DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS? ( Archived) (53)

Feb 12, 2016 6:55 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
mikemo68
mikemo68mikemo68Gijon, Asturias Spain6 Threads 2 Polls 611 Posts
Is a sign of bravery. Amy Chua


I love this quote.yay


If this is your case,Are you very conscious of your accent when you speak another language?
I am not, to be honest. When I speak English I am worry about the pronunciation so that I am understood rather than my accent.I really want to pronounce everything correctly. At the moment, I know my accent sounds rather Spanish in English. Also, I have friends from different countries and I love their accent when they speak English (and they are awesome).

So out of curiosity

What do you think about foreign accent? Do you really like them or not? conversing wave
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Feb 12, 2016 7:01 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
pat8lanips
pat8lanipspat8lanipsbabinda, Queensland Australia67 Threads 14 Polls 6,372 Posts
Some accents are difficult to understand, like Indian people. And some accents are just plain annoying, like the New Zealand accent.
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Feb 12, 2016 7:10 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
mikemo68
mikemo68mikemo68Gijon, Asturias Spain6 Threads 2 Polls 611 Posts
pat8lanips: Some accents are difficult to understand, like Indian people. And some accents are just plain annoying, like the New Zealand accent.


thumbs up


Welcome to the confusing life of a person with a foreign accent..cheers laugh
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Feb 12, 2016 7:14 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
serena123
serena123serena123durban, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa44 Threads 2 Polls 2,821 Posts
I think anyone who doesn't come from South Africa.. Has a Foreign accent laugh I spoke to a lttle boy when I was in America (in English)... He stared at me for a while and said .. "Sorry, I don't speak spanish" rolling on the floor laughing
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Feb 12, 2016 7:20 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
mikemo68
mikemo68mikemo68Gijon, Asturias Spain6 Threads 2 Polls 611 Posts
serena123: I think anyone who doesn't come from South Africa.. Has a Foreign accent I spoke to a lttle boy when I was in America (in English)... He stared at me for a while and said .. "Sorry, I don't speak spanish"


True, they both have a few similarities..uh oh laugh wave
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Feb 12, 2016 7:28 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
unlaoised
unlaoisedunlaoisedTwilight zone, Wicklow Ireland34 Threads 12,152 Posts
mikemo68: Is a sign of bravery. Amy ChuaI love this quote.If this is your case,Are you very conscious of your accent when you speak another language?
I am not, to be honest. When I speak English I am worry about the pronunciation so that I am understood rather than my accent.I really want to pronounce everything correctly. At the moment, I know my accent sounds rather Spanish in English. Also, I have friends from different countries and I love their accent when they speak English (and they are awesome).

So out of curiosity

What do you think about foreign accent? Do you really like them or not?


Lovely quote..and quite true.

It depends on the accent but it's a great opener for a conversation
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Feb 12, 2016 7:48 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
mikemo68
mikemo68mikemo68Gijon, Asturias Spain6 Threads 2 Polls 611 Posts
unlaoised: Lovely quote..and quite true.

It depends on the accent but it's a great opener for a conversation


I´m meeting people to speak English, they come from every single corner around the world, and also you learn the way the pronounce it and is so interesting and sometimes there´re some kind of situations that just make you laugh and spend a very good time with them..laugh wave
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Feb 12, 2016 8:12 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
dutchfreckles
dutchfrecklesdutchfrecklesmaaseik, Limburg Belgium86 Posts
i can adapt very easy in a lauguege ,if iam in germany they think iam from there ,my englich is good to ,i only have often problems when i am back home i mix ofthen those three together ,but the animals dont care about that they now what i mean .
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Feb 12, 2016 8:30 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
chris27292729
chris27292729chris27292729IOS island, South Aegean Greece93 Threads 15,811 Posts
serena123: I think anyone who doesn't come from South Africa.. Has a Foreign accent I spoke to a lttle boy when I was in America (in English)... He stared at me for a while and said .. "Sorry, I don't speak spanish"

Are you sure he said ""Spanish""???
and not Fanagalo or Africaans???

grin grin grin
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Feb 12, 2016 8:59 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
A foreign accent shows that you can either speak another language, or at least, you are trying.
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Feb 12, 2016 9:14 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
LIV22: A foreign accent shows that you can either speak another language, or at least, you are trying.


I love the Finnish accent, my ex gf had a beautiful accent though she insisted she had none, and spoke perfect english, we invented our own language Fenglish, a mixture of English and Finnish. Oh happy dayssigh
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Feb 12, 2016 10:48 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
Girlishgiggle
GirlishgiggleGirlishgiggleBlairgowrie, Central, Scotland UK87 Posts
mikemo68: Is a sign of bravery. Amy ChuaI love this quote.If this is your case,Are you very conscious of your accent when you speak another language?
I am not, to be honest. When I speak English I am worry about the pronunciation so that I am understood rather than my accent.I really want to pronounce everything correctly. At the moment, I know my accent sounds rather Spanish in English. Also, I have friends from different countries and I love their accent when they speak English (and they are awesome).

So out of curiosity

What do you think about foreign accent? Do you really like them or not?

We do not care about accent ...the important is to be able to exchange with others , right ?
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Feb 12, 2016 10:48 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
Dreamcatcher99
Dreamcatcher99Dreamcatcher99Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5 Threads 1 Polls 1,074 Posts
I speak Malaysian + English = Manglish

Yup, we mangle the English language alright giggle
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Feb 12, 2016 10:52 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
Girlishgiggle
GirlishgiggleGirlishgiggleBlairgowrie, Central, Scotland UK87 Posts
tomcatwarne: I love the Finnish accent, my ex gf had a beautiful accent though she insisted she had none, and spoke perfect english, we invented our own language Fenglish, a mixture of English and Finnish. Oh happy days


Accents are the salt in the soup, aren´t they?laugh
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Feb 12, 2016 10:55 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Girlishgiggle: Accents are the salt in the soup, aren´t they?


Rite the noogrin
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Feb 12, 2016 11:12 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
Dreamcatcher99: I speak Malaysian + English = Manglish

Yup, we mangle the English language alright
are,,sooo..mrs...yell hung,and husband,,vell hung......grin professor rolling on the floor laughing dunno laugh
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Feb 12, 2016 6:57 PM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
Dreamcatcher99
Dreamcatcher99Dreamcatcher99Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5 Threads 1 Polls 1,074 Posts
truheart1941: are,,sooo..mrs...yell hung,and husband,,vell hung......


laugh wave
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Feb 17, 2016 11:39 AM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
mikemo68
mikemo68mikemo68Gijon, Asturias Spain6 Threads 2 Polls 611 Posts
Dreamcatcher99: I speak Malaysian + English = Manglish

Yup, we mangle the English language alright


laugh

I speak Spanglishbatting wave
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Feb 17, 2016 12:06 PM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
mikemo68
mikemo68mikemo68Gijon, Asturias Spain6 Threads 2 Polls 611 Posts
dutchfreckles: i can adapt very easy in a lauguege ,if iam in germany they think iam from there ,my englich is good to ,i only have often problems when i am back home i mix ofthen those three together ,but the animals dont care about that they now what i mean .


laugh Sure? Maybe they´re making fun of you..dancing dog and you are the one don´t know what they meanrolling on the floor laughing

Girlishgiggle: We do not care about accent ...the important is to be able to exchange with others , right ?


Couldn´t agree more than this handshake

LIV22: A foreign accent shows that you can either speak another language, or at least, you are trying.


Indeed..thumbs up wave
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Feb 17, 2016 1:32 PM CST DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FOREIGN ACCENT IS?
2intrigued
2intrigued2intriguedMississauga, Ontario Canada11 Threads 18,576 Posts
mikemo68: Is a sign of bravery. Amy ChuaI love this quote.If this is your case,Are you very conscious of your accent when you speak another language?
I am not, to be honest. When I speak English I am worry about the pronunciation so that I am understood rather than my accent.I really want to pronounce everything correctly. At the moment, I know my accent sounds rather Spanish in English. Also, I have friends from different countries and I love their accent when they speak English (and they are awesome).

So out of curiosity

What do you think about foreign accent? Do you really like them or not?


Canadians don't have an accent. snooty laugh

Here's a little chuckle for you Mikey....hope you can see it. wave

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