Hot Heart Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Hahaha. I'll have to record it to show you! Wait, we've played Uncharted 2 so you've probably heard me say it. Although, I guess you saying it would sound sort of like 'fook'. Edited February 18, 2011 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) I'm guessing this is what you mean by different? Took Tuck It's a pretty small difference and as far as I can tell it's mostly in the length of the 'uh' sound although I'm finding it pretty difficult to reproduce myself. If you are recording something I'd suggest putting the words into sentences so that a) you say it more naturally and b.) it's easier to tell homophones apart. Edited February 18, 2011 by withoutphallus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Yeah, I'd feel silly just saying out words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 plus if it's a recording we can hack it up to make people say naughty/incriminating things! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Okay, here's a recording of me saying this: The roof is the top of a house, and I say it like took and not like tough or too. If I said it like tough it would come out like rough, but that's the long grass on a golf course. I say hoof the same way as roof, like took, not tough or too. If I said it like tough it would come out like huff, which incidentally is what you do with glue made from a horse's hoof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Sorry, Ethan, soon your recording will be saying... I like it rough. I come on horses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2066351/Random%20Files/voice.mp3 http://dl.dropbox.co...Files/Voice.oggedit: This embeds MP3 files??!?!?!?!?! OMFG THAT'S AMAZING!No love for Ogg Vorbis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 My ABCs. Please don't hold it against me that I'm a terrible, terrible singer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteer01 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 edit: This embeds MP3 files??!?!?!?!?! OMFG THAT'S AMAZING! No love for Ogg Vorbis. I knew it was coming, but I still smiled when I heard "Zed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 It's funny hearing everyone's accents. I always imagine everyone to have neutral American Midwestern Newscaster accents. Ethan's is close, but I detect some twanginess in the vowels. You English blokes are bloody 'ilarious! That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Only one of us have put anything up. I'm hoping maybe for some folks down south (you know I'm still unsure which part of england Hot heart is from). Gerbil is from Wales afaik, Jay, Excel n Masterdex are Irish, and Wuffles is Scottish. So they'd be awesome too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindo Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I'm busy all weekend, but maybe I can record myself Sunday night. Gotta represent the southern accent here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slithy toves Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 my accent is not really that interesting. i'm from massachusetts and i say all of my r's and stuff so meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I'm afraid you won't get any local flavour from me, I have a pretty generic sounding British accent. All you can really tell is: a. I'm not from the South; b. I have a permanently blocked nose. When I'm speaking more naturally I can sound quite camp and (for around here at least) quite posh. I'd say the posh bit is more that I don't have a common accent rather than I do have a posh one. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 He's from Wales!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I am a southerner, Dean. Not sure I can be bothered with recording anything though, sorry. I would've linked a video of me 'singing' but I Americanise some of the pronunciations so, yeah, that's no use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I think singing is notoriously bad for hiding accents from all over the world. The only accent that manages to shine through in singing is Scottish. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I think singing is notoriously bad for hiding accents from all over the world. The only accent that manages to shine through in singing is Scottish. Joe I dunno I didn't realise Belle & Sebastian were Scottish until I read it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I think you could hide most accents when singing, but my particular example was a sort of half-singing thing (when we recorded the song for a demo, the producer thought it was some sort of rap ) Plus, I think it would be 'notorious for' not 'notoriously bad for'; that seems to say the opposite thing, or is at least a tautology. (What? This thread has 'English' in the title. Twice!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I'm now imagining a William Shatner-style performance and am quite excited. You're right about 'notorious'. I'd say it's because I'm Welsh but I don't speak a word of that. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I'm now imagining a William Shatner-style performance and am quite excited. Haha. You would be severely disappointed, I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Playing GTA IV for some reason. Anyway I'm perusing one of the travel sites (I thought it nifty they made their own internet within the game) Though I'd share some of the stuff. For anyone with the game it's www.americantravelguide.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 From another thread ... And since a decent chunk of active star base kinda gave em the V's last summer Interesting how in England the V symbol with the palm inward is the equivalent of "the finger" in America and much of the rest of the world. I admit I learned about the V from "Are You Being Served?" See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign#V_sign_as_an_insult and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger We also refer to the middle finger gesture as "the bird." I always liked the UK slang of calling females "birds" (much like in the US we call cute females "chicks.") Do they still use that slang? I know they did on "The In-Betweeners" and AYBS but I don't know how well those represent everyday life. :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 the V's The finger. One being plural should give it away. You guys won't use the V's because you guys don't have any history of killing French archers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) Battra, you watch The Inbetweeners? Wow. Calling women 'birds' is still a thing. I think it may be more of an older 'working-class' thing though; ie. I've never used it. I don't really see people doing Vs anymore either. It would usually be 'the finger'. One being plural should give it away. I don't think he said anything about them being different because of singular/plural. Just our equivalent. Besides, it's Vs not V's. Edited February 24, 2011 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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