I wish I had an English accent.

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  • Diggy2011
    Diggy2011 Posts: 198 Member
    British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands.
  • Hollieox
    Hollieox Posts: 53
    I'm English - I always got the impression people thought English Accents were snobbier? haha..i'd love an Irish one
  • Hollieox
    Hollieox Posts: 53
    I'm English - I always got the impression people thought English Accents were snobbier? haha..i'd love an Irish one
  • dandrews010
    dandrews010 Posts: 253 Member
    English yorksire accent for sale or swap for a Danish accent, this would make my life much easier as i live a work in DK. Iam often mistaken for an american

    What??!?!?!

    You aren't welcome back! :tongue:
  • gemco
    gemco Posts: 129
    to those wishing for an english accent, i hereby grant you a scouse one (as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for)

    LMFAO. I can see the blank stares already...

    Absolutely! I have said blank stare! I have no idea what a scouse accent would sound like. I'm American, from Oklahoma and can tell you that the accents in the US vary widely.

    everyone knows what the Beatles sound like! Scouse is the Liverpudlian accent, though even that varies wildly. I'm half scouse and my family have the nice gentle version.
  • lynheff
    lynheff Posts: 393 Member
    From all the replies to wanting accents it sounds like that ole " grass is always greener thing" :) I have a southern accent since I am from Alabama . The only problem there is that people automatically assume that you are a) stupid and b) racist. Sigh. I love watching BBC shows--and all the neat accents-- but I do have to listen very closely to understand what is being said. Finally gave up on " Wire in the Blood" series. Not a clue.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    Mmmmm British accent......yup, i like em and wish i had one!!! :love:

    FYI Britain is four different countries with VERY different accents...which regional English accent do you like?
    I was told a story today by the headmaster at the school I was working in, his Father in Law was on holiday in France when a man approached him and asked a question, he said I am sorry, I don't speak French...the man said..I am not French, I am from the North lol
  • prettytothinkso
    prettytothinkso Posts: 290
    I LOVE Chris O'Dowd's accent and Lily Allen's, especially how you can hear it in her songs. Also love my friend's accent - she's from Swansea.
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    I would absolutely LOVE to have Candice Swanepoel's South African accent:

    http://youtu.be/lx_DMpeT5a8
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    That's really not a proper South African accent - she has twangs still, but it's very, very watered down.

    If you listen to Linda Richter here - that's more what a white South Africa from that part of SA sounds like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41M59ZSNYd4 or Helen Zille for a Cape sounding accent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg3_SK4Yoxk

    Swanepoel is all americanised. She slips in and out of her South African-ness.
  • cptnjck0209
    cptnjck0209 Posts: 47 Member
    Being from Manchester, England I feel like my accent, especially when I'm down the South of England, has everyone thinking I'm stupid haha.
    I'd like a nice S.E or R.P accent like the Queen has...
    The sexiest accents for me are Irish or strong Welsh ones. Weird that they're both in the UK but that's just the 2 sexiest. Although when a French or Spanish man starts talking with his accent it does have much the same effect ;)
    American/English/Aussie/Kiwi accents don't really do anything for me though.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    cptnjck, agree with you about Welsh and Irish (especially southern Irish) accents. But it's a lovely northern Scottish or Edinburgh accent that really makes me want to curl up in front of the fire with a smile on my face... But I have to say, I love a mancunian sound too. Mancunian, not Salford, and perhaps not too heavy, but definitely there. Very nice.

    Can't stand RP though. Nasty nasty sound.
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    I would absolutely LOVE to have Candice Swanepoel's South African accent:

    http://youtu.be/lx_DMpeT5a8

    she doesnt even sound south african to me at all
  • Booboo78
    Booboo78 Posts: 169
    London through and through here, but not the new hybrid I hear the youngsters speaking. It's like a cross between london, jamaican, pakistani and west indian. When I hear it I'm like 'what on earth are you trying to say?'
    Showing my age!!!

    Another Londoner here - know the feeling! It's like a different language altogether:

    Innit = I agree
    Wagwan blood? = how are you, my dear friend
    You get me? = do you understand?
    Allow it = Agree to this
    Fam = close friend, like a family member

    That's all I know :laugh:
  • sarahlucydaynes26
    sarahlucydaynes26 Posts: 263
    I have a typical English rather well spoken English accent even though my parents are Irish.
    I love the American accent and my grandparents are from NewZealand.
  • Booboo78
    Booboo78 Posts: 169
    Oh me too. You'd be surprised though. Americans find English accents very sexy but Brits find American accents just as sexy :) My ex says so all the time! They're crazy for American "accents" even though we don't think we have one lol

    I'm English (my accent is somewhere between London 'Cosmopolitan' and Cockney) but my local pub is near the airport so you do get quite a few American travellers drop by for a few pints before flying off - it is quite fascinating listening to them talk!

    And like the English accent, it varies a LOT depending on which area you are from. I always remember the cab driver from New York (Queens I think he said) his accent was pretty awesome! :love: I told him he should do audiobooks, got a rather bemused :huh: look in return.

    And sounds odd, but it sounded so much better 'in real life' (as opposed to the telly). Not sure why he traded in New York for a life in grey-skied London though - usually should be the other way round?
  • jo2907
    jo2907 Posts: 69 Member
    London through and through here, but not the new hybrid I hear the youngsters speaking. It's like a cross between london, jamaican, pakistani and west indian. When I hear it I'm like 'what on earth are you trying to say?'
    Showing my age!!!

    Another Londoner here - know the feeling! It's like a different language altogether:

    Innit = I agree
    Wagwan blood? = how are you, my dear friend
    You get me? = do you understand?
    Allow it = Agree to this
    Fam = close friend, like a family member

    That's all I know :laugh:

    Lol, dont forget ..
    cheers bruv = thanks very much my friend
    alright bruv = another version of hello, how are you!

    I love this thread, i am from a town just ouside oxford, when people ask where i am from they hear oxford and assume that i speak quite well, i.e oxford refind queens english, I'm not my accent so ive been told is more rural ( sound like a farmer) with a bit of london thrown in, not sure why as i am oxfordshire born and bred.

    Oh and i love the scouse accent and also the welsh valley's :happy:
  • lururu
    lururu Posts: 123 Member
    I am lucky enough to have a Welsh accent :D My Hubby is from the North of England and I find his accent very sexy :)

    If you are Welsh you get to say Cwtch :D Which means cuddle :)
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