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dogsbody70 12-25-2010 09:41 AM

I will post some poems onto a poetry thread with great ACTORS reading poetry

MissMisa 12-25-2010 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RealJames (Post 843454)
I can't speak for other places, but from my time in Korea and Japan, American English tends to be the preferred choice, there is a seriously weird America-love that I can't rationalize.

Guess it depends on the person because I've only heard the exact opposite... but I'm from England, so of course everyone is gonna say that.

dogsbody70, I've never heard anyone say 'lewk' instead of 'look' or anything... I know some people do but it's definitely not something associated with the majority of the north of England xD

But yes I'm from Yorkshire so it's always lazy, 'the cat sat on't mat' :P 'I'm off t'pub.' etc ~

dogsbody70 12-25-2010 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 843486)
Guess it depends on the person because I've only heard the exact opposite... but I'm from England, so of course everyone is gonna say that.

dogsbody70, I've never heard anyone say 'lewk' instead of 'look' or anything... I know some people do but it's definitely not something associated with the majority of the north of England xD

But yes I'm from Yorkshire so it's always lazy, 'the cat sat on't mat' :P 'I'm off t'pub.' etc ~

well maybe \I have not described it well enough but the vowel difference is quite normal believe me

MissMisa 12-25-2010 07:55 PM

I've lived in the North all my life, it says you don't live in the North so...

Like, people from Bolton talk like that and that's it. Bolton is a very small town compared to the entirety of the North xD

dogsbody70 12-25-2010 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 843489)
I've lived in the North all my life, it says you don't live in the North so...

Like, people from Bolton talk like that and that's it. Bolton is a very small town compared to the entirety of the North xD


ah yes but I have lived in different parts of the country so have heard the different ways of talking.

whenever I lived up NORTH they took the mickey out of the way I spoke-- then when I returned SOUTH I had already picked up some of the accents etc.


anyway there is variety everywhere thank goodness.


different parts of the SOUTH or south West or south east vary.

so here's to variety.

dogsbody70 12-25-2010 11:39 PM

Accents and dialects of the UK

here is a website where you can click on the map and listen to various accents and dialects around the country.


YouTube - British Accents

this chap imitates some accents then there are quite a few other sites.


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