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  • C Chris Losinger

    from English speaking countries: Scottish non-English speakers: swedish dutch (netherlands) least favorite: a loud middle-aged woman with Southern accent (east carolina is the worst) -c


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    Chris Losinger wrote: a loud middle-aged woman with Southern accent (east carolina is the worst) I think the UK equivelent is prolly Essex Girls or Women from Liverpool with a broad scouse accent. scouse = liverpool accent    Wake up CPians.....    Follow the Green Alien.... :bob:"Bob, a real Alien in a virtual world" Get your free CP wallpaper here or [Paul]

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    • K Kevnar

      The video store by my house recently hired this Australian Dude. He sounds like he just got off the plane too. Heavy accent, lingo, etc. I don't know his name, but he's so cool! He's like, "There ya go, mate. Righty then. Take care..." It great. I think Australians have the coolest accent on earth, second only to Scottish accents. Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.

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      Jason Hooper
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      I like listening to Latin and Russian being spoken. - Jason (SonorkID 100.611) In the beginning, teachers taught the 5 W's: who, what, where, when, why. Now it's just a big damn G

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      • K Kevnar

        The video store by my house recently hired this Australian Dude. He sounds like he just got off the plane too. Heavy accent, lingo, etc. I don't know his name, but he's so cool! He's like, "There ya go, mate. Righty then. Take care..." It great. I think Australians have the coolest accent on earth, second only to Scottish accents. Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.

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        Navin
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        Accents from Caribbean countries, like Jamaica, are pretty cool. Similarly, many sub-Saharan African accents (like Kenya) are similarly cool. Although nothing beats an attractive woman with a British accent. :-D No generalization is 100% true. Not even this one.

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          Accents from Caribbean countries, like Jamaica, are pretty cool. Similarly, many sub-Saharan African accents (like Kenya) are similarly cool. Although nothing beats an attractive woman with a British accent. :-D No generalization is 100% true. Not even this one.

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          Ryan Getgen
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          Yeah, I enjoy listening to Russian.

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          • K Kevnar

            The video store by my house recently hired this Australian Dude. He sounds like he just got off the plane too. Heavy accent, lingo, etc. I don't know his name, but he's so cool! He's like, "There ya go, mate. Righty then. Take care..." It great. I think Australians have the coolest accent on earth, second only to Scottish accents. Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.

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            Ravi Bhavnani
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            My favorite accent (and delivery) is that of John Cleese (Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda, etc.). /ravi Let's put "civil" back into "civilization" http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

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            • R Ryan Getgen

              Yeah, I enjoy listening to Russian.

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              James T Johnson
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              I enjoy listening to the accent too; even when they're speaking English its still there. It just sucks when they're talking too fast for you to know what they're saying AND they're teaching the hardest class you've ever taken ;P James

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              • K Kevnar

                As a side note, I often wonder how long it takes for someone to pick up a new accent when they move to a foreign country/region. I remember being so shocked when I heard Mel Gibson talking in his normal Australian accent in a news interview. I'd only ever heard him talk with the american accent in the movies. Then there's my dentist who *looks* heavily East Indian. To look at him you'd expect him to sound like Apu from the Simpsons, but he actually talks like some sort of Broadcast DJ or something. It's cool. Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.

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                Chris Maunder
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                Mel lost his Oz accent years ago... cheers, Chris Maunder

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                • L lucy 0

                  like Crocodile Dundee? Oh, it's hard for us whose English is second language. :(

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                  Chris Maunder
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                  That's interesting. I was talking to a french girl once who said she prefers the Australian accent to the English and US accents because she can understand it easier. This was interesting because everytime I go to the States I have to t a l k   s l o w l y  to the natives so they can understand my mumblings. I'll have to dig up that survey that found the Aussie accent was the considered the most trustworthy accent. If only they knew :D (mwahahahaha!) cheers, Chris Maunder

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                  • K Kevnar

                    The video store by my house recently hired this Australian Dude. He sounds like he just got off the plane too. Heavy accent, lingo, etc. I don't know his name, but he's so cool! He's like, "There ya go, mate. Righty then. Take care..." It great. I think Australians have the coolest accent on earth, second only to Scottish accents. Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.

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                    kevnar wrote: He's like, "There ya go, mate. Righty then. Take care..." It great. I think Australians have the coolest accent on earth, second only to Scottish accents. I don't believe he is a real Australian. We don't say "Take care" no matter how pissed we are. :-D Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "In Summer, I like to dance naked on the roof to celebrate the event of the temperature finally falling below 40C (usually about midnight). But the neighbors have lately taken up the habit of staying up late. And looking up, at times, from their dreary, pointless lives..." - Roger Wright 15/05/2002

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                    • R Ravi Bhavnani

                      My favorite accent (and delivery) is that of John Cleese (Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda, etc.). /ravi Let's put "civil" back into "civilization" http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

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                      Xavier Shay
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                        kevnar wrote: He's like, "There ya go, mate. Righty then. Take care..." It great. I think Australians have the coolest accent on earth, second only to Scottish accents. I don't believe he is a real Australian. We don't say "Take care" no matter how pissed we are. :-D Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "In Summer, I like to dance naked on the roof to celebrate the event of the temperature finally falling below 40C (usually about midnight). But the neighbors have lately taken up the habit of staying up late. And looking up, at times, from their dreary, pointless lives..." - Roger Wright 15/05/2002

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                        Kevnar
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                        Perhaps I was embellishing the story a bit. He's Austrailian as I've ever seen. Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.

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                        • X Xavier Shay

                          Let's not forget Manuel, Que? Si. Fire! Fire! - X

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                          Ravi Bhavnani
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                          Yes, of course! "Excuse me please, which one is man with beard?" :) /ravi Let's put "civil" back into "civilization" http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

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                          • K Kevnar

                            The video store by my house recently hired this Australian Dude. He sounds like he just got off the plane too. Heavy accent, lingo, etc. I don't know his name, but he's so cool! He's like, "There ya go, mate. Righty then. Take care..." It great. I think Australians have the coolest accent on earth, second only to Scottish accents. Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.

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                            Brian Delahunty
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                            Scotish Female accent..... yum... :love:


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