I was told by a relative whom I just met here in the UK to try not to sound American when speaking most especially I'm bound to work in the nursing industry. He told me patients are going to hate me with the way I speak. He also said to either practice the British accent or maintain the Filipino way of speaking English (Say what???). I normally take it as a compliment whenever someone I'm having a conversation with would tell me that I got an American accent (thinking I'm very good with my English which I'm not really confident saying that way back then, to be honest). Would you British chaps and ladies be annoyed listening to people who speak the accent which is American here in the UK?
Basically, yes. It would be a good idea to avoid sounding American. If you can manage an English accent, that will be better (experts tell us that Edinburgh Scots is the most trusted accent of all!!!) but failing that stick with a Pinay accent. British people don't all like Americans
My wife has an American twang to her voice but I don't think she has had any direct criticism for it in her employment. I quite like it. Incidentally she has mastered one accent here and it is the Scottish one.
Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films has a perfect Edinburgh Scots accent - if you can master that all your patients will trust you with their lives!
Yes (and I didn't suggest that it was an English one!) - it just happens to be the most trusted accent in Britain.
Yup. If there's one thing that gets on the nerves of us British people it's American English! We're dead precious like that.
It's a bit of a battle between the Kelvinside accent and the Morningside accent, both are a bit overdone, there are other very clear Scottish almost neutral Scottish accents.
I had to cure my wife of a few American words when she came here. Best way is to wire her up to the mains and if she says 'sidewalk' or 'The Beatles were American weren't they?' then turn it on for about 3 seconds. Normally does the trick.
What about the word soccer referring to football? Jacket to jumper. Jeans to trousers. Pacifier to dummy. Chips to crisps. Fries to chips. TV to telly. Some of the corrections coming from my husband. There's a lot to learn everyday.
Or pants. PANTS!!! Pants go under your trousers. Jeans is ok if they actually are jeans. Soccer. A real no no! Even though it was originally a British term its use is now punishable by death.
"Candies" to "Sweets". "Cookies" to "Biscuits" "Tuxedo" is "Dinner jacket" (often shortened to "DJ") In a car, the "hood" is the "bonnet" and the "trunk" is the "boot". The "gas pedal" is the "accelerator" and a car with a "stick shift" has a "manual gearbox".
I think if a Filipino person in the UK is talking with an American accent, people will not be too offended as they will realise the person is not from the UK. The American accent will start disappearing over time anyway. However, if a British person starts trying to speak with an American accent or choice of words, British people will start taking the mickey (joking at them) quite a lot.
As you can see Anne, its a big thumbs down for the American accent here in the UK, I worked all over America for five years and hated it when I unintentionally picked up a bit of a twang which I was constantly pulled up on by my friends. Thankfully I now have my Lancashire accent back. Only last night I pulled the wife up in the supermarket for saying tomato the American way. Check your spelling too, some English words are spelt differently to American, basically they have dropped all the silent letters for example color = colour, period You will have a carrot cruncher accent before you know it that's what we call people from Glos and Somerset where I come from We went to see my wifes cousin in August up in Scotland and she has been there for most of her life, she sounds absolutely fantastic, a pretty Filipina with a thick Scottish accent, nothing better.
