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Accents and Dialects
Questions and answers related to different accents and dialects of the English language.
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What does the Scottish accent sound like?
Watch Braveheart. Other samples include any movie with Sean Connery, or programming from BBC Scotland.(there are too many samples to list off the top of my head).
How can you change from an Indian accent to a British English or American English accent?
Having a proper accent coach or Speech-Language Pathologist will be ideal in this situation. They can listen to your speech, assess the differences in the sounds, grammar, and coach you how to change it. This requires a lot of practice and awareness. I am a Speech-Language Pathologist, and I have worked with people who want to change their accents.
Which is cooler Irish or Scottish accent?
First of all, there are many Scottish accents that are very different to each other and there are also many Irish accents that are very different to each other. It would impossible and only a matter of opinion at to which of these many accents is the coolest, so there is no answer to the question.
Which dialect used by Chaucer?
Chaucer primarily used the Middle English dialect known as Middle English London, which was spoken in the east midlands region of England during his time. This dialect influenced the development of Modern English.
What is the difference between a Scottish brogue and an accent?
Nothing - Brogue is a nicer word tho. It gives a feel of a warm strong rolling speech that Accent doesn't. It just about word choice like calling something "Ultramarine" is more interesting than Blue.
Acctually a brogue is different from an accent. listen to an accent then listen to a brogue you will see that there are many differences. Maybe I am wrong and biased because of my Irish and Scottish heritage, but as far as I am concerned there is a huge difference. Think Billy Boyd vs. Orlando Bloom there is a huge difference between the two. Also there are differences between the brogues themselves. the Irish brogue is (sorry to any scotts reading this) a little easier to understand. of course most of the Scottish folk I've heard (other than Billy Boyd) have very thick accents.
What accent has James Cook got in Skins?
Jack O'Connell (James Cook) is from Alvaston, Derby, England. He is of half Irish descent.
In a significant change from English tradition Americans would insist on which constitution?
believe it or not the answer is "written"
All of these countries were colonized by British people from different regions of Britain, not to mention to earlier populations and immigrants from other countries. Not all people in Britain speak with the same accent--RP, what most people outside of Britain think of as a "British accent" is actually spoken by a very small number of people. Based on the political and social climate of the British Isles, people from different regions would be more likely to emigrate to one place or another. The English spoken in all of the countries you mentioned was also influenced by the accents of the people who came in from countries other than Britain as they learned English, and you can't discount the words and accents borrowed from the native inhabitants of each of the former British colonies.
What kind of dialect did zora neale hurston use in her novels?
African American venacular English or black English, it is a mix of English and the southern slang during the Harlem Renaissancee
What is the difference between American English and British English and Indian English?
Apart from a few local words and expressions, English is the same all over the world. There are variations of spelling and pronounciation, but there is no difficulty in understanding these variations.
What is the differencw between African American black English and American English?
African American Black English is a bastardized version of English full of grammatical errors spoken by the black community in the US. It should rather be considered a language on its own, so a lot of linguists prefer to refer to it as "Ebonics."
Is India's English accent from Great Britain?
The fact that many people in the world speak English as a first or second language is a direct result of the British Empire. The fact that the Empire is now historical does not mean it didn't exist. But it is, as I say, historical.
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Indian English-speakers have an Indian accent: most have Hindi or another Indian language as their first language, and it's often a person's first language which influences the accent of their second. Some wealthy Indians send their children to British public (which are actually private!) schools like Eton, where they pick up the Received Pronunciation, or even "upper class" accents like the Queen's, sometimes as well as native-born well-to-do Britons. There are also of course English-born people of Indian descent who speak the English of the area they grew up in such as London or Bradford, and in latter years emigrants to the US who speak with an American accent.
yes, I agree with you.. The English we follow is British, also our Educational Standards and the English spoken in the Indian schools are British Accent. Indian English-speakers have an Indian accent: most have Hindi or another Indian language as their first language, and it's often a person's first language which influences the accent of their second. Indian English or South Asian English comprises several dialects or varieties of English spoken primarily in the Indian Subcontinent. In India, high school is a grade of education from Standards IX to XII. Standards XI and XII are also called Higher Secondary School, Senior Secondary School or Junior College. Usually, students from ages 14 to 18 study in this section. These schools may be affiliated to national boards (like CBSE, ICSE, and NIOS) or various state boards. Education is compulsory until age 14 they all use British accent. The distinction between elementary and secondary education has gradually become less marked, because of the proliferation of middle schools, junior high schools, and other divisions
What kind of accent does Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog have?
Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog have an English accent from Britain, since she grew up in a British colony in India.
Why do Americans love British accents?
I think maybe because it is just different and rare to hear, I live in a small village in northern US and I've only talked to about two people with a British accent while not traveling. Personally I think they are just more attractive than American accents, I'm not sure if it is because I'm American, but they can be more distinguished or sexy depending on the accent.
Plus Hollywood really romanticises British accents, usually a British man would be the "white knight" or the attractive love interest in a Romantic comedy.
How do you say I love you In American Indian Dialect?
Please rephrase your question, Native American covers almost 600 Indian Nations -- there is no one language designated "Native American! What follows are 23 language families into which the languages of North America are divided:
1) Algic Amerindian Language Family
2) Arawakan Amerindian Language Family
3) Athapaskan Amerindian Language Family
4) Caddoan Amerindian Language Family
5) Cariban Amerindian Language Family
6) Chibchan Amerindian Language Family
7) Eskimo-Aleut Language Family
8) Hokan Amerindian Language Family
9) Iroquoian Amerindian Language Family
10) Kiowa-Tanoan Amerindian Language Family
11) Macro-Ge Amerindian Language Family
12) Mayan Amerindian Language Family
13) Muskogean Amerindian Language Family
14) Oto-Manguean Amerindian Language Family
15) Panoan Amerindian Language Family
16) Penutian Amerindian Language Family
17) Salishan Amerindian Language Family
18) Siouan Amerindian Language Family
19) Tucanoan Amerindian Language Family
20) Tupi-Guarani Language Family
21) Uto-Aztecan Amerindian Language Family
22) Wakashan Amerindian Language Family
23) Other Native North American Languages
Atakapa, Cayuse, Chitimacha, Keres, Kootenay, Natchez, Timucua, Tonkawa, Tunica, Yuchi, Zuni
So define what language you want I love you in.
How do you speak good morning in kalinga dialect?
Napia un gidgidam! That's good morning in the Southern Kalinga dialect.
"Good evening" is "Napia un labi".
What words can you spell from the letters a h m o p t v w x?
mop, what , ham, pot, hat, hot, map, tap, hop, a, at
How do you pronounce Angelos Epithemiou?
Its statiscally how you say it like dog you say it how its spelt
Define this statement as standard slang jargon dialect or ungrammatical you catched a fish?
fuccc u :)
How does one learn to speak with a Southern accent?
You can get a lot of information about it from websites such as Wikipedia. Just search Southern American English.
In general though, the best way to learn an accent is to hear it, and speak it yourself. I suggest watching something like the Andy Griffith show (you can find it on YouTube) and try to mimic the pronunciation. And remember, imitation is the highest form of mimicry...
Why do different countries have different accents?
It's not just different countries; accents differ from region to region: Someone from Louisiana is not likely to sound much like someone from Maine.
There are a couple of reasons for this. First, there's the fact that people tend to sound like the people they're around. If you grew up hearing a word pronounced a certain way, you're likely to pronounce it that way yourself. Some people are more adaptable than others and tend to adopt a new regional accent after living there for a while, others remain pretty firmly with the accent of where they grew up.
In the specific case of other countries, it's partly due to the same factor, and in some cases it's additionally because their native language may not have the same sounds as English. For example, the Japanese language doesn't really have a sound like English L or R ... they have a sound that's somewhere between the two, and when they encounter an L or R sound in English, they tend to say them the same way. English speakers trying to mimic the Japanese sound that's usually transcribed as an R have the same problem in reverse.
Did Benjamin Franklin speak with a British accent?
Franklin's father's family lived in Ecton, Northamptonshire, England (East Midlands) for over 300 years. Though his mother was born in Massachusetts, her parents were also from England. Considering the fact that his father taught him to read, it is likely that Franklin spoke with an English accent established by this initial phonological awareness.
His accent was likely elevated 'above' the Midlands dialect by his exposure to the world, but probably flattened a bit by virtue of having been born in 'the colonies'. And yes, Virginia- everyone has an accent of one kind or another. Really. DrMarkus
