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Your accent Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:30 am  Your accent
 

down here, man... it can get hilarious at times

beaucoup(s) = boo-koo --- My wife has boo-koo shoes.

buena = byoo-nah --- Get you some ribs over on Byoo-nah Vista.

I'm getting ready to go to work = I'm fixin' to go to work

You should get some new shoes = You should get you some new shoes

ad infinitum
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Your accent Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:47 am  Your accent
 

prezbucky wrote:
yah (standard Wisconsinese form of "yes" -- the German "jah")

They mainly say "yah" in Minnesoooota and the Dakotas, don' cha knoow.
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Your accent Sat Nov 10, 2007 17:42 pm  Your accent
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
NinaZara wrote:
What's a surfer accent? Is it an accent where people say 'Dude' all the time? I think it's adorable. I can never say 'dude' without sounding weird.

Watch the Disney cartoon Mulan, and listen to the prince that Mulan falls in love with. The actor has a really heavy California beach boy accent. Imagine how startling it is for the rest of us Americans to see a dignified prince of ancient China open his mouth and talk like a surfer dude! It wasn't meant to be funny, either, so it's a classic case of bad casting.

I have watched this like oh so many times,with my little sisters of course. We can even finish the dialogues. Mushu's especially (the funny looking dragon). He is sooo adorable, did I mention how funny he was?

Anyway, I think Shang was a warrior, was he a prince? Anyway, thanks for the example, now I think I know what a surfer's accent is.

Dude, I even remember what Shang's voice was like. (Sorry, had to try the 'dude' stuffs Wink )
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Your accent Sat Nov 10, 2007 18:06 pm  Your accent
 

Boke wrote:
I can understand that, I'm in Japan too and I'll call up someone for business or something and on the phone they'll think I'm japanese then I tell them my name and they suddenly get quiet or the worst they start to speak half japanese and half english thinking it helps.

Yeah, well a surfer accent , we do say dude a lot and stretch out our vowels and there's a lot of surfer slang that other don't use or understand, it doesn't come out so much now unless I get drunk but if your not from the states it can be hard for someone to understand

Yes, I wonder why they do that.

Anyway, does your nick have anything to do with the Japanese word 'bo-ke'?It reminds me of my best friend, she calls me that because I once forgot my resume while having a job interview. How 'boke' was that?
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Your accent Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:23 am  Your accent
 

Yeah that's the "boke" , but to be honest I'm more of a "Tsukomi"
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Your accent Mon Nov 12, 2007 17:16 pm  Your accent
 

Boke wrote:
Yeah that's the "boke" , but to be honest I'm more of a "Tsukomi"

You mean "tsukkomi", Boke? (Tsukkomareta ne, heh...kidding! I made that up)
To be honest, you sound like both. Kidding again!

Reading your posts, I believe you.
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Your accent Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:01 am  Your accent
 

こまかいなぁ~~~
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Your accent Tue Nov 13, 2007 16:56 pm  Your accent
 

I suppose all engineers are Wink
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Your accent Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:41 am  Your accent
 

engineer huh? So whats your story? Another thread you said you were Malaysian?Muslim? Do you have a Japanese parent? Where did you learn english? How about japanese, 1kyuu?
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Your accent Sun Nov 18, 2007 16:04 pm  Your accent
 

Boke wrote:
engineer huh? So whats your story? Another thread you said you were Malaysian?Muslim? Do you have a Japanese parent? Where did you learn english? How about japanese, 1kyuu?

Wow, for someone who lives in Japan, you sure ask a lot of personal questions Wink (Am I sounding like a Japanese here? I hope not)

Anyway, I am just a Malaysian working in Japan. Nothing out of the ordinary, no Japanese mother or father.

And I went to a National university, 1級 is a must.

And what's your name Boke?Come on, don't be shy Razz
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Your accent Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:31 am  Your accent
 

NinaZara wrote:
Boke wrote:
engineer huh? So whats your story? Another thread you said you were Malaysian?Muslim? Do you have a Japanese parent? Where did you learn english? How about japanese, 1kyuu?

Wow, for someone who lives in Japan, you sure ask a lot of personal questions Wink (Am I sounding like a Japanese here? I hope not)

Anyway, I am just a Malaysian working in Japan. Nothing out of the ordinary, no Japanese mother or father.

And I went to a National university, 1級 is a must.

And what's your name Boke?Come on, don't be shy Razz

My name? Tyler Durden

I sell soap
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Your accent Mon Nov 19, 2007 14:23 pm  Your accent
 

Boke wrote:
My name? Tyler Durden

I sell soap

Yeah...and I'm Lara Croft Rolling Eyes
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Your accent Wed Nov 21, 2007 21:00 pm  Your accent
 

hehe

Jamie
Say "yah" to da UP, eh!

Nina
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But 'alors' your are French?! Fri Nov 23, 2007 21:02 pm  But 'alors' your are French?!
 

Hope you find it as hilarious as I do:

La grande vadrouille - Tea for Two
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But 'alors' your are French?! Sun Nov 25, 2007 19:28 pm  But 'alors' your are French?!
 

Conchita wrote:
Hope you find it as hilarious as I do:

La grande vadrouille - Tea for Two

Hi Conchita,

I know that you speak French, German and English in a highly sophisticated way. So I was wondering whether you have an accent in your own language, Spanish. Could your average hometown butcher tell you're from the area?
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