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Apr 29, 2005 14:31:31 GMT -5
Post by Amalcas on Apr 29, 2005 14:31:31 GMT -5
Mexo-Canadian accent, eh? Its possible, trust me.....I use it as a gag (que-eh?). ;D
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Apr 29, 2005 15:32:03 GMT -5
Post by Tara on Apr 29, 2005 15:32:03 GMT -5
dry humour lol
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Apr 29, 2005 16:25:55 GMT -5
Post by littlepea on Apr 29, 2005 16:25:55 GMT -5
"que-eh?" - genius ;D give the man a chance to respond, though, i hope we haven't scared him off (we're only kidding)
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Apr 30, 2005 1:33:25 GMT -5
Post by psyence on Apr 30, 2005 1:33:25 GMT -5
haha it's all good.
I'd say it mostly sounds like someone with an attractive voice with some letters emphasized, lol. Not mexican at all, jeez. I'm not that hardcore with the accent.
I don't do any weird "que-eh" stuff either. However, I do say "eh", but no more than americans or anyone else does. I don't say "aboot" either, but one of my friends does! hillarious stuff.
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Apr 30, 2005 7:36:38 GMT -5
Post by Tara on Apr 30, 2005 7:36:38 GMT -5
"Aboot"? What is that?
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Apr 30, 2005 16:19:40 GMT -5
Post by littlepea on Apr 30, 2005 16:19:40 GMT -5
i've never heard a real canadian say "aboot", only americans exaggerating canadian accents - it sounds more like "abowt" to me
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Apr 30, 2005 17:00:02 GMT -5
Post by Tara on Apr 30, 2005 17:00:02 GMT -5
I thought when us U.S. folk said that, it was making fun of the British accent or something?
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Apr 30, 2005 21:47:07 GMT -5
Post by psyence on Apr 30, 2005 21:47:07 GMT -5
Oh trust me it happens. We even have Canadians saying bagel the good ol' american way, and they're in such self-denial that it hurts. Kinda. Well, maybe not so much.
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May 1, 2005 15:50:47 GMT -5
Post by Tara on May 1, 2005 15:50:47 GMT -5
*stands around confused*
What's the Canadian way?
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May 5, 2005 17:24:21 GMT -5
Post by Earthen Child on May 5, 2005 17:24:21 GMT -5
When i speak normally, I have a lisp. Which is conspicuously absent when I'm faking an accent for some reason. Whatever. I can fake many accents, including Russian, British, Scottish, Irish, Australian, Italian, and Japanese.
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May 5, 2005 18:44:17 GMT -5
Post by littlepea on May 5, 2005 18:44:17 GMT -5
one of my friends who's english does an amazing russian accent, particularly amusing as we know a russian guy that we always joke about i'd like to hear your scottish and irish accents, americans often get them mixed up
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Post by Tara on May 6, 2005 7:11:42 GMT -5
I don't recall anyone I've met in person being Scottish or have a very prominent Scottish background, so I can't tell you if I know the difference.
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Post by Earthen Child on May 6, 2005 9:18:32 GMT -5
Many of my fellow countrymen mix things up even worse. I knew a friend who once said that the scotts and the irish were the same thing. I slapped the back of his head, and told him that saying that in front of either ethnicity would have earned him a knee or shillelagh respectively in the groin instead.
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Post by littlepea on May 6, 2005 9:35:53 GMT -5
lol, indeed it would (or a glasgow kiss, though that is reserved for when it starts to get serious ) southern irish is a lovely accent, it's very soft and beautiful, though they tend to run all their words together and it's hard to understand what they're saying (i find it impossible at times, i'm sure you lot wouldn't fair any better ;D). scottish accents are usually a bit more coherent but can be a bit harsh - it's good for shouting at people (very intimidating) but it can be gentle too northern irish is sort of a mixture of the two. harsher than southern irish but also quite incoherent - it has its own peculiarities as well ... if you met a scot, an irish person and a northern irish person and talked to them for a while you'd soon be able to spot the differences for yourself normally you can't insult us by making jokes about our accents or where we're from, but it's when you get people who think that scotland is a city in the north of england, or people who think scots and irish are the same thing etc. that's when i get a bit bothered ... famous scots would be Sean Connery (he was the best james bond, most people think, and even though he tried to put on an english accent sometimes his scottish accent always shone through), Ewan Mcgregor (he's in the new star wars films, though he puts on an english accent cos he's obi-wan kinobi - you should see the film "trainspotting", it's class, though a bit gritty) or the world famous comedian Billy Connelly (he's intensely funny as well, though he's calmed down a bit in recent years - he's in his 60s after all). of course you could just watch Braveheart (Mel Gibson's accent is quite accurate for central scotland, surprisingly, seeing as he's Australian . a famous irish person would be Colin Farrell - and a famous northern irish person would be Liam Neeson (though in Rob Roy he puts on a scottish accent ... quite well too). don't forget the welsh as well (welsh accents amuse me ;D)
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May 6, 2005 12:55:15 GMT -5
Post by Tara on May 6, 2005 12:55:15 GMT -5
southern irish is a lovely accent, it's very soft and beautiful, though they tend to run all their words together and it's hard to understand what they're saying (i find it impossible at times, i'm sure you lot wouldn't fair any better ;D). Hey, that reminds me. My first grade teacher had that accent. I remember she tried telling us about Ireleand and even offered to teach us some words. Yes... I do remember her voice was very lovely. Kinda like people who say all the people in the far East look the same.
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