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Asterix, the former Gaul.

Do you have a British accent?
« on: 10 May, 2021, 11:17:09 am »
Do you have a secret British accent?

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Please note that Google Analytics is being used on this interactive; anonymised demographic results will be shared with the 'academic' we consulted to help them with their research on accents and language.

I think I put them off the scent as I managed to sound like an actor from Solihull.  Where?
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #1 on: 10 May, 2021, 11:25:46 am »
Seems Mr Google and his Analyticks are more accurate* than more than one J Random USAnian**.

* Yorkshire
** Australia
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #2 on: 10 May, 2021, 11:28:37 am »
First time I went to the USA, I was asked if I was from Russia.

Thought it was accent confusion, but later suspect it was my passport. Red, you see. Only commies have things in red.
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PhilO

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #3 on: 10 May, 2021, 11:36:09 am »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 10 May, 2021, 11:25:46 am
Seems Mr Google and his Analyticks are more accurate* than more than one J Random USAnian**.

* Yorkshire
** Australia

I got asked if I was Australian on a number of occasions traveling in Canada and Alaska. I put it down to a decision process of:  Speaks English => Doesn't speak like royalty => doesn't sound cockney => must be from another English speaking country => Probably Australian...

TBF, I wouldn't be able to differentiate between people from widely spaced parts of North America, either.

That survey, though - what tosh! I hail from the same neck of the woods as Ian, and have a North Notts/South Yorks accent (only slightly diluted by 20 years in South Wales!).  The survey's conclusion?  West London.  :facepalm:
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L CC

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #4 on: 10 May, 2021, 11:38:11 am »
Brutal.

You sound like you're from Sunderland.

Kill me now.
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Kim

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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #5 on: 10 May, 2021, 11:42:08 am »
It's worse than that, it thinks I'm from Suffolk.
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De Sisti

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #6 on: 10 May, 2021, 11:50:03 am »
My Mancunian accept disappeared within 18 months of me being in the RAF. I've now lived longer
away from Manchester than I did in the city. Spending time in different parts of the country
and two periods abroad (in the RAF), has largely made it impossible for people (on first hearing)
me to pinpoint where I'm originally from.

I definitely do not have a local (around here) accent, and have puzzled many Americans who've
heard me speaking with a English accent.


[Edit: Had me sounding like a Londoner: Kate Winslet and nothing like Mancunian: Liam Gallagher]

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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #7 on: 10 May, 2021, 11:56:33 am »
It says I'm from West London.

Out of my way, oiks!
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Chris S

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #8 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:04:07 pm »
Quote from: fboab on 10 May, 2021, 11:38:11 am
Brutal.

You sound like you're from Sunderland.

Kill me now.

Haha - I got that too!
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nicknack

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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #9 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:05:40 pm »
Apparently I'm from East London. Something/someone else that can't tell the difference between North Kent and East London.
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Kim

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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #10 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:07:10 pm »
Quote from: nicknack on 10 May, 2021, 12:05:40 pm
Apparently I'm from East London. Something/someone else that can't tell the difference between North Kent and East London.

They all sound posh to northerners.
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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #11 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:09:19 pm »
Apparently I'm from West London and sound like Kate Winslet...
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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #12 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:10:30 pm »
West Lahndan apparently.

Once I was working with some lads froim Cleveland (not Ohio). "Are you Australian?" asked one. Much laughter from his mates.
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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #13 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:16:58 pm »
Quote from: Kim on 10 May, 2021, 11:42:08 am
It's worse than that, it thinks I'm from Suffolk.

I am from Suffolk. It thinks I'm Hugh Grant.
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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #14 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:22:47 pm »
Another Sunderland here.
Let's face it, it's not very good, is it?
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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #15 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:31:19 pm »
Quote from: PhilO on 10 May, 2021, 11:36:09 am
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 10 May, 2021, 11:25:46 am
Seems Mr Google and his Analyticks are more accurate* than more than one J Random USAnian**.

* Yorkshire
** Australia

I got asked if I was Australian on a number of occasions traveling in Canada and Alaska. I put it down to a decision process of:  Speaks English => Doesn't speak like royalty => doesn't sound cockney => must be from another English speaking country => Probably Australian...

TBF, I wouldn't be able to differentiate between people from widely spaced parts of North America, either.

These days I can usually distinguish USAnians from Canuckistanis but unless the USAnian is talking like a bit-part actor from a Martin Scorsese film or Sheriff JD Pepper that’s about as far as it goes.  Although in eastern Washington the phrase “All righty” is used more often than is seemly.  But then again my former The Boss used to say that all the time, and he's from Stevenage.
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IanN

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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #16 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:47:38 pm »
Utter rubbish. Apparently I'm from Sunderland.

And I thought the North started at Gloucester...
(well, Launceston really, but 2 decades in Brizzle changes you)
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andrewc

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #17 on: 10 May, 2021, 12:54:35 pm »
It thinks I'm from West London & shows me a picture of Kate Winslett  ???        Lived on Merseyside all my life.   
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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #18 on: 10 May, 2021, 01:00:36 pm »
Ah, but Mr Google already knows you weren’t a member of The Beatles and therefore you cannot possibly be a Scouser.
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rafletcher

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #19 on: 10 May, 2021, 01:02:20 pm »
Quote from: Regulator on 10 May, 2021, 12:09:19 pm
Apparently I'm from West London and sound like Kate Winslet...

Me too. In my case it's pretty damn close (but I tired of Croydon...)
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bobb

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #20 on: 10 May, 2021, 01:11:44 pm »
I get Danny Fackin Dyer!
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PeteB99

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #21 on: 10 May, 2021, 01:16:40 pm »
Sunderland

A place I've never been to in my life
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Beardy

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Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #22 on: 10 May, 2021, 01:17:02 pm »
It got me as right as it could do I suppose. I’m 9 years a manc, with 26 years in Yorkshire and 25 years here in Suffolk. It decided that Yorkshire was the most prevalent component which is fair, though I do take exception at being consider to be Nevill Longbottom.
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pcolbeck

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #23 on: 10 May, 2021, 01:30:14 pm »
Hmm Kate Winslet apparently. Given that all my work colleges take the piss out of my North Yorkshire accent that's definitely a highly inaccurate test.
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phantasmagoriana

Re: Do you have a British accent?
« Reply #24 on: 10 May, 2021, 01:33:32 pm »
Apparently I'm from Sunderland, too. ???
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