tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post114108376101455774..comments2023-11-03T04:44:13.331-04:00Comments on The Americanization of Emily: "I Love Your Accent"Violahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141614252355533198noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141538079162186102006-03-05T00:54:00.000-05:002006-03-05T00:54:00.000-05:00You know what I love? When English people do a fu...You know what I love? When English people do a funny impersonation of an American accent. It's so hilarious. <BR/><BR/>The best has to be the actor Mark Addy. He has it down perfectly.Iwanskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114933913890960126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141303172317725622006-03-02T07:39:00.000-05:002006-03-02T07:39:00.000-05:00I watched a TVM film yesterday called "The Perfect...I watched a TVM film yesterday called "The Perfect Wife" - all about a lady marrying a doctor simply in order to kill all his `kith and kin' because she blamed the said doctor for not treating her brother who died in a road accident. She poisoned the brother with some thing noxious in a bowl of "oatmeal" - which I understand to be what we call "porridge"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141222968662473312006-03-01T09:22:00.000-05:002006-03-01T09:22:00.000-05:00When I moved back to Brazil from Australia, people...When I moved back to Brazil from Australia, people would think I was from the US. One lady that had studied English and spoke fairly well thought that she had learned it all wrong when she tried talking to us. We explained that she had learned American English and that the accents vary like in Portuguese. <BR/><BR/>I lost my Australian accent long ago, but every now and then, when I'm VERY mentally fatigued, the accent kicks in. It took several years before I started saying tomato like the americans. I have always had the tendency to start talking like the people I'm around. When I moved to the south, I started hearing from my northern friends that I was getting a southern drawl. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and that question, "Where are you from?", I always ask them, "Do you mean where I was born, or where I just moved from?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141158200711316652006-02-28T15:23:00.000-05:002006-02-28T15:23:00.000-05:00It's sadly true that many Americans, and not just ...It's sadly true that many Americans, and not just children, are unaware of geography outside our own country. <BR/><BR/> I'm another sucker for the English accent, Australian too (Hugh Jackman!). The one time I was in England, I was told by a native that I had a charming accent .... I thought he was crazy as I'm from Californai, where we have no accent :-)crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141145363287322802006-02-28T11:49:00.000-05:002006-02-28T11:49:00.000-05:00Very funny. I will now confess that I am a comple...Very funny. I will now confess that I am a complete sucker for an English accent, in all it's variations.Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130321823549477784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141143587682866522006-02-28T11:19:00.000-05:002006-02-28T11:19:00.000-05:00I only wish the American ignorance of things abroa...I only wish the American ignorance of things abroad was half as bad as you think. Its probably twice as bad.<BR/><BR/>In 2004, after we had told my family we were moving to England for a while, my 16 year-old niece later remarked, "Oh, I thought you were going to Europe." This might have been a valid statement If she had any grasp of "the continent", but she its safe to say that she just assumed England was part of another continent.<BR/><BR/>I was twice asked if I was Australian when I was in the UK.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13754109895201401316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141097414893445842006-02-27T22:30:00.000-05:002006-02-27T22:30:00.000-05:00I've experienced the same thing while on study lea...I've experienced the same thing while on study leave in Princeton - I and an Aussie from my church have great fun when American friends think he's a Brit and I'm an Aussie. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909306.post-1141090306093934962006-02-27T20:31:00.000-05:002006-02-27T20:31:00.000-05:00I think it's fair to say that between 70 and 90 pe...I think it's fair to say that between 70 and 90 percent of Americans have no idea on any difference among England, Great Britain, or the UK. I think many would use the terms synonymously.<BR/><BR/>I am surprised at the comments about "What language is spoken there," but it has almost become passé to note the stupidity of (American) society, particularly of the youth.<BR/><BR/>As far as accents go, I am only now beginning to be able to discern English from Australian from New Zealand from South Africa, as my pastor is from New Zealand, my theology professor from Australia, and several South Africans are on my campus. Before I would have had a difficult time.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489726192068776394noreply@blogger.com