HAPPY THANKs ... err ... Let's talk about Accents!!!

[Darth Mandarb]

To those who celebrate it!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Enjoy your turkey/ham/to-fur-key/tur-duck-in whatever!!
To you and yours, happy holidays people!!
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Soo ... what do you all think about accents??

[Evil]

My religion doesnt celebrate Thanksgiving... What religion?... um... Peganism...  

[Darth Mandarb]

Well then ... give thanks for Peganism!  

[Squinky]

This post is in memory of Phil, the turkey....




It's been a year since I cooked and ate him. The guilt sometimes eats me alive, makes it so I can't even sleep at night....

Why should I be alive, when he is dead? Why?

So, on this aniversary of his death and consumption, I'd like to apoligize to his family and friends:
Little Phil with the one with the gimpy leg, and Mrs. Phil even though shes dead too....

And he really had no friends, he thought I was his friend though...then I coooked him....

I'm such a dirty son of a bitch....

[evilspacefart]

and don't forget the meat loaf

[|Alky|]

Yeah, I'm gonna be celebrating it...

I'm not actually in America, but I'm a sorta half-american, and am moving there in a couple of months... (and probably visiting in 3 weeks or so)

But those guys had it lucky. The Mayflower passengers didn't have to pay airport tax, extra for headphones or get yelled at for bringing their shotguns along. And when they landed, they found an Indian takeaway right away. Pfft. ^_^

[Pumaman]

Next year, I'm going to put on an American accent, go into work and demand the day off due to my cultural beliefs. Well, it might work.

[AGA]

You wouldn't need to be American to do that - http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/story.htm

[Nine Toes]

I'm not religious... but actually, isn't thanksgiving just a holiday to celebrate the Europeans trying to make friends with the Native Americans?  Not really a religious holiday?

Anyways, I just celebrate cuz it's free food (I don't have to cook for myself)... and I get to hang out with family.  My girlfriend's family is boring.

[Robert Eric]

Thanksgiving is a day when the British came to America, forced the Natives from their homes, made them make a big-ass dinner for them, then let them stay in casinos.  Though that version is incorrect, I like it better.

P.S. to CJ:  In America, if you wanted to speak like an American, we would tell you to drop the accent.

[Evil]

Chicks dig British accents here in the states, but why is it that chicks don't dig American accents in Brittan?

[DGMacphee]

For lovers of history: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_147.html

[Timosity]

Chicks dig British accents here in the states, but why is it that chicks don't dig American accents in Brittan?

I can't speak for People in Brittain, but I think the American accent is just too over commercialised, hence over used and now boring. Mainly due to the amount of  American TV shows and Movies, It's just too common to hear. Where as American's are now only just becoming familiar with international accents.

I personally like hearing Swedish/English accents, and many european/english accents, (ie when they are speaking english) I've got a thing for the irish accent too.

Also a very interesting accent is a very strong Indian or Sri Lankan accent, you have to listen so carefully to understand, and sometimes it's almost impossible, but if you are patient you can comunicate. (Often the head wobbling can put you off too, but that stereotype does actually exist [not in all cases])

Edit: And oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate it. Have a beer for me.

[Robert Eric]

The town I live in just had a flood of folks from the dominican republic, so we're now no stranger to that accent, though the Boston accent is more common.

[Haddas]

I HATE finnish-english accent.
"Te tyers ver rili pat (The tires were really bad)" (quote from Mika Häkkinen!!!). Otherwise, I love living here, going to a finnishswedish school, visiting Aahland once a year...

[|Alky|]

Chicks dig British accents here in the states, but why is it that chicks don't dig American accents in Brittan?

Hey! I have an american accent, and yet...
...
Well, my collection of hot english chicks seems to have evaporated. Pfft. I guess you're right..

I hope I didn't lose my british accent completely. I wanna be teh sexy exchange student ^_^

[Esseb]

It must be something about cars. Petter Solberg has the worst English accent of any Norwegians I've ever heard mangle the language.

[OneThinkingGal and ._.]

I like the southern american drawl.

But nothing beats a proper british accent.

[TheYak]

The southern drawl is only decent (IMO) when someone half-way intelligent is using it.

[AGA]

ARGH! What the hell is a 'British accent'?! Britain is comprised of four countries - Republic of Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. There are lots of different accents within each country, let alone within Britain itself.