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Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash
Which one there was suppose to be posh or even London? The presenter was no where near posh and questionable on even being London since he sounded like he was putting on some fake mockney accent.
Then, the Manic Street Preachers are a band from Wales. Which, isn't even England let alone London.
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Probably took a totally bad example, checking it again, the presenter actually talks a pretty good British English, sorry for insulting 95 pct. of Britain
What's funny is that it actually happened many times, that I was considered "British" in US
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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
Interestingly enough, according to the novelist Tom Wolfe, some ways men talk and sit may seem effeminate but it conveys so much confidence that it is actually the epitome of manliness. I suspect that there's class stratification in regards to accents--ie., working and middle class people might think a particular accent is "effeminate" or gay but those in the upper crust consider this the zenith of refinement. Example: John Malkovich's character in "Dangerous Liaisons"
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I knew a dude from London - the most annoying person in the world, he had a way with words that you honestly wanted to kill him after every third line - that's closer to what I mean
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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse
The presenter sounds just like Guy Ritchie trying to sound like a geezer. 
You don't normally notice your own accent but someone showed me a clip on their phone of me waffling about something and my South London accent is really noticable. |
Women are quite cool to listen to, used to call frequently to a certain company in London, and she was totally sexy on the phone, although yeah she was rude as hell too
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Originally Posted by Adultmix
i have couple guys from around London they speak like Jason Statham and all those folks in the Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking barrels, I personally find that accent a little hard to understand but sounds good to me. What i mean those are any near BBC and classic English I studied in the school.
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Didn't had much problem with Scots, Irish, and after a day or two you can get into pretty much any sort of British Accent, according to my experience
The only accent I found really hard to get into was Australian.
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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse
It's not just the accent part of it is always the phrases too. I seem to have had a run of insulting people lately completely unintentionally sometimes even when i'm being polite  |
Exactly my experience!
First time I was in touch with London I was like WTF woman you have a way with words, then I realized it's probably a standard around there
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Seriously, as bad as it can sound, this is a hypothetical question - nothing directed towards Britain, I 'd never dare to bash any other country, ethnicity, age group or whatever apart from the Prague people, those are the only exception, and I only wait till a local chimes in and gives me a little bit of their trademark hysteria