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Originally Posted by Caradhras
Slightly OT
What annoys me about US shows is that the British/English bloke is always the bad guy - and usually talks like the Royal family!
A mate from my neck of the woods (NW England) was on holiday in the US and another tourist from the US (he was @ grand canyon or something) asked my mate 'what part of the US are you from?' - obviously he couldnt have been English because he didnt talk like the Queen or the dodgy chimney-sweep in Mary Poppins 
And finally - what amazes me is the Dutch and Scandanavians, they speak English better than us English! Many with perfect, if neutral, accents. |
Cheers.There are strong accents in many of our compatriots English , but as for knowledge ,our NorseGov has really strived to tie us to UK and US for the last 70 years .
( Choice between USSR and NAZI Germany and US/UK axis -not to hard to choose. )
Compulsory English as a second language for at least 6 years in school ( I had 9 ) ,and add to that media and cultural influence .
Funny thing -although most Norwegians have some accent ( we hear it at least ) when they speak English ,we all SING with good pronounciation....
( If not really in tune
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My own English weirdly adapts to whomever I am speaking with . If BBC broadcaster type English I will try to approximate . If Third world taxi driver I wil lsay " we go -yes ? "..