Comments on: The Power of a British Accent http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:34:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Suz Broughton http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-274 Suz Broughton Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:33:56 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-274 Can I use this as a guest post at OC Register's Mom Blog? Please??? Suz Can I use this as a guest post at OC Register’s Mom Blog? Please??? Suz

]]> By: Milla http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-142 Milla Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:44:47 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-142 yet here, of course, people are down-grading their accents all the time - think Estuary English, glottal stops and all. Nice post - came here from PM's selection. yet here, of course, people are down-grading their accents all the time – think Estuary English, glottal stops and all. Nice post – came here from PM’s selection.

]]> By: Suz Broughton http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-141 Suz Broughton Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:34:19 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-141 This is so true. You could read the phone book and I would think you were a flippin' genius. Really. This is so true. You could read the phone book and I would think you were a flippin’ genius. Really.

]]> By: Brit In Bosnia http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-127 Brit In Bosnia Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:15:11 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-127 I've always wanted to know whey it is that us Brits are always cast as villains in the movies huh? Is it because our accents are especially wicked? I’ve always wanted to know whey it is that us Brits are always cast as villains in the movies huh? Is it because our accents are especially wicked?

]]> By: Fanny Abitbol http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-123 Fanny Abitbol Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:52:23 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-123 Wanted to add: have added you on my Useful Links page, under mothers blog: http://www.bebecannelle.com/pages/useful-links#Mothers%20Blogs. x Wanted to add: have added you on my Useful Links page, under mothers blog: http://www.bebecannelle.com/pages/useful-links#Mothers%20Blogs.
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]]> By: Fanny Abitbol http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-122 Fanny Abitbol Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:49:46 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-122 I'm just laughing out loud in front of my computer! Great post ;-) I’m just laughing out loud in front of my computer! Great post ;-)

]]> By: Lorna Harris http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-121 Lorna Harris Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:45:25 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-121 Thanks for all your comments - I love to hear all the different experiences everyone's having. @BritInBosnia I should try a Del Boy accent now and then and throw in some cockney rhyming slang. That could be fun for another post! Thanks for all your comments – I love to hear all the different experiences everyone’s having.

@BritInBosnia I should try a Del Boy accent now and then and throw in some cockney rhyming slang. That could be fun for another post!

]]> By: LBB http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-120 LBB Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:15:37 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-120 If you think it's bad being understood with a southern British accent you want to try being a northerner! You may as well be speaking a different language althogether! I spent a year living in San Francisco and by the time I came home I'd changed the way I spoke so severely people thought I was Australian (to the extent that a lady from Sydney once asked me what part of Oz I was from). Apparently they don't get many Blackpool accents in California ;-) Love your blog - came here on Laura (Potty Diaries) recommendation and will definitely be back! LBB x If you think it’s bad being understood with a southern British accent you want to try being a northerner! You may as well be speaking a different language althogether!

I spent a year living in San Francisco and by the time I came home I’d changed the way I spoke so severely people thought I was Australian (to the extent that a lady from Sydney once asked me what part of Oz I was from). Apparently they don’t get many Blackpool accents in California ;-)

Love your blog – came here on Laura (Potty Diaries) recommendation and will definitely be back!

LBB x

]]> By: Expat Mum http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-118 Expat Mum Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:31:37 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-118 Yes, with my plethora of degrees, I never quite get the acclaim I deserve - it's only when I open my mouth. (And I'm from the North East.) Even when I swear "it always sounds better". Yes, with my plethora of degrees, I never quite get the acclaim I deserve – it’s only when I open my mouth. (And I’m from the North East.) Even when I swear “it always sounds better”.

]]> By: Iota http://califlorna.com/power-british-accent-299/comment-page-1#comment-116 Iota Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:20:30 +0000 http://califlorna.com/?p=299#comment-116 Yes, the accent goes a long way (fellow Brit in USA here). I was once stopped by a cop on a motorbike for not having the new tag on my licence plate, and I managed to avoid a ticket "Oh offissa, I'm terriblee sorree..." And "Please may I have" just sounds so much better than "Could I get". Similarly, I've taught my kids to reply "yes, please" when offered something, rather than "sure". Yes, the accent goes a long way (fellow Brit in USA here). I was once stopped by a cop on a motorbike for not having the new tag on my licence plate, and I managed to avoid a ticket “Oh offissa, I’m terriblee sorree…”

And “Please may I have” just sounds so much better than “Could I get”. Similarly, I’ve taught my kids to reply “yes, please” when offered something, rather than “sure”.

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