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Sleng Teng
May 3, 2009

elf help book posted:

the first language of boston is racial slurs

This.

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Sleng Teng
May 3, 2009

The second language is pretending to be Irish.

The Wicked ZOGA
Jan 27, 2022

Sleng Teng posted:

The second language is pretending to be Irish.

'oh I'm Irish and Norwegian' no fuckface you're american

Radia
Jul 14, 2021

And someday, together.. We'll shine.

elf help book posted:

the first language of boston is racial slurs

learning about bill russell's time in the Celtics has taught me all i need about Boston

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

[listening to the thickest scouse accent known to man speaking perfect standard english] thahts a dialect actually, for some reason.

Buschmaki
Dec 26, 2012

‿︵‿︵‿︵‿Lean Addict︵‿︵‿︵‿
I'm from the Boston area and don't generally have an accent except it will just randomly appear if I say certain words too fast. Like, I can't say Doc Martens the first time correctly, it's either "Dahk Mahtens" or "Dark Martins" and it's always embarrassing cause I dont speak like that normally

The Wicked ZOGA
Jan 27, 2022

Buschmaki posted:

I'm from the Boston area and don't generally have an accent

Don't you?

Buschmaki
Dec 26, 2012

‿︵‿︵‿︵‿Lean Addict︵‿︵‿︵‿

Well I guess everyone has an accent, I mean a Boston accent except when it rears its head randomly every few weeks

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
a dialect is when you can't understand it without trying super hard. so Cajun is a dialect but not an accent.

NinpoEspiritoSanto
Oct 22, 2013




Stux posted:

[listening to the thickest scouse accent known to man speaking perfect standard english] thahts a dialect actually, for some reason.

Lmaoing

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

please do not spread the harmful rumour that the scouse are capable of language

also i thought creeks were smaller than streams

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

please do not spread the harmful rumour that the scouse are capable of language

also i thought creeks were smaller than streams

i don't know how the actual watershed eggheads classify it but I've never heard it used to describe anything but trickles of permanent spring water and temporary waterways like what runs off the sides of mountains when it rains a lot

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Terrible Opinions posted:


I thought the distinguishing part of a crick was that it dried up during summer, but a creek flowed year round.

The distinguishing part of a crick is that it flowed thru a cow pasture. A particularly dedicated heifer can singlehandedly convert a perfectly good creek into a crick in a few days.

ChubbyChecker
Mar 25, 2018

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

wonder how many accents switzerland's got

all the different inbred valleys have one for all the official languages present

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

Stux posted:

therhes no us accent i cannot understand. theres at least 30 uk accents an american cannot understand. case closed.

Actually I understand all of them

Empty Sandwich
Apr 22, 2008

goatse mugs

ulvir posted:

you anglos (collectively) need to stop confusing dialects with accents

Stux posted:

stunningly incorrect. wonderful job

Snow Cone Capone
Jul 31, 2003


John Mahoney did a pretty good American accent on Frasier

Also the old succession guy did a good one in Super Troopers

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

Stux posted:

[listening to the thickest scouse accent known to man speaking perfect standard english] thahts a dialect actually, for some reason.

that's basically Scottish

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
many people can't understand accents but im different

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

"chili should have beans in", in an american accent

Fajita Queen
Jun 21, 2012

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

"chili should have beans in", in an american accent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb3k0wApWas

fun hater
May 24, 2009

its a neat trick, but you can only do it once
im going to be the last person with a transatlantic accent for attention

pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

"chili should have beans in", in an american accent

something has to balance out the mushrooms

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

Regarde Aduck posted:

that's basically Scottish

Im going to fucken nut you

The Maroon Hawk
May 10, 2008

I once had a coworker that went to a pub in London and after taking his order, the bartender asked “so, Colorado or Wyoming?”

My coworker said “Colorado, how’d you know?” and the bartender said “your accent gave it away, most American accents can be nailed down to a few states”

Anyway that’s my accent story

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

A year before and we were getting in, getting bottled in Cork
On television, Congress crying about abusing the pork
I told the bartender we were all from New York
Sometimes the path of least resistance will gain you the most
More than trying to map the distance
Up and down the East Coast
When you're in Munich making music
Raise your glass and say "Prost!"
Make it easy on your host
-Ted Leo, "Bottled in Cork"

aw frig aw dang it
Jun 1, 2018


I heard somebody talking once and it sounded weird

B33rChiller
Aug 18, 2011




aw frig aw dang it posted:

I heard somebody talking once and it sounded weird

"Bar, bar, bar, barbar." Yuck.

Fungah!
Apr 30, 2011

Larry Parrish posted:

am-knee-Zuh and E-Z-er

e zed er

UwUnabomber
Sep 9, 2012

Pubes dreaded out so hoes call me Chris Barnes. I don't wear a condom at the pig farm.

fun hater posted:

im going to be the last person with a transatlantic accent for attention

Kelsey Grammer is still alive.

fun hater
May 24, 2009

its a neat trick, but you can only do it once

SKVLK posted:

Kelsey Grammer is still alive.

im working on it

Ohtori Akio
Jul 15, 2022

Feels Villeneuve posted:

this is my favorite line reading ever. rip gandolfini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbldmqXrVg

lmfao

ulvir posted:

boston and and liverpool have dialects. accent is what the chief of NATO has when he speaks english (e.g. the tone of his first language affects the way he speaks english)

lmfao (derogatory)

aw frig aw dang it
Jun 1, 2018


SKVLK posted:

Kelsey Grammer is still alive.

if you call that living

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Ohtori Akio posted:

lmfao (derogatory)

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

Ohtori Akio posted:

lmfao (derogatory)

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

I have an accent Greg. Can you milk me?

Runa
Feb 13, 2011

Ohtori Akio posted:

lmfao (derogatory)

qnqnx
Nov 14, 2010

Ohtori Akio posted:

lmfao (derogatory)

more falafel please
Feb 26, 2005

forums poster

I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life. A bunch of my friends, including my wife, grew up in the southwest suburbs, and I did not. I can tell if someone grew up in the southwest suburbs with like 99% accuracy.

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Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

I moved to Nebraska in middle school, and the locals were incredibly snotty about accents, which is hilarious coming from a place where "warsh" and "maysure" were still in circulation. Also "(grocery) sack" was loving ubiquitous, and that is some freak poo poo, I'm sorry

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