If anyone wants to know what a London Accent sounds like....

PushedButton · Post by **PushedButton** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:48 pm

Here's a good example of a London Based TV show called Eastenders, it's very popular in the UK.

This contains good examples of a London Accent and this weeks clip even has an example of the use of the word Geezer.
No one says 'Bloody' or 'Wanker' as far as I noticed.... they wouldn't get away with saying 'wanker' before 9pm as far as I am aware.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/eastend ... _hub.shtml

HyeMew · Post by **HyeMew** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:12 pm

Gemma made a boo-boo...

iamcool · Post by **iamcool** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:27 pm

i know it drives me crazy when they think english ppl talk like that

i blam the queen!

DontHaveAClue · Post by **DontHaveAClue** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:10 pm

PushedButton. You're not being totally honest with us here, aren't you dear? You know, I travel a bit, and I'm quite often in London as a matter of fact. So I don't know where you hang out in London. I'm South Ken/Chelsea based when I'm there. I do hear some bad words sometimes though.

Hi Gemma. If ever you want hang out in London, gimme a call!

PushedButton · Post by **PushedButton** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:49 pm

DontHaveAClue wrote:PushedButton. You're not being totally honest with us here, aren't you dear? You know, I travel a bit, and I'm quite often in London as a matter of fact. So I don't know where you hang out in London. I'm South Ken/Chelsea based when I'm there. I do hear some bad words sometimes though.

Hi Gemma. If ever you want hang out in London, gimme a call!

What am I not being honest about? I don't get you :S

When I was saying no one says 'bloody' or 'wanker' I was referring to the video clips, not London in general... they swear like sailors in real life - just not on tv.

Sami · Post by **Sami** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:16 pm

"There's not like it's a tuuuuuube rigeht aweeey"
Jeez the way she said that sentence annoyed me

iamcool · Post by **iamcool** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:34 pm

geez pushed button, these foreigners dont understand do they?!?!?!?!?!

Inigo · Post by **Inigo** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:36 pm

Pushedbutton

You forget that Gemma is not a native Londoner, she is just studying there, So speaking with a different accent is justified.

iamcool · Post by **iamcool** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:22 pm

Inigo wrote:Pushedbutton

You forget that Gemma is not a native Londoner, she is just studying there, So speaking with a different accent is justified.

she sed she lived in nottingham, but ive been to nottingham n no1 speaks like tht there

jus accept it u americans! we dnt speak like tht

PushedButton · Post by **PushedButton** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:49 pm

Inigo wrote:Pushedbutton

You forget that Gemma is not a native Londoner, she is just studying there, So speaking with a different accent is justified.

Only if it turns out she's from New Zealand. lol
A Midlands (Nottingham) Accent sounds even LESS like Gwyneth Paltrow. Perhaps we should try to find you some clips of Coronation Street.

DontHaveAClue · Post by **DontHaveAClue** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:22 pm

PushedButton wrote: When I was saying no one says 'bloody' or 'wanker' I was referring to the video clips, not London in general... they swear like sailors in real life - just not on tv.

I got you wrong. I though you were trying to tell us that Gemma can not be from London because Londoners don't swear like that. Which would be totally wrong. But, ok, my misunderstanding. There is a tv show I really like from the UK. I can't remember the name, but it's a group of friends hanging out mostly in a pub, and they talk about sex all the time and their issues with their sexual life. It's just hilarious. But there is a lot of swearing! I saw it in the US when I was in Calif.

iamcool · Post by **iamcool** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:25 pm

DontHaveAClue wrote:
PushedButton wrote: When I was saying no one says 'bloody' or 'wanker' I was referring to the video clips, not London in general... they swear like sailors in real life - just not on tv.

I got you wrong. I though you were trying to tell us that Gemma can not be from London because Londoners don't swear like that. Which would be totally wrong. But, ok, my misunderstanding. There is a tv show I really like from the UK. I can't remember the name, but it's a group of friends hanging out mostly in a pub, and they talk about sex all the time and their issues with their sexual life. It's just hilarious. But there is a lot of swearing! I saw it in the US when I was in Calif.

2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps?

Inigo · Post by **Inigo** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:17 pm

1. I'm not american, I'm mexican

2. Gemma has never said where she's from. A fan wrote her once asking her (politely) about her accent, and she replied that it's a mix of two different accents. She didn't specify which ones.

3. So please don't bash Gemma for not speaking in an english accent when you don't even know where she's from. As for the slang, such things tend to stick to people when staying at one place long enough.

4. I looked up the definition of the word "Wanker" according to Wikipedia:

The term literally means "one who wanks. In particular, it may connote one (usually male) who is self-obsessed, or a show-off.The term wanker has also been extended, as a generic insult, to cover self-aggrandizement or ostentatious behaviour, specifically where the performer's impression of their own talent and ability manifestly exceeds that of the audience.

Hence, what gemma was trying to say was that Purple Monkey is a Show Off. And I think many people would agree he really is, because he enjoys the attention he gets from Bree a little too much and holds himself in high regard.

iamcool · Post by **iamcool** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:51 am

hahaaaa wanker doesnt mean tht

it means when you masturbate

haha

but in my case i could show off while im doin it so ur kinda right

PushedButton · Post by **PushedButton** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:57 am

Inigo wrote:1. I'm not american, I'm mexican

2. Gemma has never said where she's from. A fan wrote her once asking her (politely) about her accent, and she replied that it's a mix of two different accents. She didn't specify which ones.

3. So please don't bash Gemma for not speaking in an english accent when you don't even know where she's from. As for the slang, such things tend to stick to people when staying at one place long enough.

4. I looked up the definition of the word "Wanker" according to Wikipedia:

The term literally means "one who wanks. In particular, it may connote one (usually male) who is self-obsessed, or a show-off.The term wanker has also been extended, as a generic insult, to cover self-aggrandizement or ostentatious behaviour, specifically where the performer's impression of their own talent and ability manifestly exceeds that of the audience.

Hence, what gemma was trying to say was that Purple Monkey is a Show Off. And I think many people would agree he really is, because he enjoys the attention he gets from Bree a little too much and holds himself in high regard.

a) Yes we know what the literal meaning is - we just think it's odd that she chose that word.
b) Gemma's accent is not really the issue here, but considering she's been in the UK since she was AT LEAST 15 (I've done the math somewhere else) she should know how and when to use the word wanker by now.
b) It's a puppet!!!

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