Question of The Day. Saturday the 9th of May.

Stewball said:

You already speak the 'queen's English' just not with vs plummy accent. So what if by our students s peak

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pinkdagger said:

I didn't think I had an accent. I was taught English by my family members who, if they weren't ESL themselves, the people who taught them were (ie, my brothers were taught by their parents, and their diction and some pronunciations do sound accented to me), but I also spoke almost exclusively English after age 4.

A few months back, I asked my boyfriend and he said it's a small accent - which blew my mind - where I speak (in my mouth) "more forward and up", as opposed to a more deep/tonguey/gutteral way of speaking. Quite a few East Asian languages sound like they come from closer to the front and roof of the mouth.

I have no idea if I have a regional Canadian accent on top of that because I consider how I speak "normal", but I can definitely tell who's a born and raised Newfie when I hear them. I know for sure I have a terrible, terrible English (language) accent when I speak Japanese and an even worse one when I speak Cantonese. Painfully thick, grounds for ridicule.

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Willowy said:

Haha, I know a guy from New York who has a strong NY accent even though he's lived here a long time. Of course he says he doesn't have an accent, everybody else does . But his grandson is named Parker and he doesn't like the name. He said "Pah-kuh? Who names their kid Pah-kuh?" I told him that if he said it right it would sound better :lol3:.

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Stewball said:

sorry
so what if your students speak English with a Bristol accent so long as they speak English. ;-)

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Stewball said:

Wouldn't Pah-kuh sound more Boston?

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Norachan said:

I guess it would be OK if they picked up my accent. I was more worried that they wouldn't understand a word I was saying.

Can you imagine a Japanese business man going abroad to negotiate a deal and sounding like Vicky from Little Britain?

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Norachan said:

I guess it would be OK if they picked up my accent. I was more worried that they wouldn't understand a word I was saying

Can you imagine a Japanese business man going abroad to negotiate a deal and sounding like Vicky from Little Britain?

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Norachan said:

I guess it would be OK if they picked up my accent. I was more worried that they wouldn't understand a word I was saying.

Can you imagine a Japanese business man going abroad to negotiate a deal and sounding like Vicky from Little Britain?

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Stewball said:

I speak British London English so I




obviously don't have an accent.

I have a friend in Virginia and I have trouble understanding him.

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Stewball said:

@Norachan

I don't watch little Britain. I find it too coarse. I've become a bit of a prude in my old age.

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Norachan said:

I watch it whenever I'm feeling homesick.....reminds me of
Lwhy I don't want to go back there.  :lol3:

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Norachan said:

I guess it would be OK if they picked up my accent. I was more worried that they wouldn't understand a word I was saying.

Can you imagine a Japanese business man going abroad to negotiate a deal and sounding like Vicky from Little Britain?

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