lille_eskimit Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 My parents have a beach apartment in Penang, kind of in the nature of a holiday retreat...Really nice there...It's near Batu Ferringhi, which is a tourist beauty spot swept away by the recent tsunami...our home is just down the road from there, but managed to escape it. Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauren18808 Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 I have absolutely no idea what a Lincolnshire accent is, we pronounce our 'a's funny, I know that. I've been told I sound slightly french by some people, odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 my mum did a good imitation of a Lincolnshire accent, well, she thought it was good! lots of 'ducks' in it--terms of endearment... chimpy, what's this about KENT, heh? Depends where dunnit?! I was born in outer suburbia but gravitated to medway--its all kinda different like. In Cha-um it was all "goin down the town" sorta.(can't put it exactly in writing) ? lorna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyMacbeth Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 People have asked me if I was from Belfast, the south(in America) and Australia. I do love the Northern Irish accent though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lille_eskimit Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Ooh...I just love the Irish Brogue...My aunt's Irish, but her accent's not all that strong...Her parents, on the other hand... I could listen to that lilt all day! Lalala... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Dysphoria Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Non regional middle class . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostsoul Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 i talk out my arsehole. so its a 'crap' accent. anyway. i find my accent changes depending on who im with. some people say i sound like im from up north somewhere but thats usually when i am in a cab. i dunno. im weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopylizzie Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 My accent tends to vary depending on who I'm talking to :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpy Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 my mum did a good imitation of a Lincolnshire accent, well, she thought it was good! lots of 'ducks' in it--terms of endearment... chimpy, what's this about KENT, heh? Depends where dunnit?! I was born in outer suburbia but gravitated to medway--its all kinda different like. In Cha-um it was all "goin down the town" sorta.(can't put it exactly in writing) ? lorna <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was born and raised in Canterbury - lots of chavvy people there too - but not as bad as the Medway towns!!! Just well spoken because my parents are well-spoken middle class types, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpy Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 My parents have a beach apartment in Penang, kind of in the nature of a holiday retreat...Really nice there...It's near Batu Ferringhi, which is a tourist beauty spot swept away by the recent tsunami...our home is just down the road from there, but managed to escape it. Phew! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, that sounds amazing! When I came back home after graduating from university in 1998,my parents announced they were going to live in Malaysia and I could stay in their house with my lil sis if I wanted. That's so the wrong way round - it should have been me moving out! I moved to London quite soon after but did go out to Malaysia with an ex-gf. Stayed with my folks in KL for a few days - just great to be in a condo with a communal pool - got v sunburned tho... Then went to Penang - which was nice but too many jellyfish - and then onto Langkawi which was amazing!!! A real tropical paradise and went snorkelling on a coral reef and saw sharks... Was so beautiful, I wish that day could have lasted forever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lille_eskimit Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I was born and raised in Canterbury - lots of chavvy people there too - but not as bad as the Medway towns!!! Oh dear...we're not gonna start chav bashing now, are we? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpy Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I was born and raised in Canterbury - lots of chavvy people there too - but not as bad as the Medway towns!!! Oh dear...we're not gonna start chav bashing now, are we? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I would never dare bash a chav unless they were really small and weedy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lille_eskimit Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Just grab a gun and shoot them all...LOL... Blackpool's the ultimate chav central...it's just swarming with nasty, abusive, violent, inconsiderate, ignorant scum!!! Grrr... :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchy Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 i don't have an accent. i used to. i come from rugby where we drop our ts a lot. sounded a bit like i came from south london. lived in walsall for 7 months and went back to rugby with a black country accent for a while. i practised on getting rid of my accent and no one can figure where i come from! they say ey up where i live now, and i say hello instead or hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I'm from the South cotswolds and as such I have a really odd mix of accents... I picked up farmer speak from my Dad (who's cotswolds born and bred) and from some of the people around me.... but then again my Mum's from Hertfordshire and moved round a lot so she doesn't have an accent really so a lot of the time I dont seem to either. I use some Northern and some Kentish slang, but never really sounded as though I was from Newky or Kent. Strange mix, me! And as for the Malay thread here... one of my best friends is from Malaysia and moved here with her family to do her GCSE's. She managed to pass all her exams and got a higher english grade than one of my British friends! Her english is really good... except she struggles with 'he' and 'she', mixes them up and causes a lot of amusement for people who don't know her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 what's a chav? And please ignore what I wrote. Don't want to start an arguement or feel bullied. I don't want that right now AT ALL... Please forgive me. lorna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lille_eskimit Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 burberry cap + tracksuit = chav Usually rather nasty people...the younger ones tend to enjoy setting fire to their neighbours' doormats, tormenting your pets and scratching your lovely automobile...The female ones are just as bad...really loud people who hang around corner shops and phone boxes (and vandalising them) because they have nothing else better to do...There's a site about them, but can't remember the url...It'll prolly show up if you do a google though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpy Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 I'd love to take my home town chavs who think they are hard as nails to the estate near my south london home and see how they get on there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Dysphoria Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 i talk out my arsehole. so its a 'crap' accent. anyway. i find my accent changes depending on who im with. some people say i sound like im from up north somewhere but thats usually when i am in a cab. i dunno. im weird. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My mum does the accent change in restaurants ie when giving her order to a waiter in an Indian restaurant or asking about an item on the menu she ' ll talk in a 'It ain't half hot Mum' Indian speaking English accent! It is so embarrassing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddypotty Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Really strong northern irish accent,its awful,when I hear it replayed back to me I want to pull out all my teeth ,its really grating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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