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Post by Reactionary Rage on Dec 31, 2020 12:32:51 GMT
You know what I dislike? That London accent you get these days that's called MLE apparently?
It's almost as bad as South African or Northern Irish
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Post by oh oooh on Dec 31, 2020 12:48:10 GMT
I LOVE the Northern Irish accent!
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Dec 31, 2020 12:58:46 GMT
ugh. terrible.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 13:04:41 GMT
You waited a few years after beebsy left to say that.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Dec 31, 2020 13:18:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 13:30:47 GMT
The annoying thing concerning accents is people thinking one accent covers a whole country. We've be tortured with it for fucking years. The funny thing is if you do the same thing to these ignorant people they'd probably get offended.
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Post by tory on Dec 31, 2020 13:35:27 GMT
There is little to love in the Norn Iron accent, particularly as I grew up with news of Paisley and the actually rather excellent correspondent but terribly accented John Cole on the TV quite regularly.
I'm always happy to be rebuffed by evidence of excellent NI accentage though.
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Post by oh oooh on Dec 31, 2020 13:39:48 GMT
Like a lot of accents, the stronger variety (Paisley, for example) isn't a lovely thing. But a mild NI accent is one of the most beautiful there is.
Same goes for Scouse. A strong accent is all back-of-the-throat kkkkkkkkk and spitty and stretch-mouthed, but a gentle one is really lovely to listen to.
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Post by tory on Dec 31, 2020 13:42:05 GMT
Oh of course. It's like the British dislike for the German accent, which comes from films of Hitler, whose coarseness was not at all indicative of the often mellifluous qualities of the language.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 13:48:43 GMT
I would suggest that big Ian's accent was norn iron but still very unique in general. Also there is a few different norn iron accents, the DublinDerry, tyrone, armagh accents are all different.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 13:51:13 GMT
Oh of course. It's like the British dislike for the German accent, which comes from films of Hitler, whose coarseness was not at all indicative of the often mellifluous qualities of the language. Have you watched german shows though? I've watched das boot and dark recently and even in tender moments in those show the language just sounds harsh.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 13:51:52 GMT
I like the Cork accent. Very sing-songy!
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Post by oh oooh on Dec 31, 2020 13:56:15 GMT
Oh of course. It's like the British dislike for the German accent, which comes from films of Hitler, whose coarseness was not at all indicative of the often mellifluous qualities of the language. Have you watched german shows though? I've watched das boot and dark recently and even in tender moments in those show the language just sounds harsh. Of course. Toby's a Germanophile. But German is never a pleasant sound regardless of who's speaking.
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Post by oh oooh on Dec 31, 2020 13:56:54 GMT
I like the Cork accent. Very sing-songy! Best English accent, then? Geordie?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 14:01:18 GMT
I like the Cork accent. Very sing-songy! Best English accent, then? Geordie? I like Bristolian - it has a warmth, Scouse (but not the whiney Stevie G variety), Cumbrian ( quite gentle and lilting). Geordie can be a little irritating with its constant high inflections ( they can sound if they're bloody amazed at everything).
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