I prefer the accent used by the Teletubbies - especially the green one.
The USA has NO Official language
I always liked the accent oif Lord Mountbatten -- he sounded very British, but yet very easy to understand, for some reason.
I really love Shakespeare's accent.
"......accents are somewhere between Australian, Cornish, Irish and Scottish, with a dash of Yorkshire - yet bizarrely, completely intelligible if you happen to come from North Carolina."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4694993.stm
"......accents are somewhere between Australian, Cornish, Irish and Scottish, with a dash of Yorkshire - yet bizarrely, completely intelligible if you happen to come from North Carolina."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4694993.stm
The Globe Theatre in London is quite amazing - replicated on the south bank of the River Thames, in Southwark, on the very site of the original as in Shakespeare's time and built in the exact same style - in the "round" - the Bard's "Wooden O" as he called it.
Of course it's fitting that the characters performing on the stage should speak in the English of the Bard himself. What better way could there be to capture the atmosphere of the period? They even have performances where the audience has to dress up in period costume as well, but the directors and producers probably draw the line against insisting that they all actually speak in the manner of 16th/early 17th century England. Shame - it could be fun if that were to happen, but how would you order a couple of J20's and two packets of prawn cocktail crisps at the bar in the interval? Maybe the rules would be relaxed during the intervals.
As I've said before, if Shakespeare was resurrected today everybody (well, Brits mostly) would think he sounded like a yokel, a country bumpkin from the sticks of the English Midlands of his day.
Of course it's fitting that the characters performing on the stage should speak in the English of the Bard himself. What better way could there be to capture the atmosphere of the period? They even have performances where the audience has to dress up in period costume as well, but the directors and producers probably draw the line against insisting that they all actually speak in the manner of 16th/early 17th century England. Shame - it could be fun if that were to happen, but how would you order a couple of J20's and two packets of prawn cocktail crisps at the bar in the interval? Maybe the rules would be relaxed during the intervals.
As I've said before, if Shakespeare was resurrected today everybody (well, Brits mostly) would think he sounded like a yokel, a country bumpkin from the sticks of the English Midlands of his day.
USA has not official Language , first of all because USA is not a Country.
USA is a CORPORATION !
USA is a CORPORATION !
Nah, the US is a federal republic, much like Germany or Austria. It's funny people are comparing the EU to the US, despite the fact that the US is a federal republic, whereas the EU will be a federal republic of federal republics. I'm sure you're fascinated.
Is there much of a chance of any states of the USA breaking off soon? What would it take for such a thing to happen? Which state is the most separatism oriented? Texas?
We Texans like to think of ourselves as our own nation even today, but I believe Alaska actually has the most successful separatist political party (although I know there is a separatist party in Vermont that typically does quite well). I have no idea what it would take for a state to leave the union, but the last time that happened it ended up in full scale war, so I imagine short of full scale war, it probably won't happen.
And actually, the EU is almost exactly what the US was intended to be originally (as far as being a union of sovereign political entities).
And actually, the EU is almost exactly what the US was intended to be originally (as far as being a union of sovereign political entities).
Intended to be, but isn't. Most of the US states are funded by taxes taken from New York, New Jersey, and California... if the US were like the EU, you'd have the Northeast and the West Coast as Germany, France, and the UK, the South as the worst of Eastern Europe (with the exception of what, Texas?), and the Midwest as god knows what, Poland maybe.
Texas is lucky they don't have to pay all those taxes that make sure states like Alabama and South Carolina don't crumble into dust. and yet, they hate us Northerners ... yet we subsidize their lifestyle. Oh well, such is life in these United States.
Texas is lucky they don't have to pay all those taxes that make sure states like Alabama and South Carolina don't crumble into dust. and yet, they hate us Northerners ... yet we subsidize their lifestyle. Oh well, such is life in these United States.
>>We Texans like to think of ourselves as our own nation even today, but I believe Alaska actually has the most successful separatist political party (although I know there is a separatist party in Vermont that typically does quite well). I have no idea what it would take for a state to leave the union, but the last time that happened it ended up in full scale war, so I imagine short of full scale war, it probably won't happen.
And actually, the EU is almost exactly what the US was intended to be originally (as far as being a union of sovereign political entities).<<
The matter is that it seems like it would be far easier to a state to not try to formally secede per se, but rather to emulate Quebec in positioning itself as a nation-within-a-state or a state-within-a-state, so to speak, and regard itself as domestically equal with the federal government rather than as a mere federal subdivision of a greater state (the US). Such would not be legally secession but rather would be effectively treating itself as being de facto autonomous in nature. Of course, in this regard probably the closest thing to such is California, which due to its strong economic position and large population has managed to do things that most other states could not do effectively, such as actually going ahead of the national government in making policies which these days are generally treated as being primarily national in nature (such as policies with respect to product safety and like).
And actually, the EU is almost exactly what the US was intended to be originally (as far as being a union of sovereign political entities).<<
The matter is that it seems like it would be far easier to a state to not try to formally secede per se, but rather to emulate Quebec in positioning itself as a nation-within-a-state or a state-within-a-state, so to speak, and regard itself as domestically equal with the federal government rather than as a mere federal subdivision of a greater state (the US). Such would not be legally secession but rather would be effectively treating itself as being de facto autonomous in nature. Of course, in this regard probably the closest thing to such is California, which due to its strong economic position and large population has managed to do things that most other states could not do effectively, such as actually going ahead of the national government in making policies which these days are generally treated as being primarily national in nature (such as policies with respect to product safety and like).
<<hey Skippy, why don't you fuck yourself? >>
If I could fuck myself I'd never leave the house.
If I could fuck myself I'd never leave the house.
<<Intended to be, but isn't. Most of the US states are funded by taxes taken from New York, New Jersey, and California... if the US were like the EU, you'd have the Northeast and the West Coast as Germany, France, and the UK, the South as the worst of Eastern Europe (with the exception of what, Texas?), and the Midwest as god knows what, Poland maybe.
Texas is lucky they don't have to pay all those taxes that make sure states like Alabama and South Carolina don't crumble into dust. and yet, they hate us Northerners ... yet we subsidize their lifestyle. Oh well, such is life in these United States.>>
Troll or absolute idiot? Which do you think?
Texas is lucky they don't have to pay all those taxes that make sure states like Alabama and South Carolina don't crumble into dust. and yet, they hate us Northerners ... yet we subsidize their lifestyle. Oh well, such is life in these United States.>>
Troll or absolute idiot? Which do you think?
It's the truth, my friend. Why do you think those states always have budget deficits ... because they're socialist wonderlands? No, all of the tax money goes to the federal government, which then goes to states like Alabama or South Carolina that just build these huge, pointless public projects.
It's pretty well known that's the case. The couple of wealthiest states in the US support the poorest. If anything, I wish the US were more like the EU, that way everyone would have to pick up their own slack.
It's pretty well known that's the case. The couple of wealthiest states in the US support the poorest. If anything, I wish the US were more like the EU, that way everyone would have to pick up their own slack.
As in, we up north work our asses off so people in the south can be all lazy and slow and Southern Gentlemanly ... and then rip apart the northerners for being busy and harried. We're paying for your lifestyle, you know.