Comments on: So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? http://figo.tandolin.co.za/personal/so-what-if-i-speak-english-in-a-non-african-accent.htm Figo Mago - Web Developer Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rusty http://figo.tandolin.co.za/personal/so-what-if-i-speak-english-in-a-non-african-accent.htm#comment-340 Rusty Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:25:12 +0000 http://figo.tandolin.co.za/?p=233#comment-340 I spoke to this capetonian coloured male when he made some enquiries regarding something I had for sale and behing one myself I found this dude to be very irrirtating given his newly acquired american accent he aquired over only a month in Miami, something he very proudly told me if I asked if I was speaking to an american - it had relevance to the item being sold :) "Poser" I mean it was so 'oviaas' I spoke to this capetonian coloured male when he made some enquiries regarding something I had for sale and behing one myself I found this dude to be very irrirtating given his newly acquired american accent he aquired over only a month in Miami, something he very proudly told me if I asked if I was speaking to an american – it had relevance to the item being sold :)

“Poser” I mean it was so ‘oviaas’

]]> By: Accent english speak - British accent - Accents http://figo.tandolin.co.za/personal/so-what-if-i-speak-english-in-a-non-african-accent.htm#comment-330 Accent english speak - British accent - Accents Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:33:54 +0000 http://figo.tandolin.co.za/?p=233#comment-330 [...] So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago 1 Jun 2009. I speak African languages I know in their natural accent. (Sesotho and isiZulu have very different accents). English is a different language So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago [...] [...] So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago 1 Jun 2009. I speak African languages I know in their natural accent. (Sesotho and isiZulu have very different accents). English is a different language So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago [...]

]]> By: How to speak english without accent - British accent - Accents http://figo.tandolin.co.za/personal/so-what-if-i-speak-english-in-a-non-african-accent.htm#comment-328 How to speak english without accent - British accent - Accents Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:59:31 +0000 http://figo.tandolin.co.za/?p=233#comment-328 [...] So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago 1 Jun 2009. I speak African languages I know in their natural accent. (Sesotho and isiZulu have very different accents). English is a different language So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago [...] [...] So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago 1 Jun 2009. I speak African languages I know in their natural accent. (Sesotho and isiZulu have very different accents). English is a different language So What If I Speak English In A Non-African Accent? | Figo Mago [...]

]]> By: Figo http://figo.tandolin.co.za/personal/so-what-if-i-speak-english-in-a-non-african-accent.htm#comment-93 Figo Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:06:54 +0000 http://figo.tandolin.co.za/?p=233#comment-93 @padjester: Thanks for the support. Language is a communication tool after all and it should be used to communicate clearly depending on the context. @mozami: Thank you. That's a very interesting point and so true! I never thought about it that way before! @padjester: Thanks for the support. Language is a communication tool after all and it should be used to communicate clearly depending on the context.

@mozami: Thank you. That’s a very interesting point and so true! I never thought about it that way before!

]]> By: mozami http://figo.tandolin.co.za/personal/so-what-if-i-speak-english-in-a-non-african-accent.htm#comment-92 mozami Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:52:31 +0000 http://figo.tandolin.co.za/?p=233#comment-92 Nice article. Accents can be picked up depending on where you are. I remember an old friend once telling me this, and thus far i cannot disprove it: If a young man goes to the USA for a month, he comes back home with an american accent, like he was born there! But if the same person goes to another country with an accent that is generally frowned upon (e.g. china, india etc), he maintains his original accent - even if he stays there for 5 years! Nice article. Accents can be picked up depending on where you are. I remember an old friend once telling me this, and thus far i cannot disprove it:

If a young man goes to the USA for a month, he comes back home with an american accent, like he was born there! But if the same person goes to another country with an accent that is generally frowned upon (e.g. china, india etc), he maintains his original accent – even if he stays there for 5 years!

]]> By: padjester http://figo.tandolin.co.za/personal/so-what-if-i-speak-english-in-a-non-african-accent.htm#comment-52 padjester Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:41:35 +0000 http://figo.tandolin.co.za/?p=233#comment-52 Language rules, no matter what language you speak........so long as you are clearly defining!!! F*ck accent, UP clarity, DEFINITION!!! Logic :) Language rules, no matter what language you speak……..so long as you are clearly defining!!! F*ck accent, UP clarity, DEFINITION!!! Logic :)

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