coprolite Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 12 hours ago, Raidernation said: I’ve had kids at school here ask me “what language do you speak in Scotland “ A wee ned in a shop in Liverpool asked where i was from so i said "Scotland". He asked if that was in Ireland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Thankfully the Gourock accent is removed from Weegie sounding. That 'Glesga Uni' type accent (where they have an inflection at the end of a sentence) has got to be up there for the worst. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 East Midlands isn’t unpleasant but it’s really uninteresting Leicester town council should invent a vocal gimmick that they could all adopt as an expression of civic pride 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureiknow Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Despite living in Scotland for a long time I still keep a Northern Irish accent. Those bloody machines you talk to don't understand it. Hermes, you are b*****ds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 The Derry accent is a good one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Just now, Highland Capital said: The Derry accent is a good one. ^^^^ big team found 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: ^^^^ big team found Yes, I am a secret Candystripes fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 The automated phone calls are a pain in the hole. They never understand me. It might explain this story from when I was in Rhodes on holiday. One of the entertainment team came round asking if I’d like to take part in some event. I said no I was happy lying on the lounger reading. He then started to repeat his question in German. I told him I understood the first time and he apologised thinking I’d replied the first time speaking German. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Highland Capital said: The Derry accent is a good one. It's very similar to the Shed one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Anne Lundon has the most beautiful accent.Would love her to talk dirty Hay ya, dae yay want ta tak ma hoome an gav ma a gid seeing ta 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rankine Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I like a little coarseness in a lady, but being able to understand what she's saying is also a plus. I can see how others might feel differently on the second point, however. V 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I didn’t think Kirkcaldy had much of an accent until I moved away. Now when I go back for the football it’s unbearable. “Shya c**t a says tae um a widni dae that fur a hunner pound.”I also work with a woman from Inverness who has a son called Ryan and the way she says his name makes my skin crawl. Every accent west of Shotts is fucking minging, nasally shite. The way they all have that upward tone towards the end of sentences really grinds me. And the use of “but” to finish sentences; yet to hear a valid answer to why that’s used. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 22/05/2020 at 18:56, Willie adie said: BBC Scotland Laura MacIver has a strange accent MacEevurr with tha beevurrr? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said: I didn’t think Kirkcaldy had much of an accent until I moved away. Now when I go back for the football it’s unbearable. “Shya c**t a says tae um a widni dae that fur a hunner pound.” I also work with a woman from Inverness who has a son called Ryan and the way she says his name makes my skin crawl. Every accent west of Balerno is fucking minging, nasally shite. The way they all have that upward tone towards the end of sentences really grinds me. And the use of “but” to finish sentences; yet to hear a valid answer to why that’s used. FTFY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 16 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: East Midlands isn’t unpleasant but it’s really uninteresting Leicester town council should invent a vocal gimmick that they could all adopt as an expression of civic pride I can’t stand the accent from the Leicester / Derby area .....(or , as they would put it Less-taw / Dawn-beh). You can lump Stoke and Nottingham in with that as well. Possibly because any time I ever watched Jeremy Kyle , the “guests” were usually mutants from that neck of the woods. Also can’t stand the generic Scottish accent that a lot of Scots develop after living in England for a number of years. So that unless you know them you couldn’t really be sure which part of Scotland they originally came from.......just somewhere in Scotland. Current example.....Charlie Adam. Older ones include Kevin Gallagher and Colin Hendry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I can’t stand the accent from the Leicester / Derby area .....(or , as they would put it Less-taw / Dawn-beh). You can lump Stoke and Nottingham in with that as well. Possibly because any time I ever watched Jeremy Kyle , the “guests” were usually mutants from that neck of the woods. I’ve never watched Jeremy Kyle so my sample was based on a few acquaintances who got out and moved to Edinburgh, David Attenborough and Gary Lineker. I doubt either sample is truly representative 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I'm having to take part in quite a lot of conference calls involving people from all over the UK. I'm hearing a lot of people who speak with really lame bland middle-England accents, and they just get on my fucking nerves - I've noticed this before, tbf, and it doesn't help when they're predominantly using middle-management speak. The other thing I'm noticing is that anyone speaking in an Irish accent sounds brash and quite aggressive. Is anyone a mad intolerant racist like me? Do you find certain accents annoying? Could you give a f**k either way?Thread had potential until you indicated that all Irish accents sound the same. Ffs mate. Huge spectrum ranging from aggressive to soft.I'm out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 16 hours ago, Highland Capital said: The Derry accent is a good one. Do you think so, hi? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 44 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: Thread had potential until you indicated that all Irish accents sound the same. Ffs mate. Huge spectrum ranging from aggressive to soft. I'm out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said: I didn’t think Kirkcaldy had much of an accent until I moved away. Now when I go back for the football it’s unbearable. “Shya c**t a says tae um a widni dae that fur a hunner pound.” I also work with a woman from Inverness who has a son called Ryan and the way she says his name makes my skin crawl. Every accent west of Shotts is fucking minging, nasally shite. The way they all have that upward tone towards the end of sentences really grinds me. And the use of “but” to finish sentences; yet to hear a valid answer to why that’s used. It's funny the things people think they hear. I've written essays on this and for a couple of years worked pretty extensively on features of accents. What you've identified here is not a feature of Glasgow English or of West Central Scottish accents in general. Those accents tend to follow a pattern of rise-plateau-fall. So the end of an utterance is lower than what came before. A rise in intonation is not a necessary feature, but is more likely to be heard in accents from the east of Scotland until you get up to Fife. Fife accents tend not to do this. Rising intonation at the end is a feature of Australian accents and certain American accents. It's becoming more prevalent in young people everywhere, probably because of American tv. I think accents are a fascinating topic. We all have different views on them, but the psychology of it is that we essentially hear what we want to hear. People can change their views on an accent after meeting an attractive member of the opposite sex with the accent in question, for example. We basically just attach social prejudices to them. For example, the BBC are unlikely to ever have someone present news at six with a broad Geordie accent. But there is absolutely no reason for this. It's pure cultural prejudice. In the UK we just happen to attach cultural prestige to the RP accent. This is no reflection of the accent itself, purely on the power of those who speak it. Edited May 24, 2020 by JTS98 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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