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Television Examples of Different Accents

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    #32
    The Backwards Man
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    efb wrote: »
    'Allo 'Allo Anglofranco
    I was pissing by the door, when I heard two shats. You are holding in your hand a smoking goon; you are clearly the guilty potty


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    razorblunt
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    lizzyman wrote: »
    Is this a Glasgow accent? I like to think I can understand most accents but after the first few seconds he might as well be speaking a different language


    Aye, thats a "Weegie".


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    lizzyman wrote: »
    Is this a Glasgow accent? I like to think I can understand most accents but after the first few seconds he might as well be speaking a different language


    Yeah, its Glesga alright. Strange thing is I have no problems understanding him. I guess it depends which accents you're used to. I've spent a lot of time around Glaswegians and Scots in general.

    Thanks to everyone suggesting videos and series, I'm sure it will help him out.


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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I was pissing by the door, when I heard two shats. You are holding in your hand a smoking goon; you are clearly the guilty potty

    I can't wait for him to see Captain Berterelli.

    Especially the one where he's in the tank and it explodes and he stumbles out... whata mistakea da makea...


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    #36
    efb
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    Rab C Nesbitt for Scottish accent


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    biko
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk


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    #38
    dubscottie
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    Lenny Hernry for Birmingham and the movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for an Edinburgh accent.

    The film Red Road is good for Glasgow and Gregorys Girl for the annoying halfcast weggie accent from places like Livingston.


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    ArnoldJRimmer
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    Northern Ireland - Give my Head Peace
    West of Ireland - Tom Cruise in Far and Away


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    galah
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    Been a long time since i did the ielts, but as far as i can remember, they wont ask you to identify the accent - you just have to listen to a piece of text and answer a few questions. Think back then it was a generic British accent, a Scottish one, and possibly American. Definitely nothing 'out there' or hard to understand.

    The whole thing (to me) was a bit of a joke, really...:rolleyes:


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    cml387
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    I read once somewhere that accents are formed partly from environmental factors. North east England is subject to biting winds off the North Sea so that people speak with a clenched up mouth.
    Cork city and South Wales are both hilly, giving a sing song note to the voice that follows the hills up and down.
    And as for the Irish Midlands and the fens of Norfolk, well we say they're flat accents for a good reason.


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    biko wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk

    She's good at getting the essence of an accent but she's not spot on. If she thinks dats bleedin Duhblin den she needz da fink aghen. I'd say she's more than enough for my friend though so thanks.

    In terms of the IELTS they don't expect you to identify the accent, at times that would be hard even for a native speaker. But they do throw in, lets say educated regional accents, for example they will have someone from Liverpool but they won't have a true scouser and certainly not a wacker.


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