Accents

[Nanto2girls]

I don't mind listening to other accents, but i don't try to copy them.

On one our visits to Las Vegas, we were once talking to a couple from Seattle.
The man asked, are you buy any chance from Yorkshire England.
We were a bit surprised he could tell.
He told us they run their own business in Seattle, and a Yorkshire girl who was married to an American soldier worked for them.
When customers rang, they used to say can we speak to the girl with the foreign accent.

A few years ago, one our neighbours had a son who went to work in America for a while.
People were always asking him to speak.
It seems to me as though Americans love the Yorkshire accent.

I can understand most accents, but folk from some parts of Scotland, i can't understand at all.

[Avo]

It doesn’t matter where we go on holiday no one gets our accent correct. When we were in Newcastle we were thought of as Welsh. In Devon it was Bristol or Gloucester, When I did live in Wales I was told I spoke in a ‘posh ‘ English accent.
As we are on the boarder of Wales it’s easy to understand why we are mistaken for Welsh, but my Welsh families would disagree.

When we are away, people think we are Australian by our accent and German by appearance! On our cruise last year , a group of
Australians even asked us whereabouts in Australia were we from!

[Nana]

Sorry Grauntie but I'm one of those irritating people you speak of. I lived in Essex when I was first 'married', moved back North again just before divorce. I taught reception children & many if not all said 'Sarfend' instead of Southend. I don't say it with malice or rudeness but with a bit of fun. I wouldn't take offence if I said I'm from Yorkshire & someone replied 'eee by gum' or such like. I'd take it as a bit of leg pulling. I love accents.

[WeeGranny]

I've been away from Scotland for over 40 years now, but I still have a bit of an accent. Gets much stronger if I've been 'home'! I remember phoning a friend who lives in Scotland and her daughter answered the phone. She shouted to her Mum : "There's an English lady on the phone for you!" Horrified I was!! I've been asked if I'm Irish. Generations of children have developed a bit of a Scottish accent from my teaching and from singing songs by The Singing Kettle. In fact one lot of Year 6's chose to sing "Ye canny shove yur granny aff a bus" at their leaving Assembly after I'd taught them it in Yr "! Had me in tears.
OH is from Somerset, though you wouldn't know it now and the DC have little or no regional accent.
I love the variety of accents and dialogues that we have in this country. I certainly don't take offence at anyone trying to sound like me!

[Grauntie Mag]

It just gets monotonous Nana when you know what’s coming! Having said that, my family live in Kent, and when my niece was at college she made us laugh at the student who spelt Thanet as Fannit. The Estuary accent at its best!

[Gemini]

My GC don't really have any regional accent, but GS1 has recently adopted some very Yorkshire words, by copying his teacher

[Gemini]

No matter how often DD told him it was Joseph in the nativity play, GS would say 'Jerseph'

[Qwerty]

I love the scouse accent Glam, but hate my yorkshire accent whenever I hear myself played back say through a video I could cringe I sound so rough lol Proud of my yorkshire roots just not accent
Gem our M calls her brother the same pronunciation 😀

[Gemini]

I hate my voice too Qwerty, but we are what we are, and should be proud of ourselves

[Qwerty]

Glamm, when I first went to work in Liverpool I found it quite hard to understand some people. I worked in an employment agency, so thee was quite a range of people from both sides of the water, and places like Wigan and Bootle.

But it’s a very ‘infectious accent’ and before long I’d ‘caught’ it. And I absolutely love the Scouse sense of humour. 😁

The Geordie accent is another one I like sounds so friendly we have a Geordie in the family 🙂

[Daisy]

Nanto - your story about Las Vegas reminded me of visiting California many years ago, long before mobile phones etc. OH, I and our 2 DS who were teenagers had gone on a 3-week road trip and I wanted to phone my mum to say we had arrived ok. I knew I needed lots of change for the public phone, and couldn't remember whether it took 5 cent or 10 cent coins. So I asked a young couple nearby - "Excuse me, does the phone take 5 or 10 cents?" They looked at each other, clearly puzzled, then the chap looked at his watch and said "Gee, lady, it's ten of six" !!!

Gem - I always think I sound Brummie when I hear my own voice.

[Plantaholic]

WeeGranny, I think you still have a Scottish accent. Love your accent Qwerty. My husband was brought up in Birmingham, the only way you could tell is that he still had a strong G. I don't know if I have a reconisable accent, was brought up in Surrey.

[Nana]

The only time I hear my voice is on videos of the children. I think it's strange that my voice goes up 10 octaves higher.🤣

[Qwerty]

WeeGranny, I think you still have a Scottish accent. Love your accent Qwerty. My husband was brought up in Birmingham, the only way you could tell is that he still had a strong G. I don't know if I have a reconisable accent, was brought up in Surrey.

I do love me a Brummy accent too 😀

[Shemadee]

When I was food shopping in Florida the big black lady on the deli counter said “When I get rich I’m gonna buy me an accent just like yours!”

I love hearing ring different accents. I think they are an important part of our heritage and life is richer because of them. I was quite surprised that a man picked out Irish and West Midlands tones in my accent. This came from my Mum and my paternal grandmother though I was born and brought up on the south coast.