British English Vs American English

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Yeah. And aussie, i find that grating as well.
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We should also talk about Australian accent. Recently i watched Australian Network a lot and i found it very interesting. I think i have met many Australian and i thought they have similar accent, but i was wrong actually. Aussies also have variety of accents.
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Kampong Spooner wrote:Yeah. And aussie, i find that grating as well.
Just when I was warming to you...
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Samouth wrote:We should also talk about Australian accent. Recently i watched Australian Network a lot and i found it very interesting. I think i have met many Australian and i thought they have similar accent, but i was wrong actually. Aussies also have variety of accents.
not many, most all speak the same unless theyre from perth on the west side (just regurgitating what other people have said, ive never been to the west side of oz) i think theres just 3 accents, the West Oz accent, the East Oz accent and the Bogan accent haha :popcorn: :P but when you account of the shear size of Oz (the size of the whole of europe pretty much) and the distances between cities, they all pretty much talk the same, i can drive 30minutes to the next city in england and they will have a complete different accent
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The Add Jay wrote:Older British guys speak really cool english. They play on words Beautifully and put sentences together unlike any American can. Anybody from I guess Yorkshire or around the area of Sheffield seem to speak English the best.

Mid Western Americans speak a very pure form of English with zero accent.
Cheers pal :thumb: me mams from leeds and i grew up a 30minute drive from Sheffield :good:
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Kampong Spooner wrote:I'm so glad I managed to rid myself of the terrible accent of south worcestershire (where brummie meets west country farmer). And the terrible grammar them thur yockels has.

It were focking shit lock. Ennit.

It still returns when very drunk or if speaking to a fellow native of the 3 counties of hereford, worcester and gloucester shires.

Luckily I got out at 18.
ouch i feel sorry for you, i really do, at least you were lucky to get out by 18 haha :P :dragonchase:
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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Samouth wrote:We should also talk about Australian accent. Recently i watched Australian Network a lot and i found it very interesting. I think i have met many Australian and i thought they have similar accent, but i was wrong actually. Aussies also have variety of accents.
not many, most all speak the same unless theyre from perth on the west side (just regurgitating what other people have said, ive never been to the west side of oz) i think theres just 3 accents, the West Oz accent, the East Oz accent and the Bogan accent haha :popcorn: :P but when you account of the shear size of Oz (the size of the whole of europe pretty much) and the distances between cities, they all pretty much talk the same, i can drive 30minutes to the next city in england and they will have a complete different accent
I agree with you that there are so many accent in England.

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haha KS i forgot how good that young lad was lol
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Kampong Spooner wrote:
I watched it before. He did more than just British accents. However, he is really good at it.
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