DulceGalletita wrote:

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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?

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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.

Bainaman wrote:

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Regardless of the accent... I can't stand mujeres 'boquisucias'.... Makes them sound classless...

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Nah, I disagree. It all depends, I say. Same with guys.

Regardless of the accent...

I can't stand mujeres 'boquisucias'....

Makes them sound classless...

Jaime Cruz wrote:

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This is kinda wierd and I don't know if I'm the only one, but every nationality has an accent that is associated to they're culture. But have you noticed that asian people have a specific way of laughing?What I mean is no matter what accent most cultures have they're laughter is the same, but with asian people they're laugh is different. It's short and sounds nervous. Like they literally laugh and say Ha Ha Ha.I don't know it's a wierd thing to notice, but I work with like 7 asians and I can't tell the difference of which one is laughing.  

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Trust me... seven Asians does not make up the totality of Asians. I'm gonna have to pay attention to this. Oh and, when you say Asians, you mean all of them?  I know that when I hear one Asian in particular laugh, it makes my skin crawl.

Lahtina wrote:

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  Ok, so we know what accents turn you on, which ones turn you off?

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Umm, I think it's polish or no se pero los que cuando hablan es como que si te estan gritando o algo ..

Bainaman wrote:

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Lahtina wrote:   Ok, so we know what accents turn you on, which ones turn you off? Women with hardcore German accents!!!!

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Hmmm, for me it would probably be the Dominican accent or the Indian accent.

Lahtina wrote:

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Ok, so we know what accents turn you on, which ones turn you off?

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Women with hardcore German accents!!!!

JOKER_ESCO wrote:

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Shei wrote: ahh este era el thread...lol..  decia que me fascina el acento centroamericano..que tengo algunos amigos que cuando hablan me quedo embobada escuchandolos..   Hay shei tus amigos te tienen embobada de verda LoL te fuiste para la otra Thread LoL

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  jejejjee.. sii..es que mira...hablan con ese acento tan lindo que bue..mira lo que me hacen hacer..equivocarme de thread!!.. lol ..y no solo el acento también las palabras que usan son dulces..   es como con tus venezolanas  

ahh este era el thread...lol..  decia que me fascina el acento centroamericano..que tengo algunos amigos que cuando hablan me quedo embobada escuchandolos..  

Danny416 wrote:

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JOKER_ESCO wrote: I really don't care about accents, but Venezolanas y Boricuas damn They hot and I love their accent.... i never really met any venezolanas aqui, but i heard lots of stuff about them

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I have a few friends from venezuela here, and I had a girlfrind from venezuela she was ummm damn...

I really don't care about accents, but Venezolanas y Boricuas damn They hot and I love their accent....

Miel wrote:

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Accent =Identity,.. I have accent and I m proud of it,. I don't want to lose it,.. but I know that ppl descriminates for it,. I haven't been descriminated for it but I have seen how intelligent and very capable ppl hasn't been hired just because of the accent (just ann example),..Something redicoulus for me especially here in Canada which is known as a Multicultural Country,.. En latinoamerica no creo que un acento sea mas prestigioso que otro,. pero si se puede distinguir de que pais eres por tu acento,.. En Ecuador por ejemplo tenemos varios acentos y depende de como habla la persona sabes de donde es,.. y no nunca cambiaria mi acento,..

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yo creo que hablo mas como costeno

Accent =Identity,.. I have accent and I m proud of it,. I don't want to lose it,.. but I know that ppl descriminates for it,. I haven't been descriminated for it but I have seen how intelligent and very capable ppl hasn't been hired just because of the accent (just ann example),..Something redicoulus for me especially here in Canada which is known as a Multicultural Country,..

En latinoamerica no creo que un acento sea mas prestigioso que otro,. pero si se puede distinguir de que pais eres por tu acento,.. En Ecuador por ejemplo tenemos varios acentos y depende de como habla la persona sabes de donde es,.. y no nunca cambiaria mi acento,..

Paradox wrote:

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Son "imbeciles" (word of the week, don't snap) o no saben leer?

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LOL!!! I don't think we consciously will pick up the accent if we lived in spain or england ... but some words will be picked up ...

For example: I find that when I'm talking with friends and they have their accent I kinda flow with them and pick up la manera que hablan y se expresan ...

Just like Genie, I don't think I have much of an accent when I speak ... so why not share what other may have

*** What has me kinda , is the british singers I mean when they speak they have their accent and all but when they sing it's like poof the accent is gone! ***

I think, that your accent is part of your identity but with the years, you probably tend to loose it since you live in complete immersion, that is why it is very important to continue to practice and to read in your mother tongue.

I agree that sometimes people are being discriminated for their accent but it does not only happened here in Canada and I hope it is not commom practice. Since we all come from somewhere else that will be the most stupid thing to take incount.

When I speak Spanish, right away, people ask me if I am Mexico, LOL, sometimes I just say yes because it is easier. But when I speak English, well, my French Accent comes back and it's very oBvious, specially over the phone

What accent do I like? Any spanish accent I already came across with and of course the ones from South Africa and Australia

-- Edited by Julie at 13:15, 2006-01-17

Paradox wrote:

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Son "imbeciles" (word of the week, don't snap) o no saben leer?

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 Eres imbecil, don't you know by now that the threads always end up at a different topic, then the original one!!

Dogo wrote:

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In Spanish i loooove the Spaniard accent, on men it doesn't sound right, but on women... Mmmmmmmm (and argentinian, of course, lol) Ya, in english, south african is the nicest

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QUE chula LINDA wrote:

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Paradox wrote: What is the connection between accent and identity? I was watching the news the other night and I caught a report on voice screening/racial discrimination when renting an apartment. Based on the dialect the caller was stereotyped and discriminated against. Is there one Spanish dialect that is more prestigious than another throughout Latin America? Would you ever change your use of "vos" for "tú" or vice versa? What do you think about someone who changes their Latin American-Spanish accent to an Iberian Spanish one? Or their American English accent to a British one? Accents, kind of, add flavour to the personality/character of the person.  I don;t think anyone should hide or try to get rid of their accent.  Accents can be sexy or cute......in a way.     

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VERY TRUE!! I LIKE UR ACCENT ITS NICE AND MAKES U UNIQUE!

I LOVE THE SPANISH ACCENT IN PPL WHO ARE TRYING TO TALK ENGLISH ITS NICE I DONT KNOW WHY I HAVE LOVED IT AND WORKING WITH AMERICANS ITS FUNNY HOW FROM ONE STATE TO THE NEXT U CAN HAVE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT ACCENTS.

i truly think that it makes u original i have lost my accent i talk pure canadian and in spanish when i talk u cant even tell im salvadorian!

 

Paradox wrote:

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What is the connection between accent and identity? I was watching the news the other night and I caught a report on voice screening/racial discrimination when renting an apartment. Based on the dialect the caller was stereotyped and discriminated against. Is there one Spanish dialect that is more prestigious than another throughout Latin America? Would you ever change your use of "vos" for "tú" or vice versa? What do you think about someone who changes their Latin American-Spanish accent to an Iberian Spanish one? Or their American English accent to a British one?

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Accents, kind of, add flavour to the personality/character of the person.  I don;t think anyone should hide or try to get rid of their accent.  Accents can be sexy or cute......in a way.     

I don't remember there being a "who has the sexiest accent" question.  If I have to answer my own questions the answer is no, I don't think that there is a more prestigious accent. No, I wouldn't change my own accent conciously. If I were living in the country, I would probably pick up some new words and use them. But, if I were living in Spain, for example, I wouldn't use the "vosotros" and the "os" at least I don't think I could.

I've met people (Europeans) who spoke with an American accent one day and then changed it to a British one the next. That's just too phony for me, I find phoniness irritating. If Madonna suddenly had a British accent, wouldn't you find that stupid? I would.

puerto rican , cuban and dominican accents!!!  colombian too, french, english, and girls from the coast of Ecuador

I love all accents ... especially from colombia, chile, argentina and much more ...

And yes there is DISCRIMINATION ... I mean I work for customer service and this one man called and spoke to a friend of mine who has an accent when she speaks english and he hung up on her and called again and I answered ... and he was like FINALLY SOMEONE THAT SPEAKS ENGLISH (imbecil I tell ya!)

Oh, I had to get use to "vos" ... I was told it was informal and not to use and to use "usted: ...

 

 

Paradox wrote:

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What is the connection between accent and identity? I was watching the news the other night and I caught a report on voice screening/racial discrimination when renting an apartment. Based on the dialect the caller was stereotyped and discriminated against. Is there one Spanish dialect that is more prestigious than another throughout Latin America? Would you ever change your use of "vos" for "tú" or vice versa? What do you think about someone who changes their Latin American-Spanish accent to an Iberian Spanish one? Or their American English accent to a British one?

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          ANSWER UR OWN QUESTIONS FIRST

        AND NOT PRESTIGIOUS BUT SEXY IS THE COLUMBIAN ACCENT!!!!!!!! MMMMMMMMMMM QUE ACCENTO MAS RICO!! AND MEXICAN ONLY CUZ I LOVE THE WAY ORALE TALKS SEXY!!