tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post5867795650956338617..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Posh gitsnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-37645625709421821502016-03-11T17:14:03.204+00:002016-03-11T17:14:03.204+00:00Agent: Well, if you had British teachers, you must...Agent: Well, if you had British teachers, you must be familiar with the accent! I just watched a video on Appalachian English - it was a lot of fun. That fabulous drawly accent - almost Australian! And I love all their local words, like si-gogglin (of a building where everything's out of line).Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-18138826205307438372016-03-11T16:19:22.194+00:002016-03-11T16:19:22.194+00:00*are
My boarding school had mostly British teache...*are<br /><br />My boarding school had mostly British teachers, so I guess that's what I hear in my head.<br /><br />You should hear me go Appalachian!<br />Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-11816293862384583932016-03-11T13:48:30.458+00:002016-03-11T13:48:30.458+00:00Agent: I suspect you'd have a job imitating my...Agent: I suspect you'd have a job imitating my accent, if you're not very familiar with British accents! Though maybe if you think of the typical BBC newsreader....<br /><br />I find myself unconsciously changing my accent sometimes. It can be embarrassing if the other person thinks I'm trying to parody them or make fun of them. I slip into Aussie very easily.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-28602676403368551012016-03-11T10:57:53.225+00:002016-03-11T10:57:53.225+00:00I have no idea what the different British accents ...I have no idea what the different British accents is, so I can't really comment on that. My American English was formed in New England and California where I learned to speak, but tempered by many years in the South and also a year away in a Swiss boarding school. All that makes me a bit of a chameleon - I tend to shift my accent without trying to to align more with the person I'm having a conversation with.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-8522314015107414612016-03-03T12:32:13.970+00:002016-03-03T12:32:13.970+00:00Sorry, Nick. As an aside, why do I have fallen int...Sorry, Nick. As an aside, why do I have fallen into habit of apologizing to you even if and when I say something innocuous? I am sure there is an answer. One of little interest.<br /><br />Yes, so, sorry, Nick, but you can't have a VERY posh accent as you claim. Either it's posh or it isn't. Trust me. I am a foreigner. And as so many British have confirmed to me the "foreigner" will pick up upon that which eludes the aborigine. <br /><br />The trick is to converse posh with the posh and peasant with the peasant. Two people in my life, my father and my son, have this down to an art. Their ability to stoop to either the highest or lowest denominator in order to make the other comfortable is extraordinary. Myself? I am shite at accents. I don't have the ear. I can barely make out anything anyone say unless they speak "posh" or are from Scotland. <br /><br />Other than that, Ramana's English accent is perfect. As indeed is that of many Americans. <br /><br />UUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-27662193031536260122016-03-03T07:36:51.388+00:002016-03-03T07:36:51.388+00:00Keith: By jove, old chap, I had no idea. Nice plac...Keith: By jove, old chap, I had no idea. Nice place Winchester, subject to a lot of flooding though.<br /><br />www: Very similar to the standard NI greeting "Howyerdoing?". I agree, posh English is very bland and characterless. I prefer something more textured, something with a few rough edges.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-35417300623624460292016-03-03T04:22:25.947+00:002016-03-03T04:22:25.947+00:00I love the variant of the Newfoundland dialect whe...I love the variant of the Newfoundland dialect where I live. Full of Devon combined with Irish and very colourful. "Whatareyaat?" covers a multitude, curiosity, interest, caring. Never been much for the posh, lacks an intimacy of language to my ear. Always loved the norn Irish, though and the soft Connemara mixed with Gaeilge.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-53926569467077721432016-03-02T23:56:15.903+00:002016-03-02T23:56:15.903+00:00Actually, old bean, I originate from Winchester, a...Actually, old bean, I originate from Winchester, an absolutely spiffing place, where we talk awfully posh.Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163819196303858927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-84128030536357791992016-03-02T12:24:20.923+00:002016-03-02T12:24:20.923+00:00Scarlet: Okay, I bow to your greater telly familia...Scarlet: Okay, I bow to your greater telly familiarity!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-27745964905005060502016-03-02T11:55:35.601+00:002016-03-02T11:55:35.601+00:00No, they're not :-)
SxNo, they're not :-)<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-88470695323259124152016-03-02T11:54:32.177+00:002016-03-02T11:54:32.177+00:00Scarlet: Sorry I kept you awake! I watch the telly...Scarlet: Sorry I kept you awake! I watch the telly occasionally (mainly Scandi drama), but not the regional programmes, except for Northern Ireland obviously. But I imagine the regional voices are still heavily outnumbered by the Dimblebys, Andrew Marr, Andrew Neil and all the rest.<br /><br />Keith: Eee bar gum, yer dont arf speak foony, yoong fella me lad.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-10676944362641038602016-03-02T10:24:08.215+00:002016-03-02T10:24:08.215+00:00Eee lad, tha's nowt wrong wi reet folk tha kno...Eee lad, tha's nowt wrong wi reet folk tha knows!Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163819196303858927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-64744853001839942882016-03-02T09:07:37.799+00:002016-03-02T09:07:37.799+00:00I went to bed last night and this post was on my m...I went to bed last night and this post was on my mind, I couldn't get to sleep so instead of counting sheep I instead counted presenters with regional accents. There were quite a few, so I surmised that Nick obviously doesn't watch the telly box, which you have confirmed above!<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-59913926555639443462016-03-02T08:06:14.875+00:002016-03-02T08:06:14.875+00:00Cro: I'm always understood as well. But I stil...Cro: I'm always understood as well. But I still struggle with some Northern Irish accents, even though I've been here 16 years. Some of them are very different from English.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-3168132936603032672016-03-02T08:02:05.307+00:002016-03-02T08:02:05.307+00:00Tammy: I'm the other way round, I seldom watch...Tammy: I'm the other way round, I seldom watch or read anything British because it's all too familiar. I prefer American novels and Scandinavian TV series. I loathe historical dramas and I've never watched Downton Abbey! But I thought the English guy in The West Wing (Lord Marbury) was hilarious!<br /><br />I'd love to hear your faux English!<br /><br />Jean: By British, I assume you mean English? Or is that Scottish and Irish as well?Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-38520474234884094452016-03-02T07:53:42.594+00:002016-03-02T07:53:42.594+00:00Grannymar: Clearly we all have our favourite accen...Grannymar: Clearly we all have our favourite accents. I also find the Dublin accent a bit flat, but grating? I've never noticed that.<br /><br />Helen: Princess Anne? Goodness me. Super posh! Speaking Spanish like a Frenchwoman? Ze mind, how you say, boggles....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-15668355931924369592016-03-02T05:28:23.987+00:002016-03-02T05:28:23.987+00:00I too am the product of a well known 'public s...I too am the product of a well known 'public school', and no doubt speak with a similar received pronunciation accent. However, I am always understood whereas occasionally I cannot understand others. Even the broadest of Glaswegians will understand perfectly what I am saying. I'm not sure if this is an advantage or not! Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-25324882977080532382016-03-02T02:29:08.057+00:002016-03-02T02:29:08.057+00:00I must say, I love British and Welsh accents too, ...I must say, I love British and Welsh accents too, especially Welsh for some reason. :)CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-45371919684714130982016-03-01T23:03:22.768+00:002016-03-01T23:03:22.768+00:00LOLOL!!!
love it.
but don't look at me for any...LOLOL!!!<br />love it.<br />but don't look at me for any coherent comment.<br />the americans supposedly haven't spoken English for years! LOL.<br /><br />I love the british accent.<br />all the different ones in downton abbey.<br />oh my.<br />do you sound like lord granthem?<br />you DO/DID watch downton abbey I hope!<br />we couldn't get enough of it over here.<br />apparently i'm not the only anglophile on these shores.<br />I'm sure I have the accent of the southwestern american.<br />but mine is a mixture of growing up in the northeast and the deep south... and then the west.<br />what a conglomeration! <br />my grandfather in new york was from boston originally ...<br />and he pocked his caw! no r's pronounced. <br />I hope though... mine is more articulate than some that they are always seeming to interview on television... the hillbilly factor.<br />I can do a pretty good british imitation if I have to! well...<br />in my head I think it is anyway.<br />you would probably FLINCH! :)tammy jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568939993585811311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-89917371984597868362016-03-01T22:36:51.987+00:002016-03-01T22:36:51.987+00:00I lost my Scots accent when we moved to the south ...I lost my Scots accent when we moved to the south when I was young....though when I lived in France French friends said they could detect Scots undertones in my French rather than English ones...and now in Costa Rica they tell me I speak Spanish like a Frenchwoman...<br /><br />I'm told disapprovingly that in English I sound like Princess Anne - though whether that is the accent or the use of language is another matter...<br /><br />I must try to find Phil Tufnel on art...Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-5309453150857701202016-03-01T22:11:15.652+00:002016-03-01T22:11:15.652+00:00I'm with John Gray on this. I love a sweet mus...I'm with John Gray on this. I love a sweet musical Welsh accent: Think Anthony Hopkins or Richard Burton and a Durham accent can go right to the core of my heart. <br /><br />Nowadays when I go back to Dublin, I find the local accent rather flat and grating... don't tell my relations!Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-31945302119058350632016-03-01T21:46:18.694+00:002016-03-01T21:46:18.694+00:00John: I love most accents myself. They all have a ...John: I love most accents myself. They all have a distinctive character. I can't think of an accent I loathe. But my mother absolutely hates the cockney accent. And probably Estuary as well.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30433641061312494952016-03-01T19:50:54.021+00:002016-03-01T19:50:54.021+00:00I love regional accents but to be honest I really ...I love regional accents but to be honest I really adore beautiful English speaking voices<br />Helen Mirren, maggie smith, Miriam margoles jeremy irons etcJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-88738168178908920162016-03-01T17:39:42.457+00:002016-03-01T17:39:42.457+00:00Scarlet: Oh yes, I know there's a sprinkling o...Scarlet: Oh yes, I know there's a sprinkling of people with different accents like Janet Street Porter (I love her voice) and the Eastenders crowd, but very much the exception to the rule, I would say. Funny, I never pictured you as Estuary English. Oddly enough, Jenny is posh English but her sister is totally Estuary!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-23675022795797599832016-03-01T17:16:38.920+00:002016-03-01T17:16:38.920+00:00Do you never watch Eastenders or Corrie :-) I know...Do you never watch Eastenders or Corrie :-) I know, you are speaking about newsy type programmes aren't you?! But there is Janet Street-Porter... and Phil Tufnel talking about Art is a joy!<br />Meanwhile, I am genuine Estuary... so much so that I can tell the difference between north and south estuary. These days, if I concentrate I can tone it down, but if I get over excited about something it bubbles up and this seems to make people laugh.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.com