Guest Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I just love languages and their dialects. I could go on but amongst my favourites are Irsh, Welsh, and Scottish, also French, Italian and Spanish. What are your favourties. My ultimate has to be Jamacian though It cracks me up! As a youngster my neighbours were Jamacian, and therefore i can understand what is said, but many others could be forgiven for not catching it Clipped words and very fast syntax. Anyone remember 'The Real Mc Coy' from the 80's? I loved that programme. Aunty is my favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzN-tUUl1BY# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJAyh63K1Uw# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMyI8QxKogQ# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-vAlk_YoA# This one is hard to catch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwabcFHAeA# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Think I have to answer Irish on this as OH is Irish but will have a think on others Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I love listening to the cricket when the West Indian guys are commentating. Also American southern drawl y'all. But overall my favourite has to be English when spoken with an "ooh arrrr" accent. Lots of varying degrees in the west and Wessex region, but East Anglia is not dissimilar. I don't have an accent, but always wished I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 A cute french guy speaking english in a strong french accent yummmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I also like Bumble's Lancashire accent (forgotten about that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I love an Irish accent, and Welsh and Scottish... I don't think I could choose between them. My DH is from Birmingham as well - not the best accent to have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I don't have an accent, but always wished I had. That's what I always thought about my speech and my daughter says it's RP Since I moved up here my hubby's family take the mick ... in a kindly way I guess and hubby occasionally shouts, "Mary Poppins" at me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I love the Yorkshire accent, but I'm biased as hubby's from Harrogate. His accent always gets stronger whenever we go on visit. His grandad used to have a really strong Yorkshire accent, I could barely understand him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracefruit Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I love West African accents. I have a friend from Ghana and I could listen to her speak all day long. It's soothing and lovely. One of my suppliers is from Nigeria, and I'm always happy when he calls. I grew up in Alabama, and that accent is quite nice, too. Sadly, I've lost mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I love a southern American accent, & also Jamaican & Russian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I deal with people all over the world on a daily basis, I think my favourite accent has to be the good old Geordie/Newcastle one! The nicest, most polite people I deal with are either German or Irish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I think my favourite accent has to be the good old Geordie/Newcastle one! The parents of a friend are from Newcastle and I love their accent, even though they have lived in the south for a few years, it's still strong :D I also love a good Brummy accent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I love the southern Irish accent I have a Lancashire accent with a bit of Yorkshire twang (im a hybrid!) and my friend is convinced her little baby boy loves my accent when i talk to him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaP Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 My family roots are in Hampshire/Wiltshire and I love listening to my relations talk - makes me feel right at home OH is half Welsh and I do like their accents too, totally different to my family. Neither OH or I have any sort of accent though Lisa P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I love the Irish accent and the French accent. I also find it very soothing to hear other people talking in a different language (as long as it's not to me! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I must add that I love a good New York accent (Noo Yoik) on a man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I love Geordie and scouse accents along with Scottish and Irish. The guy who does the coast programmes I could listen to him all day. I love listening to Edith Bowman on radio 1 she has a lovely Scottish accent and endless enthusiasm. Not fond of most American accents as a rule but I could listen to Bruce Willis all day. I myself have a very stange hybrid accent a mix of Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire where I spent my formative years and a few of the other places that I have lived in since. My husband grew up on the Wirral and just occasionally says something Scouse. Our children have largely Gloucestershire accents mixed with more Northern pronunciations of words like path, bath etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMitch Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I love the Welsh accent. Oh is Welsh and I have a very strong North Yorkshire accent (even used to have a whippet and pigeons when I was younger), we make a right pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 LOVE a soft Scottish accent like OH According to him I have a 'posh' Surrey accent There's nowt wrong with being well spoken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Kerry, Scotch, Cornwall, Bronx, Cockney, Calcutta. I love 'singing' Indian accents. I have some Indian friends who, when being enthusiastic, have this lovely swooping tone to their accents. It's so joyful to hear. I love the words 'purple curtains' in Liverpudlian. It sounds like 'peeerple keeert'ns'. Love it. And the word 'cows' in Northern Irish. It seems to have about seven different 'o' sounds in it. Brilliant! I love accents. I'm annoyed that our exposure to TV and radio, with their bland RP, and a bias towards national coverage rather than local coverage, results in the blanding-out of accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I love Geordie and scouse accents along with Scottish and Irish. The guy who does the coast programmes I could listen to him all day. I love listening to Edith Bowman on radio 1 she has a lovely Scottish accent and endless enthusiasm. Not fond of most American accents as a rule but I could listen to Bruce Willis all day. I myself have a very stange hybrid accent a mix of Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire where I spent my formative years and a few of the other places that I have lived in since. My husband grew up on the Wirral and just occasionally says something Scouse. Our children have largely Gloucestershire accents mixed with more Northern pronunciations of words like path, bath etc. I forgot about the Wirral dialect. I love that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Northern Irish - for some reason I find it relaxing I worked with a guy from NI who had a particularly soothing voice. Trouble was I'd come off a call with him and not have a clue what he'd been talking about Italian accents but not because I find them relaxing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Northern Irish - for some reason I find it relaxing I worked with a guy from NI who had a particularly soothing voice. Trouble was I'd come off a call with him and not have a clue what he'd been talking about Italian accents but not because I find them relaxing Italian accents i love. However, the dialects also fascinate me. I can speak Italian, but Southern Italian dialects i haven't a clue what they are saying! I used to listen to my Neapolitan and Sicilian friends like they had arrived from another planet! Fascinating to hear though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Good idea for a thread My fave accents depend on the gender of the speaker - I like the Geordie accent on a lady but not on a chap for instance and French men sound sexy but French women sound angry! My absolute fave is the Gloucestershire accent on a man, mmmmmmm! My accent used to be posh but is now proper Bristolian which I am not a fan of - everyone up here comments on it and can tell instantly I am from the West Country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I love a Scottish accent on a man, reduces me to a simpering wreck! But to be honest I love ALL accents that are different to my own, particularly if they're from another country, I like to imagine the far flung places they come from that I may never see. I love thinking about other countries, it's too easy to think that everyone is like me / us, cultural differences are intriguing!! BeckyBoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
