Texas Woman Wakes From Surgery With British Accent

@shadowen Said

I have never understood why some people refer to a "British" accent. What does that even mean? Britain is made up of England, Cymru and Alba/Scotland. Now of course the accents of people in these 'countries' vary significantly from one another. So saying someone has a "British accent" is incredibly broad and really not very helpful. After all, someone from Glasgow's east end sounds absolutely nothing at all like someone from London's east end. Infact they would struggle to understand one another, and yet they are both "British" accents. Hell even accents within England, Cymru and Alba vary dramatically, and not just between counties and towns, but often within the same town!

Still, having said that I would have thought it is at least a wee bit more helpful to talk of English, Scottish and Welsh accents rather than "British" accents.

@shadowen Said

I have never understood why some people refer to a "British" accent. What does that even mean? Britain is made up of England, Cymru and Alba/Scotland. Now of course the accents of people in these 'countries' vary significantly from one another. So saying someone has a "British accent" is incredibly broad and really not very helpful. After all, someone from Glasgow's east end sounds absolutely nothing at all like someone from London's east end. Infact they would struggle to understand one another, and yet they are both "British" accents. Hell even accents within England, Cymru and Alba vary dramatically, and not just between counties and towns, but often within the same town!

Still, having said that I would have thought it is at least a wee bit more helpful to talk of English, Scottish and Welsh accents rather than "British" accents.

@shadowen Said

I have never understood why some people refer to a "British" accent. What does that even mean? Britain is made up of England, Cymru and Alba/Scotland. Now of course the accents of people in these 'countries' vary significantly from one another. So saying someone has a "British accent" is incredibly broad and really not very helpful. After all, someone from Glasgow's east end sounds absolutely nothing at all like someone from London's east end. Infact they would struggle to understand one another, and yet they are both "British" accents. Hell even accents within England, Cymru and Alba vary dramatically, and not just between counties and towns, but often within the same town!

Still, having said that I would have thought it is at least a wee bit more helpful to talk of English, Scottish and Welsh accents rather than "British" accents.

@NNewt84 Said

I think when people say "British" accent, they're referring to a larger, super-category of accents, similar to when people say "American" accent when that could mean literally any accent from the United States. However, much like how the "British" accent usually refers to English accents, the "American" accent usually means either the Californian or General American accents, since those are the ones most commonly heard in the media, and they sound pretty similar. And heck, even Canadian accents are often mistaken for American - for me, the real clue is the way they pronounce "about".

@DuLu Said

I kinda laughed when I heard about the "British" accent.
I understood all other accents that spoke English-type language,
why the heck wouldn't I understand the Brits --- I thought!

When I actually visited 'across the pond', and went to order something from a fast food place in one
of their tourism areas --- could not understand a word they were saying.

@shinobinoz Said

My uncle had fathered a child from his time overseas in the service who's mom was British. He did not know about the kid. When the son was an adult he tracked down his dad & payed us all a visit to the states. One of my other uncles told him "Say! Your english is pretty good being in the country no longer than you have been!"

@NNewt84 Said

I think when people say "British" accent, they're referring to a larger, super-category of accents, similar to when people say "American" accent when that could mean literally any accent from the United States. However, much like how the "British" accent usually refers to English accents, the "American" accent usually means either the Californian or General American accents, since those are the ones most commonly heard in the media, and they sound pretty similar. And heck, even Canadian accents are often mistaken for American - for me, the real clue is the way they pronounce "about".

@shinobinoz Said

You mean they way they pronounce aboot!

@psycoskunk Said

Outside of TV shows parodying Canadians and maybe some parts of Eastern Canada, I've never heard any Canadian pronounce about as 'aboot.' It's a myth, like how we don't live in igloos.

@psycoskunk Said

Outside of TV shows parodying Canadians and maybe some parts of Eastern Canada, I've never heard any Canadian pronounce about as 'aboot.' It's a myth, like how we don't live in igloos.