Okay yes thats what i mean.. but what do you mean scots arent british?Originally Posted by Rosiemac
No their part of the United Kingdom, not Great Britain.
My partner is from Scotland but he's not British
Okay yes thats what i mean.. but what do you mean scots arent british?Originally Posted by Rosiemac
No their part of the United Kingdom, not Great Britain.
My partner is from Scotland but he's not British
not to start the next war, but i bet a whole loads of scots just rolled over in there graves.Originally Posted by fwan
Okay yes thats what i mean.. but what do you mean scots arent british?
Usually they are the Scots living in England as wellOriginally Posted by theimp98
not to start the next war, but i bet a whole loads of scots just rolled over in there graves.
once, i called a Scot british, and he got all mad and wanted to fight. lol.
They would as well!Originally Posted by theimp98
not to start the next war, but i bet a whole loads of scots just rolled over in there graves.
Same here. Somedays the NYer in me comes out a lot, some days not so much. But I'm an upstate Nyer...no city chick. The accent is very different! Mostly words ending in vowels get drawn out. My big ones areOriginally Posted by LuckyGirl
I grew up in NY, and even though I've lived in PA for 15 years, sometimes you can still hear the NYer in me.... especially when I say "hunnee, why is the laawwwn mo-wa still in the yard?" or "can you get me a cup-a cawfee please" or "that dawg of the neighbors really drives me bippy!" my SIL & DH always call me on it too.....
Yes your mums right,She is British.Originally Posted by fwan
Well thats weird, as my mother is scottish and she says she is british?
Yes you're right tooOriginally Posted by Wickedkitten
Not meaning to be picky, but there is no such thing as a "British" accent.
If we want to get more technical about itOriginally Posted by icklemiss21
In terms of accents, the 'typical English country' James Bond type accent is considered British
In linguistic terms, there is also a 'British accent' and is associated with Received Pronounciation (which admittedly is rare these days) but the typical Oxford/Cambridge university professor type accent
If we want to get technical about it
Did I say Great Britain includes Ireland?????NOOriginally Posted by icklemiss21
Great Britain does not include Ireland at all (not even Northern Ireland)
You will hear it referred to as Great Britain AND Northern Ireland
Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales
United Kingdom: England, Scotland and Wales (GB) AND Northern Ireland
The British Isles: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Isles (Guernsey & Jersey) and the Isle of Man
But people who come from the Republic of Ireland are not British (and you will have a harder time convincing them that they are than any Scot)
I wasn't replying to you, merely stating the same as you, I had left the window open for some time and had started replying before youOriginally Posted by furryferals
Did I say Great Britain includes Ireland?????NO
I said Great Britain and Ireland is part of the British Isles
Erm, I don't like that accent. It sounds weird to meOriginally Posted by wookie130
I LOVE Italian accents. Very sexy!
Well pray tell me,Nobody else mentioned or questioned Ireland or Scotland being British for that matter,Except Fran and I confirmed what her mum was saying to her.So why say it as though questioning what I was sayingOriginally Posted by icklemiss21
Great Britain does not include Ireland at all (not even Northern Ireland)
You will hear it referred to as Great Britain AND Northern Ireland
Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales
United Kingdom: England, Scotland and Wales (GB) AND Northern Ireland
The British Isles: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Isles (Guernsey & Jersey) and the Isle of Man
But people who come from the Republic of Ireland are not British (and you will have a harder time convincing them that they are than any Scot)
I find people from southern Ontario sound different to what I'm used to hearing but I don't know why.Originally Posted by LokisMum
It's funny - most people think canadians sound alike but that's not true! I spent a lot of time in the Ottawa valley growing up, and I'm told my English sounds like Ottawa Valley english. My French sounds like Jonquiere french, so everything is different!
Nah, we sound normal..I think all Canadians sound the same really. Except for the Maritimers, they sound different.Originally Posted by Moz
I find people from southern Ontario sound different to what I'm used to hearing but I don't know why.