Re: Accent

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 22:08:36 +0000, cbh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Chris
Hedley) wrote:

>According to KateH <hockersm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>> I was a little surprised when the first French folks I met in France,
spoke
>> excellent English complete with an English accent.  You *will* have an
>> accent........no matter who/where you learn it from.    Sooooooo, for
all
>> that "Be yourself" is a good motto.........if you learn English you may
as
>> well learn it the way you'd like to.
>> English spoken by the Irish is ......very beautiful.
>> KateH
>> 
>> Of course it's not *just* the accent.......
>
>This is one of the "speak properly!" things that gets on my nerves
>slightly... although I'm not sure whether I'm more irritated, amused
>or bemused when someone with a thick and barely intelligable London,
>Texas or wherever accent claims that they're accentless and have a
>right go at me with my barest remnant of a Geordie accent for speaking
>"wrong."
>
>Some people seem to have a pathological hatred of accents.  I think
>it'd be a sad day indeed if everyone sounded the same.  I _like_
>accents.  Well, most of them, apologies in advance to Scouse types.
>
>Chris.

I'm with you...  Reading a story on the BBC website lately about a
re****ter
for BBC world news that was fired because her accent was considered "too
posh."    I rather like the posh BBC accent..  Also it's very clear and
easy
to understand...  Wonder who'll they'll get to replace her?  Probably some
Scouser or  Gordie from Newcastle that nobody can understand!  Mind you I
like the Gordie accent too so that mightn't be too bad, wont' have a clue
what the news is, but I'd enjoy trying to figure it out! :-)

Ray
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