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by BAnne 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a British accent and wouldn't want to change it. The love of my life has an American accent and I wouldn't want to change that either.
I agree that it would be fun to have a different one for a change, but I'm happy with my own.
2006-09-01 14:39:28 · answer #8 · answered by 675 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have a Northern US/New England type accent. I would like a German or a Russian accent.
2006-09-01 16:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by Steph 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd like to speak with a Scottish accent - I just love it - although it's sometimes hard to understand.
2006-09-01 23:02:16 · answer #10 · answered by ~ B ~ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋