Quote from: Crow on February 03, 2014, 11:27:04 AM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on February 02, 2014, 11:51:00 PM
I try not to talk at all around non-Americans.
Why is that?
Because their accents are usually very pretty and mine is not. So I'd rather just listen.
Quote from: DoberI tend to adopt characteristics of the accent of the person I'm speaking to.
Me, too: my speech varies from fairly Herefordshire to immaculately posh, depending on where I am. In Wales I find myself using a lot of Welsh phrases like 'duw, duw'.
In German I have a strong Schleswig-Holstein accent and sometime use dialect forms.
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Quote from: Ali on February 03, 2014, 07:11:05 PM
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Speaking of other countries, I recently met up with some Brits that work for our company and were in Denver for a thing. Do Brits typically kiss each other all of the time? I got a lot of kisses.
No we don't. But when abroad we pretend to be more 'European' IE French ;D
I've never known British people to do that!
Of course not. You're English. It wouldn't work ;)
Especially my High German is very influenced by a Swiss - say Allemannic - accent. I could actually talk without it, but that sounds weird to me. So, let's rather sound like some kind of Rambo, who doesn't know proper pronunciation. :P
In English that accent isn't that strong.
We need audio on this thread.
Quote from: BPEspecially my High German is very influenced by a Swiss - say Allemannic - accent. I could actually talk without it, but that sounds weird to me
Swiss people sound bloody weird to me, as a Fischkopf. ;D
Quote from: OldGit on October 20, 2015, 09:26:20 AM
Quote from: BPEspecially my High German is very influenced by a Swiss - say Allemannic - accent. I could actually talk without it, but that sounds weird to me
Swiss people sound bloody weird to me, as a Fischkopf. ;D
That's indeed a common thing... sounding weird when talking High German. I find our dialects quite nice, though. ;)