Zoochatters and their accents

I would feel a little bad, because all your fellow UK Zoochatters would be talking about what a grand fellow I was when they met me. (UK Zoochatters, as I understand it, all speak like they live in the early 1800s). But there's only so much time I can set aside for meeting people. Someone has to be snubbed.
 
beccasunbear said:
They do? I’m definitely going to be a letdown to anyone who meets me, in that case! I’m much more Brookside than early 1800s!
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I don't know what Brookside is. Is it some kind of tv show? That won't do at all.
 
beccasunbear said:
From Wikipedia: “Brookside is a British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003.”
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So they all talk like Lister? If you'd said Red Dwarf instead of Brookside I'd have known immediately what you meant.

Does that mean you sound like Leanne Cheung from Airline. I actually like that accent.

Maybe I should base a UK Zoochatter trip around how good their accents are.
 
Chlidonias said:
So they all talk like Lister? If you'd said Red Dwarf instead of Brookside I'd have known immediately what you meant.

Does that mean you sound like Leanne Cheung from Airline. I actually like that accent.
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Yes! Lister is bang on! I don’t know Leanne Cheung, but if she sounds similar, then you’ve got a pretty good idea of my voice!
 
Chlidonias said:
I'm thinking about planning a UK trip for the sole purpose of snubbing Brum.
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Brum much prefers pubbing to snubbing!

Chlidonias said:
Maybe I should base a UK Zoochatter trip around how good their accents are.
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It would certainly be interesting to learn what you make of my accent, considering all five Zoochatters I met on my recent trip to the Low Countries got it completely wrong :p
 
beccasunbear said:
Do West Midlands folk not even like their own accents?
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No, we f***ing hate it! If I here a Brummie on TV I can barely watch it! :p

TeaLovingDave said:
Brum much prefers pubbing to snubbing!
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Once upon a time I used to prefer clubbing to snubbing...

And on a related note an, Aussie (@zooman) couldn't quite distinguish any difference between mine and @TeaLovingDave's accents. Anyone who has met us would normally say that's a ludicrous statement! :)
 
Brum said:
And on a related note an, Aussie (@zooman) couldn't quite distinguish any difference between mine and @TeaLovingDave's accents. Anyone who has met us would normally say that's a ludicrous statement! :)
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I guess I would struggle to distinguish the difference between a Sydney / Melbourne / Perth / Canberra / Brisbane accent, too, though.
 
I think I did snub Brum when I went to the UK :p but I did meet Dave and I have heard the horror stories of trying to understand a Brummie accent so I can say with confidence that you probably sound quite different! :p

The most interesting accent I found on my trip was that of @devilfish, who I found to not have a distinguishable accent in the slightest :p

~Thylo
 
Can someone give me an example of a Birmingham accent (as in, any well-known person I would be likely to have heard or can watch on Youtube) so I know what it sounds like?
 
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