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    I sound fine in all circumstances, and if I choose, I can sound positively awesome.

    I'm quite sure you all sound fine as well, but lack confidence for some silly reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrabGirl View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by chalice View Post

    If only that were true, sweetheart.

    If you heard my brogue you'd kick me repeatedly in the teeth.

    But, for me, it would be totally worth it.
    But I especially like the accent from Northern Irelandishire, and singing songs from my favorite musical would be totally win.

    "Feed me Seymour" would sound awesome.

    I must say the same doesn't go for women from Northern Ireland. I get them on the phone and there is something about the timbre of their voices which sets my eardrum physically rattling and I have to set my phone to "Harpy" to filter out the bad notes.
    That's an insult to harpies, like.

    The female Belfast accent is a cruel and unusual punishment. As you know, I do the wages for a call centre with about three quarters of the staff being Belfast 'millies' (as we call them).

    I pity the poor fuckers on the receiving end of their sales pitch. I'm used to it but their victims must feeling like they're getting their ears ironed.

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    Ironed? Punched with one of these more like.

    This pump dispenses gasoline, a fossil fuel. People who believe fossils are not real should put something else in their tanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrabGirl View Post
    Ironed? Punched with one of these more like.

    Your winter gloves I see
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    Had the misfortune to hear myself on video the other day and I sound awful . Bit like CG, in that my voice changes when drunk. I sound really Londonish then, hence acquiring the nickname 'cockney wanker' through uni. When sober I have a faintly Janet Street-Porterish way of pronouncing words, and on account of the tongue stud sometimes slur certain words, especially if they're a bit tongue-twisting.

    On the subject of British accents in America, I found they tended to think I was Australian. They're just not used to hearing foreign accents from other developed countries I think .

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    Your voice must be well messed up, like. Janet S-P.
    Now go away.

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    Tell me about it . I'm surprised I haven't had my head stoved in yet.

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    I'm more surprised that she hasn't.
    Now go away.

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    She became 1000% safer when she stopped being the Editor of the Independent .

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    If JSP had a stud as well as the teeth would she be able to speak at all?

    With the JSP it is the opinions/voice/attitude combination that is so stoveable.
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