Ronin_LLC wrote:

I actually have laughed at a Montreal "gangsta" who was posturing and trying to be threatening and tough, but all he spoke was french. It was just so funny.

It probably wouldn't have been funny if he and his friends kicked my teeth in, but rolling on the floor laughing was not a response they were used to so they just left.

My god, you are so tough and cool!  Can I follow you around and learn to be as rock star as you?

Svend wrote:
My god, you are so tough and cool!  Can I follow you around and learn to be as rock star as you?

Hey, don't cut in line, buddy.

Svend wrote:
My god, you are so tough and cool!  Can I follow you around and learn to be as rock star as you?

Andialu wrote:
Hey, don't cut in line, buddy.

Hey, I wanna be first!

Andialu wrote:

Yeah, I'm sure you did that.

Yeah I did, but at the time I didn't know they were gang members(Canadian gang hoods are much nicer than US gang hood apparantly, way to go Canada) and as far as I could tell they didn't have guns, I just though they were ridiculous.

To me French is not one of those languages that I find threatening. Its a romantic or food related language, like Italian.

A threatening language is German or Russian were everything sounds like they are going to murder you just for breathing.

JadeDRed wrote:

British people are fairly racially diverse, comes from having had an empire i suppose.

Indeed but outside of Britian, or at least here in the US, I seem to be getting vanilla. I want some variety in my international ice cream.

Ronin_LLC wrote:
Yeah I did, but at the time I didn't know they were gang members(Canadian gang hoods are much nicer than US gang hood apparantly, way to go Canada) and as far as I could tell they didn't have guns, I just though they were ridiculous.

To me French is not one of those languages that I find threatening. Its a romantic or food related language, like Italian.

A threatening language is German or Russian were everything sounds like they are going to murder you just for breathing.

When I read your posts I read them in this kids voice. Makes them fun to read.

Small Fruit Pits wrote:

Svend wrote:
My god, you are so tough and cool!  Can I follow you around and learn to be as rock star as you?

Hey, I wanna be first!

No! Me!

Koryn Locke wrote:
I'm from southern Appalachia. People up here tell me I sound European all the time.

How often do you get the creepy Stephen King New England accent experience?

And yeah I get people catching my British accent when it sneaks out.

lyndens wrote:
Right, you live in Kentucky.

Andialu wrote:



When I read your posts I read them in this kids voice. Makes them fun to read.

I read them in Gilbert Gottfrieds voice or Mr Bean.

Ronin_LLC wrote:
How often do you get the creepy Stephen King New England accent experience?

Um, never.

Real New Englanders don't sound like TV New Englanders.

And there are several different variations of the "Boston accent," depending on where you live in the area.

People from Worcester sound different from North Shore natives, who all sound different from upper-class, old money Bostonians.

People from Dorchester and Southy have a TOTALLY distinct-sounding accent. This is especially true for the younger white people (20 somethings) who grew up in Southy, as that area was becoming more racially diverse, so they were exposed to their native inflection, plus Black and Hispanic voices. Some of them have a weird accent that is like the Dorchester accent, but mixed with contemporary "ghetto" slang and nuances. I started working in a strip club this summer, where the only two other white women there were young Southy girls. I couldn't even understand what they were saying half the time, until I got used to listening to it.

Ronin_LLC wrote:

Yeah I did, but at the time I didn't know they were gang members(Canadian gang hoods are much nicer than US gang hood apparantly, way to go Canada) and as far as I could tell they didn't have guns, I just though they were ridiculous.

To me French is not one of those languages that I find threatening. Its a romantic or food related language, like Italian.

A threatening language is German or Russian were everything sounds like they are going to murder you just for breathing.

Yeah right .Listen Mr. Gipsy ,take your meds - the stuff you babble on withdrawal will land you in a mental ward rather sooner than later.

Koryn Locke wrote:

Um, never.

Real New Englanders don't sound like TV New Englanders.

And there are several different variations of the "Boston accent," depending on where you live in the area.

People from Worcester sound different from North Shore natives, who all sound different from upper-class, old money Bostonians.

People from Dorchester and Southy have a TOTALLY distinct-sounding accent. This is especially true for the younger white people (20 somethings) who grew up in Southy, as that area was becoming more racially diverse, so they were exposed to their native inflection, plus Black and Hispanic voices. Some of them have a weird accent that is like the Dorchester accent, but mixed with contemporary "ghetto" slang and nuances. I started working in a strip club this summer, where the only two other white women there were young Southy girls. I couldn't even understand what they were saying half the time, until I got used to listening to it.

I have gotten that creepy maine accent as far south as Chicopee. Which lead me to invoke my New England Rule and flee. Though its more common in Vermont and New Hampshire than Massachusetts.

I have the rule for a reason.

Cy_n wrote:

Yeah right .Listen Mr. Gipsy ,take your meds - the stuff you babble on withdrawal will land you in a mental ward rather sooner than later.

I think this is African not Canadian, but still funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcahGlhswM
You can't rap and be hardcore IN FRENCH. If you don't think its funny because of how absurd it is. Well what would I expect from trolls.

Ronin_LLC wrote:

I think this is African not Canadian, but still funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcahGlhswM
You can't rap and be hardcore IN FRENCH. If you don't think its funny because of how absurd it is. Well what would I expect from trolls.

Maybe it's because you don't understand french?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUJVWpANjVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w_hgQVjeAs

lyndens wrote:

Maybe it's because you don't understand french?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUJVWpANjVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w_hgQVjeAs

True that probably is part of it. But I find Japanese rap to be just as ridiculous and I understand most of it.

Caustic Disco wrote:
i felt like that when i watched Snatch, lol.

That is half the fun of Guy Richie's movies.

Ronin_LLC wrote:
I have not tested this with Latinos

Most Esteemed ese,

I compose this missive with the intent of dissuading you from your endeavors, in the interest of your continued health and well-being.

With great respect and warmest regards,
Dr. Speedy Gonzalez Sabado-Gigante YoQuieroTacoBell, Attorney at Salsa.

ChaiNoir wrote:
'' A black man speaking with a British accent ''
I find your statement offensive and poorly written

I am sorry your highness I meant to say:

"A masculine gendered individual of dark skinned mid African decent conversing in a regional dialect from the south eastern area of the British isles.

Digital Photo PLUS wrote:
Different English accents pretended:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM

+1

I have a suppressed British accent(long story) that only comes out when I want it to or am really nervous, and I love hearing the variety of English accents from Southern to Northern, all the way to cockney.

Ronin_LLC wrote:
I am sorry your highness I meant to say:

"A masculine gendered individual of dark skinned mid African decent conversing in a regional dialect from the south eastern area of the British isles.

Highness - Bahahahahaha

Ronin_LLC wrote:
I do not want to sound racist, though this topic will be on the edge of it though.

I was watching a movie the other day (Howling III) and the accent of one of the Black(Nor sure if he was a true aboriginal or not) actors threw me off so bad it was funny.

I don't exactly know if its a sterotype or if I am just used to certain accents but it just seems funny to me to hear someone speaking in a hilarious accent that seem so out of place for them. For example A black man speaking with a British accent.(Big Guy Richie fan)

An American accent(not that Yo Yo gangsta talk) Caribbean or even Kenyan accents I am comfortable with but anything else just makes me laugh.

I have not tested this with Latinos or Asains yet but I will let you know when I get to experience that little barrel of fun.


Oh and Canada thank you for blowing my mind with french speaking "Gangstas".
I do not care how hardcore badass, a gang banging Homie you are, if you speak French I will laugh at you.

I know what you mean. The first time I heard a black person with a British accent was at a waterpark when I was like 9.. I talked to her for like 20 minutes I thought that was the coolest thing I ever heard.

Edit- and I just started listening to Ed sheeran, who collaborates with rappers sometimes. Sooooo weird to hear English rappers...

&to the person who said something about what's so odd about a British black person, well I'm 17 I've met one, and live in the 3rd most populated city in the us. Sooo yeah. It depends on where you're from&what you're used to hearing.

immateria wrote:
I think people are throwing the OP out of proportion.

My boyfriend has an an Asian coworker with a heavy Scottish accent. You don't exactly see that coming.

That has to be crazy! Haha(:

Ronin_LLC wrote:
True that probably is part of it. But I find Japanese rap to be just as ridiculous and I understand most of it.

No doubt, some of it is.  But hip hop is like anything, there's some good shit and there's some bad shit. I also don't think hip hop has to be hard to be good or that black people have to be to be worthy of attention.

Here's some guys rapping in english in front of a mattress that the garbagemen haven't picked up yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVZbc0SBfKI

And here are some dudes who really want to be amazing but maybe got let down by a lack of inspiring personal experiences:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfTBBaD5MjQ

Pretty bad, right?

Now, here's some good j-pop inspired house:

http://www.1ting.com/player/65/player_110877.html

Ronin_LLC wrote:
For example A black man speaking with a British accent.

The U.K. is a cultural and ethnic melting pot, just like the United States. Does it "throw you" to hear a black person speaking with an American accent? Would an accent from one of the African countries make you more comfortable?

Vanessa Bowman wrote:

The U.K. is a cultural and ethnic melting pot, just like the United States. Does it "throw you" to hear a black person speaking with an American accent? Would an accent from one of the African countries make you more comfortable?

Hows about instead you you trying to make this racist, maybe your try to actually um, I dunno read the posts, okay?

Ok sport now run along.

Ronin_LLC wrote:

Hows about instead you you trying to make this racist, maybe your try to actually um, I dunno read the posts, okay?

Ok sport now run along.

Dear Ronin, we all  know you suffer from complexes. Therefore we recommend therapy to you .Get well soon  !

Cy_n wrote:

Dear Ronin, we all  know you suffer from complexes. Therefore we recommend therapy to you .Get well soon  !

Nope mentally sound per USMHS regulations as of November 19, 2012.

Ronin_LLC wrote:
I do not want to sound racist, though this topic will be on the edge of it though.

....it just seems funny to me to hear someone speaking in a hilarious accent that seem so out of place for them.... For example A black man speaking with a British accent....

and Canada thank you for blowing my mind with french speaking "Gangstas".
I do not care how hardcore badass, a gang banging Homie you are, if you speak French I will laugh at you.

Not so much racist, more badly educated.

30 seconds on google often saves one from making a fool of oneself.

"Black British is used as an official category in UK national statistics ethnicity classifications.

The black population has increased from 1.1 million to over 1.8 million from 2001 to 2011, a growth of 40%.[8] The UK has the second-largest black population in Europe, after France"

"There is evidence of the presence of black people in Roman Britain... some were in the upper echelons of society."

" Liverpool is home to Britain's oldest black community, dating to at least the 1620s"

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


" royal families from Africa and Asia... have been sending their sons to Eton for generations."

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

And French accents...

Saw a documentary about the French Foreign Legion a few years back... the toughest assault course in the world. Their record is 45 minutes; the US Marines took 7 hours:

You can see it here

"French Foreign Legion Jungle Training Guayana "

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showt … p?t=215226

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

- and I have a lot of respect for the US Marines.

Hugh Alison wrote:

Not so much racist, more badly educated.

30 seconds on google often saves one from making a fool of oneself.

"Black British is used as an official category in UK national statistics ethnicity classifications.

The black population has increased from 1.1 million to over 1.8 million from 2001 to 2011, a growth of 40%.[8] The UK has the second-largest black population in Europe, after France"

"There is evidence of the presence of black people in Roman Britain... some were in the upper echelons of society."

" Liverpool is home to Britain's oldest black community, dating to at least the 1620s"

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


" royal families from Africa and Asia... have been sending their sons to Eton for generations."

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

And French accents...

Saw a documentary about the French Foreign Legion a few years back... the toughest assault course in the world. Their record is 45 minutes; the US Marines took 7 hours:

You can see it here

"French Foreign Legion Jungle Training Guayana "

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showt … p?t=215226

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

- and I have a lot of respect for the US Marines.

You have obviously misunderstood the OP. I am not saying there are no black people in Britain or that I didn't think there was.

My point was the pleasant surprise of something unexpected or different.

Ronin_LLC wrote:

Hows about instead you you trying to make this racist, maybe your try to actually um, I dunno read the posts, okay?

Ok sport now run along.

Ya, I read all of your posts, thoroughly, and with excellent comprehension.

You probably make the worst case for yourself in the history of internet arguments.

We the jury find you to be a Massive Tool.

Ronin_LLC wrote:
My point was the pleasant surprise of something unexpected or different.

There have been black people in the U.K. longer than there have been black people in the United States. How, exactly, is that "unexpected," or "different"?