Accents

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Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

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




Have a butchers

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

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?!

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

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! (I apologise now on her behalf to all Lancastrians among you )

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

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

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



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

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

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Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

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

Oh deary deary me....

OI.. Compo...


NOOOOOOOOOO!

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

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

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

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

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.

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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Originally Posted by Woz

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

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

Originally Posted by 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.

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)

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

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