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Does anyone like the English accent??

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  • #32
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    vespahead wrote: »
    very nice on girls

    two words. jennifer ellison


  • #33
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    b12mearse wrote: »
    well spoken, well educated?
    wtf are you talking about?
    Seems pretty clear-cut to me.


  • #34
    Daragh101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 585 ✭✭✭Daragh101


    Does anyone like english people in general?????
    some r grand....but most f dem r WAN?ERS


  • #35
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    two words. jennifer ellison
    I was standing next to her in a shop while waiting to pay for something a few weks back ,Wasn't tll she had left that I twigged who she was .


  • #36
    Captain-America
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    Freshen your drink gov'na?


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  • #37
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    The Newcastle one is terrible. Listening to Cheryl Cole speak, while visually entrancing, makes me want to stick pencils in my ears.

    The Manchester one can be equally irritating.

    Brummie accents are alright, Liverpool accents are fun to listen to, Bristol's just odd-- I really wish they'd make up their mind in regards to their r's, they kind of randomly toss them in there for no reason. Upscale London isn't bad but Cockney is absolutely shíte.

    I like Stephen Fry's. And Alan Davies', but that's because he has a bit of a lisp or something, haven't put my finger on it but it's cute. :pac:


  • #38
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Daragh101 wrote: »
    Does anyone like english people in general?????
    some r grand....but most f dem r WAN?ERS
    That's a helluva lot of WAN?ERS


  • #39
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    I like most northern ones, not the scouse or mancs ones though.


  • #40
    Paul Tergat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,807 ✭✭✭✭Paul Tergat


    I get the piss taken out of me quite a lot for my Yorks accent, meh


  • #41
    Melange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭Melange


    b12mearse wrote: »
    well spoken, well educated?
    wtf are you talking about?

    Clearly paced, properly enunciated and without a strong local twang.


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  • #42
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,273 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Which English accent there are so many. And a lot of us are tuned into them in the old way when you could nearly tell someones past, present and future just by hearing how they've said a single sentence.


  • #43
    Melange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭Melange


    Daragh101 wrote: »
    Does anyone like english people in general?????
    some r grand....but most f dem r WAN?ERS

    Oh no! Whatever did they do to you, dearie?


  • #44
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    So when is the ' does anybody like the chinese accent ' thread begin ? Sure this english one has being done to death before


  • #45
    Melange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭Melange


    liah wrote: »
    The Newcastle one is terrible. Listening to Cheryl Cole speak, while visually entrancing, makes me want to stick pencils in my ears.

    Completely agree on the Newcastle accent. *shudders*


  • #46
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,161 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    I like the way Daniel Hannan speaks.

    And man can he speak!!!


  • #47
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Daragh101 wrote: »
    Does anyone like english people in general?????
    some r grand....but most f dem r WAN?ERS
    How the fuk do you know "most of dem r ****"? Seriously, this idiocy is really starting to grate...
    Melange wrote: »
    Clearly paced, properly enunciated and without a strong local twang.
    Presume the "what the fuk are you on about?" meant "what are you using ghey words like 'well-read' and 'well-educated' for? What the hell are ya readin' books for?"

    Sparkling. :mad:


  • #48
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Dudess wrote: »
    "What the hell are ya readin' books for?"

    Heh. I sincerely was asked that once. I wasn't even reading a book, I was leafing through a Zig and Zag comic I found in my cousins room ffs, hardly intellectually stimulating.


  • #49
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    You'd see a fair few retards on Bebo putting "FUK BOOKS!!1!" after "Favourite book".


  • #50
    Melange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭Melange


    Dudess wrote: »
    How the fuk do you know "most of dem r ****"? Seriously, this idiocy is really starting to grate...

    Presume the "what the fuk are you on about?" meant "what are you using ghey words like 'well-read' and 'well-educated' for? What the hell are ya readin' books for?"

    Sparkling. :mad:

    AH: Destroying your faith in humanity one idiot at a time.


  • #51
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    I don't like it. It's painful to listen to especially because of the slang.

    It took me an age to understand what 'naff' meant. The word 'sod' makes me think of sawdust. I'm still trying to figure out what a berk is.

    Playing TF2 on a British server is thus painful. They wonder why I didn't heed their warning of the spy behind me. The answer, I don't know what they're saying most of the time. :(


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  • #52
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,161 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    I'm not keen on Jason Statham's accent. But its fun to listen to...


  • #53
    RHunce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭RHunce


    my maths teacher has the coolest english accent ever, south manchester, really soft, but some other accents are really crude

    **post 200**


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Some are alright.
    I had the most horrible London accent until I was about 10. Glad it's gone. But glad I don't have a strong Kerry accent either!


  • #55
    Jackeenboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 212 ✭✭Jackeenboy


    Anybody like the Stoke accent?:p


  • #56
    Hamiltonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭Hamiltonion


    Ah nice crisp Oxbridge accent, or North London


  • #57
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Jackeenboy wrote: »
    Anybody like the Stoke accent?:p
    Robbie Williams ? Sure :D


    we had a girl from stoke stay in our house 2 years ago .

    She was ever so nice to


  • #58
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Portsmouth lasses sound a bit cockney-ey (in a not so bad kind of way) but there is nothing on that island worse than a scouse accent. Welsh accents are not too shabby.


  • #59
    seanabc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭seanabc


    My top three:

    1. Donegal
    2. Welsh
    3. English

    Also ran: Cork, Kerry and Scottish (chocolate)


  • #60
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Daragh101 wrote: »
    Does anyone like english people in general?????
    some r grand....but most f dem r WAN?ERS
    You can say that about anywhere.

    Stop being so stupid.


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  • #61
    grenache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭grenache


    English accents i like: Brum/Black Country, Yorkshire (Sheffield in particular), Lancashire, Cheshire, Teeside (Middlesbrough), Cumbria, Hampshire. English accents i dislike: working-class Cockney i.e. Hackney, East Midlands (Nottingham/Derby), Bristol, West Country, the common Scouser accent and of course that mangled tone they blurt out in Geordieland. Hope i've not offended anyone :)


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