Accents

[Daisy]

I hate the north east accent but at least my Mackem accent isn’t as broad as a Geordie one .
I think we are very similar to a Scottish accent .

I cringe when I hear it spoken on TV

Oma, I love you accent! It sounds warm and friendly.

WeeGranny, I like to hear most Scottish accents, but have trouble understanding broad Glaswegian. Your story about turnips and swedes explains the confusion over what "Neeps and tatties" are.

Gem, years ago, before mobile phones, we were in America - San Diego, I think, and I needed to use a public phone "box" to make a call home. I couldn't remember whether you needed 5 cents or 10 cent coins, but I knew I'd need a lot. So I asked a young couple nearby "is it 10 or 5 cents for the phone?" They looked at me, looked at each other, clearly puzzled, and eventually the young man looked at his watch and said, "no, honey it's 10 of 6" D:

[Plantaholic]

When we met in Birmingham the first time that is the thing I remember most was hearing your lovely accents.

[Sum1Ls]

[QUOTE=Oma;n204806]I hate the north east accent but at least my Mackem accent isn’t as broad as a Geordie one .
I think we are very similar to a Scottish accent .

Oh no! I LOVE the North East accent. I used to often stay with my dear friend from when we were students at her home in Whitley Bay. She had an aunt and Uncle in Embleton and I loved their voices. I think it’s by far and away the most attractive accent in Britain. People pronounce every consonant and syllable and the rhythms are lovely.

So there!

[Daisy]

I've just read what I thought was an interesting fact.

The British accent changes approximately every 25 miles!

[Oma]

Sum1
everyone say they like it but I think it sounds harsh .

Daisy
I believe it does , just in our region we have variations, just few miles apart ,
Living in Washington it’s made up of people from several areas so people born in Washington now they have a accent that is a mixture , so another variation is appearing 😁

[Daisy]

Oma, I noticed it most when we lived in north Wales, near to the English border, and the Wirral. There was a very distinctive accent in the Deeside area of north Wales which I can only describe as North Welsh Scouse.

[WeeGranny]

When we lived in Holland, DS went to the local Kleuterskool when he turned 4. He quickly learned to speak Dutch and even had the local accent> I remember him correcting me when we were shopping because I hadn't said something correctly. He doesn't remember a word now because thay say you need to be able to read and write in a foreign language to remember it.

[Gemini]

Leeds isn't far from where I live but the accent is very different.

[Daisy]

When we lived in Holland, DS went to the local Kleuterskool when he turned 4. He quickly learned to speak Dutch and even had the local accent> I remember him correcting me when we were shopping because I hadn't said something correctly. He doesn't remember a word now because thay say you need to be able to read and write in a foreign language to remember it.

WeeGranny, I didn't know that - that you needed to read and write a foreign language to remember it. What a pity your DS doesn't remember his Dutch now.

Gem, I would imagine accents vary over the various areas of Yorkshire, and the more rural the area the more localised it is. When I was growing up in Stoke there were very different accents between the north and the south of the city, and even more so in more rural outskirts of the city.

[Nanto2girls]

I've just read what I thought was an interesting fact.

The British accent changes approximately every 25 miles!

That's interesting.

[WeeGranny]

Daisy, DS is having to learn Slovak and when he lived in the south of the country he was in a Hungarian speaking area. He can get by in both languages now! Which is very handy as I'm limited to Please/ Thank you/ I don't speak Slovak!!!!

[Daisy]

WeeGranny, all credit to your DS doing so well in two 'difficult' languages. I think your Slovac is probably better than 99.9% of other English speakers.