About Accents.....
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It depends on how much of an auditory mimic you are. I'm quite good at that, hence I picked up quite a few accent.
So far, I've acquired, Malaysian-Chinese, Malay-english, English-english, American English, HongKong-english (think yan can cook), yIndian yEnglish, and a bit of Taiwanese-english-chinese rojak. -
have you ever heard the governor of california speak?Originally posted by ChoCoChips:bo change leh.
haha maybe nt long enuff.
Not all people can switch about their accent easily the best you could do is be understood. -
i went for Taiwan for 1 week i came back speaking in v good chinese Taiwan accent.Originally posted by mhcampboy:Is it true when you go overseas and stay there for long time maybe USA, you come back with a different accent from what you had before you left??
OMG! Its 8. And I haven't sleep!!
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Originally posted by Fatum:I never had it ... I just bit off the lors, lehs and the lahs ...
but it all came back to me the instant I touched down at changi airport ....
"unker ! ... teh si siew tai ka nai ! " ....
see ! ... I'm a heartlander ...
I'm the same. After all these years of living among Americans, I've learnt to cut out the lahs. I still can't say "kan't" like the Americans do. Stubborn tongue. The ultimate test would be to speak with you. Shall we do that over the internet one day? That would be fun! Then we can pull Streamie, MG and the rest in and analyze our "accents" to death. -
i was told by people before that i have an 'international accent'.
cant figure out what kind of accent it is
but that's cos i pick up accents everytime i go someplace.
i can even do shanghai-mandarin. just a little. and it's not very accurate...but it's something like it...hehehe 
oh. and i can do a pretty good british accent. sometimes i speak and...OUT COMES BRITISH ACCENT!! and i cant turn it off
so once in a while i have people asking me if i lived in britain -__-
and hongkong-english. im a pro. hahahahhahaha
i dunno. i pick up accents really fast. just a week in some place and i'll be speaking with a new accent. and sometimes i get people asking me 'are you making fun of my accent???' but really im not i cant help it that i just pick up accents fast. -
I don't think there is actually such a thing as American English, or Canadian English at all ... (British English, Aussie English too ? )
if you stay there long enough, you'd be soon be able to realize that there are so many different regional accents and nuances of speech, that almost no two ang mohs speak the same way ... it's especially true at cities with high migrant turnovers, high inter provincial and city-rural movements ....
prairie farmboys would have a different accent from newfies, people from ontario would sound almost american, some vancouver ang mohs now speak like CBCs, with flatter, with more precise tones compared to others ... etc etc ....
there is an acrolectal form of English ... but I don't think there is an "acrolectal" accent that one should strive towards ... just speak clearly and well, you'll be understood everywhere ... -
Hi-five!Originally posted by udontknowme:i was told by people before that i have an 'international accent'.
cant figure out what kind of accent it is 
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I have been drinking Singapore water for the past three weeks liao ....Originally posted by jetta:
I'm the same. After all these years of living among Americans, I've learnt to cut out the lahs. I still can't say "kan't" like the Americans do. Stubborn tongue. The ultimate test would be to speak with you. Shall we do that over the internet one day? That would be fun! Then we can pull Streamie, MG and the rest in and analyze our "accents" to death.
all my "heys" are gone now ... -
you mean your Hokkien got better ?Originally posted by FBI:i went for Taiwan for 1 week i came back speaking in v good chinese Taiwan accent. -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:you mean your Hokkien got better ?
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of all the different type of mandarin accent ... I love taiwanese accent the best ...
especially when a XMM speaks it .... -
Is it fair to say that there is only one English (Queen's English) and the rest are known as English dialects? As for accent,we all got one.Someone even said something about an international accent,it is more appropriately known as a 'neutral accent'.
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hohohoho ....Originally posted by Short Ninja:Is it fair to say that there is only one English (Queen's English) and the rest are known as English dialects? As for accent,we all got one.Someone even said something about an international accent,it is more appropriately known as a 'neutral accent'.
look what I found ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_the_English_language#North_America -
No.
Unless you learn how to speak the language at the local schools there.
My cousin and family went to the states for almost 15 years. All of them speak with the accent.
Except their parents. -
is Wiki reliable ar not? But i dont understand the part where standard english is describe as a dialect.I always thought BBC broadcast style of english is the number 1 ENGRAND ,something I could never ever master.Originally posted by Fatum:hohohoho ....
look what I found ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_the_English_language#North_America -
My cousin, aunt and uncle still retain the way they spoke before they emigrated to Perth, whereas other friends from a choir I used to be with returned from Australia and the USA with the respective changes in accent.
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once a child over the age of 5 0r 6 fully developed an ego it is harder but I do have a friend who was born in Canada and after 30 years still sounds like a typical Asian.Originally posted by Pitot:No.
Unless you learn how to speak the language at the local schools there.
My cousin and family went to the states for almost 15 years. All of them speak with the accent.
Except their parents. -
i'll be backOriginally posted by Short Ninja:have you ever heard the governor of california speak?
Not all people can switch about their accent easily the best you could do is be understood.
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I'll be waiting!!Originally posted by Deino:i'll be back -
Si mi tai chi? Ni kong si mi??Originally posted by jetta:
I'm the same. After all these years of living among Americans, I've learnt to cut out the lahs. I still can't say "kan't" like the Americans do. Stubborn tongue. The ultimate test would be to speak with you. Shall we do that over the internet one day? That would be fun! Then we can pull Streamie, MG and the rest in and analyze our "accents" to death.
(Spoken with an upper midwestern accent, of course. )
Dunno what it means, but I've been living here for nearly two decades, and my friends still claim they detect a hint of a British accent in my speech... -
*in my best Singlish accent* So how? Want to set up a live chat not?Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Si mi tai chi? Ni kong si mi??
(Spoken with an upper midwestern accent, of course. )
Dunno what it means, but I've been living here for nearly two decades, and my friends still claim they detect a hint of a British accent in my speech...
I get the same thing too - a hint of a British accent in my speech. It's fun when customers ask and I tell them to guess. They never ever get it right. *taking bets from now on* -
How to set up live chat? I blur-blur one.Originally posted by jetta:*in my best Singlish accent* So how? Want to set up a live chat not? 
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Yea, it's true.
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Yay! That means the answer is yes!Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:How to set up live chat? I blur-blur one. *off to pm streamie & other SO to set up live chat appointment* -
You reminded me of the Bear when you were last here, not least because of that.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Si mi tai chi? Ni kong si mi??
(Spoken with an upper midwestern accent, of course. )
Dunno what it means, but I've been living here for nearly two decades, and my friends still claim they detect a hint of a British accent in my speech...