American Accent!!!!

sawseesaw · 2023-04-23T14:00:44+00:00

Why does she have to have a US accent?

Ersorrywhatnow · 24/04/2023 07:54

just the siren here - are you hearing voices OP?

StupidFaces · 24/04/2023 07:51

Fatkittythinkitty · 24/04/2023 07:48

I'd like to think it was done on purpose to wind up mumsnetters who are bizarrely wound up by all things American. Clearly any alert should be voiced in the style of Winston Churchill.

I would have enjoyed that

StupidFaces · 24/04/2023 07:51

sawseesaw · 23/04/2023 15:11

Well aware, but you clicked on it didn't you!

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I clicked on it because I assumed the thread would be about British folk putting on American accents or something.

BlueKaftan · 24/04/2023 07:50

I absolutely love an American accent. In fact I love all things American. But then I’m American, living in a country that thinks I’m stupid and tacky. 🙄

phoenixrosehere · 24/04/2023 07:49

For some after looking at the other thread..

Fatkittythinkitty · 24/04/2023 07:48

I'd like to think it was done on purpose to wind up mumsnetters who are bizarrely wound up by all things American. Clearly any alert should be voiced in the style of Winston Churchill.

phoenixrosehere · 24/04/2023 07:46

Delphinium20 · 24/04/2023 03:19

As an American, I'm curious which accent she had...we have a pretty big country.

But seriously, why do British people seem obsessed with accents? We don't really care when you get angry about ours, but I am very curious why it bothers you all so much.

I’m curious too, but we all know some MN posters like a good, old moan about the States.

Let’s be honest, whatever English-speaking accent would be used, someone would moan. I’d be more concerned whether an alert was received and that it caught attention which it did.

BitchFaceResting · 24/04/2023 07:40

sawseesaw · 23/04/2023 15:11

Well aware, but you clicked on it didn't you!

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Gosh, hilarious. You should be on the stage
Another stupid post that should be in the chat forum not aibu

timothynicebutdim · 24/04/2023 07:29

Delphinium20 · 24/04/2023 03:19

As an American, I'm curious which accent she had...we have a pretty big country.

But seriously, why do British people seem obsessed with accents? We don't really care when you get angry about ours, but I am very curious why it bothers you all so much.

I think it's the cultural hegemony of America that makes an American accent on a UK alert system (or on anything that is supposed to be British) annoying to Brits.
I wouldn't describe it as anger, more an ugh, typical! Mild annoyance.

Delphinium20 · 24/04/2023 03:19

As an American, I'm curious which accent she had...we have a pretty big country.

But seriously, why do British people seem obsessed with accents? We don't really care when you get angry about ours, but I am very curious why it bothers you all so much.

WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyHow · 24/04/2023 02:41

timothynicebutdim · 23/04/2023 16:34

😂

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Right, because everything American is so annoying to all of you.

BusterGonads · 24/04/2023 02:10

I didn't get the alert as I'd turned it off in my settings.
I think Fred Elliott, the butcher in coronation Street doing the voice would be a laugh.
' There's a big wave going to hit Torquay at noon, I say, a big wave is going to hit Torquay at noon!'

MysteryBelle · 24/04/2023 02:02

ItsNotWhatItsNot · 23/04/2023 15:06

Ok. A crumb of context would have been handy.

😂

CluelessHamster · 24/04/2023 00:21

Haha! Yes! I was expecting a posh British voice like the WW2 news announcers 😅

Londongal123 · 23/04/2023 18:59

Devonshiregal · 23/04/2023 17:04

Hmmm…maybe you should not buy an “American” phone then. Or…Why not just accept the world is globalised now and therefore accents are going to mix. We haven’t spoken With an RP accent for thousands of years OP. Our accents and language have been changing and currently you’re seeing a change in real time as things are moving quickly right now in this regard with phones, internet etc.

this was an entirely unnecessary post designed to wind people up against Americans and their “Americanisms”….maybe tone down the anti-American sentiment and buy a phone invented by the royal family or something if you're that bothered.

Anyway remember, as we’re all so irritated by each others’ accents in this united kingdom, it wouldn’t be so simple as saying “let’s put alerts in a British accent” - which British accent?

Thank you. I agree it’s so annoying

MythosK · 23/04/2023 17:10

WashAsDelicates · 23/04/2023 17:06

Where? (Or are you being sarcastic?)

Only one of our families' phones got The annoyingly Americsn robot Voice. It was an Android phone (appropriately!) but none of the Apples or the other Androids got it.

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lol, yes I was- because I thought its not really something to get that bothered about! Sorry.

WashAsDelicates · 23/04/2023 17:07

MythosK · 23/04/2023 15:35

Mine was Brian Blessed

Ooo! I want Brian Blessed, too!

WashAsDelicates · 23/04/2023 17:06

MythosK · 23/04/2023 15:04

You need to go into settings and change it. Tick the one says English RP

Where? (Or are you being sarcastic?)

Only one of our families' phones got The annoyingly Americsn robot Voice. It was an Android phone (appropriately!) but none of the Apples or the other Androids got it.

Devonshiregal · 23/04/2023 17:04

Hmmm…maybe you should not buy an “American” phone then. Or…Why not just accept the world is globalised now and therefore accents are going to mix. We haven’t spoken With an RP accent for thousands of years OP. Our accents and language have been changing and currently you’re seeing a change in real time as things are moving quickly right now in this regard with phones, internet etc.

this was an entirely unnecessary post designed to wind people up against Americans and their “Americanisms”….maybe tone down the anti-American sentiment and buy a phone invented by the royal family or something if you're that bothered.

Anyway remember, as we’re all so irritated by each others’ accents in this united kingdom, it wouldn’t be so simple as saying “let’s put alerts in a British accent” - which British accent?

JulesJules · 23/04/2023 16:42

I got the siren and message, H got nothing. I also wondered about the synthetic sounding American accent - how do you change it?

HurdyGurdy19 · 23/04/2023 16:42

On a similar theme - why goes Google maps suddenly have an American and talk about meters, then revert to English and miles? It's most disconcerting.

Toddlerteaplease · 23/04/2023 16:40

I didn't get anything verbal either.

timothynicebutdim · 23/04/2023 16:34

OoooohMatron · 23/04/2023 15:07

Maybe to make it even more annoying?

😂

InTheStars · 23/04/2023 16:33

I was wondering the same and immediately knew what your thread was going to be about!

Fernanfrank · 23/04/2023 16:31

MythosK · 23/04/2023 15:35

Mine was Brian Blessed

😂