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| liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4549 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 17 of 26 05 November 2013 at 12:27am | IP Logged | ||||||||
A bit more fun with the Geordie accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqRkkVQ6OSE And of course, some more on the lovely Yorkshire accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ScELaXMCVis Don't think there's many like this man left nowadays (unfortunately). Edited by liammcg on 05 November 2013 at 12:29am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| I'm With Stupid Senior Member Vietnam Joined 4118 days ago 165 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Vietnamese | Message 18 of 26 05 November 2013 at 11:19am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I don't really have a problem with regional accents. Especially stuff that gets put on TV and films. I remember reading that lots of people needed subtitles for Ken Loach's film Sweet Sixteen, but I didn't have a problem with it. Definitely need to concentrate a bit more with broader accents though.
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| Chris13 Groupie FinlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3996 days ago 53 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Finnish | Message 19 of 26 05 November 2013 at 11:46am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'd also go with Yorkshire.
I had no problem with the first youtube link, I wasn't watching it at the time and understood everything. However, depending on where you work in the UK, I'd personally say it's quite unlikely that you'd come across particularly strong accents all that often. I am from the South East, and I can honestly say that apart from three friends in secondary school, I have never really come across a particularly strong regional accent. If you live in London I would think this is even more applicable. Oh, with the exception of a lecturer I had in college who literally caused me to suffer headaches from how strong her Scottish accent was. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| TehGarnt Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 4797 days ago 33 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish | Message 20 of 26 05 November 2013 at 3:25pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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That first video is totally Yorkshire. I grew up just the other side of Yorkshire's
western border and I can hear the characteristic slight differences in vowel sounds. During my time in a UK call centre, the only accents I had trouble with were Newcastle ones. Maybe some northern Scottish, but they are rare and sound too pleasant to complain about. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4773 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 21 of 26 05 November 2013 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Peter Kay's Bolton accent: Although Bolton is not far from Manchester, the accent is
quite distinguishable from it. Peter even makes fun of a Manchester accent during that performance (he refers to it as "Mancy" with a hard "c" sound). His imitation to me sounded just like Terry Christian, a Mancunian who used to do a lot of TV aimed at young people in the past: Terry Christian Sorry about the political content, but it was the first one I found. I think every large city develops its own accent, even dialect maybe. Someone from outside may not be able to tell the difference, say, between Bolton and Preston, but a local will be able to tell you. I live about 7 miles from Oxford, and I've noticed a difference between the way people in Oxford speak (those who speak with a local accent, not those who speak with the "posh" University accent), and similar people where I live. It's fairly subtle, and hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. I can't find any references, but I have been told there was a sort of accent border within Lancashire, on one side of which, the word "lorry" is pronounced with an open "o", rhyming with RIP English "drop", and the other side of which is a more closed sound, almost rhyming with RIP English "furry" (only a shorter sound). Older Lancastrians from near the relevant areas would be able to confirm this, but I no longer know any. Actually check out the comment from Chris Bainbridge from Bury here: Bury I have a feeling that the people who pronounce "Bury" as "burry" also pronounce "lorry" as "lurry". Edited by montmorency on 05 November 2013 at 6:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4235 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 22 of 26 05 November 2013 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I am sure that quite a few here have heard David Lloyd on SkySports at some point. To me
that is very Lancastrian if anyone wanted to try to learn an easier form of it (I think he is from Accrington). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4613 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 23 of 26 05 November 2013 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I found the Think! Teenagers's ad easy to understand. :( Edited by Medulin on 05 November 2013 at 9:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5510 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 24 of 26 06 November 2013 at 10:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Maybe you were a tyke in a previous life :)
If you want to test British accents - here is the British Library's archive - http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html Edited by Elexi on 06 November 2013 at 10:59am 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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