Random Rants

ManiacLachy

@Walery-Smirnoff how about Australian English? I'm not sure if you've heard much of that, apart from some actors in otherwise American productions?

We abbreviate on a whole new level, there isn't a word in the language we won't shorten to 2 syllables. And if it's one syllable, we'll extend it!

steelworker

@endo said in Random Rants:

I've always wondered if the difference between an American speaking English and someone from the UK speaking it is audible to a non native speaker.

It is. American English sounds as if people have a chronic ENT infection. But what am I saying being german.

When we moved to Pennsylvania my co workers were- amused by my accent. Same thing, honking voice

Walery Smirnoff

@ManiacLachy To my shame, I have never been interested in Australian English and New Zealand English. Locality probably introduces peculiarities into the language everywhere. And I really like your country culture and music. The British are such musical people and masters of mixing culture and music. I would like to visit both Australia and New Zealand. But alas.... Our politicians have eaten shit and are crowing like roosters.

Walery Smirnoff

By the way, there's an Australian woman's YouTube channel. She independently learned Russian from scratch. And she speaks beautifully. she seemed to live somewhere near Samara))) I deeply respect such people. And she's a damn beautiful woman.

Matt

@steelworker what accent would that be?

steelworker

The one where I pahk the cah in Hahvid Yahd

Matt

Seriously? I didn’t realize you were Bostonian.

flannel slut

Funny enough, some of the heavier Bostonian accents you’ll ever come across are from Rhode Island and Maine

northsouthdenimguy

@flannel-slut

As somebody that lived in southeastern Massachusetts, which is on the border of Rhode Island, I can tell you that the accents were pretty legit. Moved from Minnesota to Mass in 1987…not only were the accents thick, but also the hairspray on the high hairdo’s of the ladies.