yes there is definitely discrimination based on accents. Sad to say i have been guilty of that at one time or another.. i am sure if we were all honest we would realise it too. I read someone say that people have lost jobs or not been given jobs because of their accents. This totally depends on the persons perseverance. As i am sure many of you know... there are many, many Chinese people who have accents and still are able to obtain a highly professional position in well respected companies. While i am sure they found it challenging, these people never give up and persevered. One way or another they get to were they want to go. I think it is more prevalent in our Latino community because in many cases people bow down and are ashamed to have been turned down once and don't want to go through it again. They key is to keep on trying. It definitely defines you and is a constant reminder of where you came from. There is and shouldn't be any shame in that.
When I talk to my central american friends I use "vos", when I talk to some south american friends I use "tu" or usted,and also when I don't know where the other latino is from; in this case I try to use general spanish words trying not to use words that I know may be unknown or used in other ways in other countries.I used to hate using the "tu" cause back home it kind of sounds sissy and snobsince most people use "vos"; but I understand that "tu" is the updated word. Back home we write on our assignments "tu" but actually use "vos" in everyday language. At work there are several british and scottish, one of them sometimes have trouble when he talks to a newfoundlander who couldn't understand what the british guy was saying; and I thought that my english sucked, jajaja!
lol this is the same in Guatemala, but I use all three. It all depends on who I am talking to. If I don't know the person, or they are older then me by many years than I use usted. You know out of respect. Now if the person is younger, or if I know them well I'll use tu or vos.
torontotrucho wrote: I used to hate using the "tu" cause back home it kind of sounds sissy and snob since most people use "vos"; but I understand that "tu" is the updated word. Back home we write on our assignments "tu" but actually use "vos" in everyday language.
Ha Ha that's soo true, back in el salvador only the rich kids and snobby people use "tu" otherwise "vos" is what most of us use. I try tu use "usted" just to be safe with people from other latin american countries. And yes, I've learned to master the "tu" with certain people. Although it's hard sometimes.
My favourite accent in spanish is the Chileno one, although the Iberian accent is sooo sexy sometimes. In english i would say the British of course.
torontotrucho wrote: when he talks to a newfoundlander who couldn't understand what the british guy was saying; and I thought that my english sucked, jajaja!
Newfoundlanders have one of the most weird accents my friend is Newfie and OMG sometimes I need close caption.
When I talk to my central american friends I use "vos", when I talk to some south american friends I use "tu" or usted,and also when I don't know where the other latino is from; in this case I try to use general spanish words trying not to use words that I know may be unknown or used in other ways in other countries.
I used to hate using the "tu" cause back home it kind of sounds sissy and snob since most people use "vos"; but I understand that "tu" is the updated word. Back home we write on our assignments "tu" but actually use "vos" in everyday language.
At work there are several british and scottish, one of them sometimes have trouble when he talks to a newfoundlander who couldn't understand what the british guy was saying; and I thought that my english sucked, jajaja!
Danny416 wrote: DulceGalletita wrote: angelita dulce wrote: YOU!! si hablan como cantando LOL!! ... my uncle talks like that I'm trying to get my work to give me more then 3 weeks off. I hope i get it!! Then i'll come back cantando!! LOL!! LOL!!! I'm sure you will .... if you do go girl me traes unos chupetas de fresa I think they are called BOM BOM I LOVE THOSE LOLLIPOPS!!!!!!!!! I'm almost done the ones I brought back LOL!! yeah they r like 2cents or somthing lol Nooooooooo they are 25 cents now LOL ... a bag I think for $1.65
Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Eerrrrrr... you still do.... you sound kinda funny, actually.... como un chipmunk, o something IMBECIL..... SHO NO SE PORQUE TU HABLAS CON UN LISP!! HAHAHAHA!! I know you love the "shhhhh" lol! Yes DOGO, i do. I looooove your sexy accent!!! DO YOU WANNA GO SKATING WITH ME ON THE 28?? I can't hon, but thanks Oh pretty please, i just looooove your sexy accent!!!! I only wanna skate with you!!
I can't babe... as in I CAN'T SKATE!!! lol!......... maybe if you wear that mini skirt... who knows, lol
(funny how suddenly you love everything about me... hmmmmmm)
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DulceGalletita wrote: angelita dulce wrote: YOU!! si hablan como cantando LOL!! ... my uncle talks like that I'm trying to get my work to give me more then 3 weeks off. I hope i get it!! Then i'll come back cantando!! LOL!! LOL!!! I'm sure you will .... if you do go girl me traes unos chupetas de fresa I think they are called BOM BOM I LOVE THOSE LOLLIPOPS!!!!!!!!! I'm almost done the ones I brought back LOL!! yeah they r like 2cents or somthing lol
Nooooooooo they are 25 cents now LOL ... a bag I think for $1.65
angelita dulce wrote: Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Eerrrrrr... you still do.... you sound kinda funny, actually.... como un chipmunk, o something IMBECIL..... SHO NO SE PORQUE TU HABLAS CON UN LISP!! HAHAHAHA!! I know you love the "shhhhh" lol! Yes DOGO, i do. I looooove your sexy accent!!! DO YOU WANNA GO SKATING WITH ME ON THE 28?? I can't hon, but thanks
Oh pretty please, i just looooove your sexy accent!!!! I only wanna skate with you!!
angelita dulce wrote: YOU!! si hablan como cantando LOL!! ... my uncle talks like that I'm trying to get my work to give me more then 3 weeks off. I hope i get it!! Then i'll come back cantando!! LOL!! LOL!!! I'm sure you will .... if you do go girl me traes unos chupetas de fresa I think they are called BOM BOM I LOVE THOSE LOLLIPOPS!!!!!!!!! I'm almost done the ones I brought back LOL!!
Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Eerrrrrr... you still do.... you sound kinda funny, actually.... como un chipmunk, o something IMBECIL..... SHO NO SE PORQUE TU HABLAS CON UN LISP!! HAHAHAHA!! I know you love the "shhhhh" lol! Yes DOGO, i do. I looooove your sexy accent!!! DO YOU WANNA GO SKATING WITH ME ON THE 28??
I can't hon, but thanks
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angelita dulce wrote: Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Eerrrrrr... you still do.... you sound kinda funny, actually.... como un chipmunk, o something IMBECIL..... SHO NO SE PORQUE TU HABLAS CON UN LISP!! HAHAHAHA!! I know you love the "shhhhh" lol!
Yes DOGO, i do. I looooove your sexy accent!!! DO YOU WANNA GO SKATING WITH ME ON THE 28??
Dogo wrote: angelita dulce wrote: That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Eerrrrrr... you still do.... you sound kinda funny, actually.... como un chipmunk, o something IMBECIL..... SHO NO SE PORQUE TU HABLAS CON UN LISP!!
HAHAHAHA!! I know you love the "shhhhh" lol!
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Princess Jazmin wrote: my accent has changed in the last few years...it was an english accent mixed in with that GORGEOUS indian undertone i will admit, the indian accent is a turn off for many but its not all that bad...then again, i did grow up around it so i'm naturally biased. i can't tell wat kind of an accent i have now becuase when i get irritated, my indian accent comes out and i speak in very proper english, enunciating every syllable...yea i got teased a bit! recently though, my australian cousins commented that i hav a canadian accent, does that mean that when i swear i sound like a donkey braying? LMAO RUSSEL PETERS kills me
Indians raised in england get a very Sexy Accent, you can hear a bit from both.
angelita dulce wrote: That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Eerrrrrr... you still do.... you sound kinda funny, actually.... como un chipmunk, o something
IMBECIL..... SHO NO SE PORQUE TU HABLAS CON UN LISP!!
YOU!! si hablan como cantando LOL!! ... my uncle talks like that I'm trying to get my work to give me more then 3 weeks off. I hope i get it!! Then i'll come back cantando!! LOL!!
LOL!!! I'm sure you will .... if you do go girl me traes unos chupetas de fresa I think they are called BOM BOM
angelita dulce wrote: Danny416 wrote: I luv that cuencano accent from Ecuador..sounds soo cute when the girls talk like that, its like they r trying to sing That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Which by the way i'm gonna pick up again this summer!! LOL!!! AD your going in the summer ... LUCKY YOU!! si hablan como cantando LOL!! ... my uncle talks like that
I'm trying to get my work to give me more then 3 weeks off. I hope i get it!! Then i'll come back cantando!! LOL!!
Danny416 wrote: I luv that cuencano accent from Ecuador..sounds soo cute when the girls talk like that, its like they r trying to sing That was me when i came back from Ecuador. Which by the way i'm gonna pick up again this summer!! LOL!!!
AD your going in the summer ... LUCKY YOU!! si hablan como cantando LOL!! ... my uncle talks like that
my accent has changed in the last few years...it was an english accent mixed in with that GORGEOUS indian undertone
i will admit, the indian accent is a turn off for many but its not all that bad...then again, i did grow up around it so i'm naturally biased. i can't tell wat kind of an accent i have now becuase when i get irritated, my indian accent comes out and i speak in very proper english, enunciating every syllable...yea i got teased a bit!
recently though, my australian cousins commented that i hav a canadian accent, does that mean that when i swear i sound like a donkey braying? LMAO RUSSEL PETERS kills me
Lahtina wrote: Daeveed wrote: Lahtina wrote: I can't help reading all your posts today with a robotic voice. Daeveed doesn't mind. P.S. Daeveed wonders if it's a sexy robot..... I don't know about the sexiness but it's driving me insane. So insane, in fact, that I think I'm going to start writing in the third person plural. You take care, they'll see you later. Ahhhhhhh, I understand now!! I think I'm gonna go crazy soon LOL!!
Daeveed wrote: Lahtina wrote: I can't help reading all your posts today with a robotic voice. Daeveed doesn't mind. P.S. Daeveed wonders if it's a sexy robot..... I don't know about the sexiness but it's driving me insane. So insane, in fact, that I think I'm going to start writing in the third person plural. You take care, they'll see you later.
Lahtina wrote: I can't help reading all your posts today with a robotic voice. Daeveed doesn't mind. P.S. Daeveed wonders if it's a sexy robot.....
I don't know about the sexiness but it's driving me insane. So insane, in fact, that I think I'm going to start writing in the third person plural. You take care, they'll see you later.
Ohhh, and the worst accent thing (as a turn off), hmmmmmmmmmm, I would say Indian and sometimes German, although I remember a friend, Axel, he had the cutiest accent speaking spanish.
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Daeveed wrote: Lahtina wrote: No, if you pay attention you can hear some accent. Like with Depeche Mode, you can hear it. Daeveed would like to add the sex pistols, and most british punk bands. Robbie Williams too.. Has anyone seen his concerts?!?!? I'm not a huge fan of his music.....but his live performances are amazing!!!
Nope, but I've seen J-Lo, Britney Spears and Shakira perform. They're so great I can watch them on mute.
Daeveed wrote: Lahtina wrote: No, if you pay attention you can hear some accent. Like with Depeche Mode, you can hear it. Daeveed would like to add the sex pistols, and most british punk bands.
Robbie Williams too..
Has anyone seen his concerts?!?!?
I'm not a huge fan of his music.....but his live performances are amazing!!!
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Lahtina wrote: No, if you pay attention you can hear some accent. Like with Depeche Mode, you can hear it. Daeveed would like to add the sex pistols, and most british punk bands.
I can't help reading all your posts today with a robotic voice.
He's another wierd question.Why do British people talk with accents, but sing without one?E.G Elton John, Spice Girls, Craig David and so on.
No, if you pay attention you can hear some accent. Like with Depeche Mode, you can hear it.
Oh, I just remembered an accent that is so annoying beyond belief (for me, duh, everything irritates me) but the short a in the Canadian accent. Like when the say "pasta" for example... soooooo nasally! I can't stand it!
Bainaman wrote: Regardless of the accent... I can't stand mujeres 'boquisucias'.... Makes them sound classless... Ya! and you might "catch" someting... like an infection, or some' Doguito says: EEEWWWWW
Even guys who swear ALOT are a complete turn off ... sometimes alright pero if every second word you say is a swear word ay nooo
DulceGalletita wrote: Bainaman wrote: Regardless of the accent... I can't stand mujeres 'boquisucias'.... Makes them sound classless... Ummm te refieres a mal habladas ... o a que necesitan usar CREST or COLGATE? Mal habladas.... @ Lahtina - It's so nasty!!! I used to swear A LOT....but I started to catch myself...and changed that about myself. Women sound nasty if they swear A LOT......Once in a while....whatever....but constantly.....It's not attractive.
Ok, yes, I agree. It's just that when I'm mad (like 95% of the time lol) I like to swear. But I would never do it in public just because I know that it is so unattractive.