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The first ten years of my life were spent in Sarf Lahndan (Bexleyheath), and then we moved up to Stafford, which has a Midlands 'non-accent' - nowhere near as strong as Wolves or Stoke or Brummie. I lived in Stafford for 40 years then moved up to Sheffield for work. I can now do a passably reasonable copy of a South Yorkie accent (the Dee-Dah), but my speaking accent hasn't picked up any Yorkie inflections.

So pretty neutral I'd say. A base line of Mockney, softened by many years in the Midlands/Yorkshire. Still elongated 'a' s, though.
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Druid wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:17 am [
My wife is from Streatham,
Pronounced, 'Stre'um', as quickly as is humanly possible. :lol:
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Sunny wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:03 am
Muz's Geordie has definitely softened over the years he's been down (in South Staffordshire), with me, but I think the reverse is true too. And I use loads of Geordie words in a Midlands accent, which even I realise is odd 🤣
Non-Geordie to Geordie:

"May I accompany you?"

G to n-G

"WayIhawaywiwu"

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"I'm sorry my good fellow, Google translate say 'Wtf?'

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I'm from Cambridgeshire. So I sound proper posh if you're a bit Northern or common, but I have some massive giveaways to my lowly fenland upbringing in some of my pronunciation.

My missus is a reluctant West Midlandser with the brummie educated out of her. You can really annoy her with a bad Noddie Holder impression.
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:31 am
"I'm sorry my good fellow, Google translate say 'Wtf?'

:lol:
Anyone remember Irn Bru Freak? He of two planks and black iridium fame?

I met him at Uni, t'was I who introduced him to The Auld Place. Honestly - I only got about 70% of what he said, less if we'd been drinking :D Strongest Glasgow accent I'd ever encountered, not that I've heard alot.
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That should cover it...

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My fave West Midlands accent is Dudley (including Tipton, if you're being generous).

The locals pronounce it as 'Doodloy'
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gremlin wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:28 am
Druid wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:17 am [
My wife is from Streatham,
Pronounced, 'Stre'um', as quickly as is humanly possible. :lol:
Our home town is properly pronounced as Bratford :)
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I don’t really have an accent. I grew up in the middle of Somerset and then worked and lived in Bristol for a few years, so I should sound like that. But I don’t. I can!! But my mother was very insistent that we spoke properly dear!! Not proper, properly!! 🤣🤣🤣

If I’m tired or drunk, apparently the west country can be heard. And if I’m with people from that area I can most definitely sound west country! There’s an après band that plays out here for a few weeks each season and the pianist is Brizzle. As soon as I walk into the bar (whilst they’re setting up) all that can be heard is “oroight me babber” and then almost unintelligible (to everyone else!) Brizzleness!!

I do tend to copy accents too much and fall into sounding like the person I’m talking to, but can also do cut glass english very well if I want to really scare peeps! 🤣🤣


I’m half hoping that I’m speaking French with a Savoie accent - partly because I think they sound sort of equivalent to west country 🤣🤣🤣.

South of France accent I have almost no chance of understanding, but that goes for the French too!! Marseilles is as unintelligible to me as Glaswegian 😬😬



Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:48 am
Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:31 am
"I'm sorry my good fellow, Google translate say 'Wtf?'

:lol:
Anyone remember Irn Bru Freak? He of two planks and black iridium fame?

I met him at Uni, t'was I who introduced him to The Auld Place. Honestly - I only got about 70% of what he said, less if we'd been drinking :D Strongest Glasgow accent I'd ever encountered, not that I've heard alot.
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It was worse. They were a family of first and second generation Glaswegians 😳😳😳. Absolutely no hope for the whole week. Well. By the end theyd learnt to speak slower and I’d sort of learnt to understand a bit more :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:48 am
Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:31 am
"I'm sorry my good fellow, Google translate say 'Wtf?'

:lol:
Anyone remember Irn Bru Freak? He of two planks and black iridium fame?

I met him at Uni, t'was I who introduced him to The Auld Place. Honestly - I only got about 70% of what he said, less if we'd been drinking :D Strongest Glasgow accent I'd ever encountered, not that I've heard alot.
We had a safety officer that did fire training etc who was a weegie. No one could understand him and he acknowledged it by providing handouts. WTF thought it was a good idea to give a job of personnel training to someone with an unintelligible accent is beyond me! :crazy: :lol:
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mangocrazy wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:46 am My fave West Midlands accent is Dudley (including Tipton, if you're being generous).

The locals pronounce it as 'Doodloy'
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Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:09 pm
We had a safety officer that did fire training etc who was a weegie. No one could understand him and he acknowledged it by providing handouts. WTF thought it was a good idea to give a job of personnel training to someone with an unintelligible accent is beyond me! :crazy: :lol:
I watched a YouTube video a while ago about the last shop in Edinburgh which still makes/sells hand made bagpipes*. They subtitled the guy most of the way through ISTR :D

*part of the Business Insider "Still Standing" series BTW, which I'd recommend.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:20 pm
Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:09 pm
We had a safety officer that did fire training etc who was a weegie. No one could understand him and he acknowledged it by providing handouts. WTF thought it was a good idea to give a job of personnel training to someone with an unintelligible accent is beyond me! :crazy: :lol:
I watched a YouTube video a while ago about the last shop in Edinburgh which still makes/sells hand made bagpipes*. They subtitled the guy most of the way through ISTR :D

*part of the Business Insider "Still Standing" series BTW, which I'd recommend.
IIRC the BBC used to sub-title Joey Dunlop on the rare occasion they showed an article about the TT.
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Wasn't Trainspotting subtitled for the American audiences, or was that a myth?
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Skub wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:38 am Nope,not at all.

No one in N.Ireland has an accent of any kind.

Fact.
Sorry, come again?

I always assume you sound like that bloke off the telly that's been in some things.
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Skub wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:45 am
Oh yeah,the Geordie accent has it going on. When I heard Cheryl Cole was a Geordie,then I knew she was perfect. 8-)
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Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:38 pm Wasn't Trainspotting subtitled for the American audiences, or was that a myth?
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Born in Scotland, raised from 6 years old in Solihull - and then lived everywhere since.
As far as I can tell I have no accent - it's probably as close to RP as you get though I do notice some southern inflection is beginning to develop

Growing up next to Birmingham a) I don't hate the accent as much as many do b) I used to be able to tell where people came from in the West Midlands conurbation with about 20 miles because of their accents. Not sure I could do it now

I say neither Tuff , nor bloimey - but do throw in "bostin" every now and again just to confuse people.

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