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[MrChom]

Ack, Valley Girl accents...too used to hearing her Received Pronunciation accent.

It's one of those US accents like the Boston one that somewhat grate on me...

 

[sploatee]

To me, her natural accent is obnoxious. I'm obviously biased though because I talk with somewhat of a valley girl intonation.

RP accent is obnoxious, eh?

I suddenly feel all patriotic.

 

[Monocle]

I approve.

 

[Finaika]

Wow, she sounds like Morrigan.

https://youtu.be/OiierMK8GM0?t=16s

 

[borborygmus]

I have a feeling she's going to end up with a Klingon forehead, the way she constantly overworks her eyebrows.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

I'm not attracted to her in that video surprisingly

 

[WrenchNinja]

Why do people still call her khaleesi jesus christ

 

[liliththepale]

RP accent is obnoxious, eh?

I suddenly feel all patriotic.

How do you think I feel with all the valley girl haters? xD

 

[toastyToast]

That's dreadful. I thought, "why does it always have to be ditzy?" But then I thought what would a "smart valley girl sound like?" After a moment's consideration my brain shut down.

 

[Waikis]

Why do the English keep on with this English accent crap? We beat your ass during the American Revolution, and saved your ass during Dubbya Dubbya 2. At least show some Goddamn respect(like Mel Gibson did) by speaking English the modern, and correct way.

But the American accent is actually closer to how the Brits would speak back in the days ..
http://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html

 

[Vegivo]

Love her

 

[sploatee]

How do you think I feel with all the valley girl haters? xD

Two hates don't make a love

Don't hate the Queen's English!

Valley girl is pretty much the global standard anyway! You guys set the trends for pretty much every young person. The Queen's is on its way out.

 

[liliththepale]

Two hates don't make a love

Don't hate the Queen's English!

Valley girl is pretty much the global standard anyway! You guys set the trends for pretty much every young person. The Queen's is on its way out.

To be fair, the post you quoted was me replying to someone about VG being obnoxious.

 

[sploatee]

To be fair, the post you quoted was me replying to someone about VG being obnoxious.

That's ok. I'm not being serious anyway.

Just defending my Queen and Country and the United Kingdom.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

But the American accent is actually closer to how the Brits would speak back in the days ..
http://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html

It doesn't say that. It talks of the typical accent, but a number of traditional accents in Britain have remained the same.

 

[show me your skeleton]

That's ok. I'm not being serious anyway.

Just defending my Queen and Country and the United Kingdom.

but RP was the promoted accent of the social elite! DOWN WITH THE CLASS SYSTEM! VIVE LA COCKNEY!

 

[Qassim]

It doesn't say that. It talks of the typical accent, but a number of traditional accents in Britain have remained the same.

Yeah, exactly - there are accents (albeit from less populated and internationally recognised places) that have not been changed all that much in a very similar way to many accents in the US have over the past two hundreds years.

Whereas some of the more diverse places such as London and Manchester have changed significantly, and I suspect you would see a similar thing in many of the diverse areas of the US.

 

[Laieon]

I actually like the valley girl thing, I think it's cute. Best American accent is a southern one though, southern girls are awesome.

 

[Gonzalez]

But the American accent is actually closer to how the Brits would speak back in the days ..
http://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html

Damn, so the Red Coats have been faking it all these years. Makes me wonder if are fellow British GAFers drop their accents when they aren't in public.

 

[Game4life]

Wow, that's so much better than her regular voice.

Sarcasm?

 

[chaobreaker]

Vocal fry is so hot. Fuck all those vocal fry haters.

 

[Hyperactivity]

I actually like the valley girl thing, I think it's cute. Best American accent is a southern one though, southern girls are awesome.

Southern accents (at least the majority of them, there are a ton of different ones) are good when there's a slight accent at most. Heavy southern accents bother me too much

 

[Mendrox]

God how can somebody be this perfect? First Rastafari and now this. I would happily die with a woman like this.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Clueless was a good-ass movie. I totally agree with her.

 

[Hoo-doo]

This is the biggest turn-off in the world. Goddamn.

It's like she dropped 30-40 points on the IQ scale somehow. Can't stand it.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

As much as it pains me to say it, that's not a valley girl accent but some kind of new affectation that some of the Starbucks set right here in NYC have picked up.

I don't know how it started, but I hear it even at work.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

This is the biggest turn-off in the world. Goddamn.

It's like she dropped 30-40 points on the IQ scale somehow. Can't stand it.

don't worry; she was just acting.

 

[DeFiBkIlLeR]

Why do the English keep on with this English accent crap? We beat your ass during the American Revolution, and saved your ass during Dubbya Dubbya 2.

Well in that case you Americans should be speaking French because you wouldn't have won in 1776 without them sticking their nose in.

 

[Gonzalez]

Well in that case you Americans should be speaking French because you wouldn't have won in 1776 without them sticking their nose in.

Well we did give them Louisiana, at least.

 

[The Mule]

Vocal fry is not sexy. She is sexy though.

 

[backflip10019]

Vocal fry is not sexy. She is sexy though.

My exact thoughts in this order. I can't stand vocal fry. I dig her real accent more.

 

[Steiner84]

has propably been asked, but what is a valley girl?

 

[Cheebo]

has propably been asked, but what is a valley girl?

 

[Currygan]

this is awful, but I guess you gotta pander to that American audience if you want a career

really grating. ugh

 

[radios shipping overview]

As much as it pains me to say it, that's not a valley girl accent but some kind of new affectation that some of the Starbucks set right here in NYC have picked up.

I don't know how it started, but I hear it even at work.

Yeah, it's an upper-middle-class urban white girl accent more than a valley-girl accent. The character Shoshanna from Girls speaks this way and embodies the type. But for what it's worth, Emilia nailed it, too.

 

[higgsboson1997]

I never really understood all the people who claim she can't act. I've never had a problem with her on screen abilities and this just shows how easy she finds accents.

Also, the valley girl accent in short bursts is adorably sexy. Long term? Not so much.

Most critics seem to love her. I think it's because a lot of these forums have a large amount of Dany hate due to ADWD, where her chapters were unbearable. She was fantastic this season imo.

 

[sploatee]

but RP was the promoted accent of the social elite! DOWN WITH THE CLASS SYSTEM! VIVE LA COCKNEY!

NO WAY!

NORTH FOR EVA!

 

[Currygan]

NO WAY!

NORTH FOR EVA!

now you guys don't start again pls!

 

[Vincent Grayson]

don't worry; she was just acting.

Best acting she's ever done by my count!

 

[BertramCooper]

I want to hear her scream, "Where are my dragons?" in that accent.

 

[Yaboosh]

has propably been asked, but what is a valley girl?

A culture surrounding high school/mall culture in the valley near LA in the 80s/90s.

 

[Schrade]

This poster cracks me up. The girl in that movie poster doesn't even have the same face as Deborah Foreman who was the star in the movie:

 

[Noaloha]

has propably been asked, but what is a valley girl?

Zappa - Valley Girl

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Saoirse Ronan did it better

 

[PeskyToaster]

British people and their goofball accents. Tone it down or we'll have to cross this lond and show you what for.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM

EDIT: Beaten, should've linked it when I brought it up the first time, heh.

I actually like the valley girl thing, I think it's cute. Best American accent is a southern one though, southern girls are awesome.

Depends on the region though, some are just horrible.

 

[MC Safety]

Well in that case you Americans should be speaking French because you wouldn't have won in 1776 without them sticking their nose in.

Incorrect.

Also, I would totally marry Callie from the valley.

 

[Currygan]

British people and their goofball accents. Tone it down or we'll have to cross this lond and show you what for.

you guys are so lucky, you got Sigourney Weaver to overdub David Attenborough

 

[daviyoung]

Incorrect.

Is it?