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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I can just about hear your accent in that post! Very self-deprecatingly British.  |
That is what we do best. We do like to complain, even if it about ourselves. I am hoping they add moaning to the Olympics because we could get a medal. I don't moan too much, i prefer to look on the brighter side of life and just make fun of all instances. I do like being British though.
The geordie accent is hard to understand ey pet.. but not as hard as drunk Irish. I employ the nod and smile policy when i think they are telling me something, plus i mix it up with a few uh huhs and maybe a yeah yeah. If they start to get sad i might change tactics and go with a few sighs but i never know what they actually say and i am a 1/4 Irish myself!
Scottish can be really hard to understand too but somehow i always figure it out, albeit a minute later.
The great thing about having an accent in a different part of the world is that most people think you are slightly cooler than average. Here in London we hear every accent almost daily so nothing is special but when my Fiancee is in Liverpool they treat her like a celebrity because of how she looks and her different accent. She can blag anything because people assume she is something more due to her voice.
When i was in Sask, people either thought i was either really cool and trendy or some stupid tourist in the Paris of the praries - both were correct though.
Its also funny how people treat people differently based on an accent. North American accents get preferential treatment from waiting staff due to the fact you guys are more likely to complain about something where as say the Poles get the slow talk treatment and huge sighs. It always makes me laugh though when someone with a thick accent tries to fit in with modern youth. Best example being Mooj from 40 year old virgin. I cry laughing watching that part every time.