Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Every region in the UK has a different accent - completely different - as different as a London accent and a US valley girl accent. In fact the UK has more differences in accent over a short distance than any other country in the world. However the more upper class you are the more you lose the stronger regionional accents and sound "neutral". Ohhhhh well I will have to look at the UK map and see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Ohhhhh well I will have to look at the UK map and see You can't tell accents from a map - you can get two cities not far from each other where the people speak completely differently like Birmingham and Liverpool. The accents are as different as Trina's from the other braxtons lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 You can't tell accents from a map - you can get two cities not far from each other where the people speak completely differently like Birmingham and Liverpool. The accents are as different as Trina's from the other braxtons lol so then the only way to understand this is to actually be British, its a British thing? What's your accent? Whats Bu's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 okay pick a region what's the very best to live and then pick the very worst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 so then the only way to understand this is to actually be British, its a British thing? What's your accent? Whats Bu's? I don't get what you don't understand......people in different areas speak very differently, class aside. It's because you Americans are conditioned to think that there is a "British accent" when all you are exposed is one or two ways that British people speak. For example Bu's accent is completely different to mine, as different as yours and mine. There are huge differences in accent across the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Those vids should give you done idea, but neither of them can do the accents particularly well. Look for a video of Girls Aloud being interviewed. 5 completely different accents from all over the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Those vids should give you some idea, but neither of them can do the accents particularly well. Look for a video of Girls Aloud being interviewed. 5 completely different accents from all over the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 I don't get what you don't understand......people in different areas speak very differently, class aside. It's because you Americans are conditioned to think that there is a "British accent" when all you are exposed is one or two ways that British people speak. For example Bu's accent is completely different to mine, as different as yours and mine. There are huge differences in accent across the UK. I think the reason I dont get it is because Britain seems to be a rather compact area, so it surprises me that you can have so many different accents from such a seemingly limited region. In the states it makes sense that someone who lives over 1000 miles away speaks differently. Comparatively, the area occupied by the United Kingdom is slightly smaller than the state of Oregon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 post a video that sounds like your accent and I will be happy and done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I think the reason I dont get it is because Britain seems to be a rather compact area, so it surprises me that you can have so many different accents from such a seemingly limited region. In the states it makes sense that someone who lives over 1000 miles away speaks differently. Comparatively, the area occupied by the United Kingdom is slightly smaller than the state of Oregon. But if you think historically, even though Britain is small, people have been here for thousands of years, living in small communities with fairly little interaction with each other until the last hundred or so years. So different accents developed over a small area. In the USA you have had continual movement of people on a much larger scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 But if you think historically, even though Britain is small, people have been here for thousands of years, living in small communities with fairly little interaction with each other until the last hundred or so years. So different accents developed over a small area. In the USA you have had continual movement of people on a much larger scale. THERE it is....why? I wonder how its even possible to live in a small area and have very little interaction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 I have a feeling this is frustrating to you, so with that I will leave it alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 THERE it is....why? I wonder how its even possible to live in a small area and have very little interaction Because a hundred years ago people didn't have cars and didn't move around much and tended to die close to where they were born. I could ask you the same question - in a small USA town with a black community and a white community - why might they speak differently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Because a hundred years ago people didn't have cars and didn't move around much and tended to die close to where they were born. I could ask you the same question - in a small USA town with a black community and a white community - why might they speak differently? purpose segregation, I mean up until about 40 years ago it was legal to keep us seperated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Im just going to go and fancy me a fag, this entire discussion makes me say bollocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Im just going to go and fancy me a fag, this entire discussion makes me say bollocks None of that makes sense lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 None of that makes sense lol this whole discussion has me exhausted too, let's go to bed.....oh wait you're intimidating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 None of that makes sense lol Im from a different region sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 so little love ...Paul get yo ass in here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 this thread has twice as many pages as my own True You thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I had a hectic weekend so I didn't post. I just saw that you sent me a message and then deleted it so I couldn't reply. How are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 I had a hectic weekend so I didn't post. I just saw that you sent me a message and then deleted it so I couldn't reply. How are you? Im doing better today my message wasn't important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Where is Paul tho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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