American 'corruption' of English

LMAO...who said we cant understand you?, its just the odd word here and there which after all is what we are all discussing...ok I will make an announcement...ahem cough cough
..."to all you american actors out there please put on an Australian accent
that does not sound like a malicious cross between kiwi,english and south african!"....was that ok?

Well, isn't this a fascinating thread!

When I first noticed this thread, I started to think about all the different dialects in the British Isles and I was reminded of a news piece that had captions during a conversation between 2 eastenders so that the American audience would understand what they were saying. But Patiodog beat me to it.

However, I have also seen captions under the spoken word of various citizens in the wild and untamed parts of the US of A, including Baltimore City. I was born there, live 30 minutes away, and sometimes I don't know what the hell they are saying.

I think the trick is to listen to the pattern so you get in the groove. I also usually spell behaviour as behaviour but probably because of the research I used to do.

Lastly, I'm a wiz with Anglo-Saxon. It's gotten me thrown out of restaurants.

the accents here are possibly the most diverse for a single country considering our size.. there is a multitude of accents and i goddamn dont understand half of them... somebody from cork now i wouldnt understand one bit, well i believe they dont speak english....

lol I can understand people from Cork, but damn if I could understand Dubliners!

well from north dublin its hard enough... Alrigh' Boss.. us south dubliners are more, priveliged and em... can afford to speak in clear concise accents... well i have given up on cork people...

IMO Belfast people had a lovely accent...quite different again. :wink:

very diverse.. well all of ulster sounds alike...

Hey, Milf, what happened to your avatar? I miss it.

How do you tell a man from Cork to put a cork in it?

I think you just flip him the bird!

i dunno i shall find it again...