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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 4:49 am

Oh, I thought Rachel Weisz was Welsh. Apparently not. She is super hot.

Catherine (Katherine?) Zeta-Jones! She's not common? :sadvaultboy:

What about the men? I googled "famous welsh actors actresses" and a lot of the men are easy on the eyes.
I dont think so.
I dont think you can say any country has a higher amount of attractive people. Aside from maybe south Korea because apparently around 75% of women there have plastic surgery...
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:37 pm

I dont think you can say any country has a higher amount of attractive people. Aside from maybe south Korea because apparently around 75% of women there have plastic surgery...

Where in the world did that statistic come from?
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:15 pm

Where in the world did that statistic come from?

South Korea?
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Frank Firefly
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:59 pm

Wales are very good at Rugby for a hamlet.
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Amiee Kent
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:38 pm

Where in the world did that statistic come from?
Well whoever told me that was waaaay off, if the second link is anything, just 74/1000 that seems fine.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/16/korea-surgery-cosmetic-idINDEE81F0H920120216
http://www.asianplasticsurgeryguide.com/news10-2/081003_south-korea-highest.html#data

BBC disagrees with that though
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4229995.stm
By conservative estimates, 50% of South Korean women in their 20s have had some form of cosmetic surgery. And in a recent poll, 70% of men said they would also consider surgical improvements.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 8:43 pm

Yep, not ashamed to admit that some regional *cough* Northern *cough* accents aren't too appealing in the UK, as well as our lower class accents. Fortunately I have neither. :tongue:

Fortunately, most of us aren't ignorant enough to judge someone by their accent.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:19 pm

Fortunately, most of us aren't ignorant enough to judge someone by their accent.

Hey you guys got a youtube clip or something to describe Welsh accent? You got me interested. :P
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:21 pm

Hey you guys got a youtube clip or something to describe Welsh accent? You got me interested. :tongue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OISGykO6Z7U
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:34 am

Speaking of accents, I once read this thing this guy said "I hate American accents" And I thought to myself wtf is an American accent, because of all the dialects.

How do others think Americans sound?
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:26 pm

Americans sound like Californians, New Yorkers, New Jerseys (-yans? -yers?), Bostoners (-nites?), Seattleans (?) and Texans. Also, like rednecks. Those are the accents I know.

So the filter censors the UK equivalent of rednecks -- i.e. that other words for "neds" -- but not "rednecks" itself. :rolleyes:
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 3:49 pm

Americans sound like Californians, New Yorkers, New Jerseys (-yans? -yers?), Bostoners (-nites?), Seattleans (?) and Texans. Also, like rednecks. Those are the accents I know.

So the filter censors the UK equivalent of rednecks -- i.e. that other words for "neds" -- but not "rednecks" itself. :rolleyes:
I know there is more like Midwestern and Minnesota people, but no idea how many there are. A lot of them pronounce T's as D's though.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:10 pm

Speaking of accents, I once read this thing this guy said "I hate American accents" And I thought to myself wtf is an American accent, because of all the dialects.

How do others think Americans sound?
I'd say in the UK we pretty much recognise Californian, New Jersey and Texan accents.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:56 pm

If you are revering to jersey shore as the jersey accent, there are probably about 10 people in that state that sound like that.

Also what does a Californian accent sound like?
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:14 pm

If you are revering to jersey shore as the jersey accent, there are probably about 10 people in that state that sound like that.

:rofl: Very true.

Many of the people around me sound like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3lZFiyd_-0 but my accent isn't nearly as strong.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:23 pm

:rofl: Very true.

Many of the people around me sound like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3lZFiyd_-0 but my accent isn't nearly as strong.
haha Philly accents. "I would like a glass of wata." I have family there so I'm familiar with it.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:21 am

You want a Michigan accent? Listen to a Ted Nugent or Kid Rock interview...it's mid-western but sounds a little different than lets say Ohio or Illinois.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:09 pm

If you are revering to jersey shore as the jersey accent, there are probably about 10 people in that state that sound like that.

Also what does a Californian accent sound like?
What you guys call a Valley Girl I guess
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 5:06 am

Also what does a Californian accent sound like?

Have you seen The Kids Are Alright? Like the accents in that movie. (Although, Julianne Moore does ham hers up a bit.) It's light, attenuated, sometimes a bit unsure? <-- Kind of like that sentence.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 1:22 pm

What you guys call a Valley Girl I guess
Like a stereotypical girl voice?
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 12:50 pm

You want a Michigan accent? Listen to a Ted Nugent or Kid Rock interview...it's mid-western but sounds a little different than lets say Ohio or Illinois.
Cincinnati has its own special language or accent, I don't even know. Soda=pop here.

Changing the subject somewhat. Do Europeans really pronounce T's when speaking English. For example America-wadder, Europe- wa-ter (emphasizing that)?
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 1:43 pm

Oh, and when I talk about New Jersey, I think mostly of Fran Drescher's accent.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:45 am

I always thought that it was funny how almost every brazilian (maybe Latin Americans in general) can talk a "good" english while most english-speakers can't talk portuguese properly even after many years living here. :tongue:
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:52 pm

Changing the subject somewhat. Do Europeans really pronounce T's when speaking English. For example America-wadder, Europe- wa-ter (emphasizing that)?

Can't speak for all Europeans, but English people generally do so: either that or the glottal stop, so you may hear "wa'er" instead, or the rather more expansive "waaaw'aaah" in parts of London!
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 1:16 am

Changing the subject somewhat. Do Europeans really pronounce T's when speaking English. For example America-wadder, Europe- wa-ter (emphasizing that)?

Most Europeans do, yes. The French and the Spaniards in particular seem to pronounce English impeccably. :huh:
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 12:39 am

Can't speak for all Europeans, but English people generally do so: either that or the glottal stop, so you may hear "wa'er" instead, or the rather more expansive "waaaw'aaah" in parts of London!
No offense to any English people, but I dislike that accent a lot, where many Americans think it is sophisticated. I really like russian, German, and Italian accents.
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