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Blandon.
initLondon Bruv!
Which side?I have been told I sound like I am from Todmorden, by a born and bred Yorkshireman. I am not.
Accents are very much in the mind of the individual listener since we all take our own accent as a neutral starting point.
The UK is also all but unique in having so many different regional accents, and also in equating accents to class and social status.
In America, Bill Clinton speaks the same way as his dustman, sorry, refuse collector.
Australia is reckoned to have only three or four regional accents.
Taking where I live as a comparison. there are several accents I can detect in different parts of Sunderland, people from South Tyneside speak differently to those from North Tyneside, and there are several accents in Newcastle/Gateshead.
All within about 20 miles.
That pattern will be repeated across the country.
Which side?
Twas alf an alf at one go though.
Disagree. Ireland has as many as there are countiesAccents are very much in the mind of the individual listener since we all take our own accent as a neutral starting point.
The UK is also all but unique in having so many different regional accents, and also in equating accents to class and social status.
In America, Bill Clinton speaks the same way as his dustman, sorry, refuse collector.
Australia is reckoned to have only three or four regional accents.
Taking where I live as a comparison. there are several accents I can detect in different parts of Sunderland, people from South Tyneside speak differently to those from North Tyneside, and there are several accents in Newcastle/Gateshead.
All within about 20 miles.
That pattern will be repeated across the country.
They'll let anyone in these days.It's a bugbear of mine when television shows just throw in an actor with any "norven" accent even if it's nothing like the one they're meant to have. Emmerdale used to be terrible for it (I haven't watched it in 10 years) - supposedly set in the North Riding, but populated by Geordies, Mackems, Mancs, Lancs and even Smoggies.
Even within Yorkshire there is a massive difference in accents - you couldn't confuse Barnsley with Bradford.
Summat like thatBratfud?![]()
Oddly enough, with the exception of the south, notably Marseilles and and the Provençal accent, French accents are not very pronounced. This is due to a relatively recent imposition of a standardised French, pretty much on the model of the Île de France. Many rural communities spoke a highly localised variety of patois which has now been ''educated'' out.I guess it's true for 'modern' accents like american and australian, but i'd hazard a guess that places like france, spain, germany, italy, norway and sweden and so on have a good few handfuls of regional accents of their own. Maybe we just don't pick up on the nuances since they're in a foreign tongue.
I speak in a north Lancashire twang... just middle of the road northern. When i was in the states though, I was told that i have a swedish accent![]()