Tooj 16 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I haven't got an accent....... Shrimp on the barbie mite? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 3,015 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Some people have daft accents though, Like the chavs that overdo it hew man leek ye daft cunt leeek hew, narr hew etc etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alex Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I haven't got an accent....... Shrimp on the barbie mite? Aye, don't come the raw prawn with us lot Jimbo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ewerk 6,250 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) I didn't lose my accent when I was in England but I did slow it down and was told that it was noticeably more pronounced when I returned after being home for a while. Edited December 20, 2007 by ewerk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Fish 773 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Never had much of an accent to begin with. Certainly picked up the "student accent" though. can't help it though, just pronouncing words differently is one thing, but I also use different dialect as well. I've got mates with the public school twang to their accents and speech so I've picked up some of that as well. Plus the Leeds bits aqnd bobs I've unfortunately picked up. If I'm up here for a week or so and hang around with old mates I'll pick that up too. It's really embarrassing when i spend a lot of time with people with broad regional accents that are totally different to my own, cockneys, Northern Irish, Glaswegian etc. because I subconciously begin talking like them, but very very poorly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_NUFC 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) In general I admire people who keep it eg Lawrie MacMenemy rather than people who semi-deliberately lose it eg Waddler. Waddle's accent is appalling when he's on Five Live talking about a 'gime' and 'couches'. Awful. Edited December 20, 2007 by Tom_NUFC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 13 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I haven't got an accent....... Shrimp on the barbie mite? Aye, don't come the raw prawn with us lot Jimbo. Struth ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob W 0 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 if you work somewhere different you start to pick up the local words and accent - especially words that are useful normally that becomes your "usual" voice but you normally shift back into the original (but not quite 100%) when you are with your mates or family - y'all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChezGiven 0 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Nevermind my geordie accent, my french accent is fucking atrocious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stevieintoon Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I think I have a pretty strong geordie accent. I don't speak like a charver, but obviously I've got a distinct Newcastle accent. However, when I worked in Sunderland, I didn't notice it myself, but little mackem pronunciations were coming in to my voice just the odd word, but it was bad enough. I'd use "probablies" like the mackems and South Tynesiders use, I was there four years, but as soon as I left, there were no more mackem words spoken by me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tooj 16 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I think I have a pretty strong geordie accent. I don't speak like a charver, but obviously I've got a distinct Newcastle accent. However, when I worked in Sunderland, I didn't notice it myself, but little mackem pronunciations were coming in to my voice just the odd word, but it was bad enough. I'd use "probablies" like the mackems and South Tynesiders use, I was there four years, but as soon as I left, there were no more mackem words spoken by me. Still remember hearing you on the legends mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
qscqscqsc 0 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 worlds worst sounding accent is the "geordie" on big brother. Probably a mixed marriage runt from washington(half geordie half mackem) who spent 10 years in london at art college, and bums the director. Those are the images i get from hearing his accent. ie pretty cringeworthy stuff. Done think much of jane middlemiss either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stevieintoon Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 4fs he's from fuckin Boro. "geordie" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gejon 1 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I don't think I have an accent but do get called a "Cockney" by all the Northern Monkeys who think any accent down south is cockney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meenzer 3,960 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I don't think I have an accent but do get called a "Cockney" by all the Northern Monkeys who think any accent down south is cockney Aye, we were standing outside the pub at Fulham and Matt (I think it was) pointed out that the good citizens of west London must be absolutely gutted when we sing "We hate Cockneys and we hate Cockneys" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I think you adapt your accent depending on who you're speaking to or where you are. Wifes family are all coc-ker-knee and if I go down there it takes a couple of days and lot of pardons before they understand a word of what I'm saying - and that's because I relaise I have to tone it down. My mam is the funniest though, her accent is rough as fuck to be fair yet if she rings me from work it's like talking to the Queen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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