The worst EVER...................British accent

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:24 pm

A guy with a xxxxxxxxx British accent asked you who will win the World cup, hoping to start up a long painful on the ears debate. Which accent above others makes you want to shove something hard and blunt into their face repeatedly?

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:25 pm

Worst British accent? Madonna's.

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:37 pm

Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Porrohman · Post by **Porrohman** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:47 pm

jaffka wrote:Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Winner!

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:05 pm

jaffka wrote:Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

... beat me to it.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:13 pm

Apparently Russel Crowe as the new Robin Hood takes some whacking when it comes to accents.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:34 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
jaffka wrote:Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
... beat me to it.

No question.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:52 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
jaffka wrote:Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
... beat me to it.
No question.

This.

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:10 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
jaffka wrote:Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
... beat me to it.
No question.
This.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:15 pm

In terms of SOTWA's offer, neatly hijacked here... no british accent actually irritates me... I'm interested how, in such a small place, we manage such an incredible diversity of accent... and has this been the case for thousands of years? Or is it comparatively recent?

also, i note, amongst students from many different parts of the country there's a kind of amalgam youth speak, partly to do with region, partly to do with vocabulary, and partly - and more commonly - to do with inflection...

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:18 pm

The eventual breakdown will be mockernee, southwest, and something-north-of-birmingham. This is (according to some immense study that I can't be arsed finding or defending if you don't believe me) is the path we are headed down. According to them, not me.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:53 am

Come and visit the Black Country (Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall, etc) for real accent horror. Brummie sounds like RP in comparison.

As for duff film accents, either Michael Caine trying to do American in anything or Don Cheadle doing cockney in the Ocean's Eleven series.

Gary the Enfield · Post by **Gary the Enfield** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:58 am

Lord Kangana wrote:The eventual breakdown will be mockernee, southwest, and something-north-of-birmingham. This is (according to some immense study that I can't be arsed finding or defending if you don't believe me) is the path we are headed down. According to them, not me.

Innit. Dat is for real.

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:06 am

Lord Kangana wrote:The eventual breakdown will be mockernee, southwest, and something-north-of-birmingham. This is (according to some immense study that I can't be arsed finding or defending if you don't believe me) is the path we are headed down. According to them, not me.

This is at least plausible. Consider that, currently, you can go to Bolton and hear a distinct accent. You can travel 10 or so miles to Blackburn and hear a weird accent where people say things like "Marrrrrrs barrrrrrrr" and "carrrrrrrr parrrrrrrrrrk".

Given the amount of world-wide communication and travel, how much longer can this last? 10 miles and that sort of difference in accent? Even people in Blackburn may learn to speak proper eventually.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:09 am

ratbert wrote:Come and visit the Black Country (Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall, etc) for real accent horror. Brummie sounds like RP in comparison.

As for duff film accents, either Michael Caine trying to do American in anything or Don Cheadle doing cockney in the Ocean's Eleven series.

This. They all sound like Benny from Crossroads - dumb fecks.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:54 am

Scousers, folk from Preston, and most of Yorkshire could qualify. Mind you, then we have the biblical Wingates on our own doorstep.

InsaneApache · Post by **InsaneApache** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:05 am

As a mancunian, I have to say the Bolton accent is pants. It's Bolton not Bowton. Honestly.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:20 pm

InsaneApache wrote:As a mancunian, I have to say the Bolton accent is pants. It's Bolton not Bowton. Honestly.

Mancunian? Is that one of those who say "Computoh" and speak proper English like what Liam Galagher and Ricky Hatton do?

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:31 pm

Anyone who sounds like a Redknapp, when they open their mouths makes me want to smash the telly/radio

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:40 pm

I dont really have a problem with anyones accent (bad accents in film excepted!) but i always think some accents sound a lot sexier than others when talking to women, actually any strong accent out of the north west sounds sexy in ladies. Welsh in particular!

Brummies sound like idiots.