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Posted by Lightman on 04-02-2003 18:51:

Originally posted by Renaulto
I hope nobody feels offended by it, but i really hate yankee accent, ya know


Hmm, as I already said, there really isn't a "yankee accent", mainly because the USA spans about 3000 miles east-west, and 2000 north-south. In fact, it is estimated that there are more than 50 different accents in the States....

That said, what you're probably (or "prolly" ;)) referring to is the commonly heard LA accent, or, a little less frequently heard, NY one, or maybe the texan one... Now, remember that in fact, all these terms mean almost nothing, LA spans about 100 miles north-south, and you can find hispanic, irish, and many more people, each one with his specific accent... The same holds true for NY. Texas is quite a different story, you can, in fact, talk about a texan accent...

Anyway, everyone has his/her opinions, and everyone know what he/she likes/dislikes, so I see no problem at all with your particular preferences. :)

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Posted by Mistrani on 04-02-2003 19:42:

Frankly speaking, I've been to London, Sydney, NY and LA... In my opinion, the worse accent to understand is the british one. In NY I had some problems as well, but only in the beginning, then it was ok. When I traveled around US I met different accents, but I could understand all of them - maybe I just was lucky to meet people that could talk clearly :D .

I have some relatives in Australia and they all say that my accent is really yankee... To me it's allright, I don't mind. The most important thing is to travel all around and understand and to be understood from everybody!

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Posted by Mistrani on 04-02-2003 19:43:

BTW... ;)

Aussi accent is not so bad.... in my opinion, much better than british one!

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Posted by Lightman on 04-02-2003 19:45:

Originally posted by Mistrani
BTW... ;)

Aussi accent is not so bad.... in my opinion, much better than british one!


Oh, well, that's for sure :D:D:D

British accent sucks goats :lol:

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Posted by 0m4r on 04-02-2003 22:17:

L'accento britannico succhia le capre
LOL

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Posted by Lightman on 04-02-2003 22:20:

Originally posted by 0m4r
L'accento britannico succhia le capre
LOL


Erm, e' un modo di dire, una frase fatta... Non andrebbe tradotta pari pari... Diciamo che il significato e' piu' o meno, "l'accento britannico e' una m..da" ;) (o se preferisci, fa' schifo :))

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Posted by Renaulto on 04-02-2003 22:39:

I think british english without the pronounciation of retroflexed 'r' at the end of words is more agreeable.

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Posted by 0m4r on 04-02-2003 22:57:

Originally posted by Lightman
Erm, e' un modo di dire, una frase fatta... Non andrebbe tradotta pari pari... Diciamo che il significato e' piu' o meno, "l'accento britannico e' una m..da" ;) (o se preferisci, fa' schifo :))


I know... i have translated it with google translation and it makes me very LOL and so i decide to post it...that's all

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Posted by BeppeGoal on 05-02-2003 00:35:

Grrrr....and the ancient Europe was all under the Sacro Romano Impero, today we could speak all Latin, or better Italian...all people in the world! Sigh!


Posted by neo on 05-02-2003 11:52:

My advice to you is to follow the famous English course by Iene, and Mr. Brown!!!
Then you can also walk through Milan, and maybe you could find Mr Brown recording his lessons! :asd:
Otherwise, behaving seriously, you can try to look for an ICQ foreigner friend... or just meet someone who's foreigner... Then you can also try to log-on at: www.esn.it Erasmus Network Students
:ciaoo:

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Posted by lorenzo on 05-02-2003 14:35:

*walks in after a few days away from the dsy*

*sees the boards*


Napolux had a good idea, and you fecked up the thread.


*reckons nothing has changed*

*walks away again*

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Posted by fozzy on 05-02-2003 14:48:

well the thread has not been fXXXXX up totally we are still "speaking" (writing) a lot in english even if there are some "maccheronic" words.. :D

Bye, Fozzy

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Posted by korn on 05-02-2003 18:37:

Here's a little contribute to keep this thread up!!
I hope all of you will keep on posting!!

And by the way, "maccheronic" English is funny :-D

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Posted by Renaulto on 05-02-2003 21:54:

Originally posted by lorenzo
Napolux had a good idea, and you fecked up the thread.

"fecked up"?
What da hell dosit mean?

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Posted by Napolux on 06-02-2003 07:29:

Hi guys.... I'm back... I was just working on a little tetris clone that's avaible on a new thread always in this bullettin board...

Did you miss me? :D

I was just thinking about all the people writing silly things in a language more similar to italian than english (someone called it "maccheronic), well...

It happened 3 or 4 times... but the thread is still up... So let's talk about "english things" this is the spirit of the thread... :)

Once I had an english friends on a chat, they all thinks that Italy means only Mafia, Pizza & spaghetti...
What do u think about how foreign people imagine Italy and Italians??

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