I was once asked by an Italian chap "did the Americans invent the English language", "don't be such a dick" was my reply
Hubby's colleague just told me that I'm going to lose the accent for about a year or two of my stay here. Never heard of the term 'carrot cruncher' but they did mention that there's a distinctive accent in Gloucester Glad the spelling with color and flavor are acceptable in IELTS writing or else I can't get a score just above being a competent user in English Scottish accent is indeed very good to hear. I like it when 'Ducky' speaks in NCIS.
I think everyone does Dave, lots of nodding and smiling and hoping you say yeah at the right time. They might as well be talking Greek once they have a got a few beers on board
Sure, conform a little, and don't you dare call football soccer, haha, but...If it ruffles a few people's feathers, well perhaps they're not worth knowing. I mean, it's a great filter for narrow-minded 'dicks'. After a couple of pints, my old accent comes out, hey, and it's a terra if noone ketches themselves on, but rub it up them hey it's a quer place when all the world feels they hav a toon to dance tey. I translate Glaswegian, but it does take a lot of listening.
lol Lol Anne, my fiance does not like it when i use American words, and he is apt to tell me when i do.Thank God i like to listen the British accent like the Downtown Abbey way...as there are lots of British accents as far as i am told...But i love speaking the Scottish English which is my fiance's tongue .One concern i have in mind when i get to talk to them is, will they understand me?my future husband will reply...the question is , would i understand them?lol I suggest you learn the British accent well, speak it often and you will get used to it. Hoch aye the noo!
Lol Anne, my fiance does not like it when i use American words, and he is apt to tell me when i do.Thank God i like to listen the British accent like the Downtown Abbey way...as there are lots of British accents as far as i am told...But i love speaking the Scottish English which is my fiance's tongue .One concern i have in mind when i get to talk to them is, will they understand me?my future husband will reply...the question is , would i understand them?lol I suggest you learn the British accent well, speak it often and you will get used to it. Hoch aye the noo![/QUOTE] Nickel, sounds like you are already fluent in the Scottish language, you will not have any problems at all
I guess you are already fully equipped with the accent once you get here I get to be stubborn sometimes, my hubby and I end up speaking Filipino, particularly Bisaya at home.
Nickel, sounds like you are already fluent in the Scottish language, you will not have any problems at all [/QUOTE] i'm over the moon i am learning a wee bitte , and looking forward to raking the shops at the doontoon lol... i hope i don't get much neighbors popping in for coffee at home while i am not well versed yet.... Gang Cannie Always
Ah Nickel he's got you speaking Glaswegian that sentence would be a little bit closer to :- "Ah'm oor the moon, ah'm gitten the hang eh it a wee bit noo, n ah'm lookin furet tae rumagin roon the shops doon the toon, n' ah'm hopin ah dinae git tae many punters poking thur heid's in fur a coffe while ah'm nae well versed like, an ah canne git the accent rite" I'm originally from 7 miles west of Glasgow
My fiancée often practices her British accent and I think it may even be encouraged where she works as an English teacher in Cebu. Her English accent is actually better than her English grammar! As for the most trusted English accent, I think the South West, South Wales, Yorkshire, Liverpool and Newcastle accents are also deemed trustworthy. Me, I have quite a bland London accent, so I am not trustworthy at all.
Well, where I come from if we hear a Liverpool accent we check our wallets, I agree with you on the Geordie, Welsh and Yorkshire accents though
He is actually from Grangemouth , he can speak gaelic also. He does not speak exactly like this when he speak to me.. I'll try if i understood you "I'm over the moon and i'm getting it some more and i'm looking for it to "raking ' the shops downtown and im hopin i did not get any punters head in for a coffee while i'm not well versed yet and i can not get the right accent right whew!!! i dinnae can!
Well done! 'Gitten the hang eh it' = getting used to something 'ah'm lookin furet tae rumagin roon the shops doon the toon' = I am looking forward to having a nice look around the shops down in the town centre (with 'nice' being implied by the tone) 'rummaging' is a proper english word, just means an untidy unstructured search.
