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Postby fluffy » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:49 pm

well this came up yesterday when were fooling around and i realised, for the first time in my life, that i can do a decent Irish accent.........my Australian is appallingly bad and my American accent makes me sound like Calamity Jane apparently........think USA circa 1850........lol.....'Yee Haa!!!'.........lol.........
My Italian and French ones are reasonably good too.........but i don't actually understand the Italian.....i speak a little French, enough to get by.......

ok which accents can you do??


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Postby thecablegal » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:21 pm

I used to have a good Spanish accent when I was at school, but I can't do it now.

My american is appalling, as is my French.

Although it's not foreign, I'm trying to perfect a Brummie accent, and did a great job the other day - it's getting better! :lol:
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Postby quirky » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:38 pm

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Postby fluffy » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:53 pm

lol....yeah i can do a mean Brummie accent........lol......think Jasper Carrot........lol

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Postby Niobe » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:36 pm

My 'North American' is not so bad (though you note I won't define myself to particular area/state!!). I once went out for a whole evening and pretended to be an American and no-one challenged me. (The fun you have sometimes...)
I think I have a feel for Australian. Have been accused (that is probably not the right word, is it? :? ) of being one on my travels. Do I somehow look like one, or can people just not define my voice when I talk??
And I'm practising my cockney because I think it's a fun accent to do.
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Postby KC8t80 » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:44 pm

french, german and japanese.
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Postby fluffy » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:58 pm

LOL.........i can do a good posh English accent too........lol..........but as i say i sound like Calamity Jane when i do American...........lol

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Postby wonderbunny » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:23 am

Gosh, I struggle with English- And I was born in the US. I am forever switching words and messing up names. I start talking too fast and my nouns and consenants get tangles up! (Brain goes faster than my mouth) I love to listen to accents, but forget me ever speaking them. I learned French in school, I can read it... but speaking (God help us all)
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Postby searching_for_sunshine » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:07 pm

i do a great north dakota accent (think: fargo) no, it's not "foreign" to me but it's quite an accent none the less

my brother and i used to practice all kinds of accents...mainly english, french, german, scandanavian, indian and scottish..quite fun...now i mainly just talk to my dog in different accents or when i'm goofing around with friends :lol:
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Postby KC8t80 » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:27 pm

wonderbunny wrote:Gosh, I struggle with English- And I was born in the US. I am forever switching words and messing up names. I start talking too fast and my nouns and consenants get tangles up! (Brain goes faster than my mouth) I love to listen to accents, but forget me ever speaking them. I learned French in school, I can read it... but speaking (God help us all)



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Postby samurai_cable » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:40 am

I used to have an american accent from watching the english channel in Hong Kong, now that I'm in Australia, I'm a full on aussie accent.

I can do a half-decent British accent, a little Indian, I can't do the american one anymore :P
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Postby xmassmurdere » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:56 am

british. chinese. and italian i'm working on hte scottish one :wink:
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