View Full Version
:
Accents
jeff_alexander
06-09-2009, 09:36 PM
What is the matter with Canadians not being able to tell the difference between a British, Australian and New Zealand accent? Really ticks me off. Learn to hear the difference.
/rant
I can tell the difference between British/Aussie (it's pretty blatant...), but not Aussie/Kiwi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gii2nenUg&feature=PlayList&p=E5D26DBBC099E077&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7
allanlaw
06-09-2009, 09:41 PM
Why England people so snobbish? Why hijack all thread? This Northwest North America forum, not England forum. Make your own EnglandScene.net
_Hotsauce_
06-09-2009, 09:44 PM
I only have issues with Aussies/Kiwi's...I have NEVER heard of anyone mistaking English for Aussie/Kiwi...Sucks to be you.
El Bastardo
06-09-2009, 09:53 PM
The British and South Africans have the same accent
/flame on
fliptuner
06-09-2009, 10:14 PM
/flame on
Don't they? :haha:
What is the matter with Canadians not being able to tell the difference between a British, Australian and New Zealand accent? Really ticks me off. Learn to hear the difference.
/rant
TOP GEAR RULES
i've been saying that to every brit i meet :)
welcome!
f00tzilla
06-09-2009, 10:20 PM
The British and South Africans have the same accent
/flame on
they totally don't
Dentz
06-09-2009, 10:57 PM
I can tell the difference between British/Aussie (it's pretty blatant...), but not Aussie/Kiwi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gii2nenUg&feature=PlayList&p=E5D26DBBC099E077&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7
I can usually tell the difference between all three, but I have lived in New Zealand for about a year+multiple vacations there.
English = easy to tell
Aussie = very similar to the NZ accent, yet much more of a "nasal" sound
NZ = what the other two aren't, and a bit of a softer accent then the Aussies
That's about the best I can describe it.
pandalove
06-09-2009, 11:04 PM
What is the matter with Canadians not being able to tell the difference between a British, Australian and New Zealand accent? Really ticks me off. Learn to hear the difference.
/rant
you think thats bad.... white boys thinks all asians are chinese ...><
i can't really tell the difference too ...but i dun really care ...
you think thats bad.... white boys thinks all asians are chinese ...><
i can't really tell the difference too ...but i dun really care ...
Heh...exactly! You can only tell the difference if you have came in contact with the dialects. At least for us Asians we can tell between English and French and Spanish and etc. A white dude probably can't tell the difference between Mandarin, Korean and Japanese!
El Bastardo
06-10-2009, 02:48 AM
Whats to say its just white folks? What about Latinos, Blacks, Natives, Indians, Persians, etc etc.
Nightwalker
06-10-2009, 03:02 AM
Why would this be surprising, how often would anyone here talk to anyone with one of these accents?
ZenZa
06-10-2009, 03:30 AM
i can kinda tell the difference, but so what if I can't?
i don't see the point of this rant
it's not like i interact with these accents regularly
SkinnyPupp
06-10-2009, 04:46 AM
What is the matter with Canadians not being able to tell the difference between a British, Australian and New Zealand accent? Really ticks me off. Learn to hear the difference.
/rant
It's because nobody gives a shit.
You guys arguing about brit vs. Aussie??
The only accent I have trouble recognizing is India vs. pretty much anything middle east... their English just have this weird accent.....
Arislo
06-10-2009, 10:06 AM
Now have any of you met a person that's Aussie that lived in UK or visa versa? 'cause it's fucked! Can't even tell which is which!
I have a friend from Perth who lived in London for 3 years and another friend from Manchester that lived in Melborne for 5 years. Really wacked accents.
dark0821
06-10-2009, 10:10 AM
it could be alot worse... hehe.. its all english damn it..
Adsdeman
06-10-2009, 10:11 AM
I get that same shit mate!! Im not Australian and im not South African, im English and damn proud of it
dinosaur
06-10-2009, 07:24 PM
It's easy...girls with an aussie accent are way hotter than those with an english accent.
Shun Izaki
06-10-2009, 07:34 PM
lol wow...
this is retarded... no one cares... but it's always pretty awkwrad as hell when you mistake people.
i can tell between british/aussie, but not aussie/kiwi or anything, that's too much.
Sid Vicious
06-10-2009, 07:42 PM
What is the matter with Canadians not being able to tell the difference between a British, Australian and New Zealand accent? Really ticks me off. Learn to hear the difference.
/rant
http://flywithbats.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/who-cares.jpg
murd0c
06-10-2009, 07:43 PM
how can you mess that up? the Aussie's have straight teeth :D
how can you mess that up? the Aussie's have straight teeth :D
ZING!
dachinesedude
06-10-2009, 08:20 PM
I can't tell the difference between mandarin and taiwanese
not know the difference probably comes from not hearing them enough. so why the fuck should we learn to tell the difference? you came here... maybe you should learn to speak with a canadian accent.
also, what's kiwi?
also, what's kiwi?
http://www.antioxidant-fruits.com/images/kiwis.jpg
invader
06-10-2009, 09:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqghpm4gXf4
Mananetwork
06-10-2009, 10:21 PM
Heh...exactly! You can only tell the difference if you have came in contact with the dialects. At least for us Asians we can tell between English and French and Spanish and etc. A white dude probably can't tell the difference between Mandarin, Korean and Japanese!
I remember posting a game which compared different asian cultures and not even a single RS member got perfect. Seeing RS consists of 90% asians, you guys couldn't even tell the difference
EDIT: Found the thread - http://www.revscene.net/forums/can-you-tell-t549021.html?t=549021
EDIT: Found the thread - http://www.revscene.net/forums/can-you-tell-t549021.html?t=549021
crapola. 9/18
ZhangFei
06-10-2009, 11:00 PM
I can't tell the difference between a Vancouver accent and a Toronto accent.
Nightwalker
06-10-2009, 11:18 PM
also, what's kiwi?
New Zealander
AzNightmare
06-11-2009, 01:11 AM
TOP GEAR RULES
i've been saying that to every brit i meet :)
welcome!
Yeah, and that's pretty much the same reason why every Jamaican calls me "Jackie Chan" when I'm over there. That's the only thing they know about the Chinese.
I get that same shit mate!! Im not Australian and im not South African, im English and damn proud of it
I'm from England, ahhh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hsfAHY_xIM
!LittleDragon
06-11-2009, 05:40 PM
Don't ever mistake Irish for Scotts and vice versa. Just a fight waiting to happen
will068
06-12-2009, 01:03 PM
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo41/LOSOCROFT22/youmad.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/29y44z9.gifhttp://i35.tinypic.com/29y44z9.gif
:haha::haha::haha:
El Bastardo
06-12-2009, 01:23 PM
Yeah, and that's pretty much the same reason why every Jamaican calls me "Jackie Chan" when I'm over there. That's the only thing they know about the Chinese.
Odd because they have a significant Oriental population. (I use Oriental because they distinguish 'Asian' as being of Indo descent.) Hurr.
pandalove
06-12-2009, 03:05 PM
yea... i hate it wen people can't tell a chinese person from canton province apart from the ones from beijing .... oh wait ...
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/bfd2.gif
Hondaracer
06-12-2009, 03:12 PM
It's because nobody gives a shit.
lol no shit, i hate hearing all of them, i'd rather hear some indian giberish than an english accent personally, i cant stand them.
dai3yuen
06-12-2009, 03:58 PM
Yeah, and that's pretty much the same reason why every Jamaican calls me "Jackie Chan" when I'm over there. That's the only thing they know about the Chinese.
Ummmmm...that's not even close to the truth...there is a large Chinese population over there...I should know....both my parents were born there and I still have a lot of family there.
Also, they used to call Asian tourists 'Mr Chin' or 'Mrs Chin'....guess some have changed to Jackie Chan...
vBulletin® v3.8.11, Copyright ©2000-2026, vBulletin Solutions Inc.