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Topic Started: Oct 4 2010, 09:18 PM (298 Views)
Donye
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Yo!

Each country has it's own stereotypes, for example "english drink tea" to an extent sme of these stereotypes are true, my mum drinks a lot of tea, however we do not speak posh english accents and play croquet in the garden lol

However there are different regional accents and customs as well as their own stereotypes that I guess I want to share with you, props for greg for the idea of the thread, here goes:

Firstly, here's a rather shit digestion of british accents, she's so-so some don't sound that accurate some do, but kudos for trying. When she did the jordie one I started laughing, still makes me laugh when I meet real jordies its such a stupid accent x'D Anyways it gives you a slight insight into the depths of english language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XkYjc11lA&feature=fvw

The stereotypes and diversity of the British people:

Typical Stereotype:

When in class, greg and his mates were asked to say what they thought a stereotypical brit was like. Ofc the good old tea drinking came up. The image that is portrayedof the englishmen is one that relates back to the empire. The upper class and wealthy nobility of the empire benefitted from exotic exports such as tea and coffee and began hosting parties and wearing fancy outfits from abroad in order to show off their wealth. To this day tea is still the most widely consumed beverage in the world! This upper class that is often associated with Britain is today most commonly associated with the Queen and the Monarchy. They continue to carry out traditional ceremonies and hosting tea parties and such x'D These are of course southerners.


London

Now I would like to clear up and urban myth. That all Londoners speak with a posh accent. They do not. The "cockney" accent is fuckign annoying lol, sounds like a scrub and here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBQxU8K1uJw

hilarious acting that x'D really funny as there's a strong attitude against immigrants in this country. But that's a whole different can of worms..... I'm not saying all Londoners are cockney, but I'm saying that's an accent native to London.

Of course being the captial of a multi cultural country, London has a lot of ethnic minorities particularly south asian and black. These families have lived in the country for generations and some families still immigrate. By being born into the UK, these guys still are UK residents, yet they don't have a posh english accent. Often learnign their parent's native tongue, these guys do pick up a combination of their country of origiin and a standard english accent.

Manchester woot!

In Manchester, we get a lot of stick about knife crime and shit lol, this is b/s and for those who don't know, Manchester is my hometown and it is the "captial of the North" Personally I don't really like the mancunian accent because a band "oasis" (you might know them, they're pretty big) are from manny and act total pricks. Every time I hear their scruffy accent it makes me want to spit on them. I live in the suburbs of manchester so my accent isn't as strong as theirs, but nevertheless is manny x'D. I'm biased about a manny accent but to me, it sounds liek speaking normal english, but getting lazy with the ending of your words.

For example in a sentence. "Hi guys, my name is adam and I come from manchester I like to play Starcraft 2"

I would pronounce this: " hi guyz, ma name is adam n I come frm manchester I like t play Starcraf 2" (no typos btw)
I also say "dunno" and "summit" instead of don't know and something, which is why I type it like that lol. That's about as easy as I can explain it without recording a voice of myself. (which i might do later) But Garber and greg have briefly heard my accent anyways. But fear not if you haven't! Here's a manny accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT2DKvz5iMw (skip to about 1min)


Liverpool


We give Liverpublian's the nickname "scouse" or "scousers" dunno why lol. They stereotypically steal stuff lol and have high crime rates, where tracksuit bottoms and sponge off the welfare system of the government. Tbh imo this is the most stupid accent in the UK. It's so funny when the lads talk. They sound like girls. I dunno how else to describe it other than to show you lol, this video sums them up pretty nicely lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7VspOs3Qt0

Newcastle

Jordies bleh (or geordies w/e) These guys are stereotypically big drinkers of beer, they work in the steel industry and have massiv ebeer bellies. This accent sounds similar to scouse in the way that the lads ound like girls. A famous comedian said that in order to prounounce a jordie accent you have to sound tough and manly but at the same time speak like a pussy lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhHLmhchLrU


Welsh


Sheep shaggers, 'nuff said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmemFcQCbQE

you got a shitload more but I cba atm it's late. I'll post more later xD
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i'll do Northern Irish, Birmingham, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Edinburgh, and a few more minor accents some time tomoorw or summit

I must also add, watch that liverpool accent video all the way through, it's from a comedy, really funny, takes the mick out of southerners x'D
Edited by Donye, Oct 4 2010, 09:28 PM.
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Awesome :) This really is good quality dude especially with the Youtube vids.

So are Liverpublicans also stereotypically "girly" in their nature overall as well? I was just thinking that might explain the hippy attitude of the Beatles lol.



The first American exclusive accent I can think of is the southern accent which you can literally pretty much find anywhere in the southern United States. Clay can give better details, and he's probably gonna call me or at least think of my as a yankee when he reads this. The southern accent typically features the phrase "'yall" when referring to a single person or group of people. It is definitely not correct grammar, and tbh it annoys me.

This video perfectly exemplifies what I mean. And sorry if you talk like this Clay, I won't shun you or anything lol honestly I could care less, I'm just a bit of a grammar nazi plus the way a lot of people say it is just annoying. And obviously I don't believe that all southerners speak this way. In fact just assume that unless I state otherwise, everything stereotype I list I don't follow.

Another stereotype is that in some places in the south there are rednecks who live out in the country, drive tractors and hunt. Some of them, as depicted in this hilarious clip, are ugly with teeth missing and lacking basic education thanks to being stuck in the middle of no where.



Anyway enough of the south. Farther north on the east there are several distinct accents that are really respective to their states like New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Maine. This is someone depicting what's called a accent from Brooklyn which is a part of New York City. Basically the person sounds like they're acting all tough and shit. IMO this is the accent I think of when I think New York. I actually read the comments after I posted it, and someone pointed out it might be a Bronx accent which is another part of NYC. I'm just gonna keep that link there because it still makes me think of NYC

Because there are literally so many different accents on the east coast in just the cities alone, I thought I would just point out the Boston accent. When speaking this accent, you need to pronounce your "er"s and "ar"s with "a" sound like "habaa" instead of harbor.

I find both of these accents just funny, but I could imagine being annoyed by them if I was exposed to them more. Yes, I am implying that I have been exposed to the southern accent all the way up here in north. The reason being is that the area I used to live in was known for having many immigrants from Kentucky which is a part of the south. Clay will probably say Kentuckians are as true southerners as Alabamans but like I said I believe they all share a similar accent.



Now on to one of my favorite stereotypes, the Detroit stereotype. This one is easy: everyone thinks people from Detroit are gangsters or live in "da hood." While there are parts of downtown Detroit that are really downtown, like most other large cities there are suburbs all around that are not "hoodish" whatsoever. However, where Detroit is bad, it is bad. Where else did you think Eminem got all his inspiration from? He's from Detroit, and in the rapper world he is considered one of the best (doesn't mean I listen to him).

While I'm talking about the midwest I feel I should mention the Minnesota stereotype which is a way of speaking. It's kinda hard to explain for me so just watch the second part of this first, then watch this as a basic summary of the accent. The description of the second video says it is Wisconsin so I guess you could apply this to the midwest past Lake Michigan.

One thing that I thought was funny is that Garber said he had an Ohion accent but IMO it sounds the same as my accent. FYI there is no such thing as standard English. Every accent from the English to the southern is its own distinct way of speaking, neither is more correct than the other.


Edited by husekhan, Oct 8 2010, 11:22 PM.
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Ive lived in many differant parts of the United states and ive visited many more. so i know a thing or 2 about thea accents. The "south" is a much bigger area of the united states then you may think. im in Ohio, which shares a northern border with canada. the state right beneither me, kentucky, is considerd the south. as is tennessee, alabama, georgia and flordia below that. also included is verginia, north and south carolina, luisiana, mississippi, missuri, and parts of texas.

the southern accent is vary greatly. georgia, tenessee and the carolinas are what youd think of as the traditional southern accent. while kentucky is more of a norther accent (however is a largly un educated area so their bad gramer can be heard as an accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ym08pUTcOc (low volue turn it way up and get close, and listen to the man behind the counter)

florida while technically in the south isnt what youd thing as southern. the norther area is very southern though (lol oxymoron) the acent is thick and rather creol. while south florida (miami, orlando and all the turrest destinations) is more califonia esque

Mississippi and Luisiania are the most southern south states imo. the accent is so thick in places is nearly its own language called Creol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2vr4TIILK0 (skipe too 50 seconds to ehar the accent, or watch the whole thing because this is an awesome movie. also tom hanks as a pretty good classic southern accent)

Texas is a bit more "cowboy" is their southern the kind of say the words with a south accent, but enunchiace and pronounce them better.

i lived in missurri for a while, but cant really remember the accent. i lived in the ghetto so everyone was black and spoke ebonics

ya know like dis cus dey be from da hood dawg

Edited by Garber, Oct 5 2010, 12:06 AM.
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scousers arent considered gay or girly or anything, that's just the liverpool- manchester rivalry kicking in there and my bias xD I just think te accent sounds girly.

And greg check your NYC accent link, it's the redneck URL

and garber green mile is an awesome film :D
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Oct 5 2010, 09:35 AM
scousers arent considered gay or girly or anything, that's just the liverpool- manchester rivalry kicking in there and my bias xD I just think te accent sounds girly.

And greg check your NYC accent link, it's the redneck URL

and garber green mile is an awesome film :D
Oh shit lol my bad.
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I lol'ed at the Paula Dean video.

No, I don't speak in that particular way. I do say "Y'all" and have a southern accent (but not heavy), but nowhere near like the way she does. But, unlike the majority of people in the south, I actually listen to how I speak, in terms of grammar. I try my best to not speak in a way that fits the stereotype, although most people here welcome the stereotype and live it, so we're not helping ourselves here.

And no, I don't look like the typical stereotype. I'm actually "cleaned up," except my sideburns, they're very unkept =/ (for the record, my Facebook profile picture is two years old).

And no, people in Alabama consider Kentucky as the beginning of yankee country.

I'll type more in depth on this later. I've got to take care of a few things at the moment.
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in kentucky they consider themselves southern =/

so does maryland sort of. my point was that the south is actually most of the eastern US xD
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I'm going to scouse land tomorrow greg to have a look at a university :D
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Oct 8 2010, 06:38 PM
I'm going to scouse land tomorrow greg to have a look at a university :D
"Greg Hughes likes this"

Any word from Marth?

BTW I added more to my list.
Edited by husekhan, Oct 8 2010, 11:11 PM.
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