Accents

[missyburd]

I was trying to explain to my very posh-talking mate last night the difference between Lancashire and Yorkshire accents. I decided to show her a Fred Dibnah clip on the old youtube and her first response "Yuk, that's a really common accent, just ugly, don't like it." She's not exactly a snob, but I thought it was a bit of a harsh statement! :smt102 (I apologise now on her behalf to all Lancastrians among you :rolleyes:)

Well that was just her opinion which is fair enough but what do other people think of accents in general? Which ones do you find attractive?

I have a Yorkshire accent which I frequently get taken the mick out of down here in Wales amongst southerners and such. But I'm proud of it and love it when I can go back home and just sit on a bus (don't love that bit lol) and hear the typical northern phrases, makes me appreciate it :D

[Scoobs]

Irish accent is nice
Birmingham accent is not

[ArtyLady]

I love Geordie accents :cool:

[Alpinestarhero]

I think welsh accents are great :D

but i dont mind any accent, as long as the person who owns that accent is nice and freindly

[neio79]

Love the Southern states of the USA on a girl. The Belfast accent on a girl sounds cr*p

[Drew Carey]

I must admit the Yorkshire accent is one of my favs as it reminds me of my family from up Norf......the accent I dislike is Liverpool (Apologies to all Liverpudlians......just not my fave accent).

[Supervox]

Love the Southern states of the USA on a girl. . . .

+1

When I lived in the States many years ago I dated a girl for a while who'd been born in Georgia - moved to Texas aged 6 - moved to S Carolina aged 10 - WOW !!! What an accent - made me go weak at the knees every timed I heard it - mind you, she (and her family) said the same thingabout my English accent !!

[El Saxo]

I quite like the Bristol accent, (but not the Vicki Pollard 'yeah but no but yeah but' voice - at least I think that's supposed to be Bristol) and I love Yorkshire accents too. I go out in Huddersfield quite a lot so I get to hear it a lot and the novelty hasn't worn off yet! :lol:

Any girl with an Australian accent too will just cause me to melt as soon as they start speaking, sounds lovely!

[stewie]

I must admit the Yorkshire accent is one of my favs as it reminds me of my family from up Norf......the accent I dislike is Liverpool (Apologies to all Liverpudlians......just not my fave accent).

all right calm down, calm down


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:D

[Dave The Rave]

Being a "foreigner" myself I don't mind accents. Saying that I hate mine and wish I could get rid off it! However I am only guessing for example what Alex Fergussons says. I know it is mostly verbal diarrhoea anyway but I get only 50% of what he says. I have tried recording some of his interviews but even on 100th run I get maybe to 60% top. Surelly not even you guys from the proud kingdom of Scotland can claim you get it all?

[tigersaw]

Cant stand northern irish accents, love northern english , Leeds / Bradford etc

[missyburd]

I must admit the Yorkshire accent is one of my favs as it reminds me of my family from up Norf......the accent I dislike is Liverpool (Apologies to all Liverpudlians......just not my fave accent).

+1 would have to agree I'm afraid. But like people say accents don't generally influence a person's personality, even if I didn't particularly like the way they spoke I'd be ok as long as they were saying something worth hearing hehehe

I love Geordie accents :cool:
I'm afraid I can't do with that 'un either :oops:

Accents fascinate me so I'm usually happy with most. Brummies and Geordies though, sorry but not for me!

[Drew Carey]

Agree Miss YC, just cause I don't like the sound, it doesn't change my opinion of the person.

[carty]

Irish accent is nice
Birmingham accent is not

Oi! :smt053

Lol, seriously there are some people I hear in Brum and it makes me cringe, I'm from Wolverhampton myself so strictly Black Country but I get lumped in with Brummies by anyone from outside the area :rolleyes:

My accent has definitely toned down since I went to uni then started working with people from all over the country. Currently, I work with a lot of people from London and lots of Texans, neither of which I can take seriously when they start talking!

When the Texans get wound up I keep expecting them to start shooting from the hip!

What bugs me is not so much accents, but the way people talk to each other 'you know like we was going out last week like and me mate said to im like'. :( Terrible, just terrible.

Although I like the variety of the English accent we have, use of the English language leaves a lot to be desired at times! 8-[

[missyburd]

Although I like the variety of the English accent we have, use of the English language leaves a lot to be desired at times! 8-[

Well said indeed :cool:

OH and I forgot to mention the worst accent of all, CHAV-ISH. Makes me want to bang me head against a wall haha.

[timwilky]

Of course I have a Lancastrian accent. Hopefully, it is a little toned down. However, I cannot abide slovenly speech. I am irritated by those who pronounce bus as buzz.

However, like Yorkshire, we lancastrians have many accents peculiar to our individual towns/cities. However, remember that as only the monarch may hold the title duke of Lancashire. We therefore must have the royal accent

[Scoobs]

Oi! :smt053

No offence. :oops:

[_Stretchie_]

I hate a really strong Manc accent (see the Gallaghers) and also a really strong Scouse accent.. Ewwwww..

Nowt wrong with a Liverpuddlian accent though, you need to know the difference

[_Stretchie_]

Of course I have a Lancastrian accent


"Eeeh up our lass, gan get 't chippy for us babbies yed n chips"

[cuffy]

Geordie accent is great, even better on a lass. ;)

Brummy is very monotone and droll as is the west country farmer thing ( which i have) i listen to some news interviews and think "christ you sound thick"

Oh and the southern irish on a girl....wibble wibble.
Quite fond of the Italian too :thumbsup:

[Skip]

Being from Norfolk I get to hear some "right ol' Narrfeck" accents - luckily mine is reasonably toned down!

I cant say any English accents are particularly attractive to me - certainly not deepest Liverpool and darkest Dudley! (No offense to those that have them!) 8-[

What bugs me is not so much accents, but the way people talk to each other 'you know like we was going out last week like and me mate said to im like'. :( Terrible, just terrible.

Although I like the variety of the English accent we have, use of the English language leaves a lot to be desired at times! 8-[
I cant stand it when people put the word "like" into every section of a sentence! :smt021

[ArtyLady]

Quite fond of the Italian too :thumbsup:

You'd like my mate then...mind you...she rides a Honda ;)

[ArtyLady]

Well said indeed :cool:

OH and I forgot to mention the worst accent of all, CHAV-ISH. Makes me want to bang me head against a wall haha.

And I like walked daan the road and he like came aat of 'is aaus and I like said "oi - knob head" innit

like that you mean? ;)

[ArtyLady]

I cant stand it when people put the word "like" into every section of a sentence! :smt021

Ha - beaten to it! - missed this! :lol:

[missyburd]

And I like walked daan the road and he like came aat of 'is aaus and I like said "oi - knob head" innit

like that you mean? ;)

deffo mate, dus me 'ed in.

Hang on, isn't that verging on Cockney Laaaaandon toiype?

[ArtyLady]

deffo mate, dus me 'ed in.

Hang on, isn't that verging on Cockney Laaaaandon toiype?

Ha - Yeah probably d'oh!

There was an advert recently with a quite well spoken woman talking about shampoo (or something beauty related) and she says something along the lines of -

"my hairdresser said 'youve got dandruff' and Im like 'oh no' and he's like 'yes but we can cure it"

Its just totally wrong grrrr! :rolleyes: :lol:

[missyburd]

Ha - Yeah probably d'oh!


the 'oi knobhead' bit sounds about right though lol

Don't get the like thing... 'Ye annos like' ....tis all very strange...

[fizzwheel]

Brummy is very monotone and droll as is the west country farmer thing ( which i have)

I resemble that remark !! I dont know if I'd say the Dorset accents I grew up listening to were monotone though.

[cuffy]

I resemble that remark !! I dont know if I'd say the Dorset accents I grew up listening to were monotone though.
You're right, the west country isn't monotone, just sounds so bloody stupid lol
Alroight moy babba!!!

[missyburd]

I live with a Bristolian and his accent just cracks me up!

'A tarrt with a hearrt' oh and 'Alright me luvverrrr' hehe. Think that Justin Lee Collins bloke :D

[_Stretchie_]

I live with a Bristolian and his accent just cracks me up!

There is a company that does t-shirts with Bristolese sayings written on them. You should deffo buy him one.

I got on for the breadknife:

Ginormous innum


:thumbsup:

Have a butchers

http://www.beast-clothing.com/tshirts.html#

[Sean_C]

Accents fascinate me. My girlfriend lives 12 miles from swindon and doesn't have any west country in her at all, her friends in the next village a couple of miles away, I can hear it in them. Nowhere near as strong as my cousins from bristol though.

One thing that irritates me, I get asked if I'm from London. "No Cambridge", then they start talking very poshly going "oh CAMbridge!!". Hang on a minute, you thought I was a londoner, whats that about?!

[ThEGr33k]

I was trying to explain to my very posh-talking mate last night the difference between Lancashire and Yorkshire accents. I decided to show her a Fred Dibnah clip on the old youtube and her first response "Yuk, that's a really common accent, just ugly, don't like it." She's not exactly a snob, but I thought it was a bit of a harsh statement! :smt102 (I apologise now on her behalf to all Lancastrians among you :rolleyes:)

Well that was just her opinion which is fair enough but what do other people think of accents in general? Which ones do you find attractive?

I have a Yorkshire accent which I frequently get taken the mick out of down here in Wales amongst southerners and such. But I'm proud of it and love it when I can go back home and just sit on a bus (don't love that bit lol) and hear the typical northern phrases, makes me appreciate it :D

You apologise to them!? You are a Yorkshire Bird no? Give the lancs hell!:p

Difference is Yorkshire accent = good, Lanc accent = bad. :rolleyes:

:D

BTW my fav is Irish followed by Yorkshire - Sheff. De da's No way!

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

Love the welsh and scottish accents. Not quite so fond of chavvy accents 'cause of the people who speak it and also because it's almost a different language!

Alex

[_Stretchie_]

Difference is Yorkshire accent = good, Lanc accent = bad. :rolleyes:


Oh deary deary me....

OI.. Compo...

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9548/comporx6.jpg
NOOOOOOOOOO! :smt021

Just because we've got indoor plumbing and some of our streets AREN'T cobbled..... Doesn't mean you should bring this accross Snakes Pass and plead poverty with us

Touch paper lit will wait for the fun to start

[Woz]

Difference is Yorkshire accent = good, Lanc accent = bad. :rolleyes:


So how come we can say 'no' properly but 'Yerkshire' folk say 'nerr' :D

Personally, I can't stand the brummie accent. It can make a quantum physicist sound as thick as two short planks.

And why is it that kids these days, in any part of the country, all try to sound like a south Londoner trying to sound like a Jamaican. T*ssers.

[sv-robo]

Can't stand scottish accents(sorry to all you scottish,but my last boss was a jock & a total c**t so hearing his winging all day turned me right off.)

Love the southern irish accent though.

[_Stretchie_]

So how come we can say 'no' properly but 'Yerkshire' folk say 'nerr' :D


Go on Woz... What he needs is a good old Bury Black Puddin' or two, that'll bring him round

[kitkat]

Can't stand scottish accents(sorry to all you scottish,but my last boss was a jock & a total c**t so hearing his winging all day turned me right off.)

Love the southern irish accent though.


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depends on where about in Scotland. its a fairly large place with lots of accents, the west coast accent is ok, East coast bit posher, very north sing songy and then you have ginger ninja (cant remember where he was from but I couldnt understand a word lol)

[Sean_C]

All you people saying you like "southern" irish accents... where exactly?!

Someone from Dublin won't sound a bit like someone from Cork ;)

[missyburd]

There is a company that does t-shirts with Bristolese sayings written on them. You should deffo buy him one.

Lol he's got one already with Alright me luvver hehe. I wonder if they do Yorkshire tees :D

My boss gave printed me a tee before I came to uni saying "Hi, I'm Maria, please speak slowly am from 'up North" :cool:
You apologise to them!? You are a Yorkshire Bird no? Give the lancs hell!:p

Difference is Yorkshire accent = good, Lanc accent = bad. :rolleyes:


Lol note I said 'on her behalf' ;) And you're right about the Lancs, my bro goes to a Lancashire school and has now acquired the accent, I'm forever taking the pi$$!

So how come we can say 'no' properly but 'Yerkshire' folk say 'nerr' :D


Because we are sensible and have realised it is a waste of energy to fully pronounce the 'o', you gotta move the jaw more, why bother when you can get the point across better with a grunt :D

I love Scottish accents. Only been up there once but was going into shops just so I could hear people speak haha.

[_Stretchie_]

Because we are sensible and have realised it is a waste of energy to fully pronounce the 'o', you gotta move the jaw more, why bother when you can get the point across better with a grunt :D


Typical bloody Yorkie...

As tight with your vowels as you are with your cash....!!! :smt042 :smt042 :smt042

[yorkie_chris]

OI!
I am NOT tight.

I am just economically aware.

[ThEGr33k]

Oh deary deary me....

OI.. Compo...

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9548/comporx6.jpg
NOOOOOOOOOO! :smt021

Just because we've got indoor plumbing and some of our streets AREN'T cobbled..... Doesn't mean you should bring this accross Snakes Pass and plead poverty with us

Touch paper lit will wait for the fun to start

He he he. You trying to deny that Yorkshire is the best? :rolleyes: :p

[missyburd]

OI!
I am NOT tight.


Is there something you're not telling me hun? :!:

:lol:

[missyburd]

He he he. You trying to deny that Yorkshire is the best? :rolleyes: :p

That would be a VERY daft thing to do :smt066 :p


Typical bloody Yorkie...

As tight with your vowels as you are with your cash....!!! :smt042 :smt042 :smt042

not just the vowels, them aitches too, another pointless energy expenditure :roll:

:D

[Woz]

Because we are sensible and have realised it is a waste of energy to fully pronounce the 'o', you gotta move the jaw more, why bother when you can get the point across better with a grunt :D



But it sounds sooooo wrong. A couple of years ago, just before Christmas, I was in Beverley and hearing the local Santa ringing his bell and shouting "Herrr Herrrr Herrrr" was quite possibly the funniest thing I'd ever heard. I swear, me and my mate doubled over laughing when he started. We had to go to the pub to calm down. :thumbsup:

[ThEGr33k]

I got me self a Yorkshire flag today... Light blue with the white rose. :cool:

Looks coolio! :thumbsup:

[ThEGr33k]

So how come we can say 'no' properly but 'Yerkshire' folk say 'nerr' :D



Must have been a De Dar... From Sheffield. :rolleyes:



Personally, I can't stand the brummie accent.

Indeed I cant stand it either... Its awful. :p

[dizzyblonde]

So how come we can say 'no' properly but 'Yerkshire' folk say 'nerr' :D

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oi, when I say no....I say no..not nerrr....lol;)

TBH MissYC I am confused with your accent as when you speak it doesn't sound quite Yorkshire...something else,,,,must be them bloody welsh trying to change you in yer sleep...lol
YC however is as Yorkshire pudd as welll Yorkshire pudd.
Me I've a defo Yorkshire accent, until i'm mixed with toffs in conversation then my mothers Surrey posh accent starts appearing from my mouth:smt104
Im Indoors' accent is sorta Yorkshire, but unfortunatly its been tainted by that fliipin posh private school he went to:roll:
The accent I really love is my grans..shes German and has been here for 60 yrs, for some reason when she speaks to strangers, they somehow seem to think shes from wales....:confused:can't get my head round that one, but she was talking to some policemen in my front garden one day, and they asked her where she came from, and thats where they thought she came from...wales?Germany????

[missyburd]

TBH MissYC I am confused with your accent as when you speak it doesn't sound quite Yorkshire...something else,,,,must be them bloody welsh trying to change you in yer sleep...lol


I sound Welsh? :confused: I love the Welsh don't get me wrong, but I wasn't aware the accent was rubbing off on me LOL. I spend a lot of time with southerners while am down here, and me mam's a southerner so probably rubs off on me a fair bit. Apparently when I'm angry I go very Yorkshire :rolleyes:

Once I've been up north for a couple of weeks though I soon slip back into me old habits :D

[yorkie_chris]

Your moms a posh bugger ... hence the slightly strange accent :-P

[Drew Carey]

Welsh!?!?!?!?!?! I didn't think that when we chatted at the weekend. Sounded all Yorkshire Pudding to me. :D

[missyburd]

Your moms a posh bugger ... hence the slightly strange accent :-P

I am NOT strange #sniff# you just wait till you get down here mister :smt075




:smt090

[missyburd]

Welsh!?!?!?!?!?! I didn't think that when we chatted at the weekend. Sounded all Yorkshire Pudding to me. :D

:smt041:smt041:smt041

[Drew Carey]

Just made me chuckle as haven't used that phrase "Yorkshire Pudding" since I was a wee lad. Used to call my cousins that when I used to laugh at the accents. lol

[dizzyblonde]

Just made me chuckle as haven't used that phrase "Yorkshire Pudding" since I was a wee lad. Used to call my cousins that when I used to laugh at the accents. lol

I'm always calling people yorkshire pudds..Yorkshire puddings are nice, both peeps and the edible ones...so much so we have a reet proper one in arr family....me bro named his pub 'The Yorkshire Puddin';)

[Paws]

southerm accent (mainly essex in a guy) does it for me lol

[Grinch]

You want me to do my French accent speaking English in a Ello' Ello' sort of way?

[ThEGr33k]

southerm accent (mainly essex in a guy) does it for me lol


AHHHHHH. Your wierd tbh :smt077

[etuna]

I love Geordie accents :cool:

Alreet? ;)

[yorkie_chris]

You want me to do my French accent speaking English in a Ello' Ello' sort of way?

The troon has been bummed by the RAF in a gret big poof you say?

[Odin]

Accents....they make me laugh. I like coming from such a small country that has such a wide diversity in its speech.

I did not even know I had an accent until I went to uni back in 93. I went 'doon sooth' to Salford to study Physics. I convinced myself that when I was driving down the probability of other men finding me attractive were increasing

It was only after introducing myself to about 1000 people during fresher?s week that I realised only about 5 understood a word I was saying. Therefore the next three years I had to talk posh geordie.

I stood me in good stead as now I am a project manager in Denmark leading at team of 5 who hail from Venezuela, Spain, Portugal, France and one soothern p*** (Reading)....but I still love it when I go home and talk to be ma n da.

[_Stretchie_]

TBH MissYC I am confused with your accent as when you speak it doesn't sound quite Yorkshire...something else

Probably comes from Glossop!!!!?!?! And in Denial?!?!!!!!

[missyburd]

Probably comes from Glossop!!!!?!?! And in Denial?!?!!!!!
Never been to Glossop :confused: lol

Probably don't sound as Yorkshirish when I'm actually with other Yorkshire Puddings but people certainly seem to be able to tell the difference while am at uni :D

[Tara]

Apparently I have a Lancashire accent and the Southerners think i talk funny but what the hell.

My fave accent is the irish accent
can't stand the brummie accent (sorry) and our head office is in Wolverhampton

[missyburd]

Apparently I have a Lancashire accent and the Southerners think i talk funny but what the hell.


Well the Southerners can't talk! (b-dum-tsch :D )

[fizzwheel]

Apparently I have a Lancashire accent and the Southerners think i talk funny but what the hell.

They are correct you do talk funny. :D

[Paws]

AHHHHHH. Your wierd tbh :smt077


Have you only just worked that out :p;)

[Tara]

Well the Southerners can't talk! (b-dum-tsch :D )


:lol:

[Tara]

They are correct you do talk funny. :D

:( but then i guess so do you :D

[fizzwheel]

:( but then i guess so do you :D

Yarp ;)

[dirtydog]

They are correct you do talk funny. :D


He's right you know, you do ;)

[Tara]

He's right you know, you do ;)


Yeah i know and Fizz you don't talk that funny to be honest

[Caddy2000]

I p1ss my girlfriend off with my (lack of) accent. It's quite funny really as I'll drop into different accents infront of her; if I'm on the phone to one of my lads from work then I'll usually drop into a pseudo-cockney/esturine (work in East London with PROPER cockneys - the type who still keep all their money in their mattresses, and hoard everything).
If I'm talking to a colleague from our head office (Leeds), then I'll start to turn 'northern' (have no idea whether it's the right side of the pennines or Lancastrian), and I've got friends and family in Norfolk, so when talking to them or the locals in my village (I live in North Essex), then I'll drop into an East Anglian Burr.
I was born in London, and have lived in North Derbyshire, Norfolk and Essex, so don't really have an accent I just mimmick.
The best bit is when I phone my girlfriend up at work and one of her colleagues answer - They all think that I'm very posh! No accent = posh apparently. Although I have recently started using an over-egged cockney when calling which has really started to confuse several people.

[Tara]

He's right you know, you do ;)

I don't think you have much of an accent to be honest DD

[Caddy2000]

Actually got a great story regarding an Irish minister and his senior entorage. Sort of accent related, but a bit of stereotype as well.
Was asked to give a walk and talk to a senior ROI minister as apparently he was very interested about my park (he actually thought he was going to be shown round the Thames Barrier - long story). So I found myself walk round with three very senior people for the ROI government answering questions about the barrier and Britain's strategy on flood defence - As I had learnt a lot from my boos I was able to BullSh1t my way through it.
It got a bit complicated though as the minister asked me how many time I (personally) had closed the barrier (he obviously thought that I was the bloke in charge of the barrier), I told him that I didn't have that much power, but that I had alway wanted to put a big red button up on the river front (right by the barrier), and have written on it 'ONLY FOR USE IN AN EMERGENCY - THAMES BARRIER PROPERTY'.
To which the senior aid turned round and said:
"Oh Jesus! Dat reminds me 'o dat fader Ted where der fella presses der wrong button and dey all get covered in ****e!"
And the minister said: "Oh yes! I loved dat progamme"

My Girlfriend is half Irish and gave me a huge boll8cking before hand to say that I was not on any circumstance allowed to do any Irish accents.
I now know how that centurion felt in Life of Brian (he has a wife you know....)

[skint]

I love Geordie accents :cool:

Cool, I'm a Geordie!! (ish) - don't have much of any accent now though (IMHO).

Love the Irish accent, don't like cockney or scouse - probably because there is no pause between words or sentences!!:p. Somerset/Wiltshire/Berkshire accents are quite amusing.

[_Stretchie_]

Look at you with your new avatar SKint.. You tart

[hovis]

i dunno...... but they all sound terible on the jeremy kyle show

[missyburd]

i dunno...... but they all sound terible on the jeremy kyle show
that would be CHAV-ish as aforementioned :D

[SVrach]

Being from Norfolk I get to hear some "right ol' Narrfeck" accents - luckily mine is reasonably toned down!


I live in Norfolk and i can't understand some of the locals,lol. I'm from Sheffield,so have a yorkshire accent,i didn't realise i had an accent until i moved out of Sheffield......i do think i sound common sometimes,lol.