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jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Yes it does.

The 5th thingy says "Do not uprise against the government or you will pay. If this was a free country I would tell you to get out of here while you can. But sadly I can't, we don't live in a free country"

and the independance thingy says that people have the freedom to uprise against the current government if they wanna or whatever 

no it doesnt what are you talking about
it protects against the government abusing their authority
lurn2reed

wikipedia wrote:

protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure

Read it the wrong way 

But whats this got to do with my russian accent?

Wikipedia wrote:

to "plead the fifth" is to refuse to answer a question because the response could provide self-incriminating evidence of an illegal act punishable by fines, penalties or forfeiture.

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

no it doesnt what are you talking about
it protects against the government abusing their authority
lurn2reed

wikipedia wrote:

protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure

Read it the wrong way 

But whats this got to do with my russian accent?

Wikipedia wrote:

to "plead the fifth" is to refuse to answer a question because the response could provide self-incriminating evidence of an illegal act punishable by fines, penalties or forfeiture.

._.

Still no idea why you would plead the 5th.

I can do an almost decent British accent. All you have to do is act like the letter R doesn't exist, and add the "aaah" sound whenever possible. 

Also, there are differences between accents in different parts of a country. For example, people in the northern half of the US almost sound British. People like me in the country in the south half of the US sound about the complete opposite of that. We also say the O sound in dog as aw. We say dawg. 

fire219 wrote:

I can do an almost decent British accent. All you have to do is act like the letter R doesn't exist, and add the "aaah" sound whenever possible. 

Also, there are differences between accents in different parts of a country. For example, people in the northern half of the US almost sound British. People like me in the country in the south half of the US sound about the complete opposite of that. We also say the O sound in dog as aw. We say dawg. 

i disagree
people here don't sound british

In England we say "dog", and we say "car-nt" not "can-t", it's easier to understand someone when they have an English accent because everything is said so clearly.

veggieman001 wrote:

luiysia wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

That's interesting... all the american tv shows I watch seem to have the same accent 

Mythbusters for example.

It's all greek to me 

But seriously, how different to the regional accents get?

Really different. Probably the reason you only really see the one accent (plus maybe some southern accents) is because it could be difficult to understand. Anyway, I think Midwestern is the best to try and learn if you want to because it's the easiest and is easier to recognize.

i wouldn't say the midwest is necessarily the easiest
we're pretty easy over here!

I mean people recognize it more easily. Plus it's more widespread so it's easy to learn.

soupoftomato wrote:

werdna123 wrote:

What do you Americans and Australians and stuff think British accents are like?

You guys think Rs are completely pointless or something.

Australian accent and british cockney are similar though.

yeah this thread has just made me like lose respect for foreigners a bit
sorry 

soupoftomato wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

You guys think Rs are completely pointless or something.

Australian accent and british cockney are similar though.

I FORGOT.

You think they are pointless until they aren't even in the word! "Riposte to earn my respect, Reginald" would have like barely any R sound from what I've heard and then all the sudden, "I've got an idear" 'I carn't do that"

(And Liru, how do we say Dog any differently than it is spelled?)

And uh, I know I like seriously stereotyped you guys right there but this has to be on of the more insulting threads I've read.

"I have no idea(r) what the American archived papers say but I'll say something about being against freedom and act like I know more anyway!"
"NO AMERICANS PRONOUNCE ANYTHING CORRECT BOYS"

We really don't. We've literally corrupted thousands of different words and assimilated them into our language.

Think, how can THEY be pronouncing it wrong when we got it from them?

Luke121 wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Australian accent and british cockney are similar though.

I FORGOT.

You think they are pointless until they aren't even in the word! "Riposte to earn my respect, Reginald" would have like barely any R sound from what I've heard and then all the sudden, "I've got an idear" 'I carn't do that"

(And Liru, how do we say Dog any differently than it is spelled?)

And uh, I know I like seriously stereotyped you guys right there but this has to be on of the more insulting threads I've read.

"I have no idea(r) what the American archived papers say but I'll say something about being against freedom and act like I know more anyway!"
"NO AMERICANS PRONOUNCE ANYTHING CORRECT BOYS"

Think, how can THEY be pronouncing it wrong when we got it from them?

Do you know how silly the ideas presented in that argument seem to me.

That's like saying America has more native English speakers so we are the ones pronouncing it right.

Words don't become CORRUPTED. Dialects and such are just the way things happen/

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jji7skyline wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Australian accent and british cockney are similar though.

I FORGOT.

You think they are pointless until they aren't even in the word! "Riposte to earn my respect, Reginald" would have like barely any R sound from what I've heard and then all the sudden, "I've got an idear" 'I carn't do that"

(And Liru, how do we say Dog any differently than it is spelled?)

And uh, I know I like seriously stereotyped you guys right there but this has to be on of the more insulting threads I've read.

"I have no idea(r) what the American archived papers say but I'll say something about being against freedom and act like I know more anyway!"
"NO AMERICANS PRONOUNCE ANYTHING CORRECT BOYS"

Well, I prefer the british pronounciation, no offence :3

Say dog. Now say laugh. See how it sounds very similar? In the british/aussie pronunciation they sound completely different. The o in dog sound like the o in oil, but without the twist of the i at the end 

How the heck do you think I say dog and laugh because they definitely don't sound the same.

Liru wrote:

The thing is with where I live is that I get a lot of Americans coming down wanting to see London, and they're just overly offensive. They're always asking why I'm not drinking tea or why I'm not wearing a monocle. England is hardly a posh country, the poshest person I know is Polish and she lives in a million pound manor which is still being made whilst people are mad at her for being rich. It's also annoying that they find it offensive when I can't understand them but it's perfectly ok to be racist towards me and my nationality with stupid stereotypes and the false knowledge that we all know the queen.

Wow.

For the record, those people sound like the idiot and scum of our country all stewing around your city because it's the capital or something.

Where I live we are apparently all completely fat idiots with no respect or dignity living in filth and being jerks. (Not to mention I live in Kentucky)

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