tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874674.post3820422435153686675..comments2023-10-22T08:22:22.325-04:00Comments on Almost American: How not to sound AmericanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874674.post-71338390934808049272008-07-24T18:08:00.000-04:002008-07-24T18:08:00.000-04:00Do you know I just took that test -and answering t...Do you know I just took that test -and answering the questions as a 100% total English person, with a pretty standard (almost posh but not quite) well pronounced English, the result was:<BR/><BR/>You are from NEW YORK !!!!!<BR/><BR/>PMP !!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874674.post-52492624095944758682008-07-24T17:48:00.000-04:002008-07-24T17:48:00.000-04:00Well, in the whole scheme of things, I think you t...Well, in the whole scheme of things, I think you turn the accent on and off almost at will, although the longer you spend away from the UK, the harder it seems to get.<BR/><BR/>I can recall visiting a store selling British foods and other goods not commonly found here and we were the only people in the store other than the owner. A woman walked in with a young man. The next thing I knew, the woman was talking with a thick Scottish accent and there was this other woman speaking with a heavy English (northwestern...) accent. It was Almost American.<BR/><BR/>When she and her sister get together and start talking, the accent changes yet again!Canoezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159367625637366095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874674.post-39737978897304663082008-07-24T01:24:00.000-04:002008-07-24T01:24:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for visiting me. I had fun reading...Thanks so much for visiting me. I had fun reading your post. Accents are very interesting to me because I first had a Hawaiian pidgin accent, then a Midwest Chicago accent and now I'm sort of back to Hawaii again. I just love the British accent!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874674.post-46542879293236498062008-07-22T02:59:00.000-04:002008-07-22T02:59:00.000-04:00Very interesting. I laugh when people with thick A...Very interesting. I laugh when people with thick Asian accents in the UK don't hear much of my accent and yet think somehow they are more English than I, with their own thick foreign heritage accent and all!Mmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379020705220234984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874674.post-48200758328250733962008-07-21T15:02:00.000-04:002008-07-21T15:02:00.000-04:00Ooo I shall just have to have a go!Marinade = oil ...Ooo I shall just have to have a go!<BR/><BR/>Marinade = oil and rice vinegar in equal proportions, tablespoonful of garlic, tbs of Herbes de Provence, tbs of wholegrain Dijon mustard = yummy.<BR/>CheersMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874674.post-3783864230745987802008-07-21T11:48:00.000-04:002008-07-21T11:48:00.000-04:00NIIIIIIIIICE. I took the quiz and my accent is "t...NIIIIIIIIICE. I took the quiz and my accent is "the lowest common denominator of American speech". I knew it! 100% from the West.Bluestreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350399171607670916noreply@blogger.com