Looking for a british person...
- Thread starter TerokNor
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It's not great, but it's passable. I also used to impersonate John Major when I was younger, but I'm out of practice now.
You mean Michael Caine doesn't talk like this?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pTXi9Z2AYA[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pTXi9Z2AYA[/yt]
If you're going to troll people for "fun," it's probably not a good idea to announce that you're doing it in another forum. Infraction for trolling. Don't do this again.
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Heh, thats a first timer. Never got trolled before. Oh well. I know I am no racist, so there.
Anyway, thanks to the others for the helpful comments and for standing up for me.
Though still looking for someone who maybe can do that certain bit of text (would send it to you). And while its not Dickens, its written buy a guy who wrote a sequel to Oliver Twist and he kept the way of how some of the characters talk that Dickens had. I would just like to hear how close I got it read correctly or if I read it wrong.
TerokNor
Anyway, thanks to the others for the helpful comments and for standing up for me.
Though still looking for someone who maybe can do that certain bit of text (would send it to you). And while its not Dickens, its written buy a guy who wrote a sequel to Oliver Twist and he kept the way of how some of the characters talk that Dickens had. I would just like to hear how close I got it read correctly or if I read it wrong.
TerokNor
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If it helps, I could put on a range of accents from RP to SE England to East Scotland to northern England to (apparently) Welsh 
seeing as my own voice tends to wobble between all of these and more within the same sentence. 
seeing as my own voice tends to wobble between all of these and more within the same sentence.
If it helps, I could put on a range of accents from RP to SE England to East Scotland to northern England to (apparently) Welsh
Oh would you?
Can I send you the text then?TerokNor
I don't think I'd be exactly what you're looking for, really, as it's really all over the place at times, and not exactly representative of the nation, so I'll decline, thanks.If it helps, I could put on a range of accents from RP to SE England to East Scotland to northern England to (apparently) Welsh
Oh would you?
TerokNor
If it helps, I could put on a range of accents from RP to SE England to East Scotland to northern England to (apparently) Welsh
Having a conversation with you must be a blast.
If it helps, I could put on a range of accents from RP to SE England to East Scotland to northern England to (apparently) Welsh
Having a conversation with you must be a blast.
It's interesting anyway. The English think I'm Scottish, the Scottish think I'm English, and everyone else thinks a small part of me comes from the Rhondda Valley.
I've only ever seen the first Austin Powers movie.
That how ever, was based on real Cockney Rhyming Slang... I understood like 90% of that 'English English' but of course, the subtitles did help.
Russell Brand is a good example of a London non chavvy accent.
Shappi Khorsandi just sounds nice
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Why not post what you want recited here? Maybe we all could help you translate it phonetically... In what ever style we come up with be it Cockney, RP - which is something I've never heard of before but am just going to assume it means 'really posh', to whatever... I can't say fairer than that right now.
I am sure you have heard RP (received pronunciation) many times. Sir David Attenborough is a very good example of RP as is his brother Lord Richard Attenborough (when he speaks in his normal accent). Listening to Sir David's earlier TV shows and comparing them to his later programs shows how RP has changed in the last 50 years.
The Queen also speaks RP, as did Margaret Thatcher.
The Queen also speaks RP, as did Margaret Thatcher.
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Ok, I can do that. Though when you mean phonetically you mean outwritten in that phonic language?
I personally am an "ear-person" when it comes to language, so I truly have to hear it with my ears and not read phonic signs with my eyes, because when truly hearing it, it also transports emotion and I can only learn language that I can connect with emotion, otherwise it just falls out of my head again as if never known, if that makes sense?
TerokNor
I personally am an "ear-person" when it comes to language, so I truly have to hear it with my ears and not read phonic signs with my eyes, because when truly hearing it, it also transports emotion and I can only learn language that I can connect with emotion, otherwise it just falls out of my head again as if never known, if that makes sense?
TerokNor
Maybe Zion should do it then...
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_nMMffZ3eU&playnext=1&list=PLB7EFFD431164697C[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv8VE3uIqJc&feature=fvsr[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asWt8vHBiEM[/yt]
I'd do if no one laughs at me.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_nMMffZ3eU&playnext=1&list=PLB7EFFD431164697C[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv8VE3uIqJc&feature=fvsr[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asWt8vHBiEM[/yt]
I'd do if no one laughs at me.
So lets see, if this works and if its readable... you have to click on it, hmm..well..still not very big then, but should work out.
http://www.img-box.de/99791/
http://www.img-box.de/99792/
Page 208 starting from "At precisely ..." to page 210 ".. on the table top."
TerokNor
http://www.img-box.de/99791/
http://www.img-box.de/99792/
Page 208 starting from "At precisely ..." to page 210 ".. on the table top."
TerokNor
Zion Ravescene: You were only joking, were you?A pitty, cause now I would like to know what "all over the place" sounds like. Did you live in many different regions?
Not really joking, no.
I have lived in Scotland and both southern and northern England, and I pick up a fair variety of different accents throughout the country - even the Scottish tongue has several regional variants, although the one that most people think of is Glaswegian/SW Scotland. I also listen to a lot of national and local radio where I go, and pick up some twangs from there too. I seem to take on aspects of a specific dialect and accent wherever I go, but never the accent in full. Hence why I feel my voice is a patchwork, albeit a malleable one. But if you're looking for a specific example of an accent, you'd probably do better with someone from a specific part of the country rather than a master-of-none.
Zion Ravescene: You were only joking, were you?
Not really joking, no.
I seem to take on aspects of a specific dialect and accent wherever I go, but never the accent in full. Hence why I feel my voice is a patchwork, albeit a malleable one. But if you're looking for a specific example of an accent, you'd probably do better with someone from a specific part of the country rather than a master-of-none.
Oh I take what I can get. If you want give it a try I am all ears! *g*
TerokNor
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