do english people think americans talk funny?

[slipknotpsycho]

i can tell you for sure, we sure think you talk funny, but just curious if the feeling is mutual

[psteve]

No, but the British do find our use of English humorous.

[cannabis campbell]

Lol not really I mean everywheres different, like in america each state has their own accent (I think) and its more or less the same here but a lot of people over here just kind of assume theres just one accent for the whole country you know the main accent thats always on tv whatever it is, the accent the people on friends have lol, and I bet all americans assume that british people speak really posh like the prince or queen or something haha.

[slipknotpsycho]

ok let me clarify... i'm not talking about accent or annunciation... i'm talking about the words we use to describe diffrent things....

example: i think it's hilarious they say boot/bonnet for trunk/hood.... lol

[cannabis campbell]

Oh you mean words lol not really I mean we dont use them but we still understand what they mean...

I cant think of anymore now.. ermm...

Lift = Elevator

thats the only one lol, we more or less use the same words really

[slipknotpsycho]

Lol not really I mean everywheres different, like in america each state has their own accent (I think) and its more or less the same here but a lot of people over here just kind of assume theres just one accent for the whole country you know the main accent thats always on tv whatever it is, the accent the people on friends have lol, and I bet all americans assume that british people speak really posh like the prince or queen or something haha.

no every state doesn't have their accent, but there are diffrent sections of the US that have their own (although some states are known for their accents) but basicly it's just southwest, southeast, northwest, and northeast..... now every state does have their own little special bit they add.... but for the most part in those areas, it's pretty much the same.

there's also north and south.... (an invisible line horizontally across the US at about the level of oklahoma) kinda funny too lol.... northerners think we talk all slow weird, while we think they sound like crack heads zipping through their words and mangling them :p

and no, while i can't identify them, i know yal don't all talk the same.... for instance, i know british tend to get really mad when you say they're from england lol.... or something like that....

[rebgirl420]

I always figured they think we talk like Texans haha

[WEsmokeED]

dont you call a cigarette a fag?

[cannabis campbell]

I love the texan accent lol reminds me of steve austin.

[cannabis campbell]

dont you call a cigarette a fag?

yeah haha

[weedmaster]

yes you americans do have some funny sayings like you call a small waist bag a bum bag or is it a fanny bag, i know it,s something funny like that and slang in england for a cigarette we call it a fag, i'm sure it wouldn't go down well if i was in your country and asked if you wanted a fag lol

[rebgirl420]

I speak Pittsburgh-ese

[cannabis campbell]

Haha yeah thats another one fanny over there means ass doesnt it? over here means pussy so if a girl over here asks you to fuck her fanny make sure you get the right hole or you might end up getting a slap.

[rebgirl420]

weedmaster, its called a fanny pack haha

[slipknotpsycho]

i'm probably the poster child for texan accent... not really the cowboy thing, but the slow drawl of my voice....

here you go.... tell me what you think... LOL

[slipknotpsycho]

Haha yeah thats another one fanny over there means ass doesnt it? over here means pussy so if a girl over here asks you to fuck her fanny make sure you get the right hole or you might end up getting a slap.

lmao.... if i could rep you for that i would...

[cannabis campbell]

Hmm sounds like someone from TV but i cant put my finger on it lol and I didnt think that sounded texan at all to me lol, didnt know you were into eminem

[slipknotpsycho]

Hmm sounds like someone from TV but i cant put my finger on it lol and I didnt think that sounded texan at all to me lol, didnt know you were into eminem

lmao... out of like nearly 2,000 songs, i have well over 300 of him... (i have his entire discography)

the wife has called me stan in the past...

[cannabis campbell]

slip no offence but you really sound like the man in this clip lol, not jackie chan or chris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu8S9UXRMaI

[slipknotpsycho]

omg you suck.... -.-

atleast you gave me the more masculine one tho... coulda been worse... coulda been the person he was talking to LOL

[cannabis campbell]

more masculine one? who was the less masculine one? LOL

[slipknotpsycho]

the asian guy with the pony tail in the back....

and considering some of the people i've known... lol that guy is the rock.... to best put it in prespective, i really only know hardcore flamers... (of the gay people i know) completely feminine men...

so that guy sounds like the rock to me lol :p

[Psycho4Bud]

dont you call a cigarette a fag?

Walk into a bar in the U.S. and ask if ya can borrow a "fag". You'll either get arrested, beat up, or pinched on the ass.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[texas grass]

why does everyone sound like a texan oh wait why do they sound like me

i just say the dirty sanchez movie and i couldnt understand a bloody thing they were sayin but it was some funny ass dumb shit lol

to me euros sound funny especially when they talk faster:D

[slipknotpsycho]

lmao angry british people are funny...

[psteve]

My favorite comedians are mostly all British (Peter Sellers, John Cleese, The Spice Girls)...
Does that count?

[xxxhazexxx]

all the ppl on xbox live from the u.s say i sound like harrypotter( lmfao)1 word they really piss there self over is BOLLOCKS :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

and do we sound like aussies cos we say mate

[Veratyr Star]

Lololol bollocks. I have no clue why it's funny, but it is. Especially in game. "Bloody hell" usually follows right after.

[slipknotpsycho]

all the ppl on xbox live from the u.s say i sound like harrypotter( lmfao)1 word they really piss there self over is BOLLOCKS :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

and do we sound like aussies cos we say mate

no no no, you two have DISTCINLY diffrent accents lol.... even the most inbred southern hick who thinks tv is a STD knows the diffrence....

[xxxhazexxx]

no no no, you two have DISTCINLY diffrent accents lol.... even the most inbred southern hick who thinks tv is a STD knows the diffrence....



:S2::S2:

[Reefer Rogue]

English people like to make fun of the southern accent, my friends found Berry Cooper's accent especially hilarious when baked or otherwise. American's immitate a posh Queenesque acccent because they can't do a scouser or a geordie, hell they don't even know what they are lol. It's funny because i'm half Enlgish half American but was born in London, i lived in America for 2 years and i visit there like every year pretty much. I don't like America's harsh drug laws, well at least in NJ and no free medical care and expensive ass colleges. I don't like london anymore because of what a chav hole and gang central it's become, it's expensive as hell and picking up can be a hassle sometimes. Which is why i can't wait to move to the Netherlands...

Words i can think of right now are:

Candy/Sweets
Sidewalk/pavement
Sneakers/Trainers
Cletes/Boots
Soccer/Football
Football/American Football
American slang for ganj that i know, dank, piff, dro, fire, kush, kb, beasters, mids, schwag
English: Draw, skunk, punk, puff, benz, hen, score, 2 and a blue, pox, thai, 9bar, zute, bill up
Puma is pronounced differently, aswell as Adidas and Nike

I know there's more but i can't think of any at the moment.

[xxxhazexxx]

:stoned:
English people like to make fun of the southern accent, my friends found Berry Cooper's accent especially hilarious when baked or otherwise. American's immitate a posh Queenesque acccent because they can't do a scouser or a geordie, hell they don't even know what they are lol. It's funny because i'm half Enlgish half American but was born in London, i lived in America for 2 years and i visit there like every year pretty much. I don't like America's harsh drug laws, well at least in NJ and no free medical care and expensive ass colleges. I don't like london anymore because of what a chav hole and gang central it's become, it's expensive as hell and picking up can be a hassle sometimes. Which is why i can't wait to move to the Netherlands...

Words i can think of right now are:

Candy/Sweets
Sidewalk/pavement
Sneakers/Trainers
Cletes/Boots
Soccer/Football
Football/American Football
American slang for ganj that i know, dank, piff, dro, fire, kush, kb, beasters, mids, schwag
English: Draw, skunk, punk, puff, benz, hen, score, 2 and a blue, pox, thai, 9bar, zute, bill up
Puma is pronounced differently, aswell as Adidas and Nike

I know there's more but i can't think of any at the moment.



its 2 and a q = 2-1/4-oz of bud

[Reefer Rogue]

I know what it is, that's just what my one friend calls it who gets it.

[xxxhazexxx]

i knew you knew i done it for ppl on here.


peace

[Reefer Rogue]

Good lookin out.

A benz is 1.7
A hen is 3.5
A 9bar is 9 O's
A score is 3.5, 20 pounds
A zute is a joint/spliff
Pox is hash

[BigHyphyD]

I say hella.


But I can say it becuase I'm from Northern Cali, where Hella was created.

I was spittin' the H-word before a lot of you cats even heard it before.

[Reefer Rogue]

I know it from southpark

[Kai as a kite]

Actually, I really like the way you guys over the pond use English. The slang is really interesting for me to hear.

Oh, and hyphy, other than South Park imitations, I haven't really heard hella outside of Nor Cal.

[dean0000]

I do think americans talk funny, I think English people talk funny too. I can only reconise a texas accent from America. England/UK is a funny place for accents, within 100 miles there can be loads of different accents. I hope a lot of Americans dont think we all sound posh like they portray us on TV.

Im used to hearing American words such as sidewalk and trunk, and how you say tom-ate-o instead of tom-art-o because I have watched a lot of American TV programmes. You guys make some fantastic TV and movies.

Some English, Scottish and Irish people dont like to be just classed as british, I dont care though.

[Mr. Bubbles]

Actually, to me there's nothing funnier than going to a Chinese restaurant and chatting with with one of the workers in English, and then have them have the strongest Asian accent you've ever heard. We actually had one guy explain it to us while we ate. He says when we talk to him, he at first tries registering what we say in Chinese. Then when it doesn't make any sense he tries it in English and that's why it takes him a few seconds to reply. He's a good guy, always wearing some sort of different hat when we go up there.

[RedLocks]

If i was pissed and ended up smoking a fag in the US I would be a angry guy and get arrested for a hate crime while in the UK I guess I would just be a drunk guy having a cigarette ;)

[LIP]

I'm positive no American would understand Cockney or Broad Norfolk - hell, most English people dont understand Cockney or Broad Norfolk!

One thing us Brits are great at is fighting - that's what we do.

You got the sterio-typical London gangstas - in the back of a pub in tailored suits talking quietly with sawn off shotguns next to em - That's steriotype is true for the proper gangs though, thats how i was brought up.

I dont find American words/accents funny - i just automacticlly change em into my head into the right words [right for me anyway]

Like if you said put that in the trunk in my head i'd hear it as put that in the boot.

[cannabis campbell]

Walk into a bar in the U.S. and ask if ya can borrow a "fag". You'll either get arrested, beat up, or pinched on the ass.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

LMAO!!

[Purple Banana]

I like Brit accents... I can assure you, I can ALWAYS tell when someone is from:

Baltimore
Seattle
New York
Texas
Boston
Wisconsin
Tenessee

It's just so easy...

[Silent Wolf]

I'm positive no American would understand Broad Norfolk - hell, most English people dont understand Cockney or Broad Norfolk!
That's because us Norfolk crew are a bunch of inbreds.:cool:

[LIP]

That's because us Norfolk crew are a bunch of inbreds.:cool:

hahahaha. I've been working in Norfolk for so long i can speak it, i've been told im convincing too, concidering in from london. haha. I love Norfolk though, cant wait to move there permantly instead of driving 3 hours each way to work.

[Nation_1ne]

Well I use words from both the American dictionary and the English. So neither seem funny to me really. The only difference being accents.

[psteve]

I hope a lot of Americans dont think we all sound posh like they portray us on TV.
Nah, We figure you all sound like Lady Sovereign, or The Streets. ;)

[MadSativa]

Slip u dont sound like a Texan main, more NM, but anyway here we use words like Aye, Main, Fuk and Shit is used for everything........example that fukin shit was good......could mean good food or good sex. We also dont say yall to much but it happens, alot of broken english/spanish her or spanglish, but also alot of just spanish and mostly mexican spanish yes their is a differeance. Try askin for a match or a light or a car wash in a differnet dialect of spanish and it could mean a fight to the death. example Chinga las trastes..........means wash the dishes but here it means fuck the dishes.............big differance.

[13thirteen]

[quote=LIP]I'm positive no American would understand Cockney or Broad Norfolk - hell, most English people dont understand Cockney or Broad Norfolk!

I have a funny story about that. When I was 15 we had my dad's friend come stay with us in Florida, and he had a cockney accent. One night I came home and was rather high, I was standing there talking to him with my hands on my hips. He says " Don't stand like that or you will get falalom", I was like WTF and asked him to say it again. Again he says don't stand like that or you will get falalom, again like WTF. I'm stoned and thinking WTF is falalom, a disease (I was rather high). After 5 times of him repeating it I said write it down. He writes don't stand like that or you will get followed home. :jointsmile:

[LIP]

[quote=LIP]I'm positive no American would understand Cockney or Broad Norfolk - hell, most English people dont understand Cockney or Broad Norfolk!

I have a funny story about that. When I was 15 we had my dad's friend come stay with us in Florida, and he had a cockney accent. One night I came home and was rather high, I was standing there talking to him with my hands on my hips. He says " Don't stand like that or you will get falalom", I was like WTF and asked him to say it again. Again he says don't stand like that or you will get falalom, again like WTF. I'm stoned and thinking WTF is falalom, a disease (I was rather high). After 5 times of him repeating it I said write it down. He writes don't stand like that or you will get followed home. :jointsmile:


Hahahaha.

That's alot like saying Dic Dok Doe in Broad Norfolk Dialect - Means 6 cubes of oxo!

[Silent Wolf]

Here's a few good English phrases.

He yer fa got a dickey, bor? (Has your father got a donkey, boy?)

I got suffen a-shew yo ( I've got something to show you )

I'll box your chops (I'll smack your cheeks)

Garpen outa the winder (Looking out of the window)

Yu'll larf th'other side a y'r kisser sune (You wont find that very funny soon)

[Bluntmasterbabe]

My mom's family is from BC (my Oma and Opa...the only words I know how to say in Dutch lol), so they speak French, and have a very thick accent. I, on the other hand, was raised in the deep south, so it makes for an interesting vacation when we visit. I don't think it neccessarily sounds "funny", just different. I'm so used to the southern accent, that I don't even realize how "country" I sound untill I travel up north, and everyone looks at me like I'm a "hick", lol. I'm not nearly as bad as Cohutta (for those of you Real World Sydney fans), but I definetly have a twang:)

[toozlah]

slip no offence but you really sound like the man in this clip lol, not jackie chan or chris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu8S9UXRMaI

First of all, Jeremy Piven kicks ass. Get some Entourage DVDs and you'll learn.

[rebgirl420]

One thing I don't get a lot is British humor. Like Monty Python. That is like way over my head...

I LOVE monty python. My dad got me into it and he got into it when he was in the navy and visited Australia. He was there for months. So now we have the movies (like Monty Python and the Holy Grail) and Monty Pythons Flying circus. The clips crack me up.

[wholapola]

I speak Pittsburgh-ese

-kinda like saying a guy whose name is Don but making it sound like Dawn?

Regarding England I always wondered if first mate would be the same as best friend in America?

[rebgirl420]

Yup, heres a linkPittsburghese (http://www.sesraw.com/Birdra/pitt.htm)

[MacWQ33]

First of all, Jeremy Piven kicks ass. Get some Entourage DVDs and you'll learn.

I found that clip so ironic, and I'm sure you know why being an Entourage fan. On the show, he has a gay assistant, and you wouldn't believe the shit he says to him. He literally gay bashes him on one of the most popular shows on TV, but it's absolutely hilarious. Here's an example:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BG2tX8LVfuY

And for anyone interested, here's a montage of Ari Gold [Jeremy Piven] from Entourage, easily one of the best characters in television history.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGTJSorTQvw

And PS to Slip: Eminem is officially back in the studio working on his 5th solo album...:thumbsup:

[wholapola]

Yup, heres a linkPittsburghese (http://www.sesraw.com/Birdra/pitt.htm)

Dahntahn-a classic one I totally forgot about:thumbsup:

[cannabis campbell]

I thought curtain call was going to be his last album..

[Rhymenocerus]

Haha Jeremy Piven is awesome.

Ari: What's it like to take it in the ass Lloyd?
Lloyd: I don't know, I'm a top

One of my favorite moments in the show

[TallCoolOne]

i can tell you for sure, we sure think you talk funny, but just curious if the feeling is mutual

Another question is: Do Americans think the English talk funny? Yes, yes we do.

[happiestmferoutthere]

I know Americans love to imitate a British accent( Gov'nah; "Ello,whats this", Bloody 'ell right!, etc,etc). I wonder if they(you) do the same?

[TallCoolOne]

Whats all this then? Want some blood pudding and fish n chips?

[psteve]

One thing I don't get a lot is British humor. Like Monty Python. That is like way over my head...
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[SyndicateJuggalos17]

Nah, We figure you all sound like Lady Sovereign, or The Streets. ;)

i know that the streets guy is criticized for is posh accent but i like his stuff, but the only cd ive heard is original pirate material

im from chicagos NW suburbs so i have a chicago accent kinda mixed with mexican accent sometimes even tho im white lol so i try not to but it happens

what if i talked with an irish brogue? lol

[fasterspider]

It is funny that we call the language we speak in America "English".
We have mutated the language so much that even in this country, one word can have too many different meanings and saying it one way in one part of the country can be ok but, in another part of the country, "dems is fightin' words".
I do not speak English, I speak American and my version of American is mixed with a perfect score in my English classes in school when I went and street slang because I spent a good portion of my life living on the streets like an animal.
Now that Live a good honest life in a house with my wife, I still struggle with my street vocabulary trying to rule my mouth.
Change is hard to do.

[TallCoolOne]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uVhPa1s5s5A
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5MbeT7_ARm8

British people are funny. :D

[fasterspider]

British people are funny. :D
Monty Python's Flying Circus was funny, that is a given.:)

[xxxhazexxx]

It is funny that we call the language we speak in America "English".
We have mutated the language so much that even in this country, one word can have too many different meanings and saying it one way in one part of the country can be ok but, in another part of the country, "dems is fightin' words".
I do not speak English, I speak American and my version of American is mixed with a perfect score in my English classes in school when I went and street slang because I spent a good portion of my life living on the streets like an animal.
Now that Live a good honest life in a house with my wife, I still struggle with my street vocabulary trying to rule my mouth.
Change is hard to do.

you speak english there is no American langauge

[Silent Wolf]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uVhPa1s5s5A
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5MbeT7_ARm8

British people are funny. :DAnother good British comedy.
YouTube - Keeping Up Appearances - Hyacinth goes Sailing! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ualc26UR4pw)

[LIP]

Another good British comedy.
YouTube - Keeping Up Appearances - Hyacinth goes Sailing! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ualc26UR4pw)

Keeping up appearances was great.
The Young Ones and Bottom were good, erm, obviously only fools, fawlty towers, the two ronnies, vicar of dibley, men behaving badly, porridge, open all hours, i cant think of anymore but i know there is. The sweeny wasnt comedy but was very good.

[tokinstoner]

im from jersey got a new york accent though.

[psteve]

you speak english there is no American langaugeHeck yeah we got an American language Bubba!
Shoot. Y'all just ain't got no dang cultural diversity over there to England.

[Blitzed]

I always think itd be funny if just everyone woke up speaking different languages, like to just wake up and go to the store, and everyone is speaking french, but you understood it, and could speak it too. Thatd be crazy!

[psteve]

just wake up and go to the store, and everyone is speaking frenchJe parle pas Francaise.

[IanCurtisWishlist]

In Britain it might be standard to say, "I am going to smoke a fag this evening", it would imply that one will be smoking a cigarette. In the USA it might refer to shooting a homosexual with a gun, a HATE CRIME OH NO!!!!

:)

[MadSativa]

Haha Jeremy Piven is awesome.

Ari: What's it like to take it in the ass Lloyd?
Lloyd: I don't know, I'm a top

One of my favorite moments in the show

haha yeah that show is the bomb

[GotWake88]

Every region has their own accent/dialect. New York, New England, Southern(hate the accent), western, midwest, northern(Minnisota, wisconsin, etc).

I guess I'm midwest(illinois), pretty much the same as on national news. Except everyone says the word 'roof' wrong.
I'm ripped.

[Jack Daniel]

Pacifier = Dummy

Facet = Tap