Loz Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I find some accents really sexy - certain Australian ones, French accents, some Scottish ones. Not so keen on Irish or Welsh, I have to admit. There *are* lots of different Aussie accents, aren't there?! Kind of 'posher' ones, harsher ones, ones where they drag out the vowels waaaaay too loooong... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadea Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 hmm- actually maybe someone could answer this for me? I thought 'Brad' in H and A had a slight Kiwi accent? Am I totally off base here? And it is really weird how here in Ireland you can go ten miles and its a totally different accent! Ask any Irish person if they can understand people from West Cork! (unless obviously they themselves are from West Cork!)- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I love music Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I LOVE American accents! (unless it's New York) wow- I think your the first person I've ever heard say that! If you dont mind me asking, why do you think American accents are so nice? I just find that they are boring and have no particular 'national' - or idenfiying sound, if you know what I mean? Just bland and droning... (again, unless they are from the deep south)- Welsh accents are beautiful- I agree with you- accent pet peeve for me? Americans who say " I 'axed' you a question", and British people (london?) who say 'innit' and 'somfing' argh both drive me to be very unreasonable. It's more to do with the language, it's so laid back... Things like "take a rain check/you guys/get outta here" etc Us scousers are getting bad stick on this site today what with Ryan posting scouse jokes and you all hating our accents! Fortunately we have good sense of humours too! I have numerous links to sites that rip scousers if anyone wants them. The Scouse accent is no better and no worse than any other strong accent that some people have difficulty understanding. The only difference is that Liverpudlians are known to have a great sense of humour and don't take offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I don’t think Brad is Kiwi. Mark, from 2005 (one of the stalker suspects, Josie slapped him) was Kiwi. The most obvious example is instead of pronouncing ‘I’ within a word like ‘Fish’ its more pronounced as an ‘E’ so ‘Fesh’. And ‘A’ is pronounced within a word like ‘Satchel’ as ‘Setchel’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire@easypeasy.com Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 How does the New Zealand accent differ from the Australian accent ? Another thing I have noticed is that the Australian accent does not seem to change much no matter where in Aus the person is from, whereas in the UK and Ireland, accents vary quite a lot from region to region. I've noticed that too, Claire. Although SA seems to have a bit of a 'kiwi' sounding accent (in my humble opinion). Pia Corelli in H&A sounded like this. I guess there is a difference in the country areas - words seem to be spoken more slowly and drawn-out. We need an Aussie input on this! Who was Pia Corelli in H&A ? I can't remember her. hmm- actually maybe someone could answer this for me? I thought 'Brad' in H and A had a slight Kiwi accent? Am I totally off base here? And it is really weird how here in Ireland you can go ten miles and its a totally different accent! Ask any Irish person if they can understand people from West Cork! (unless obviously they themselves are from West Cork!)- I agree many accents in Ireland, North and South are sooo different from each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Deadea - I totally agree. The accents here change every 10 miles or so. I can never understand the Cork accent, but it is quite cute. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flutterby Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I Like: Soft Irish accents not too strong! Deep South African accents Aussie Strong Manculian accents rock, Manchester is my roots, unfortunately I have a nasty common Essex accent now Newcastle accents... Ant and Dec...need I say more?! Leiscester accents - my olad art teacher and youth leader both have one and I'm not sure why but I like it! I don't like: Strong Liverpudlian accents I'm not a fan of strong Welsh accents although they are friendly! The grand old Essex accent which I hear and loathe on a daily basis...I speak it too, mine's not particularly strong but I think it just sounds so common! Most American accents don't bother me but I hate the Boston one 80% of the time. I think that's it really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierced Musie Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I have a thing for Spanish accents (men only). Also have a thing for the Texan accent. And New York. Australian. Oh and the Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Co Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 How does the New Zealand accent differ from the Australian accent ? Another thing I have noticed is that the Australian accent does not seem to change much no matter where in Aus the person is from, whereas in the UK and Ireland, accents vary quite a lot from region to region. I've noticed that too, Claire. Although SA seems to have a bit of a 'kiwi' sounding accent (in my humble opinion). Pia Corelli in H&A sounded like this. I guess there is a difference in the country areas - words seem to be spoken more slowly and drawn-out. We need an Aussie input on this! Who was Pia Corelli in H&A ? I can't remember her. She was a policewoman who was in it two or three years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblepop Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 I love all accents, I think its amazing the variety of accents we have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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