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OneOfTheseDays

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Seriously, I just cringe everytime I hear it. I wonder if people from Boston realize how stupid they sound.
 

Wreckem

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Originally posted by: OneOfTheseDays
Seriously, I just cringe everytime I hear it. I wonder if people from Boston realize how stupid they sound.

Take a little visit to Bar Harbor, Maine if you think the Boston acent is bad.
 

Wreckem

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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
The Minnesota accent is quite atrocious, and I'm part Swedish myself... but it's horrible.

I have to concur on the Minnesota accent. Its right up their with the Boston accent.
 

akshatp

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I wish the entire New England would somehow break away from the US and drift off into the Atlantic. And take the Pats, Red Sox and Celts with em!
 

So

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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
The Minnesota accent is quite atrocious, and I'm part Swedish myself... but it's horrible.

I actually couldn't watch the movie Fargo because that accent is so f***ing awful. I walked out. Fortunately, I was watching it at a friend's house, so I was only out my ~15 mins of time.
 

jagec

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Originally posted by: Wreckem
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
The Minnesota accent is quite atrocious, and I'm part Swedish myself... but it's horrible.

I have to concur on the Minnesota accent. Its right up their with the Boston accent.

I find the minnesota accent funny. Boston is kind of annoying. But cockney is much worse.
 

Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: akshatp
I wish the entire New England would somehow break away from the US and drift off into the Atlantic. And take the Pats, Red Sox and Celts with em!

And all the best universities... except those in California.
 

BoomerD

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I dunno, talking about quatahs, dollahs and drinking dahk beah isn't as bad as y'all, git er dun" and some of the other speech that comes out of them thar suthernrs...Just listening to some of that will drop your IQ by 10 points within a few minutes...
 
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Originally posted by: OneOfTheseDays
Seriously, I just cringe everytime I hear it. I wonder if people from Boston realize how stupid they sound.

I love southern accents of Americanese and while Boston is better than Wisconsin New Yawkers are the worst of the pack.

Don't call that shit English because it isn't.
 
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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
The Minnesota accent is quite atrocious, and I'm part Swedish myself... but it's horrible.

I actually couldn't watch the movie Fargo because that accent is so f***ing awful. I walked out. Fortunately, I was watching it at a friend's house, so I was only out my ~15 mins of time.

Now you know how we feel when you open your mouth.
 

Shawn

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NY accent is pretty bad too, but I think a southern accent is the worst.
 

HombrePequeno

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I agree the Minnesota accent is worse.

I don't like the Thai accent either. Every time I go into a Thai restaurant I can't figure out what the hell the waiter/waitress is saying.
 

RaistlinZ

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What would you all say is the best accent? I think for men it's Australian, and for women it's British.
 
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Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
What would you all say is the best accent? I think for men it's Australian, and for women it's British.

For women and for men it's English.

There is no British accent, that is English, that is how it's spoken. You don't speak English just like your football players don't play football, you speak American English and your football players (dressed up like prom queens with extra pudding on their shoulders for the rugby match) play American football.

Australian is fun for half a movie before you just want the chump to ah heck off and start speaking like he usually does, pretty much all aussie speakers in the movies don't speak that way otherwise, they do that for the Americans amusement.

 

RaistlinZ

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Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
What would you all say is the best accent? I think for men it's Australian, and for women it's British.

For women and for men it's English.

There is no British accent, that is English, that is how it's spoken. You don't speak English just like your football players don't play football, you speak American English and your football players (dressed up like prom queens with extra pudding on their shoulders for the rugby match) play American football.

Australian is fun for half a movie before you just want the chump to ah heck off and start speaking like he usually does, pretty much all aussie speakers in the movies don't speak that way otherwise, they do that for the Americans amusement.

American English, huh?

Word.
 

Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
What would you all say is the best accent? I think for men it's Australian, and for women it's British.

For women and for men it's English.

There is no British accent, that is English, that is how it's spoken. You don't speak English just like your football players don't play football, you speak American English and your football players (dressed up like prom queens with extra pudding on their shoulders for the rugby match) play American football.

Australian is fun for half a movie before you just want the chump to ah heck off and start speaking like he usually does, pretty much all aussie speakers in the movies don't speak that way otherwise, they do that for the Americans amusement.

Some English accents are okay... RP is sort of grating. There's a more generic London accent that is pretty nice sounding, but Cockney is 'orrible... I personally like Scottish accents quite a bit. Don't care too much for Irish, but I can deal with it. Australian accents are sort of tedious after a while, and New Zealander accents doubly so. Of course, the greatest accent of English in the known world is Standard American...
 

Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: OneOfTheseDays
Seriously, I just cringe everytime I hear it. I wonder if people from Boston realize how stupid they sound.

I love southern accents of Americanese and while Boston is better than Wisconsin New Yawkers are the worst of the pack.

Don't call that shit English because it isn't.

Funny, Boston and New Yorker accents were attempts to imitate English accents, hence not pronouncing their Rs properly. Wawtuh (water) in New York, cah (car) in Boston, and even Uh-meh-ih-kuh (America) in some old fashioned Southern accents.
 
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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
What would you all say is the best accent? I think for men it's Australian, and for women it's British.

For women and for men it's English.

There is no British accent, that is English, that is how it's spoken. You don't speak English just like your football players don't play football, you speak American English and your football players (dressed up like prom queens with extra pudding on their shoulders for the rugby match) play American football.

Australian is fun for half a movie before you just want the chump to ah heck off and start speaking like he usually does, pretty much all aussie speakers in the movies don't speak that way otherwise, they do that for the Americans amusement.

Some English accents are okay... RP is sort of grating. There's a more generic London accent that is pretty nice sounding, but Cockney is 'orrible... I personally like Scottish accents quite a bit. Don't care too much for Irish, but I can deal with it. Australian accents are sort of tedious after a while, and New Zealander accents doubly so. Of course, the greatest accent of English in the known world is Standard American...

This is obviously individual preference but i'm actually the complete opposite of you in this.

The greatest accent of English is English, Standard American is known as American English to the entire world outside of the US, that includes your horrible accents and your stupid misspellings that includes z's in pretty much all wordz. ;)
 
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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: OneOfTheseDays
Seriously, I just cringe everytime I hear it. I wonder if people from Boston realize how stupid they sound.

I love southern accents of Americanese and while Boston is better than Wisconsin New Yawkers are the worst of the pack.

Don't call that shit English because it isn't.

Funny, Boston and New Yorker accents were attempts to imitate English accents, hence not pronouncing their Rs properly. Wawtuh (water) in New York, cah (car) in Boston, and even Uh-meh-ih-kuh (America) in some old fashioned Southern accents.

And they do a sucky job at it, Arkansas dialect for me thank you very much.

 

Scouzer

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My favourite accent for men and women is the mid Atlantic BBC anchor type accent. The slight English tinge to it, but not too much. It's pleasant.
 

Regs

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I love Boston. Nothin' but collage gails and bears. I mean beers.