Goofy Americans,Silly Canadians, Great British

twinketta

Ok so Americans are goofy!

Canadians are silly!

but the British are Great?

cos we got to do the whole spectrum!!

Being from Wales in Great Britain then I am going to vote for us yay! :laugh:

JustJennie1

The British have this funny language that I can't understand. I need to buy the Rosetta Stone for the Queen's English in order to know half of what you blokes are talking about! (it's a running joke with my Brit friends)

Susie_Q12

I love the British, I only wish they spoke English....

twinketta

The British have this funny language that I can't understand. I need to buy the Rosetta Stone for the Queen's English in order to know half of what you blokes are talking about! (it's a running joke with my Brit friends)

I am a girly and we speak just peeeeeerrrrfect :-)

nickyfm

And everyone always forgets Australia...

twinketta

I love the British, I only wish they spoke English....

SusieQ...I speak perfect English, just you foreigners can`t understand haha!

shellma00

And everyone always forgets Australia...

I actually love listening to Australians and New Zealanders speak..

skinnyinnotime

Uh yeh Australia...

Back to the Brits, we're simply fabulous!!

twinketta

And everyone always forgets Australia...

Aww don`t cry, you Australians have all the British convicts that went over there in way back when :flowerforyou:

skinnyinnotime

And everyone always forgets Australia...

Aww don`t cry, you Australians have all the British convicts that went over there in way back when :flowerforyou:

AND all the people that haven't managed to sort their lives out here are happy to go to Australia

twinketta

Back to the Brits, we're simply fabulous!!

Just the best

nickyfm

And everyone always forgets Australia...

Aww don`t cry, you Australians have all the British convicts that went over there in way back when :flowerforyou:

AND all the people that haven't managed to sort their lives out here are happy to go to Australia

Well, we are a very lazy people. So they've picked the right place!

twinketta

Come on you guys from UK ...get on board we got to stick up for ourselves :laugh:

SRH7

Arrrrrrrrrrgghhhhh! There's no such thing as a 'British' accent - Britain is a collection of separate countries with very different accents (and some with different languages - be careful not to upset the Welsh!).

skinnyinnotime

Come on you guys from UK ...get on board we got to stick up for ourselves :laugh:

It's Friday night, they're at the pub

elka67

And everyone always forgets Australia...

Aww don`t cry, you Australians have all the British convicts that went over there in way back when :flowerforyou:

AND all the people that haven't managed to sort their lives out here are happy to go to Australia

Wish my ancestors had been wrong-uns, I'd rather be in Oz for sure

Arachnapheria

Arrrrrrrrrrgghhhhh! There's no such thing as a 'British' accent - Britain is a collection of separate countries with very different accents (and some with different languages - be careful not to upset the Welsh!).

Not to mention that each country of the British Isles has several (if not hundreds) of varying accents and dialects. For example if you take some one from Manchester and someone from Newcastle and asked a non-Brit to tell you where the two people were from they would be unlikely to even get the right nation let alone county lol

twinketta

Come on you guys from UK ...get on board we got to stick up for ourselves :laugh:

It's Friday night, they're at the pub

ROFL I did actually think that as I was typing....dang rats and sinking ship come to mind!!!

Maybe tomorrow in about 12 hours or so they may come to the rescue lol!

SRH7

True. I would usually be at the pub at this time on a Friday if it wasn't for a nasty cold (she said in her indignant Manc accent!!!)

richardheath

I'm a Brit who has lived in America for 20 years. I speak English AND American!

But time to go to the pub now. Errr... bar.

twinketta

True. I would usually be at the pub at this time on a Friday if it wasn't for a nasty cold (she said in her indignant Manc accent!!!)

Am originally from Manc so will send some tissues and a hug for you!!!

twinketta

I'm a Brit who has lived in America for 20 years. I speak English AND American!

But time to go to the pub now. Errr... bar.

TRAITOR how could you leave such a tiny island that is so full of pubs and visit a `bar`

Dang some people make me mad

SRH7

True. I would usually be at the pub at this time on a Friday if it wasn't for a nasty cold (she said in her indignant Manc accent!!!)

Am originally from Manc so will send some tissues and a hug for you!!!

Aw - thank you

Fatandfifty3

Well I'm from Lancashire and I live in Devon. The range of dialects in both counties has me struggling from time to time so how a foreigner (or ex colonials- stir stir! ;-D) understand the Great British accent I don't know!

SwimFan1981

Yorkshire lass here! (I live in Taiwan at the mo)

Even a short drive of 20mins and you will definitely hear the difference in accent around the Yorkshire area.

I definitely agree with one third of the thread title, I wouldn't have been as polite though :laugh:

jenniferwren

Back to the Brits, we're simply fabulous!!

Just the best

hurrah hurrah and thrice hurrah :laugh:

jenniferwren

Come on you guys from UK ...get on board we got to stick up for ourselves :laugh:

It's Friday night, they're at the pub

it's too scary to go in a pub on a friday night if you're over 25 :bigsmile:

SwimFan1981

Come on you guys from UK ...get on board we got to stick up for ourselves :laugh:

It's Friday night, they're at the pub

it's too scary to go in a pub on a friday night if you're over 25 :bigsmile:

:laugh: true!

thegeordielass

Arrrrrrrrrrgghhhhh! There's no such thing as a 'British' accent - Britain is a collection of separate countries with very different accents (and some with different languages - be careful not to upset the Welsh!).

Not to mention that each country of the British Isles has several (if not hundreds) of varying accents and dialects. For example if you take some one from Manchester and someone from Newcastle and asked a non-Brit to tell you where the two people were from they would be unlikely to even get the right nation let alone county lol

Oh dear no... don't ever accuse me of sounding like a Manc or Scouser - or even a Maccum (even though they're only 10 miles down the road! *shudders* It's safe to say if there's a 'British accent' then those of us up here are clearly not British.
I was asked by a Canadian once if I spoke English, accused by several of being Scottish (to be fair, I'm far enough north if the border was straight across I would be) and had others assume I'm from some random country elsewhere in the world. And that's without a strong Geordie accent.

But erm yes, Great British. Totally. A *thumbs up* for the Aussies and Kiwis too.

apg2302

Fellow Englishman posting in! Although I hail from the land of Scrumpy and Old Rosie in sunny Somerset, and can in fact do a rather good version of 'Where be that blackbird to?' apparently I have a neutral and almost received pronunciation accent. Rather happily for me, all of the fine American and Canadians I have met have gone gooey over it.

Kiwis and Aussies however just ended up ripping the piss, which was equally as awesome!

Lucia120382

And everyone always forgets Australia...

I love Australians.