Rounding up the Muslims
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For pickup truck TV commercials, the accent is always the Texas drawl. Annoying, and somehow condescending.
Actually, only domestic pickup trucks Ford/Chevy, the Japanese commercials don't stoop to some sort of overly emphasized twang.For the symphony orchestras you mentioned, it would be interesting to hear what people think, if a southern drawl announced,
"Y'all stick yo gadgets where the sun don't shine."wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 02:10 last edited by George K@Rainman said in Rounding up the Muslims:
"Y'all stick yo gadgets where the sun don't shine."
That made me spit (cheap) Scotch everywhere.
But, your point is a good one.
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wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 06:31 last edited by
But which British accent?
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But which British accent?
Link to videowrote on 29 Aug 2020, 15:35 last edited by@bachophile That was interesting, but hard for me to tell the difference. LOL
(I think this is bias, but many people say that Taiwanese have the best accent when speaking Chinese. LOL)
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@Larry said in Rounding up the Muslims:
I think the US should round up everyone feigning a fake British accent. Especially that guy with the terrible fake accent in all those "as seen on tv" commercials...
That's funny, cause it's so often true. I'd include our local PBS classical music station.
For some reason, that British accent implies sophistication.
But, I do like the sound of that accent. Just seems so profound compared to other accents.wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 18:18 last edited by@Rainman said in Rounding up the Muslims:
@Larry said in Rounding up the Muslims:
I think the US should round up everyone feigning a fake British accent. Especially that guy with the terrible fake accent in all those "as seen on tv" commercials...
That's funny, cause it's so often true. I'd include our local PBS classical music station.
For some reason, that British accent implies sophistication.
But, I do like the sound of that accent. Just seems so profound compared to other accents.I sound dead fucking sophisticated. Just ask anyone.
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But which British accent?
Link to videowrote on 29 Aug 2020, 18:22 last edited by@bachophile said in Rounding up the Muslims:
But which British accent?
Link to videoI have to say, some of those are shockingly bad.
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@bachophile said in Rounding up the Muslims:
But which British accent?
Link to videoI have to say, some of those are shockingly bad.
wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 21:40 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Rounding up the Muslims:
@bachophile said in Rounding up the Muslims:
But which British accent?
Link to videoI have to say, some of those are shockingly bad.
"Bad" as in "poorly done," or "bad" as in "yeah, that's how bad they really sound?"
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wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 21:44 last edited by Doctor Phibes
Bad as in poorly done. 'Shockingly bad' is really over-stating it, some of them are ok, but she's not nearly as good at them as she thinks.
Not that I'd do any better, of course, far from it - but I'm not posting on YouTube
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wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 21:49 last edited by
I love true Irish accents.
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wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 22:56 last edited by
I've got a cousin from Northern Ireland, and my sister in law is from Dublin. It's fair to say her accent is a lot nicer.
Then again, I'm from Preston, so complaining about other people's accents is probably a little unfair.
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I've got a cousin from Northern Ireland, and my sister in law is from Dublin. It's fair to say her accent is a lot nicer.
Then again, I'm from Preston, so complaining about other people's accents is probably a little unfair.
wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 23:01 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Rounding up the Muslims:
Then again, I'm from Preston, so complaining about other people's accents is probably a little unfair
Yeah, but I've heard you speak in person. YOu're weird, but not that weird.
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wrote on 29 Aug 2020, 23:23 last edited by
My accent has been very toned down over the years. When I go back home it re-appears, and I start talking reet funny like.