Re: [Talk] Which accent?
※ 引述《bangbamg (this i promise you)》之銘言：
: ※ 引述《alexbase (Alex)》之銘言：
: : I think English accent is more casual than British, maybe just because
: ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
: two different accents?
: : the race character is different. My teacher told me that British is very
: : gentlemen, and american is more causal...
: : Open...
: : they're not afraid to talk about anything directly
: well, actually, everytime when people say an accent is more gentle or casual,
: i would like to ask, "why do u think it's gentle/casual?"
: no offense, i'm just curious about that...
: why some people will have a fixed opinion that
: british accent is elegant and american one is ordinary.....
: cuz of the speaking pace? their way of talking? or any reasons else?
: forgive me if u think i'm offensive ^^
Why would that be offensive??
Anyway, just a thought.
I don't think it's so much the pace that they speak or anything,
although they (British) do tend to speak slower than Americans (I think)
I think it's more WHAT they say that makes it supposedly 'elegant'.
Try and read the English version of any of Jane Austen's novels and you
will see what I mean.
I think the British tend to use more difficult words in general to describe
the same thing,
whereas Americans especially use a lot of slang.
I'm not saying either is a good thing or a bad thing.
Too much slang can be annoying,
however, so can excessive 'elegant' language,
especially if it means that something simple is explained in
very difficult terms!
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