How Annoying Do Brits Find This?

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#1 weezyfb
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When you come across a non-brit and the persistently try to mimic the accent.

usually having to do with tea and govna.

I admit to being guilty of this

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#2 BlindBluMonstah
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I dont find it annoying at all :P they very rarely say stuff about tea and guvnah but what they do do is repeat certain words i say. Most of the time its quite funny :'P

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#3 MAILER_DAEMON
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Reminded me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AppVGPVYv4

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#5 WAJ
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I take no offense at this whatsoever. Although the regional dielects of the British Isles are amongst the most diverse i've ever come across (considering the size of the place), so of course, only a teeny tiny fraction of the population would use the word "guvnah".

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#6 SolidSnake35
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I don't care because I'm not from London. Doesn't sound anything like me.
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#7 CBR600-RR
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I don't because I'm from Manchester. Our accent is probably the worst in England. :lol:

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#8 Head_of_games
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Bloody ell chap, it's a damned nuisance. God save the queen!
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#9 CBR600-RR
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Bloody ell chap, it's a damned nuisance. God save the queen!Head_of_games

I doubt anyone says that here any more..

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#10 Head_of_games
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[QUOTE="Head_of_games"]Bloody ell chap, it's a damned nuisance. God save the queen!CBR600-RR

I doubt anyone says that here any more..

Ay? Then you're all ruddy traitorous gits!
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#11 CBR600-RR
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[QUOTE="CBR600-RR"]

[QUOTE="Head_of_games"]Bloody ell chap, it's a damned nuisance. God save the queen!Head_of_games

I doubt anyone says that here any more..

Ay? Then you're all ruddy traitorous gits!

In all my life I've never met anyone here that says that. :P

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#12 Head_of_games
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[QUOTE="Head_of_games"][QUOTE="CBR600-RR"]

I doubt anyone says that here any more..

CBR600-RR

Ay? Then you're all ruddy traitorous gits!

In all my life I've never met anyone here that says that. :P

You mean Lost and Harry Potter lied to me? :cry:
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#13 Overlord93
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I generally roll with it, and emphasise it.

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#14 Evil_Saluki
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The only thing that annoys me about people taking the mik out of Brits is when they say we got bad teeth because it's true and I don't know what else to say about it.

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#15 branketra
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Not really. Their English is a different than Americanized English. So it's like a different language.
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#16 markop2003
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The only thing that annoys me about people taking the mik out of Brits is when they say we got bad teeth because it's true and I don't know what else to say about it.

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Considering we all have free dental it does seem a bit odd... TBH i've never come across an American trying to replicate a northern accent.
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#17 Wolls
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[QUOTE="Evil_Saluki"]

The only thing that annoys me about people taking the mik out of Brits is when they say we got bad teeth because it's true and I don't know what else to say about it.

markop2003
Considering we all have free dental it does seem a bit odd... TBH i've never come across an American trying to replicate a northern accent.

Whenever I try scouse it always ends up geordie for some reason :P Anyway no it doesn't annoy me when you impersonate us, I just shout yeeeeharr and start line-dancing
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Try being from Ireland and living in the states. American: "Where are you from?" Me: "Ireland" American: "I'm Irish too!" Me: "Oh where abouts in Ireland?" American: "Oh not me, I've never been there, but my great grandmother was from there. I really want to go someday." Me: "......."
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#19 Head_of_games
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[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]Try being from Ireland and living in the states. American: "Where are you from?" Me: "Ireland" American: "I'm Irish too!" Me: "Oh where abouts in Ireland?" American: "Oh not me, I've never been there, but my great grandmother was from there. I really want to go someday." Me: "......."

Theres more of us in the US than in Ireland. :P
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#20 branketra
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[QUOTE="Wolls"] Whenever I try scouse it always ends up geordie for some reason :P Anyway no it doesn't annoy me when you impersonate us, I just shout yeeeeharr and start line-dancing

I'd like to see that.
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#21 Deihjan
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Up the apples and pears, gov'nah.
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#22 osiris667
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That's because the british accent is **** awesome

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#23 MAILER_DAEMON
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That's because the british accent is **** awesome

osiris667

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lrs-aPUQZc Unlike some other Robin Hoods...

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#24 Evolution-X0
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Not really.
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#25 Business_Fun
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Unlike some other Robin Hoods...MAILER_DAEMON

You've got to be a real man to wear tights.

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#26 MgamerBD
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I mimic them by mistake sometimes. Whenever I'm near a british person a switch in my head causes me to pick up their accent.
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#27 no_more_fayth
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The only time I mimic a British accent is when I'm reading a book, and I make up a voice for an English dude.

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#28 Artekus
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I'm Scottish and in my last encounter with an American, he asked why I wasn't wearing a kilt. I almost facepalmed myself through a wall.
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#29 KlepticGrooves
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Of the few Americans I've met most commented that I have a "weird British accent". I'm from the West Midlands so I have a mild brummie accent, which couldn't really be any further from the traditional "Queen's English".

The most annoying thing for me is when Americans make comments on our bad teeth, mainly because my teeth are actually really neat and white :lol: .

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#30 tomo90
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Quite funny. To be honest I find it quite cool that anyone would bother to copy a part of my countries accent, considering how boring I find it.

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#31 taterfrickintot
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this sums up about every brit ive ever came across:

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#32 poptart
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Nah not really. I live in Australia these days so I've had it a fair bit. What I find more amusing is the question I'm constantly asked 'where in London are you from?'. It's like nothing exists in the UK outside of London- England is but a barren wasteland but for its shining capital.

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#33 poptart
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Up the apples and pears, gov'nah.Deihjan

This is exactly how we all speak – if you can't mimic this, you'll struggle in the UK mark my lemon curd

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#34 Jackopeng
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yeah its very annoying considering I'm welsh and sound nothing like the English =\
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#35 richwalker13
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Maybe it's because whenever Brits are on screen in the states all the Yanks ever see is posh well spoken people like Emily from Friends (and I HATE Ross's god awful english accent in that) or 1940's style Dick Van Dyke-like cockernee. Daphne in Frasier had the worst manc accent ever... until Anthony Lapaglia tried to play here brother... as cockney? WTH? We need more northern's on US TV and films... On the plus side thank god for Gerard Butler's scottish Spartan