| Accents...turn on or off? and other questions
Posted: 3/2/2008 3:59:48 PM | Ahem.
Like I said.
We speak AMERICAN. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
FANNY is what a little kid in gradeschool is allowed to say to refer to his butt....and not have to worry about being suspended for saying a bad word. | |
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| Accents...turn on or off? and other questions
Posted: 3/2/2008 4:02:15 PM | Another one:
Scotch tape....(Sellotape in the UK)
In Australia: Durex (apparently)
Durex: UK Condoms...
Once had an Aussie girl ask if I had a roll of durex... I'm thinking, "jeeze, a roll of em?? glad I ate my wheaties this morning...." | |
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| Accents...turn on or off? and other questions
Posted: 3/2/2008 4:14:48 PM | You know what they call you Limeys in Oz?.. they call you Poms....cos you get all red and sunburnt the colour of a pomergranate when you are in the sun too long....
.......ohhh...back to my duties of UN Ambassador of L & L.... ... my work is never done...thank goodness eh? | |
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Posted: 3/2/2008 4:38:36 PM | Well Im an aussie and im telling you ive never heard of it... so I dont know where you did.. because most poms are referred to as poms as colloqually never an insult..
so where ever u heard it I call bs.. on it
smiles/peace | |
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| Accents...turn on or off? and other questions
Posted: 3/2/2008 4:46:54 PM | Dated an Aussie male in Melbourne for 2.5 years... and I work for an Aussie firm here in Vancouver working on the 2010 Olympics... and a mate is with L'Oreal in Oz too... so maybe they are just arogant old **stards that all think the same way and are misinformed old farts...
love/peace .....
....not going to get in a pissin match over this btw. | |
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Posted: 3/2/2008 4:49:41 PM | Well ... i find it offensive if others use aussie terms out of context and say thats how aussies insult others.....pom is not used as an insult...
there are insults to poms/others in aussie slang.. but not pom.. ok
as I said youve been told bs. thats not the colloqual term in oz..
re there is no pissing match
you wrote.. an ignorant statement as fact.. im clearing that ignorance on behalf of aussies. to a person .. you posted too
You know what they call you Limeys in Oz?.. they call you Poms....cos you get all red and sunburnt the colour of a pomergranate when you are in the sun too long....
.......ohhh...back to my duties of UN Ambassador of L & L.... ... my work is never done...thank goodness eh?
your statement talking on behalf of aussies is wrong. I would hate him to believe aussies/ think like that... as fact// its bs
smiles/peace | |
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| Accents...turn on or off? and other questions
Posted: 3/2/2008 6:55:01 PM | Alright... I looked up ... pom to see if your reasoning had merit... and it seems it does.. there are 2 conflicting ..theorys on the origins of pom.... The one you were told and the 1 I grew up with...
So I apologise for saying it was ignorant....
I do however.. still stand by how it is used..... colloqually....... in oz not as an insult.. and ....
I prefer the version where its not used or considered an insult.. and colloqually ... if it was the meaning.. of fruit.. then pom would apply to all immigrants not just english..
so.. pedantics aside.. its not an insult to call someone a pom to aussies..
it is refferred to english only not all immigrants/fair skinned.
So if anyone comes to oz and you are english and called a pom... in truth it means we like you... not an insult.......we add extra bits if we dont like you..
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Posted: 3/3/2008 12:34:03 PM |
Yeah...but I prefer the sunburnt version the Aussies use...those damn Limeys... you should hear what we "limeys "call you canucks 
My friend spent 2 years in Alabama and he got more dates in one month than he did 5 years back in England, all because of his english accent. | |
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Posted: 3/3/2008 2:17:08 PM | English, Scottish, Irish...mmmmmmmm yup
and Spanish... think Antonio Banderas...
Don't care too much for American accents..though the Baaaaahhhston one is a hoot, but Aussie, or New Zealand? oh ya.
The Nordic ones are kind of strange to my ears.. say Finnish or Swedish, I keep hearing"the Swedish Chef" from the muppets in my head! LOL | |
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Posted: 3/3/2008 3:10:52 PM | whiteknightgb
msg 61...........
thanks for the info.
i now know where i will be heading and its Alabama...........i could seriously do with more dates and women than i could possibly handle, aaahhhhh our good ole English accent.
i would also have to aggree and say that after 2 years on here and all the dissapointment and lack of attention i would gladly swap this crap for some serious female attention in Alabama..................
there is a god after all................................... | |
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Posted: 3/19/2008 12:53:49 PM | Well it depends on the accent. Certain accents do have an effect on me. I just had this demonstrated to me within the hour. I was working away minding my own business. Then, the phone rang. I picked it up and there is this accent coming at me. Right away it's  and I perk right up. I just can't help it. I definitely have a weakness for certain accents.  but that doesn't mean that I'l be compatible with the guy. Yes I enjoy the feeling certain accents can produce but I never use that as a basis for decisions.
Instant sparke does not = compatibility and permanent successful relationship | |
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Posted: 3/19/2008 1:19:07 PM | | Personally I love accents if any thing I like to keep the person talking just to listen to them. It maybe just me but, I go gaga over scottish, spanish, and irish accents. but as stated previously does not mean instant compatability | |
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Posted: 3/20/2008 11:27:11 AM | Ack... I speak with a relatively strong Russian accent, and I have always viewed it as a liability.
Yes, it makes you different, but it makes you hard to understand. If you are talking to someone, and they have to struggle to figure out what you are saying, that has got to be a big turn off. I can't approach people and talk about things without some of them thinking that since I have a Russian accent, I must want to talk about Russia (which I don't). Or, they will not really be sure what I am saying, but too polite to tell me. Or, I will see a confused look on their faces and have to rephrase myself.
Sure, it helps me to stand out, which in the world of dating is a good thing. But, it makes me tongue-tied in many ways, so overall I see it as one of my bigger flaws, and something I probably should've taken lessons for. I was very unsocial for a long time, before I broke out of my shell by talking to people online, where all of us, furriners, can communicate as effectively as anyone else, once we know English. | |
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Posted: 3/20/2008 4:16:57 PM | i live in the midlands and i like all accents, i dont mind the south or the north......iam quite partial to some Scottish ............tho Welsh is quite hard to understand-if your not Welsh that is, north Wales is much easier to understand than lets say some south Wales accent like Swansea speak.
north/south who cares really. | |
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Posted: 3/25/2008 10:55:43 PM | Accents..thats tough.
English ok.
I have dated several with accents.
Now I prefer someone who gets my jokes and understands what I'm saying..and vise versa. | |
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Posted: 3/25/2008 11:20:17 PM |
Do you like a guy with an accent?
I don't mind if a person has an accent, but I also don't "fall" just for an accent.
I have lots of friends from all over the world, so accent per se is not something that is unusual to me.
It is the content of the conversation, not the accent that will make me like/dislike a person.
Can you picture yourself spending your life with a guy with an accent?
Sure.
Do you think it's cute? Do you think it's a kind a weakness?
As stated above, it is what he says not how he say it.
Would you mind the occasional mistakes?
No, of course not.
English is not my native language either.
I have an accent (Bthw, thanks for the compliment Beth ) and I occasionally make mistakes.
Articles are my weak point ("the" and "a")... so, no I would not mind the occasional mistake.
Would you be glad to take the time to listen or would it simply get on your nerves?
I'd take time....don't know if I'd be "glad"... but it would not bother me either.
I can't approach people and talk about things without some of them thinking that since I have a Russian accent, I must want to talk about Russia
That's funny.
I don't usually get that, as many cannot quite place my accent... and even if they try they guess wrong.
However, it's really entertaining to see my redneck neighboors slllllllooooowwww down their speach when they talk to me....
since I am foreign and have an accent, I must be dumb, right?
Even more entertaining is to see their faces after they ask me what I do for living and I respond.
Priceless.
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Posted: 3/25/2008 11:34:36 PM | So, here's the thing: If you are with someone who has an accent, you as well, have an accent to their ears.
Why would it ever be a weakness? I would think if anything, that it could make communicating sometimes, a bit challenging particularly if language aquisition isn't proficient.
I particularly love the Irish accent. There's just something about it. When I first moved to my island in the Pacific, I spent my first year listening to the pidgeon English spoken here with it's 'sing song' inflections and local words that I'd never heard before. It is it's own accent and language. Love it! | |
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