Another question for the Brits about Yorkshire accents - Page 2

skysidhe · 03-12-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

They were written for adults. My Dad was really into them before the series was made.

[edit] books, not book. There was a whol series of them. I think my favourite one was 'It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet'

I tried to read all things Wonderful. I don't think I was into it as I was All Things Great and Small.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

are you dissing Gabaldon?

I loved her series up to this one. I am trying to 'like' this story. Maybe I am just too preoccupied to appreciate the literary goulash of this particular book.

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I don't think Brits think every American sounds Texan. I doubt many do at all in fact. Might not be able to tell you which accent is which, but they all sound very distinct.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i have no accent.

clodfobble especially has no accent, and she's in texas.

Many states peoples have no accent this is true. I do not have an accent either.

monster · 03-12-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

Many states peoples have no accent this is true. I do not have an accent either.

You all have accents. Post a soundbite and we'll tell you what yours is. Otherwise we'll all hear you talking like a toothless hillbilly when we read your posts.

DanaC · 03-12-2010, 08:28 PM

You have an accent. That accent may be your version of RP, it's not one I could place. It may not be regional accent at all. But we all speak with accents.

But someone with a Texan accent sounds completely different to someone with a New England accent.

jinx · 03-12-2010, 08:34 PM

*cough*

DanaC · 03-12-2010, 08:39 PM

Like i said: it may not be a regional accent. But 'no accent' is in itself an accent. That's why I likened it to 'RP' (received pronunciation). In the UK 'RP' is a non-region specific accent; a kind of correct/standard pronunciation. It is closest to the Home Counties accent; but it is the accent which used to be adopted by all tv and radio presenters and actors (up until recent years) would always learn it and train their voices to it. That's why in old Brit tv and radio everyone sounds more or less the same. It is still the case to a certain extent, but getting less so as regional accents become more common in media.

A lot of people drop or soften their regional accents in line with social mobility. Generally speaking you are taken more seriously (in terms of initial impressions and in certain fields) if your accent is closer to RP and less regional.

I don't have a particularly strong accent most of the time, neither do my immediate family. I drop into northern at times depending on my mood; but i also drop out of it depending on circumstances and company.

lumberjim · 03-12-2010, 08:39 PM

people on TV (american TV) are the standard by which I say I have no accent.

Californians, Pennsylvanians, Floridians, Arizonians......

In the US, there are (among others)the following accents:

starting in the north east: New Englander, Boston ( BAAAHSTAHHN), New Yoooorker, (see Tony Danza) Jersey (Joisey, hot dooowg) (see also: Tony Soprano) Pa Dutch ( sounds like german...aka Yoni)

South East: Brett Favre, Elvis, etc.

Southern: Texan twangy

Cajun

Minnesota, yah,.....watch fargo, yah?

Middle American..... they say Pop for Soda, and have weird inflections.... listen to Elspode talk.... ( same thing going on in Pittsburgh)

I'm not really very familiar with Western accents..... Cicero, or Cloud or Lookout may be able to help.

skysidhe · 03-12-2010, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I'm not really very familiar with Western accents..... Cicero, or Cloud or Lookout may be able to help.

We don't have any. We speak in default mode. lol

monster · 03-12-2010, 08:47 PM

All y'all sound the same to me ...and you can lump in the Canadians, eh

My kids apparantly have a Michigandan accent. We lived in Birmingham UK. Hebe was just starting to acquire a "Brummie" accent -which is the worst UK accent- so it was time to leave. Out of the frying pan, into the fire, eh?

skysidhe · 03-12-2010, 08:53 PM

g'head

Pie · 03-12-2010, 08:54 PM

I've been told my only 'Joisey' is the word 'water' -- pronounced 'wadder'.
My father had a bit of a British thing going; my mom gets more Indian with time.

squirell nutkin · 03-12-2010, 09:03 PM

It all goes back to Orange Dog

lumberjim · 03-12-2010, 09:04 PM

I put a bunch of links in my last post.....go back and click em

xoxoxoBruce · 03-12-2010, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I put a bunch of links in my last post.....go back and click em

Woefully incomplete though, Massachusetts alone has at least four distinct accents. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have a couple each. Connecticut, at least three, but I'm not sure there's more than one in Rhode Island.

squirell nutkin · 03-13-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Woefully incomplete though, Massachusetts alone has at least four distinct accents. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have a couple each. Connecticut, at least three, but I'm not sure there's more than one in Rhode Island.

The five boroughs of manhattan each have distinct sounds Bronx and Brooklyn most notably different. Then there's LI, Westchester, Upstate east, west, and central.

skysidhe · 03-14-2010, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

that's awesome, sky.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

You beat me to the punch with that site, Sky! I spent at least an hour last night listening to different Midwesterners talk. I was trying to find someone that sounded like me and had a hard time with it. I think I should sound more like the guy from Hammond, Indiana since I was born and raised in that region, but I dont know.

It was fun!

The only thing that stuck out at me from they guy from Hammond as the pronunciation of Chicago.

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