How to sound more British!

clive bradbury · 07-21-14, 11:06 AM

I love the really quirky proper name pronunciations that give even many English natives no chance:

Buccleuch and Cholmondeley must be the best examples...and 'the Vale of Belvoir'...

Rhodes · 07-21-14, 11:38 AM

Gestapo way is better!

Herr-Berbunch · 07-21-14, 12:02 PM

Haha, yes Belvoir is a curiosity. And another to fool our cousins is Edinburgh. And as for many Welsh place names... well they even have me stumped some of the time. (How does a Welshman pronounce 'llama'?

Tango589 · 07-21-14, 12:04 PM

Ah, 'Allo 'Allo. The way of using English in different accents to portray different languages is utter genius!

My favourite example of this is Officer Crabtree, an English spy who spoke poor French and had this portrayed by speaking mangled English.

TarJak · 07-21-14, 12:05 PM

I'd like words like Backpfeifengesicht in the English language.

Rhodes · 07-21-14, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tango589

Ah, 'Allo 'Allo. The way of using English in different accents to portray different languages is utter genius!

My favourite example of this is Officer Crabtree, an English spy who spoke poor French and had this portrayed by speaking mangled English.

Good moaning!

vienna · 07-21-14, 12:50 PM

There are two small words that are very Brit-English: 'quite' and 'rather'. I have tendency to use these words and have been taken to task for their usage, most notably by my 2nd ex who found my responses to questions like "Do you think it is acceptable to ignore my questions?" (Response: "Yes, quite.") or "Do these pants make my rear look large?" (Response: "Yes, rather.") rather quite annoying...

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,523 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Gestapo way is better! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Haha, yes Belvoir is a curiosity. And another to fool our cousins is Edinburgh. And as for many Welsh place names... well they even have me stumped some of the time. (How does a Welshman pronounce 'llama'? __________________

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Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,378 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Ah, 'Allo 'Allo. The way of using English in different accents to portray different languages is utter genius! My favourite example of this is Officer Crabtree, an English spy who spoke poor French and had this portrayed by speaking mangled English. __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,731 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	There are two small words that are very Brit-English: 'quite' and 'rather'. I have tendency to use these words and have been taken to task for their usage, most notably by my 2nd ex who found my responses to questions like "Do you think it is acceptable to ignore my questions?" (Response: "Yes, quite.") or "Do these pants make my rear look large?" (Response: "Yes, rather.") rather quite annoying... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I love the really quirky proper name pronunciations that give even many English natives no chance: Buccleuch and Cholmondeley must be the best examples...and 'the Vale of Belvoir'...

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I'd like words like Backpfeifengesicht in the English language.