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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:41:42

jmo

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I find accents very interesting.

I have mainly a North-East of Scotland accent (having lived here most my life). But according to a psychologist he can hear a hint of north English to my accent, which makes sence seeing as my Dad was brought up in Yorkshire.

One thing I find interesting is the difference between some accents. I honestly can't tell the difference between the Glaswegian accent and the Stirling one. Both sound weegie to me, but Glaswegians I know are convinced that they are entirely different.

What accent do you have, and what accents can you not tell the difference between?

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:45:03

angelcake

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i dont have an accent.

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:45:38

treacle

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I dont have an accent. I dont think.

Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:45:46

Silver_Lining

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I have a "stokey" accent and often get asked if I am from Liverpool! To me though the Stoke accent sounds nothing like the Liverpool accent. I also can't tell the difference between Welsh accents (even though I was born there and my dad's family live there), some people just have a stronger Welsh accent than others to me. I think the same goes for people with Scottish (and my mum's family are Scottish) and the Irish. I.e I couldn't identify what part of Wales/Scotland/Ireland a person was from because of their accent

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:47:09

jmo

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English people from the south have the most noticable accents to me.

I hear a really english accent from the south and I notice it immediately.

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:48:06

angelcake

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jmo said:
English people from the south have the most noticable accents to me.

I hear a really english accent from the south and I notice it immediately.

but it's not an accent as such i mean most accents are defined by a city, like liverpool, london, manchester and southern accents vary a lot, the dorest accent is completely different to mine.

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:49:55

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angelcake said:
but it's not an accent as such i mean most accents are defined by a city, like liverpool, london, manchester and southern accents vary a lot, the dorest accent is completely different to mine.

I dunno, I mean the Geordie accent is rife all across Durham.

The accent I think is hillarious is that really posh London one.

I remember, about 10 years old, getting onto the tube, my ticket didnt work through the machine. This guy came up, musta been in his fifties, said "Come through on mine old boy"! I was ten! It was genious.

If I was English I'd want either that accent or the Yorkshire one.

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:50:20

treacle

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Apparently our accents is the most like the old English or something

Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:50:25

semi_precious_stone

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I have a janna accent, I am from Plymouth, most people from the South west recognise it as Plymouth.
If I meet someone from up north though, they just cla** it as south.
I am pretty good at pin pointing northern accents though.

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:50:54

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angelcake

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jmo said:
I dunno, I mean the Geordie accent is rife all across Durham.

The accent I think is hillarious is that really posh London one.

I remember, about 10 years old, getting onto the tube, my ticket didnt work through the machine. This guy came up, musta been in his fifties, said "Come through on mine old boy"! I was ten! It was genious.

If I was English I'd want either that accent or the Yorkshire one.

i love stupidly posh people, theyre great fun

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:51:22

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angelcake

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treacle said:
Apparently our accents is the most like the old English or something

lol ye olde english accenty...

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:52:26

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treacle

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semi_precious_stone said:
I have a janna accent, I am from Plymouth, most people from the South west recognise it as Plymouth.
If I meet someone from up north though, they just cla** it as south.
I am pretty good at pin pointing northern accents though.

You and sel have distinct accents. deffo Plymouth

Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:53:06

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Silver_Lining

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I pick up accents so easily, if I spend some time with someone with a different accent to me I end up speaking with that accent!

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Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:54:02

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treacle

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angelcake said:
lol ye olde english accenty...

That'll be the one.

Its our accent the americans love so much.

Nov 29, 2007 @ 12:54:52

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jmo

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One thing that I find interesting about Australia is (according to my gf) the accent is pretty much the same everywhere in Australia.

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