Are you English? [Archive]

KoinBahd

25-10-2004, 07:00 PM

Thyraeus

25-10-2004, 07:03 PM

Mate - They might as well have asked you:

"Are you Gay?" or
"Would you like a Shandy sir?"

Don't look at her ... look inside yourself....next time someone asks you if you are English...snot them one - it would be Un-Australian not to!

ezer

25-10-2004, 07:07 PM

freaky! the British bug is spreading!!!!!!

cub

25-10-2004, 07:07 PM

Maybe I am spending to much time with her...

yes you are.

but don't let that stop you.

you can make up for it by giving yourself over for a few fatal beatings.

pommy bastard.

BtrFly

26-10-2004, 10:30 AM

i work in an office FULL OF ENGLISH PEOPLE!!! i want their accent... it makes me sound hella cool :D

nah personally i just want to meet an english/irish guy... that could be why i work here :D

StygiaN

26-10-2004, 10:33 AM

Both my parents are english, that makes me cooler than you ;)

All hail the british passport!~

ajcrowley

26-10-2004, 10:35 AM

i work in an office FULL OF ENGLISH PEOPLE!!! i want their accent... it makes me sound hella cool :D

nah personally i just want to meet an english/irish guy... that could be why i work here :D

Left the uk in 98, got residency a few years later just dont want to spend the cash on becoming a citizen until after christmas, sending presents overseas is bloody expensive, i have already told my sister no more kids, i dont care how cute they are.

BtrFly

26-10-2004, 10:44 AM

aj - lol :D

i am aussie born. i dont know why i have an obsession with english people... could be the fair hair, light eyes thing (which i have a big thing for too....)... *wipes drool* sorry :D

and koin- its all good - at least you are able to get the english one - the american one SUCKS BIG TIME!!! and your gf is HELLA COOL!

lostreality

26-10-2004, 10:46 AM

im english :) yay for me!

thingy

26-10-2004, 10:46 AM

How can you tell if you're spending lots of time with your partner? Well...

Mine is from England originally and still maintain traces of her accent being that she has been there for Christmas the last three years and her father still has a thick accent. How is this relevant?

Well today when purchasing computer goods the salesperson asked me, "Are you English?" For those not close to the Bahd, I am 100% Strayan (Australian for those who don't speak with true-blue occa accents). This has come as a shock, for I must be picking up her speech impediment without even being aware of it.

Maybe I am spending to much time with her...
I get asked very regularly how long I've been in Australia for and what part of Ireland I come from. This amuses me quite a bit because I am born & bred in Australia, never been overseas, and if you follow my lineage back you have to go 4 generations at LEAST before you get someone who wasn't Australian (majority pommy blood, not much Irish in me at all).

Nodbugger

26-10-2004, 10:50 AM

I thought the only difference between the two accents was that Australians do not pronounce the 'Long E' sound if it comes after the letter Z.

Benwah

26-10-2004, 10:53 AM

pppphahahahahaha! Nodbugger you kill me dude, you claim to know so much about the world and world issues then you come out with a gem like that.

Firstly there are about 30 different regional 'accents' in the UK (someone from North Yorkshire for example, speaks with a totally different accent that someone from say, South London)

Secondly the Australian accent is nothing like ANY of them!

Colonel Kurtz

26-10-2004, 10:53 AM

guddaymatehowareyagoinnarightthatsgoodmateletsgoge tabeer

speak strine

lostreality

26-10-2004, 10:57 AM

like saying redneck texans and and new yorkers talk the same.

ajcrowley

26-10-2004, 11:01 AM

mmm, perhaps i need to sit around with a jar of scrumpy and a bit of straw in my mouth to maintain the west country stereotype.
mmm scrumpy, evil liquid but nice at the same time

BtrFly

26-10-2004, 11:07 AM

what the hell is scrumpy?

pinchy

26-10-2004, 11:08 AM

i have already told my sister no more kids, i dont care how cute they are. So you moved to Tassie yeah?

sapience

26-10-2004, 11:10 AM

I thought the only difference between the two accents was that Australians do not pronounce the 'Long E' sound if it comes after the letter Z.

fuck off loser. you ever heard rolf harris, yeah he really has an upper class english accent.

because the english language is spoken in AU & UK doesnt mean that we all sound the same, i dont really want to include america speaking the english language because im too ashamed of the american country.

the sooner john kerry gets in power the fucking better.

evil

26-10-2004, 11:17 AM

I thought the only difference between the two accents was that Australians do not pronounce the 'Long E' sound if it comes after the letter Z.

Yup. And the only difference between Americans and Candians is that Canadians are nice.

sapience

26-10-2004, 11:21 AM

what the hell is scrumpy?

cider, dumb fuck.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38121000/jpg/_38121912_scrumpy_webgrab300.jpg

you thick fucker. :swear: :swear: :swear:

BtrFly

26-10-2004, 11:25 AM

fuck off sapience. not everyone is an alcoholic like you.

ajcrowley

26-10-2004, 11:25 AM

what the hell is scrumpy?

Cider, but not the wimpy soft stuff you get in pubs, this is like rocket fuel, brewed in open top barrels, rats and anything else can fall in (adds to the taste). they change the nails in the barrels each year as the stuff burns through them its so rough.

gives you the kind of hangover you would not wish on your worst enemy, the kind that makes you vomit so hard you beg people to kill you and end the pain.

its the kind stuff you give to tourists by the pint telling them its traditional to dink it fast and then stand back and watch the carnage. Americans usually fall for it, aussies tend to be a little more suspicious.

Nodbugger

26-10-2004, 11:26 AM

Firstly there are about 30 different regional 'accents' in the UK (someone from North Yorkshire for example, speaks with a totally different accent that someone from say, South London)

And I can't tell the difference between any of them.

I bet we can all agree that no one has any clue what the Scottish say.

Nodbugger

26-10-2004, 11:27 AM

fuck off loser. you ever heard rolf harris, yeah he really has an upper class english accent.

because the english language is spoken in AU & UK doesnt mean that we all sound the same, i dont really want to include america speaking the english language because im too ashamed of the american country.

the sooner john kerry gets in power the fucking better.

Americans speak American, it is different than English.

ajcrowley

26-10-2004, 11:27 AM

scrumpy jack aint real cider, its a piss week effort that trades off a traditional name

sapience

26-10-2004, 11:28 AM

And I can't tell the difference between any of them.

I bet we can all agree that no one has any clue what the Scottish say.

i can. because the scottish speak english as their main language unlike the welsh

tantricmonk

26-10-2004, 11:28 AM

you are what you eat......

enough said

jk :tits: :stooge: :banana: :banana: :banana:

dwarfthrower

26-10-2004, 11:33 AM

you are what you eat......

I can't remember ever eating a fat bald guy.

Benwah

26-10-2004, 11:44 AM

And I can't tell the difference between any of them.

I bet we can all agree that no one has any clue what the Scottish say.

yeah, and you yanks all sounds the same too, apart from people from the west coast.... doooooood!

I have to agree with you there, those scots speak a special brand of gibberish that only rabid monkeys and other scots can understand!

BtrFly

26-10-2004, 11:49 AM

/me chortles - rabid monkeys!

we have a guy from northern england in the office - and he gets difficult to understand sometimes.

Holster

26-10-2004, 11:53 AM

I dont think the Scottish accent is that hard to understand, but maybe growing up with most of the family having a southern Irish accent helps with understanding them.

For the record, the Dublin accent is the best Irish accent (also the sexiest accent ever).

spurr

26-10-2004, 12:01 PM

Everything I know about understanding Scottish accents I learnt from watching Taggart & Hamish Macbeth. Shit I had to concentrate hard at first to understand what the hell they were saying.

thingy

26-10-2004, 12:02 PM

Americans speak American, it is different than English.
That's funny, it's called "English" everywhere I look, at the very most "English (US)" as opposed to "English (UK)" or "English (International)". Show me an "American" dictionary then, I've only seen "English" dictionary's that specialise in your colloquialisms(sp?). Seriously, calling your language "American" is like us calling our language "Australian". Differing slang does not a new language make.

Nodbugger

26-10-2004, 12:09 PM

That's funny, it's called "English" everywhere I look, at the very most "English (US)" as opposed to "English (UK)" or "English (International)". Show me an "American" dictionary then, I've only seen "English" dictionary's that specialise in your colloquialisms(sp?). Seriously, calling your language "American" is like us calling our language "Australian". Differing slang does not a new language make.

Well the English in the 1700s thought our 'butchery' of the English language deserved its own title.

thingy

26-10-2004, 12:13 PM

Hence why today it's still called English?

SamBo

26-10-2004, 12:13 PM

I'm the first aussie born in my family... don't think I sound english though.
My mum does though, so when I spend time with her i sometimes end up sounding a little bit english...
Never had anything like this happen with a girlfriend though.

STallingU

26-10-2004, 12:19 PM

Looks like the guys in thinys avatar speek very good engrish. :D

Cassa

26-10-2004, 12:35 PM

In Nodbugger's defence a lot of people from America say they can't tell the difference between English, Australian and New Zealand accents. And a lot of people from those countries can't tell the difference between regional American accents, or American and Canadian. It depends on what you're used to hearing and if you have an ear for that kind of thing - a lot of people don't.

KoinBahd

26-10-2004, 01:23 PM

My thread, it's been high-jacked! Umm, I do believe it is the relationship forum...

BtrFly

26-10-2004, 01:26 PM

well it is Koiny... - but i think there is now a discussion happening....

there is a new english guy in the office... i dont think HES my type though.... hes all snotty (he has the flu i think).... maybe he has friends :D

Holster

26-10-2004, 01:30 PM

I think it is kind of cute that you are picking up her accent, and if you like spending that much time with her dont worry about it.

Willcow

26-10-2004, 01:34 PM

Both my parents are english, that makes me cooler than you ;)

All hail the british passport!~

Same here ... Woohoo

I can turn the English (Brummy) accent on and off like a light switch

Cassa

26-10-2004, 01:38 PM

Back on topic now, about picking up a partner's mannerisms....anyone that knows me relatively well (like our dear BahdKoin) will definitely notice how similar I've become to DumHed over the past two years. I don't think it's a bad thing, just interesting...do/say something without thinking, and then you just think 'oh god, I'm turning into you!'. In a nice way :)

rin

26-10-2004, 01:41 PM

i find you pick up lots of things after spending time with your partner - words and phrases in particular. sometimes you don't even realise you say them until you are talking to someone else (other than your partner) and they give you a strange look cos they don't know what you're on about :D it happens to me a lot.

and you also learn how they think, and you can pretty much read their mind :D i enjoy this part of a relationship cos it shows you really know eachother well.

timace

26-10-2004, 01:42 PM

I got asked by a English guy whether I was English... Apparently I was missing the 'Australian accent'. I told him I'm 7th generation Australian (originally English, I think) on one side and third (originally Dutch) on the other.

Chopper

26-10-2004, 06:53 PM

I'm English...Yay...but even better I'm a Yorkshireman.

Si thi later! :D

Kyle

26-10-2004, 06:55 PM

I'm Engrish. Gently replace me with butter.

26-10-2004, 07:01 PM

No one's ever asked me... My mom's scottish, and dad's aus... I've got a pretty oz way about me, not sure that i'd ever be mistaken for a pom...

Megabyte

26-10-2004, 07:02 PM

i work in an office FULL OF ENGLISH PEOPLE!!! i want their accent... it makes me sound hella cool :D
I thought you said you already spoke with an english accent sometimes 'cause you were a snob? :p
I have a twinge of an english accent, which I picked up from my father who was born there. It kind of drifts in and out during my speech. Makes for an interesting and fucked up sounding voice.

MisterBishi

26-10-2004, 07:15 PM

I have a brummie accent but it depends who I'm speaking to. On the phone with somebody unfamiliar or in job interviews it disappears and people say "You're from Birmingham? How come you dont have that stupid accent."

ps. Who gives a fuck where your parents are from, accents are not hereditary, stop trying to be a sexy pom like me you aussie bastards!

pps. Welsh people mainly speak English, although Welsh language is compulsory in schools.

thingy

26-10-2004, 07:28 PM

ps. Who gives a fuck where your parents are from, accents are not hereditary, stop trying to be a sexy pom like me you aussie bastards!
But as what's happening with Koiney and his woman, you often pick up accents from those you are close to so you CAN pick it up through your parents/other family.

MisterBishi

26-10-2004, 07:36 PM

Tell it to the judge!

jambo

26-10-2004, 07:37 PM

Yup. And the only difference between Americans and Candians is that Canadians are nice.

Big difference.

jambo

26-10-2004, 07:38 PM

fuck off sapience. not everyone is an alcoholic like you.

All English people are.

BTW: English, male, blue eyes and mouse blond hair... ;)

thingy

26-10-2004, 07:40 PM

Tell it to the judge!
And where would I find this judge?

Stocking

26-10-2004, 07:42 PM

I've been asked if I'm English, Scottish, South African, Canadian, New Zealander and even (hock shorror) Australian in my time. I find that I adjust my accent depending on who I'm talking to. My mother is very well spoken and I do think that it is a bit hereditary. I had a killer austro/chelsea thing going on last year. Now i'm finding that I'm a bit more ocker.

On the other hand having lived in the west highlands (of Scotland) for six months I think that the Scottish accent can be very hard for an Australian to understand. The internation is different and they even use different and traditional words in normal speach. The east coast accent is much easier to understand.

BtrFly

26-10-2004, 10:33 PM

umm well Moebs - i do occasionally - but i like to think its cos my parents dragged me up properly ;)

as for catching phrases from your partner - yeh, been there, done that, got the scars (and still the sayings) to prove it.... indeed....