I have no accent. I live in the Mid East of America, very neutral I'd say. Erin and Pieter have met me in person, maybe they can say if I've got an accent or not. Even though I live in Kentucky I do not sound like everyone thinks I would. I live in Northern KY, close to Haystacks and Cincinnati so if anything I sound more like an Ohioan, a Southwestern one.
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lisser wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I have no accent. I live in the Mid East of America, very neutral I'd say. Erin and Pieter have met me in person, maybe they can say if I've got an accent or not.[/QUOTE]
I don't recall you having a specific accent. I guess you'd call that non-regional dialect. ;-)
I don't think Pieter has a very strong accent, at least, not compared to the other Scottish accents I've heard. He has a great uncle that I can't even understand.
I don't recall you having a specific accent. I guess you'd call that non-regional dialect. ;-)
I don't think Pieter has a very strong accent, at least, not compared to the other Scottish accents I've heard. He has a great uncle that I can't even understand.
I live in Friesland (nothernmost province of The Netherlands). It's a part of the bigger continent called 'Frisia'. Thus I'm Frisian and we have our own language. And yes, I'm able to speak Frisian, though I talk Dutch most of the time.
I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it. It's going quite well so far, but practising is really the key here. I want to enlarge my vocabulary as well as being able to pronounce the words correctly in speech. In contrast with using words in isolation, which is fairly easy.
If everything goes well, I will be abroad next year. For six months or so. I will probably gain much experience that way. Ah well, just wait and see, I guess...
I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it. It's going quite well so far, but practising is really the key here. I want to enlarge my vocabulary as well as being able to pronounce the words correctly in speech. In contrast with using words in isolation, which is fairly easy.
If everything goes well, I will be abroad next year. For six months or so. I will probably gain much experience that way. Ah well, just wait and see, I guess...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Rick wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I live in Friesland (nothernmost province of The Netherlands). It's a part of the bigger continent called 'Frisia'. Thus I'm Frisian and we have our own language. And yes, I'm able to speak Frisian, though I talk Dutch most of the time.
I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it. It's going quite well so far, but practising is really the key here. I want to enlarge my vocabulary as well as being able to pronounce the words correctly in speech. In contrast with using words in isolation, which is fairly easy.
If everything goes well, I will be abroad next year. For six months or so. I will probably gain much experience that way. Ah well, just wait and see, I guess...
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I don't know how well you speak English but your written word is excellent!
I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it. It's going quite well so far, but practising is really the key here. I want to enlarge my vocabulary as well as being able to pronounce the words correctly in speech. In contrast with using words in isolation, which is fairly easy.
If everything goes well, I will be abroad next year. For six months or so. I will probably gain much experience that way. Ah well, just wait and see, I guess...
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I don't know how well you speak English but your written word is excellent!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Rick wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I live in Friesland (nothernmost province of The Netherlands). It's a part of the bigger continent called 'Frisia'. Thus I'm Frisian and we have our own language. And yes, I'm able to speak Frisian, though I talk Dutch most of the time.[/QUOTE]
Sorry to bust your bubble: Frisian is not a language. It's been awarded the status by the government, because you lot whine so much, but every major linguist disagrees, because you do not fundamentally differ from Niederdeutsch (i.e. Dutch). As for 'Frisia', that is not a 'continent' but a region, which is really an arbitrary demarcation based on the possessions of a ruling house in the mid-1400s.
[QUOTE]I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it.[/QUOTE]
That is just laughable. English is much, much older than the abomination of a dialect that is called Frisian; your 'language' is as much a Germanic derivation as Dutch, German and English are (although English is highly influenced by Roman influences brought by the Normans in the 1066 invasion).
Sorry to bust your bubble: Frisian is not a language. It's been awarded the status by the government, because you lot whine so much, but every major linguist disagrees, because you do not fundamentally differ from Niederdeutsch (i.e. Dutch). As for 'Frisia', that is not a 'continent' but a region, which is really an arbitrary demarcation based on the possessions of a ruling house in the mid-1400s.
[QUOTE]I study English and I'm aiming for a British accent. Just love it. My advantage is that Frisian is in fact very close to English. Many English words are derived from it.[/QUOTE]
That is just laughable. English is much, much older than the abomination of a dialect that is called Frisian; your 'language' is as much a Germanic derivation as Dutch, German and English are (although English is highly influenced by Roman influences brought by the Normans in the 1066 invasion).
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lisser wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I have no accent.[/QUOTE]
Well, you have an American accent...
Well, you have an American accent...
Zeg NEE tegen de zachte G!
I picked up a lot of English from the Beatles.
Hopefully I don't sound too much like them though.
Hopefully I don't sound too much like them though.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bad Horsie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I sound exactly like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJ7XVZOb2A
Yes, that's what I do in my free time.
Cheers,
Hor[/QUOTE]
Very entertaining!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJ7XVZOb2A
Yes, that's what I do in my free time.
Cheers,
Hor[/QUOTE]
Very entertaining!
Ah'm fae Embra so ah've no really goat much o' an accent, ken? Likesay when ah'm spraffin tae some gadgie fae doon sooth, they sometimes dinnae huv a scooby whit ah'm oan aboot bit other thin that ivryhin's barry, ken?
No like they Weedgies fae the west, ken? They've aw goat that radge, whiny, dead nasal wey o' spraffin, ken? N' they keep gaun "Byraway" at the end o' each sentence, ken?
You ken whit ah'm spraffin aboot eh @ndy38?
fatty.
No like they Weedgies fae the west, ken? They've aw goat that radge, whiny, dead nasal wey o' spraffin, ken? N' they keep gaun "Byraway" at the end o' each sentence, ken?
You ken whit ah'm spraffin aboot eh @ndy38?
fatty.
Wat n gek accent hast doe ja. Merkwoarig heur!
Thomas, did you miss your British Studies class too often? That goes to show.
We've had many lessons concerning 'language influences'. And English was influenced by many and one of them is Frisian. Hate to pop your bubble mate. What about certain French words which are integrated in today's English, such as 'judge'?
Some Frisian examples:
The English word 'key' is taken from the Frisian word 'kaai'. Same goes for 'cow' and 'ko'. Okay another one: 'goose' and 'goes'. There are definitely more.
Or do you think my teacher is talking from her butthole?
I admit, I may not be as informed and educated as you in things like history and cultural backgrounds, but this cannot possibly be a lie.
Or else I will apologize to you and you may stick a sign to my head with the title 'pigheaded fool'.
I won't comment on Frisian being a language or not. You and me both know that this has been a long discussion in The Netherlands. And yes, it has been approved by our government, but how many years ago already? I don't think it's fair to come up with this again. Did you run out of ammunition? In addition, Frisian is a language that consists of different dialects (around six or seven, can't recall it at the moment).
Shit, I did comment :(
We've had many lessons concerning 'language influences'. And English was influenced by many and one of them is Frisian. Hate to pop your bubble mate. What about certain French words which are integrated in today's English, such as 'judge'?
Some Frisian examples:
The English word 'key' is taken from the Frisian word 'kaai'. Same goes for 'cow' and 'ko'. Okay another one: 'goose' and 'goes'. There are definitely more.
Or do you think my teacher is talking from her butthole?
I admit, I may not be as informed and educated as you in things like history and cultural backgrounds, but this cannot possibly be a lie.
Or else I will apologize to you and you may stick a sign to my head with the title 'pigheaded fool'.
I won't comment on Frisian being a language or not. You and me both know that this has been a long discussion in The Netherlands. And yes, it has been approved by our government, but how many years ago already? I don't think it's fair to come up with this again. Did you run out of ammunition? In addition, Frisian is a language that consists of different dialects (around six or seven, can't recall it at the moment).
Shit, I did comment :(
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]fatty wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Ah'm fae Embra so ah've no really goat much o' an accent, ken? Likesay when ah'm spraffin tae some gadgie fae doon sooth, they sometimes dinnae huv a scooby whit ah'm oan aboot bit other thin that ivryhin's barry, ken?
No like they Weedgies fae the west, ken? They've aw goat that radge, whiny, dead nasal wey o' spraffin, ken? N' they keep gaun "Byraway" at the end o' each sentence, ken?
You ken whit ah'm spraffin aboot eh @ndy38?
fatty.
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THIS POST REMINDS ME OF THE BOOK "TRAINSPOTTING". I've read it with a lot of struggle at the beginning, then I picked it up through the middle and it wasn't too bad.... XD
I love the slang you guys use!!!!!
No like they Weedgies fae the west, ken? They've aw goat that radge, whiny, dead nasal wey o' spraffin, ken? N' they keep gaun "Byraway" at the end o' each sentence, ken?
You ken whit ah'm spraffin aboot eh @ndy38?
fatty.
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THIS POST REMINDS ME OF THE BOOK "TRAINSPOTTING". I've read it with a lot of struggle at the beginning, then I picked it up through the middle and it wasn't too bad.... XD
I love the slang you guys use!!!!!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Rick wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Or do you think my teacher talks from her butthole? [/QUOTE]
XDDDDDD
THIS WINS
XDDDDDD
THIS WINS
Hehe.
@Lisser: Thanks! Well, I have improved a lot the last two years when speaking English is concerned. Though I learn every day. It's still a very long way for me to the point when I can say: "Crickey, my English IS good." Despite this, it keeps me motivated and that makes it a lot more interesting as well. Like setting a goal.
@Lisser: Thanks! Well, I have improved a lot the last two years when speaking English is concerned. Though I learn every day. It's still a very long way for me to the point when I can say: "Crickey, my English IS good." Despite this, it keeps me motivated and that makes it a lot more interesting as well. Like setting a goal.