DrCrowTStarwars said:
Now anyone from the Uk feel free to correct me if I am wrong about this but over here in the States it seems like every few years we hear about how some group in Ireland or Scotland wants to leave the UK
I am pretty sure Ireland is already a separate nation. I think you are referring to Northern Ireland here.
Warbler said:
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Now anyone from the Uk feel free to correct me if I am wrong about this but over here in the States it seems like every few years we hear about how some group in Ireland or Scotland wants to leave the UK
I am pretty sure Ireland is already a separate nation. I think you are referring to Northern Ireland here.
Yeah that was what i was talking about,sorry about the confusion.
no worries.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I can't even tell a Welsh accent apart from an English one, which certainly isn't the case for the Scottish and Irish.
*Jaw drops* LOL But seriously your jaw would probably drop if I said I could barely tell the difference between a US accent and a Canadian one ;-)
Classic animated kids show 'Ivor The Engine'
...illustrates the difference quite well, funnily enough. As the English man doing the narration (Oliver Postgate) also does all the varied Welsh voices.
The Welsh have a very distinct culture from the other parts of the UK. The BBC has a Welsh language radio Station 'Radio Cymru'.
The Welsh can boast...
Poet Dylan Thomas (And actor Anthony Hopkins who is reading this)
One of the best bands ever - Manic Street Preachers
and Dame Shirley Bassey of course
Wales is where they currently make Doctor Who, King Arthur (Or the inspiration for) was Welsh and the Welsh language is the primary basis for Tolkien's Elvish languages...
This ^ and any Elvish bits from the LOTR films sound totally Welsh.
etc etc
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I can't tell the difference between a Canadian and an American accent either because there isn't really such a thing. Southern and eastern accents in the U.S. are fairly different from the northern U.S. and Canadian accent, but Canada is fairly uniform aside from Newfoundlanders, who have a distinct accent.
And the Québécois have such a thick accent that very few other people in Canada can understand them at all. ;)
The States has a lot of varied accents, so there isn't really one "American accent". As an American living in Canada, there definitely is a difference between they way Americans and Canadians speak.
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Tyrphanax said:
The States has a lot of varied accents, so there isn't really one "American accent". As an American living in Canada, there definitely is a difference between they way Americans and Canadians speak.
Yeah just watch an episode of say Hill Street Blues and then follow it up with an episode of The Red Green Show for proof:)
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
Just wanted to say that I'm enjoying, and actually learning some things, from this thread. A similar thread on a drumming forum got shut down quickly when it devolved into Texas jokes.
Man, they have forums for the most obscure unpopular things you can possibly imagine!
Tyrphanax said:
The States has a lot of varied accents, so there isn't really one "American accent". As an American living in Canada, there definitely is a difference between they way Americans and Canadians speak.
No more difference than there is between the Texan accent(s) and New Yorker accent(s) -- hell, there's probably less!
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