Are you able to hear the different English accents?

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Jul 3, 10, 09:43 #1

This is for the Polish. Are you able to hear the different accents in England or does it all sound the same to you?
A Polish guy I know stated that this other Polish guy was posh and that he was from the South due to his accent. I heard no difference between his accent and the "posh" guy's accent.

Pointless question I know, but just curious. Everyone else has answered pointless questions so I'll ask this one..!

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Jul 3, 10, 10:59 #2

Am I able to hear them?? Sometimes I feel I'd accept a special tax for the National Bureau of Language Standardization, with a strong Investigation, Enforcement and Prosecution Department. All very nice and interesting, variety of accents, but I need to communicate, and sometimes pretty promptly. You get used to Estuary, then a Brummie comes along, drops a quick question, the Glasvegian flashes back the answer, and I stand there solving puzzles.

I knew an Irishman, good people, and some 30 years in England. We worked together, and we used to have a pint or two now and then for about a year - and still I had problems.

I went to visit my friend in Wiltshire, he was renting a house together with his local friend. I needed about an hour to adjust my pattern recognition. We went to a pub together, there were some local blokes, and again I had to adjust. That friend's friend was not quite that local, as it turned out.

I spent two weeks in Leeds, went to a local pub. Tried to ask a bit about the local ale, and ended up just nodding politely. Took me a couple of minutes later at the table to cobble up a probable English rendition. I was eavesdropping on the guys at the next table, and all I understood was that they were speaking of good olden days.

Are you English?

bimber94Threads: 9 Posts: 400 Joined: Mar 13, 09 ♂	Jul 3, 10, 11:44 #3
Ooo-arrr! Ye be roit there, laddie.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Jul 3, 10, 11:53 #4
try this: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html click on the map....the page changes... click on the player.

nottThreads: 6 Posts: 1,271 Joined: Jun 2, 10 ♂	Jul 3, 10, 12:11 #5
bimber94: Ooo-arrr! Ye be roit there, laddie. Right. I got it immediately, proud of it. But if you barked it at me eye to eye, I'd probably look pretty sheepish for at least a moment. Unless after some time of acclimatisation.

RubasznyRumcajsThreads: 9 Posts: 283 Joined: Mar 29, 08 ♂	Jul 3, 10, 12:12 #6
i can spot someone from Glasgow after hearing few his/her words...

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