ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
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Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Wut?I think that @Julia9054 is right!
About most things obvs but what am I right about here specifically?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
You are supposed to read previous posts in THIS thread! (I mentioned men in Yorkshire calling each other 'love' on page #3...)
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Ah! Now I get you!
Flippin isn't.
Nigeyy
Legendary Member
- Location
- Massachusetts, USA
Spice is also used in Sheffield, but as I recall from my youth, more pronounced "spey-ce"
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
When me and the boys joined Knottingley Silver Band they found it hilarious that the old guys called each other “cocker”
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Some of these are very area specific. I recognise some from growing up in Rotherham (pronounced Roth'rum), but others are more the sort of thing my relatives around Huddersfield and Bradford would have said. The accents are also different enough that I'd question some of the spellings in the OP. As far as I'm concerned, it's aht not art, and dahn, not darn, for example. Also I think room could have been made for some of the most obvious bits of dialect to me, how Thi' and Tha' (Or Dee and Dar in Sheffield, hence the nickname) still exist as corruptions of thee and thou. I also like the word Thissen (Yourself, with the 'sen' bit stressed).
The accents are still strong enough that I can pick out someone from around where I grew up if they come on the tv/radio even if I wasn't really listening until they spoke. Maybe it's because I hear it less often now I'm living somewhere with a strong local accent of it's own.
The accents are still strong enough that I can pick out someone from around where I grew up if they come on the tv/radio even if I wasn't really listening until they spoke. Maybe it's because I hear it less often now I'm living somewhere with a strong local accent of it's own.
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
My cousins in Lancashire speak with a strong rhotic Lancastrian accent. My father claimed he could tell the difference between Preston & Blackburn speech. Both parents, moving to the SE, took great effort to lose their accents, it being what you did to get on in those days. Here in the SW, younger urban folk tend to speak a kind of Devon Estuary.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Yes born in Middlesbrough, I used to be able to differentiate Stockton on Tees, [wrong side of the Tees in County Durham, Thornaby [on the right side of the river] and Middlesbrough again in the North Riding. The longest distance between the three must be only a little over 5 miles, but the accents were different enough to be noticed.
classic33
Leg End Member
Thassen or Thissen?
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
I'm from Preston. I can too. The further east you go, the stronger the accent gets. I went to school in Lytham St Annes - got teased for being "common"
Went to sixth form in Blackburn. Got teased for being "posh"
Can't win
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
There is a slight difference,though i don't think someone from miles away from those towns would spot a difference. To me when you go west beyond Preston the accent changes quite a lot. I hear a Blackpool accent and it sounds Manchester to me. 🤔
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
I can't remember ever hearing or using Thassen, but the construct would probably be valid and understood.
