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It’s very interesting, DH. Not like any other accent I’ve heard. I also know someone who speaks with a Welsh accent, and goes back and forth between Welsh and Enlgish, which is fascinating to listen to.
So are you saying I shouldn’t learn any German lullabies to sing to my baby?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 20, 2009 1:36 PM
“Go to sleep, go to sleep
Little Helmut, little Dieter
Wait til morning, wait til morning
Achtung achtung achtung!”
CG – South Africans do have weird sounding accents – like a cross btw English and Dutch I guess.
I love saying “ayuh” instead of yes – Maine accent.
dueling accents! I love it!
I have a Danish friend who speaks about 10 European languages, as well as American English and Japanese. (As he puts it, when you live in a country the size of Rhode Island, you have no choice.) He adopts the accent of whomever he’s speaking with, so he’ll effortlessly go from Danish to speaking American English with me (no accent whatsoever) to answering the phone and speaking with a proper “British accent” (yes, Joe, I’ve heard the term often) to a friend in London.
And when I worked for a British bank, I sat near a friend originally from South Africa and another friend originally from Nigeria (educated in the UK and the US), and I used to delight in listening to their competing British accents all day long.
O.K. Enough w/ the word & class carry on. Here’s back to real ‘Stoner issues. Everyone should bear in mind that it’s a really bad idea to try to paint unless your cats are asleep.
So you are saying that having no class was not your choice?
“German sounds harsh and angry”
Crescent- Are you sure you’re not German?
So are you saying I shouldn’t learn any German lullabies to sing to my baby?