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spcmafia · 01-08-2021, 07:42 AM

I came upon an article which gave the idea for this thread. Lets post some random information that people didn't know they needed to know.

Why do Canadians say Eh?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/w...=pocket-newtab

Dadhawk · 01-08-2021, 07:52 AM

OK, I'll bite. In some ways US Citizens have a more traditional British Accent than current British citizens have.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/...ritish-english

spcmafia · 01-08-2021, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

OK, I'll bite. In some ways US Citizens have a more traditional British Accent than current British citizens have.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/...ritish-english

I often find myself going down the rabbit hole on BBC articles, they got really good stuff.

soundman98 · 01-08-2021, 09:17 PM

a pixel is actually 3. or 4 these days.

x808drifter · 01-08-2021, 09:52 PM

Captain Snooze · 01-09-2021, 03:20 AM

The scientific name for Giant Anteater is Myrmecophaga Tridactyla.

DarkPira7e · 01-09-2021, 09:37 AM

The thing you probably enjoy looking at is the labia, not vagina.

Sapphireho · 01-09-2021, 10:56 AM

Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

JD001 · 01-09-2021, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

OK, I'll bite. In some ways US Citizens have a more traditional British Accent than current British citizens have.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/...ritish-english

Not in Britain they don't.. There is definitely a "mid-atlantic" accent but I wouldn't go as far as saying that it's a British accent... I don't even know what you would define as a "British accent".. We have such a variety on this little island..

x808drifter · 01-09-2021, 12:32 PM

JD001 · 01-09-2021, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by x808drifter

No wonder the geezer was so upset.. watched it again just last week. Gotta find a good time to watch Scarface..

soundman98 · 01-09-2021, 02:01 PM

can you imagine the outrage now in hollywood if they did that again?

Dadhawk · 01-09-2021, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD001

Not in Britain they don't.. There is definitely a "mid-atlantic" accent but I wouldn't go as far as saying that it's a British accent... I don't even know what you would define as a "British accent".. We such a variety on this little island..

The article was written by the BBC so I guess you could ask them.

As far a what someone the US considers a "British" accent, I assume it's the same for you Brits when you think of a US accent, it's anything that sounds remotely British.

Typically, when I see a US accent done on a British TV show it's either Southern, New York Gangster or Boston aristocrat. Occasionally it's what I would consider the broader accent discussed in this article, but not often.

Personally, I can tell there are different regional flavors of "British", and I can tell the difference in some of them, but unless it is very distinct, I consider all of them British (not to be confused with other UK accents of course)

Captain Snooze · 01-09-2021, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

We such a variety on this little island..

I spent 4 nights in a small village near Thruxton race track in late December 2001. I was there to drive a Ferrari around the track.

I was having dinner in a pub (awesome pub meals) and I couldn't help notice the variety of accents in the place. The guy behind the bar had a accent like from a UK gangster movie "gidday guv'ner". Cockney? The woman he was serving sounded like the Queen, all very proper, posh. All this in pub just 100 kms from London.

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