is it racist to mimic other accents
 

i wonder

g'day, sheila.

well firstly there are many different interpretations of what 'race' actually means; but in short, accents tend to have much more to do with nationality (or region) than the race of the individual with the accent.

it's much more racist to assume that a black man from liverpool won't have a liverpudlian accent because of his race.

Very true indeed.

this is not a binary answer.

also, the vegan has the right idea. what the fuck is "race" and all that shit?

my tendency is to think that "race is racist". or the idea of it. yeah?

outward appearance/skincolor does not a race make.

ps - what the fuck is this "liverpool" you speak of?

There can be and are a number of accents within any one "race" and there are accents that cross multiple "races."

So no, not even if wouldn't allow the race question to be asked.

Explain that to the average to low educated.

make fun of everyone;'s accent. fuck it. we all do it. you could make fun of a frenchman, and for certain there are frenchmen making fun of yr american accent, you know?

I can do a great Russian accent. Wait, I mentioned this on the irrelevant thread. Fuck, now it is relevant and the material has been used. What a waste.

a small city in north west england.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool


they have funny accents.

The home of the Beatles to us yanks.

Depends on the context of the mimicry.

liverpoool
at
night
looks
bad-ass

hA HA HA

yes i know! i was just, eh, making fun of, assumptions, that, eh, never mind.

but if you're talking about funny accents, isn't birmingham where it's at? that's what i've heard anyway...

the two guys in PEEP SHOW, they sound homosexual to me but is is because they are british?

I don;t know.....

shit, I voted incorrectly - I meant "no"

It's totally okay...in context. You need to asses your situation before doing it.
I work in a multi-lingual office and we make fun of each other all the time.

^^ gaybasher.

The brits have the best accents.

who did I hit?

nah nah nah nah, the motherload is wales; now that's talking funny.

Minnesota tops it for me.

You've not been to Croydon, haf ya me sahn? Fahckin 'ell, wot am oi doinn' 'ere, innit?

Fuck you! :mad:

Looks like vegans4veal has done a Boris Johnson here!

Croydon accent = Fail
I have a Croydon accent
Ergo, me = Fail

I thanngyew

for a Scottish person, i don't have a particularly strong Scottish accent.

Yeah, I am going to milk this offence for all of it's worth, clearly. It is true that I have an absurdly scouse accent and it will be confirmed by users screamingskull, h8_kurdt, jon boy and racehorse.


A large portion of my family is from Glasgow and they all speak english like broken lawnmowers.


Yeah getting GBH'd outside McDonalds is awesome with all of those purty lights.

sometimes words hurt more than weapons, Captain Cretin.

:)


seriuz biznezz.

Danny = there can only be one king of "comedy" accents, and here be he:

Oi, what did you do with my bathtub speed, sir? ;)

that man's face creeps me out.

he's up to no good, I tells ya.

Yak yak yak! *attempts to molest Barbra Windsor for the 1,000th time*

don't look at me! I don't touch that shit.

besides, I read yr recipe and there's no way in hell I'm smoking KY jelly.

nice try, Mr. Doom.

Damn, foiled again! I knew that KY jelly would be the giveaway.

4,998,780,075 base heads agree.

And at least 3,000,000,000 will come and bother me at Melly Towers again.."What do you cut you shit with, pubic hair?"
"Errr..."

I think it's OK as long as you wear blackface while you do it.
This applies to any mock accent.

Preaching to the converted: Welsh isn't a singular accent. People from Bangor speak entirely differently to those from Swansea (particularly south Swansea). Birmingham isn't the same accent as Wolverhamton (it tends to be Wolves that get the bad rep). There's a difference between Geordies from North of the Tyne to South. I wouldn't confuse someone from 'ull with someone from Skeggy. There's a fairly large difference depending on which side of the Mersey you're on. Salford is masses different from Manc. For my part, there's a huge difference between a Cliftonite and a 'cliffer, and a difference again from a Wesser. That's not to mention the difference between a Hedger and a Pointy-head (I forget their proper name), which for the majority of you, given a map, would represent about 20 miles.

I used to live with a couple of Chinese people and they were astonished that there could possibly be a difference between London accents and Bristolian accents (ultimately, not a huge geographical gap). Is that the case where you're from?

I really like Britain. I really like the fact that, with a bit of work, you can start telling that such-and-such a person is from such-and-such a pole of the border and which team they're likely to support.

that is weird.

here, there's three different accents:

1) people from the south and the gulf talk one way.
2) people from the north (or past a certain mileage from the city) talk another way.
3) people from mexico city and immediate surroundings.

there's even slang differences and different words depending on each three, although most df-spiel is well known outside.

how do you feel about genetic modification?

Chilango. Niero, which one damn it.