Americans going on holiday

[404 Not Found]

is that a sly way of saying you will arrange to have me beaten and dropped 8 miles from my hotel for saying all americans are fat?

Actually it was an honest invitation, so that I could show you that we are not all fat, as well as give you a tour from a locals perspective, rather than a vacation tour guide.

[thesearcher]

I don't watch more than 3 hours of tv a week, and I don't need to know 50 british people to realize that british accents aren't intimidating.






While I've interacted with British people before in the past, the one british guy I see the most (goes to my school, dumb idea since my school sucks, but it's his parent's money~) doesn't have an intimidating accent.

When you people talk about a person being intimidating, accent is probably on the lowest level of significance- height, build, posture and facial expressions are the major factors in someone having an imposing presence, not how they sound. Volume and the words they use might be smaller key factors, but an accent alone(let alone a british one) is not going to be intimidating.

Instead of jumping the gun and wishing I've never talked to a non-american before, you should step back and think about what is so intimidating about the people you're using as examples (mental examples of people you know personally or famous celebrities). There is the italian stereotypical "tough guy" accent, but would that guy really be intimidating if he was 5'3, weighed about 115 and had a mousey face? Accents are not what come into play, look deeper.

your the one that started the whole "brit accents are not intimidating" thing...... so maybe you should have looked deeper at the start instead of shooting your mouth..... fingers off.

as for 404, i know it was a valid invitation , i was kidding...... this sarcasm over the internet thing just isnt working.

[Liquid Blue]

you brought up the subject of accents being intimidating, and I disagreed. Don't feel too bad, I think the idea of accents being intimidating are just as stupid if they're bronx accents or british accents, so it's not just your country.

[genocidal]

no liqid blu u jstu watch to much tv LOL amreicans

[thesearcher]

you brought up the subject of accents being intimidating, and I disagreed. Don't feel too bad, I think the idea of accents being intimidating are just as stupid if they're bronx accents or british accents, so it's not just your country.

404 brought it up, and i dont feel bad at all.

to other brits, the cockney accent is intimidating, im talking from experiance, and the amount of confrontations at university i have had where the other guy/guys will just back down as soon as they hear me speak. Its probably more to do with simply my accent and has something to do with my body language or what it is im saying exactly.

Im sure in america theres an accent that other americans register as belonging to some1 who comes from a rough area, and so is most likely rough themselves.

[3e_]

If you hear thesearcher say "What makes you think I wont cut you?!?", you will encounter what some people call "An instant crap due to fear" this is a direct cause and effect from being so faint hearted and timorous.

[genocidal]

They're called black people (HI LB!!). No wonder your country doesn't win wars anymore, you're afraid of poor retarded white people.

[thesearcher]

They're called black people (HI LB!!). No wonder your country doesn't win wars anymore, you're afraid of poor retarded white people.

name the last war we lost?

cough vietnam cough

[Pearl Jam]

you guys lost the vietnam war?

bummer. keep your head up, buddy

[Chao.]

you guys lost the vietnam war?

bummer. keep your head up, buddy

South Vietnam technically lost the Vietnam war.

[3e_]

I know ur being sarcastic, becasue if not you're a dumbass.

[thesearcher]

you guys lost the vietnam war?

bummer. keep your head up, buddy

sarcasm because im right. gj

[Galleleo]

Does that count for me too 404? I am not from the UK..

[Colossos]

I tried to think of a random post for this thread but it didn't work

[Liquid Blue]

to other brits, the cockney accent is intimidating, im talking from experiance, and the amount of confrontations at university i have had where the other guy/guys will just back down as soon as they hear me speak. Its probably more to do with simply my accent and has something to do with my body language or what it is im saying exactly.

Hey whatever works over there, I don't get intimidated if I hear someone with a bronx accent or southern accent (unless he's white and the sheriff, oops that was your daughter! ). Of course aparentally you guys have alot of "confrontations" while us Americans just let out that tension by shooting people.

name the last war we lost?

cough vietnam cough

I'd say you weren't doing so hot in WW2, but hey let's not pick hairs.

They're called black people (HI LB!!). No wonder your country doesn't win wars anymore, you're afraid of poor retarded white people.

Rofl. At least over here white people are afraid of black guys because we steal elderly women's purses and rape young white women, not because of how we talk!