Re: Accent

whats this doing in the Irish languages newsgroup?
Just wondering


Anyone speak a cupla focal?

Séamus





"-Whitewolf(Ray)" <ray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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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