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What accent do you speak with?

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Original post by Rhythmical
I am guessing you are on a doctor's salary or you've found some oil in the back garden...


Haha, I am just a normal uni student, who is always broke :tongue: xD
Original post by RiahDawson
When talking fast/trying to pronounce new words its american also with words like "scone" "schedule" "tomato" even "water" but like nice American not the annoying kind 😂. Idk somehow everyone tells me I sound American. Then Mixed with normal british somehow 😂. But then to those whose first language isn't British English they cant tell the difference.


So are you American living in Britain or vice versa?

Original post by balanced
"RP is probably the most widely studied and most frequently described variety of spoken English in the world, yet recent estimates suggest only 2% of the UK population speak it. It has a negligible presence in Scotland and Northern Ireland and is arguably losing its prestige status in Wales. It should properly, therefore, be described as an English, rather than a British accent."


Wow I didn't know that and I study English Language!
Original post by Azhar Rana
Haha, I am just a normal uni student, who is always broke :tongue: xD


Do you buy expensive stuff then lol?
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Omg, have you got Dutch ancestry?
Original post by Rhythmical
Do you buy expensive stuff then lol?


Nah, you know, uni fees, accommodation fees kinda....
I'm from Birmingham, so I'm guessing it's a brummie accent. But I've been asked numerous amount of times from people (brummie locals) where I'm from etc- I apparently sound different from them haha

Whenever I start talking to new people, they are like "omg are you from here" lol it's quite strange. I just think it's because my voice is quite raspy- so it sounds a lot different idk
Original post by Azhar Rana
Nah, you know, uni fees, accommodation fees kinda....


Is it expensive going to an Arabic university?



Aw wow that is so cool. Are you fluent in Dutch?
Original post by AthiaKarim
I'm from Birmingham, so I'm guessing it's a brummie accent. But I've been asked numerous amount of times from people (brummie locals) where I'm from etc- I apparently sound different from them haha

Whenever I start talking to new people, they are like "omg are you from here" lol it's quite strange. I just think it's because my voice is quite raspy- so it sounds a lot different idk


I can hear the Brummie accent in my head now.
And a (very) little taster :colondollar:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0n4TGI6ljee
Original post by Rhythmical
Is it expensive going to an Arabic university?



Aw wow that is so cool. Are you fluent in Dutch?


yes they are quite expensive. it costs the same as in the uk.
Original post by Rhythmical
So are you American living in Britain or vice versa?



Wow I didn't know that and I study English Language!


Neither 😂😂
iv been told mine is mixed and iv been told i sound australian :/
Original post by Azhar Rana
yes they are quite expensive. it costs the same as in the uk.



Oh wow. So do you get loans and stuff? What do you study?

Original post by RiahDawson
Neither 😂😂


Oh wow that is strange!
Original post by shawtyb
iv been told mine is mixed and iv been told i sound australian :/


G'Day! I love the Australian accent. I wish mine sounded like it.
Original post by Rhythmical
G'Day! I love the Australian accent. I wish mine sounded like it.


i dont think i do though :/
Original post by Rhythmical
Oh wow. So do you get loans and stuff? What do you study?



Oh wow that is strange!

I pay some of it from part time jobs, some by my brother and my dad :smile:
this year of uni a lot of people have assumed that I have a northern accent
at the barders yesterday, the lady thought I had a new zealand accent
I'm from the south but I tend to "slur" my words in order to not sound posh
therefore, it creates a northern/aussie twang
Just really really screwed up :sigh:
Original post by Azhar Rana
I pay some of it from part time jobs, some by my brother and my dad :smile:


Wow you must be raking it in.

Original post by shawtyb
i dont think i do though :/


Ah where do you, region wise live? I often find people from the rural coastal boarders can have an Australian accent.
Original post by Rhythmical
Wow you must be raking it in.



Ah where do you, region wise live? I often find people from the rural coastal boarders can have an Australian accent.


kent, south east hahaha!

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