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16-01-2021, 01:09 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

Originally Posted by Tedc ->
Funny thing about London?

Where are all of the Cock-a-Knees, these days?

All the passing accents/dialects seem to be Scots, Irish, Northerners, foreign people.

I suspect that potential visitors practice, befoe arrival, by watching Corrie, or Emmie's Dale!

Moved out as far as they can. It's called "White Flight".
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16-01-2021, 05:01 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

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So, do you speak Italian?
Si signora io parlo Italiano multo bene grazie - but not as well as I used to simply because I don't use it any more. I also speak enough French, German and Spanish to get by on holiday and business trips.
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17-01-2021, 01:02 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
Si signora io parlo Italiano multo bene grazie - but not as well as I used to simply because I don't use it any more. I also speak enough French, German and Spanish to get by on holiday and business trips.


I know enough German to ask for a menu in English.
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19-01-2021, 08:57 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
Si signora io parlo Italiano multo bene grazie - but not as well as I used to simply because I don't use it any more. I also speak enough French, German and Spanish to get by on holiday and business trips.
That’s really cool 😎
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08-02-2021, 03:18 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

I was raised in a region where people don't have a strong accent and I have managed not to pick up one of the other accents or dialects which I sometimes have difficulty understanding. I'm glad that several TV stations are using subtitles if necessary.
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08-02-2021, 03:56 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

I was born in Stockton on Tees and lived their for 18 years before moving to Sheffield for Uni and then stayed on a couple of years before finally moving down here in Suffolk where I have lived ever since.

I have a slight Yorkshire accent that sounds a bit posh but changes as soon as I go and see my parents in the North East to "full on Smoggy".

weird right ?
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08-02-2021, 04:15 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

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TAT what non English language do you speak?
I speak Afrikaans but understand Finnish and Dutch. My first language is The Queen’s English
Doesn't SA have 22 official languages Minx ??
How many do you use?
And how many can you name????

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08-02-2021, 04:20 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

Im now told my English is old fashioned.

Funny thing was a few years ago OH and I went to Drenthe to buy a car. I spoke to the guy and arranged a test drive. OH went with him on the drive .
He spoke English with OH he said he didnt mind that but he had real difficulty with my Friesian accent!
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08-02-2021, 04:20 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

I don't have an accent, least not an identifiable one. I have been told its a soft accent and I'm well spoken, but definitely not posh, haha! I do have the weirdest habit of imitating the accent of the person I'm talking to. This can be awkward really because it sounds like I'm taking the mick, but I'm honestly not!
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08-02-2021, 04:30 PM
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Re: Do you have a strong accent?

Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles ->
I don't have an accent, least not an identifiable one. I have been told its a soft accent and I'm well spoken, but definitely not posh, haha! I do have the weirdest habit of imitating the accent of the person I'm talking to. This can be awkward really because it sounds like I'm taking the mick, but I'm honestly not!
Ach, ye wee blether!
 
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