Accents

I like most accents when the words coming out are sexy, but I reckon you can't beat a nice scottish accent

Aw roight ma Lover xx

(bit of West Country there for you  )

shellyboo wrote:

As for accents I like, I love Welsh, Scottish, Australian and South African... but my very favourite is definitely a nice English accent. Am a total whore for English guys, can't seem to resist them at all!

 Oh I Say, that is spiffing !

Any chance of a bit of rumpy-pumpy, my dear 

Avrielle_Aniko wrote:

Slang is really annoying! Round here its all "How like min chavie chi!" I hate it. I saw a man running for the bus the other day and just missed it before shouting "How ya mahagger!" Mahagger? meh..

I dislike slang. However I also wish to reiterate that it is a seperate issue to having an accent.

Avrielle_Aniko wrote:

Slang is really annoying! Round here its all "How like min chavie chi!" I hate it. I saw a man running for the bus the other day and just missed it before shouting "How ya mahagger!" Mahagger? meh..

You don't live by a group of Maori's do you?

What on earth is that accent?

Personally I like slang... I hate how grammarians attempt to codify ALL language and tell us what is correct and incorrect. I believe language is a living tool and primarily spoken, so naturally it evolves. If someone understands me I don't think it matters how I said it. I think most language is contextual... and that cannot have rules placed on it. I don't dislike all grammar! I just don't like rules we don't need.

E.g. Does it matter if people say "Why can't I go home?" as opposed to "Why mayn't I go home?" if I understand them. Mayn't is technically correct (similar to mightn't) but sounds so wrong!

I like the diversity of some slang and as long as I understand I'm not too fussed!

Sorry to go all grammery... I just have many many peeves!

See, I am one of those people, WandA. I believe that, yes, within limits, grammar does have a place. Or at least using real words in a vague sentence structure is nice. I noticed your post was ultimately (as far as my knowledge allows me to know) grammatically correct... Whether we like it or not, using appropriate, understandable language allows us to be taken seriously.

Also, to say language is contextual, that does suggest some social rules exist, and at that ones you do partake in? I'd imagine while you would speak to a friend in one manner, you wouldn't employ the same language in a job interview, for example?

We have these structures in place as they help us - I'd love to see someone manage to get a managerial job for example, while saying things like "nah, ah divvint nah!" - it just wouldn't happen!

As an aside, I do believe it partially ties into our own schemas for particular situations that people would speak and write in a particular way, so it could be psychologically confusing if one were to enter a situation where the language and tone were not somewhere in the region of what was expected.

LivingFire wrote:

I believe that, yes, within limits, grammar does have a place.

Me too.. I just don't like when some are over zealous. As I said I believe language is living, it often means that in practice people have already created and used these rules years before they are written down.

These rules are created based on their use in the 'real' world... so I find such resistance to 'new' 'evolving' grammar by gammarians puzzling! It does have a place but I think it is treated too rigidly. We still have rules in grammar books that went out of fashion in the 1920s!

If 80% of the population use a grammatical convention but it is 'officially' wrong then I know which one I consider more 'right'.

I noticed your post was ultimately (as far as my knowledge allows me to know) grammatically correct... Whether we like it or not, using appropriate, understandable language allows us to be taken seriously.

I do try to be grammatically correct. Its not really a bad habit and is useful. I do mainly refer to the type that gets frustrated if I use a comma with the word 'but' or 'and', it really doesn't matter in most case!

Also, to say language is contextual, that does suggest some social rules exist, and at that ones you do partake in? I'd imagine while you would speak to a friend in one manner, you wouldn't employ the same language in a job interview, for example?

There are rules, which constantly change. The fluidity makes it impossible to dictate what is correct and what is incorrect. I don't have an issue with some of the rules, just as I've said the picky ones that don't alter the meaning of the text because in the context of the piece it makes sense.

I think we've disagreed before over an issue even though on the face of it my comment wasn't aimed at anyone in particular but it appeared to be to you due to the context. I think that shows the importance of context.

We have these structures in place as they help us - I'd love to see someone manage to get a managerial job for example, while saying things like "nah, ah divvint nah!" - it just wouldn't happen!

The fact that most people wouldn't hire the person doesn't make it right. To me it makes it slightly snobbish in some cases, maybe not such an extreme case because some respect is expected from such a situation. 

As an aside, I do believe it partially ties into our own schemas for particular situations that people would speak and write in a particular way, so it could be psychologically confusing if one were to enter a situation where the language and tone were not somewhere in the region of what was expected.

Again I think this is a context issue.

We have some words that are not clear due unless in context. E.g. Live

Nice responding to you!

I agree that the horrifically nitpicking type are annoying, and that such a level isn't needed in every day life...

The fact that most people wouldn't hire the person doesn't make it right. To me it makes it slightly snobbish in some cases, maybe not such an extreme case because some respect is expected from such a situation.

I don't know if I'd say that was snobbish - my view is that largely an employer would want to protect their company image and a person who was unable - or unwilling - to articulate themselves in a socially appropriate manner, wouldn't do an aweful lot for the company image... And if not that, then it could also be an indicator of whether or not that person could make appropriate choices about how best to conduct themselves, imo.

LivingFire wrote:

I agree that the horrifically nitpicking type are annoying, and that such a level isn't needed in every day life...

The fact that most people wouldn't hire the person doesn't make it right. To me it makes it slightly snobbish in some cases, maybe not such an extreme case because some respect is expected from such a situation.

I don't know if I'd say that was snobbish - my view is that largely an employer would want to protect their company image and a person who was unable - or unwilling - to articulate themselves in a socially appropriate manner, wouldn't do an aweful lot for the company image... And if not that, then it could also be an indicator of whether or not that person could make appropriate choices about how best to conduct themselves, imo.

I think we have pretty much gone round in a circle and agreed.

Thats why i made sure I said maybe in not such an extreme case. If I was an employer I wouldn't employ anyone who used the word 'lol' in ra job interview or things like that.

I was talking about some cases, not everyone is as capable as explaining themselves in the same way so I wouldn't make a judgement based on their language or accent, except in extreme cases.

Agreed to some extent, at least ;) Not all. ;) I admit I probably judge people based on how they put themselves forward, but I also think we're all guilty of that whether we admit it or not...

jav_ski wrote:

poppy904 wrote:

my top 5...

1. southern irish

2. nothern irish

3. scottish (glasgow area)

4. stoke on trent

5. leicester

My worst 5.....

1. Birmingham

2. Welsh

3. Geordie

4. Liverpool

5. Salford

bloody hell popps you really have given this some thought or you have travelled alot lol  in the geographical sense of the pharse lol

ive given it alot of thought!! i spend all day talking to customers and mechanics from all over the uk, so i know my accents!! x

br04dyz wrote:

poppy904 wrote:

my top 5...

1. southern irish

Yep indeedy.

Had to go on a works trip to Southern Ireland a while back - surrounded by the most relaxing, rich and downright sexy voices I've ever heard.....tough job

i am very jealous!! x

I love the irish and i totally hate the liverpool accent think it sound grrr but i am a manc lol

LoveHoney - Carly wrote:

LivingFire wrote:

I feel the need to point out that of course, slang and accents are two different things. I have a Northumbrian accent (You'd probably call it Geordie, but technially it's got a Northumbrian twang to it... If you know Ross Noble, you'll know it) but I seldom use 'slang'.

As for accents, they don't have a huge effect on me... I think I find speaking 'well' a bigger turn on (do I sound as odd as I suspect I do for that?!) than any specific accent!

I love Ross Noble - I think his accent is gorgeous!

I also agree with cockney accents and Stoke on Trent accents.

I ususally find an accent attractive if I have good memories of the region or people associated with the area. My best friend is from Stoke on Trent and since I met him, I've instantly warmed to people with that accent.

i just like the way that stoke and leicester guys make the vowels in their words a little longer and louder, makes them sound a bit..... i dont know what it is...... just something sexy!!! x

poppy904 wrote:

jav_ski wrote:

poppy904 wrote:

my top 5...

1. southern irish

2. nothern irish

3. scottish (glasgow area)

4. stoke on trent

5. leicester

My worst 5.....

1. Birmingham

2. Welsh

3. Geordie

4. Liverpool

5. Salford

bloody hell popps you really have given this some thought or you have travelled alot lol  in the geographical sense of the pharse lol

ive given it alot of thought!! i spend all day talking to customers and mechanics from all over the uk, so i know my accents!! x

so you sit there thinking thats a fuckable voice on the other end of the line?

Jimbo J wrote:

I'm with Lubyanka on this one and say its more down to the individual talking as I don't really have any accents that stand out for me. I do have a few that I find awful though, I won't mention them to avoid offending anyone.

I used to work in a contact centre so would here every possible voice and accent, only one has ever stood out and that was a 20 or so year old french girl, it was absolutely gorgous I didn't want her to hang up and I don't even have a thing for French accents.

its happened to me before where ive drooled over the accent of one of the guys for months and when ive met them its ruined the fantasy, though!! x

LivingFire wrote:

Agreed to some extent, at least ;) Not all. ;) I admit I probably judge people based on how they put themselves forward, but I also think we're all guilty of that whether we admit it or not...

im with you on that, i think everyone should be clear on what they are trying to say when it comes to conversations with people they do not know. however in most customer-facing jobs you also need to have that ability to morror the other person when needed and if that involves using a bit of slang, so be it!!! x

jav_ski wrote:

poppy904 wrote:

jav_ski wrote:

poppy904 wrote:

my top 5...

1. southern irish

2. nothern irish

3. scottish (glasgow area)

4. stoke on trent

5. leicester

My worst 5.....

1. Birmingham

2. Welsh

3. Geordie

4. Liverpool

5. Salford

bloody hell popps you really have given this some thought or you have travelled alot lol  in the geographical sense of the pharse lol

ive given it alot of thought!! i spend all day talking to customers and mechanics from all over the uk, so i know my accents!! x

so you sit there thinking thats a fuckable voice on the other end of the line?

pretty much!! i have been known to do a bit of work occasionally though!! x

tohottotouch wrote:

I love the irish and i totally hate the liverpool accent think it sound grrr but i am a manc lol

yep, its ingrained into us from birth to hate them!! x

LivingFire wrote:

Avrielle_Aniko wrote:

Slang is really annoying! Round here its all "How like min chavie chi!" I hate it. I saw a man running for the bus the other day and just missed it before shouting "How ya mahagger!" Mahagger? meh..

I dislike slang. However I also wish to reiterate that it is a seperate issue to having an accent.

Yeah I'm aware... Just thought that I would share.. (hey it rhymes ^.^)

What about pirate voice? Sexy?