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Started by Queequeg, March 23, 2013, 01:32:41 PM

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Neil

#15
March 24, 2013, 03:29:39 PM
L'accent circonflexe.
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11B4V

#16
March 24, 2013, 04:43:02 PM
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

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Razgovory

#17
March 24, 2013, 06:04:58 PM
French, easy.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

fhdz

#18
March 24, 2013, 06:08:05 PM
Ogre.
and the horse you rode in on

Josquius

#19
March 24, 2013, 06:44:06 PM
I like the Swedish accent, its a shame so many Swedes don't have it and those that do are ashamed of it.
French and Italian are of course always winners in women.
Thinking natively, certain brands of light Irish are nice.
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Admiral Yi

#20
March 24, 2013, 08:19:23 PM
What kind of accent do those other Swedes have? :huh:

Camerus

#21
March 24, 2013, 09:49:09 PM
Scottish.

Queequeg

#22
March 24, 2013, 10:13:13 PM
Weirdly, I think Japanese can either be cool and commanding (say Watanabe) or effeminate and grating. That seems true of several East Asian accents.
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Queequeg

#23
March 24, 2013, 10:14:37 PM
I can't decide if I like the Kiwi accent or just like Kiwis.
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Razgovory

#24
March 24, 2013, 10:17:34 PM Last Edit: March 24, 2013, 10:20:01 PM by Razgovory
German accents always sound odd to me.  The Germans I've spoken to sound like they are speaking a very precise form of English.  It might be a North German thing.  I'm told Southern German has a sing-song quality.

Also I can't tell the difference between a genuine Russian accent and someone just mumbling and slurring their word together like they are drunk.  I wonder if there is a difference.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Josquius

#25
March 25, 2013, 02:59:14 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 24, 2013, 08:19:23 PM
What kind of accent do those other Swedes have? :huh:
Off-American.
Most Dutch people seem to have that too these days.
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Duque de Bragança

#26
March 25, 2013, 03:09:43 AM
L'accent tonique.  :smarty:

Eddie Teach

#27
March 25, 2013, 06:26:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on March 25, 2013, 02:59:14 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 24, 2013, 08:19:23 PM
What kind of accent do those other Swedes have? :huh:
Off-American.
Most Dutch people seem to have that too these days.

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CountDeMoney

#28
March 25, 2013, 06:56:02 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 24, 2013, 10:17:34 PM
German accents always sound odd to me.  The Germans I've spoken to sound like they are speaking a very precise form of English.  It might be a North German thing.  I'm told Southern German has a sing-song quality.

No, it's pretty much all guttural with a lot of spitting.

Sheilbh

#29
March 26, 2013, 09:31:04 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 24, 2013, 08:19:23 PM
What kind of accent do those other Swedes have? :huh:
It's like the Dutch. If you're Dutch and have a clear Dutch accent when speaking English it's sort of looked down on (especially if you do the 'sch' thing). Lots of Scandis and Dutch have almost negligible accents when speaking English; you hear a slight foreign-ness but it's not identifiably Scandi or Dutch. Which is a shame because the Scandi and Dutch accents are awesome.
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