Guest51810 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Kiwis say my accent is EnglishAustralians think its Kiwi but are slightly unsure English girls/women think its "Lush" what ever that means Lets hear it then! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Perhaps if he recited a poem with proper words it wouldn't sound so bad. (lights blue touch paper and runs away) Ohhhhhhh :laugh: :policeman: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindor Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Like a Geordie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernbird Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Born in Lancashire and lived there, London, East Anglia, Canada and Australia. Probably have a southern accent with a slight northern twang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Like a Geordie... I'll think of you anytime I heard the Geordie penguin again lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I was trying to think of someone Scottish who sounds a bit like my accent but can't even think of anybody. Was going to say maybe the woman from ugly Betty but she's from Annan. People not from here think it's strong but then people from here sometimes wind me up saying I'm posh just because I don't use a lot of Scottish words :laugh: I don't say "aye" etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindor Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'll think of you anytime I heard the Geordie penguin again lol Whey aye pet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 My Scottish accent has softened but I'll never lose it now at my age. Wouldn't want to anyway. Always amuses me when some people very quickly acquire an Australian accent but when they've had a bit to drink their 'old' accent emerges. Always makes me smile. One thing I was snobby about was my kids speaking 'nicely'. I used to say to them "open your mouth when you're speaking". You know what I mean. Pie instead of poi and my instead of moi. Also noticed that a few of their pals when they were at school used f instead of th. e.g. bovver instead of bother. I have even heard well educated people doing that. Yes OK, I'm snobby that way but I just don't like to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I was still trying to think of a example of my accent but I can't! It's nothing interesting anyway lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Pretty posh !!! ok reality very English with a touch of Nottingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nphilips Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Very few could tell I'm a pom. Thank God for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hill billy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 After 34 years, cockney with a touch of Aussie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AltyMatt Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I have a pretty soft Cheshire / northern accent that has softened further since being here 10 years. Friends & family in UK say I sound a bit Aussie, but Aussies say I sound English. However English accent gets stronger when I have had too much to drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Emigrated to Australia as a child so I have an aussie accent with a tiny bit of british thrown in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j19jjr Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I am from Scotland but have lived in SE England for 26 years now and I still have english people telling me they can't understand what I am saying, even though I no longer talk in my native tongue. I have never tried to keep my accent & I suppose I could have tried harder to adopt an english drawl but I always thought I sounded stupid. I cant see me talking any differently when we move to Oz but I know my hubby will. He too is one of those mimics, I call him the chameleon as he takes on the accent of whoever he is with lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny842003 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I sound Bristolian to me and others here, but on a recent trip back I was told I didn't and was sounding "posh" :laugh: me posh! :laugh: Bristolian is about the least posh southern accent there is haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristle Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Bristolian is about the least posh southern accent there is haha QSS, He's only joking! There's no reason to hunt him down! (But if you do find him, let me know and I'll hold your coat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny842003 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 QSS, He's only joking! There's no reason to hunt him down! (But if you do find him, let me know and I'll hold your coat) Im proper full on Northern so I don't speak good England myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Roberto Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I sound like I am from Wrexham, which is where I am from - albeit with a milder version of the accent. It's basically welsh-scouse. but as I used to travel and work with people all over, I developed a milder version. I can't see that changing much, but I expect the kids might pick up the strayn after a while over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birch4 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hi Well I am in Scotland at the moment and we have quite broad accents! however I was on Skype to my friend in Perth at the weekend and she sounds Australian! with a little bit of and English twang. In saying that she has been there for about 6 or 7 years now. I have a cousin in Cairns and he just sounds the same way that he did when he left England. I think children might be more prone to picking up wee ozzy accents but I could be wrong perhaps it is individual :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrutineer Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I grew up in Britain and Australia and had both accents as a child. Today, my accent is southern English and always will be I presume. However, I do use a lot of Australian words and terms but these were acquired in childhood, not as an adult. I once saw one of the Brits in Oz programmes and there was this English guy on a beach being interviewed. He'd been in Australia a matter of weeks and had a full-on Croc Dundee accent, which was obviously fake and totally ridiculous. I think as an adult your accent won't change unless you're faking it, at least not for a very long time. I know someone who has been in Aus for maybe 20 - 25 years and even she has only the vaguest hint of an Aussie accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 I am from Scotland but have lived in SE England for 26 years now and I still have english people telling me they can't understand what I am saying, even though I no longer talk in my native tongue. I have never tried to keep my accent & I suppose I could have tried harder to adopt an english drawl but I always thought I sounded stupid. I cant see me talking any differently when we move to Oz but I know my hubby will. He too is one of those mimics, I call him the chameleon as he takes on the accent of whoever he is with lol What's an English drawl though? :err: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrutineer Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What's an English drawl though? :err: Zummerzet maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bora Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 My son started to develop an accent in our short time there. No hint of it now though other than when he says the word 'really'.....sounds like he curls up his tongue and 'rolls' it out ! I found the Ozzie women love the English accent. Frequently I would be complimented on my Sarf East tones. Soon after arriving I was buying a Windscreen Phone Holder and the sales girl called over her mate and said, listen to this dude speak. Embarrassed in the moment all I could think of was ....allwight? And she went mushy eyed too !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Haha that's funny! I get a bit like that with some accents too. I doubt any Aussie guys will go mushy over my accent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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