what the frick is froch talking about

Vic Reeves was born in Leeds but grew up in the North East (Darlington actually) and doesn't sound at all like Yorkshireman to me. :dunno:

 

Yorkshire accents, I can only think of Sheffied.

Joe Elliott of Def Leppard and Naseem Hamed. :warning:

The older lady on Are You Being Served also had a Yorkshire accent if I remember correctly.

 

I always hear British people talking about how hideous the Geordie accent is but I haven't heard it enough I guess because it doesn't seem so harsh to my ears. There was a story on the oldd BBC America board of a British guy who took his American friend on a fishing trip up to the northeast of England. They stopped in a pub in Newcastle and had lunch. After they left the American asked his friend "So what language do the people speak up here?"

 

I'm thinking the Woody character from the film "This is England." Yeah, it would be hard to sit and talk to someone like that with a straight face.

 

You talk like this Rooster?


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As small as Britain is compared to America, they actually have more regional accents than we do.

Manchester and Liverpool are only about 45 miles apart and they have their own distinctive accents. Hell, Salford is ten miles outside manchester and they have their own separate accent.

I'm in central California and if I drove 300 miles to the north or south of me I can bet everyone there sounds pretty much the same as I do.

 

The American accents that stand out are usually the southern accents or the port cities along the eastern seaboard. Chicago has a very nasally distinctive accent as well. Upper Michigan -they talk like pirates.

In the East,

Baltimore -this is the American version of Scouse because it doen't sound anything like the surrounding areas and it's pretty comical to other Americans (like Scouse is to Brits)

Philadelphia -everyone sounds like they have a cold. Has some attributes from both New York and Baltimore accents.

New York City has about five or more distinct accents and they're all in American movies so everyone has heard them all.

Boston- you have to hear it I cant describe it. My best effort is that every 'a' sounds like the a in Pacquiao.

People from Chicago are the only ones in the country that pronounce the "CH". Everyone else says "Shicago."

 

St. Louis and New Orleans have very distinctive accents as cities as well.

I can't describe the St Louis accent either. It sounds like everyone is singing the theme from "Welcome Back Cotter" to me.

 

A Baltimore accent, one of the strangest in the US. It sounds like a cross between a Brit, a gay guy, and a redneck.

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Another one:
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I'm pretty sure Vic has lived most of his life in York.

He sounds totally Yorkshire.

My ex girlfriend's family are from Yorkshire (Harrogate), and trust me, Vic has a yorkshire accent.

Also, you do realise that Leeds is like 15 miles from Yorkshire right?

 

Boston accent:

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A Brooklyn accent(imitation) the speaker is imitating and not from Brooklyn but it sounds okay to me.

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the baltimore accent is very strange.

 

What kind of accent did Lee Murray talk with, was that Cockney or "sOuth London homeboy"?

 

I lived in that area for a couple of yrs while in the military. What's strange is that accent has some attributrs from Philadelphia and also Richmond, Virginia. But there are so many stretches of 100s of miles where no one talks like that at all. Hell, I'm from California and my accent never seemed out of place in suburban Maryland. Then you get to Baltimore and everyone has this strange accent.

That's why I said it's like the American version of Scouse. It's comical to Americans (like Scouse is comical to Brits-but my favourite Brit accent) and it sounds NOTHING like the surrounding areas. Liverpool has Lancashire to the North and Manchester to the East and sounds completely different from both of them.

 

Reed you sound like William "The Fridgerator" Perry. :kidcool:

 

GODDAMN, I just heard your ridiculous prediction of a Pac stoppage. if you weren't a bet welcher I'd take everything you own off you.

Hatton will MAUL Fagquaio.

Complete tactical mismatch.

:fightme:

 

About as "Ridiculous" as REED's Pavlik-Taylor I OR Shane-Margarito Prediction...



REED:kidcool:

 

Okay, so you'll see me in the betting forum then. (Yes, I'll still bet with you.)

 

In 11 days I'll be in:

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:hammert:

 

I lived in Shipley, Yorkshire for a while and "trust me", he sounds nothing like a Yorkshireman. :: We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

Yes, I do know Leeds is near Yorkshire, but he moved from there aged five and grew up in the North East, which is where his accent seems to mainly come from - at least to my ear.

 

vic reeves lived in darlington actually.

 

Vic Reeves perhaps has a subtle geordie esque twang to his voice, but he sounds more Yorkshire, I can't believe you disagree.

Either way I like his accent.

 

calig you should be given an honorary knighthood for your mastery of all things english

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PnPSc947nM

Cockney or south london homeboy?