Retracting posts are you Linda?
Thats not very nice. You shouldnt suppress yourself
...but I must. I've been going mental (90wpm) and I'll get banned if I get any sillier.
(thanks Fark
I almost agree with Ali-G: I've met so many totally lovely Pakistanis.
Australians I'm not sure about as I've only met a zillion white ones, all sun-dried blond and I have a problem with the accent (since I'm English with a Canadian accent... {plus I dislike the S.African white accent. Can't really understand them. Perhaps I'm a Brit bigot and dislike the way the language has been distorted. But at least they speak English. (sorry...
also I don't understand how come 100s of thousands of Aussies can come to England and yet I've never met or even heard of another Canadian here (but I know why, no-one in their right mind would leave Canada...
i doubt it matters where you're from or where your parents were from, nowadays. I loved Canada, everyone was 1st or 2nd generation Irish, Italian, Paki, Polish... and every other country beginning with every other letter in the alphabet >>and I was also a foreigner there (but I was a priviliged one
I now sound like a tourist here in England, they always ask me what part of the US I'm from and I scream >Canada (although I was born in England...
I loved a man from Palestine once. What a passionate person. Drove a cab. Spoke perfect English.
I love accents, done properly.
But I still dislike German... What a strange language and when they speak English or try to, it's so argahghfghhghghghghghghg
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That's how come I appreciate the American way of saying words. I've attempted to explain it to people here but they no comprendo. British English is so much enunicated every single syallable. Or it used to be and should be. And one needs to do that here in order to be understood. I often do it so as to teach others how to speak English. But American English is one big drawl. I switch into that accent when I know someone is keeping up. Makes sense to me.
with love
Linda
ps: my answer after the explanatory diatribe above:
My favourite men have latino accents.
But a sense of humour translates into any language
I've even met a few funny Germans (that is not a racist slur, ok? It's just the way they speak. Plus most of them are far too white for me.
pps: there was something on tv very early this morning on a talk show/phone in/forum about how democracy is language. >about making oneself understood, or trying hard to. It wasn't some politician, it was a refugee.