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BrightSilence Devoted Fan

Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 619 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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RedRevolver wrote: | yoruba wrote: | I actually love her voice.
But for me, it's kind of hard to understand her. The american accent is much easier to understand |
That's only because you are taught to speak like an American.
Which is ghey, if you ask me. | Actually over here they teach us british english! It's the media that had me get used to american... |
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rupaZer0 Lonely Fan

Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 205 Location: Rotherham, UK
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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BrightSilence wrote: | RedRevolver wrote: | yoruba wrote: | I actually love her voice.
But for me, it's kind of hard to understand her. The american accent is much easier to understand |
That's only because you are taught to speak like an American.
Which is ghey, if you ask me. | Actually over here they teach us british english! It's the media that had me get used to american... |
My boyfriend's from Israel, so he was taught to speak like an American ... sort of ... and I get the impression from him that British English is difficult to understand because we leave off so many consonants. Especially if, like me, you don't speak in received pronunciation. Particularly confusing for him is the way we don't pronounce the letter r if it's at the end of a syllable. I love British English, though, it's so idiomatic and unpredictable. There's so many different kinds of English all over the country - dialects *and* sociolects - that have still gone unexplored by American treatment of British characters. _________________ Cut scene to BDJ in a lubed-up cuddlefest. |
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BrightSilence Devoted Fan

Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 619 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Well, for me it's a bit harder to understand, but mainly the first minute or so. I just have to switch over to the british accent and when I get used to it it's pretty easy. I've worked in a computer store for some time and had many british customers(sometimes it seems like we are invaded by the british ). I can understand them pretty well, but they always tell me that I have an american accent. I guess that's the con of the media age.
To get back to Kate, I've never really heard that exact dialect before. So it neede some getting used to. And she wasn't talking slow or articulated very well either. But luckilly I could understand her pretty easy.
Overall, it was a cool vid! I liked it alot. |
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RedRevolver Devoted Fan

Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 563
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, sorry BrightSilence.
My sister teaches English in a foreign country and she's forced to teach American English.
I thought that was the case with you. Sorry. _________________ KateModern or we eat YOUR children.
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rupaZer0 Lonely Fan

Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 205 Location: Rotherham, UK
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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I think it depends on the political allegiances and linguistic needs of the country. If a country has closer links to Britain than to America, surely it'll teach British english? _________________ Cut scene to BDJ in a lubed-up cuddlefest. |
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RedRevolver Devoted Fan

Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 563
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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rupaZer0 wrote: | I think it depends on the political allegiances and linguistic needs of the country. If a country has closer links to Britain than to America, surely it'll teach British english? |
You would've thought, but no. _________________ KateModern or we eat YOUR children.
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BrightSilence Devoted Fan

Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 619 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I know the official world language is british english. I would have thought most countries would stick to that, but from what I see here, that's not the case.
I know I had points deducted from my oral exam for saying "fast" with an american accent. Luckilly it wasn't as bad as my classmate who actually said "when I came at school" during the exam . I have no idea how the teacher managed to keep a straight face  |
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VeiwerZane The Order of Denderah
Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 3251 Location: Daniel, ma Belle?
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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well kate said
Quote: | I would love you to send me music! Please send me music! |
Think this is an invite for interaction? Charlie and kate are online said they staying in for the night. i asum this could be similar to events where people like jonas turn up in chat? |
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thelxiepia Suspiciously Absent
Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Great (?) Britain.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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This seems really awesome
I love Kate already. |
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RedRevolver Devoted Fan

Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 563
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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VeiwerZane wrote: | well kate said
Quote: | I would love you to send me music! Please send me music! |
Think this is an invite for interaction? Charlie and kate are online said they staying in for the night. i asum this could be similar to events where people like jonas turn up in chat? |
Possibly. But how do we 'send music'? I have loads of music I could send her, but I dunno.
And if this makes me sound stupid, I'm sorry. But how? _________________ KateModern or we eat YOUR children.
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thoughtssopoetic Enthusiastic Fan

Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 429 Location: at my computer. refreshing this page.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Laurin_B wrote: | I seriously LOVE how interactive this is. I mean, LG is pretty fan-friendly (in terms of incorporation, etc.) but with Kate, I feel more connected. Using Bebo makes me feel like I'm really a part (albeit however small) of her world. Very cool. Very, very cool. |
Yea, I was thinking the same thing.
plus her accent is gorgeous... _________________ my real name is kasienka, just call me kait
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watching_watchers The Order of Denderah

Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7007 Location: I'm like the wind..I'm everywhere!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Yay I didn't even know there was a new video lol. *goes to watch* _________________ "Would you rather be dumber than you look or look dumber than you are?" -Jonas
"Do I look like the kind of girl who wears socks?" -Sarah
The Hymn of One is fun!
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watching_watchers The Order of Denderah

Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7007 Location: I'm like the wind..I'm everywhere!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Her voice is neat. =] && Yeah. Thought its odd how she keeps moving though; kinda bothered me. _________________ "Would you rather be dumber than you look or look dumber than you are?" -Jonas
"Do I look like the kind of girl who wears socks?" -Sarah
The Hymn of One is fun!
Hooray for Orange Slurpees!
Go to my YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/xshibbiex |
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Hallows Casual Observer

Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 81 Location: Crewe, England
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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I'd assume it's just first video anxiety _________________ Not named after a Harry Potter book! |
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katiej88 Casual Observer

Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 47 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: |
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well... she seemed like a cool person and i loved her accent, but...
i was like "why is she moving around like that? wtf? chill out." it was really weird. and i really hope that scarf thing wasnt a wannabe pink boa.
well, lets see what the next vid looks like.
oh also... maybe the "please send me music" thing was the explanation on why she will have weird (relatively unknown) music in future videos. |
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