General Chat

In the great scheme of things, does it REALLY matter? Isn't variety the spice of life?.....I love the difference personally!


Nanna-M xx

Well I'm not talking accents but intonation eg: the M&S ad.

That voice, whoever it belongs to, gets on my nerves.

I would just like to add that we have a lovely language, and should use it, Do not need "bools in the mooth", just use proper pronounciation.
I work with kids, and I cringe when I hear the way that some wee ones speak.Parents have a responsibility to speak to their children in the proper manner.

I will now get off of my soapbox.

Gail

Tesco's started off with a Market Stall.

Cockney accent- dont forget Charles Dickens books were written with a lot of this accent in them.

I was born in Essex, with one grandmother from Mile End,E.London, grandfather from Wanstead, Essex , my other grandmother from Barking,Essex and grandfather from Bedford. Father from Forest Gate, and mother from Barking.

So I had a mixture of accents to listen to.

Now live in Hampshire, and when I first came to live here, the natives told me I sounded like an Aussie

As said by kay????, I cant stand the Rasta/Jamaican,accents the young ones take on.

Accents don't bother me,it's the money these so-celebs get paid for advertising things we already know about.If the companies didn't pay them so much it would cost us less to buy these products.
One ad. that really annoys me is Cilla Black sellling life insurance.Like she needs it with her money.

TW,

You mean that cross Rasta/Jamacian/come cross queens english/cockney ,all the young take on ,,it grates on me,,,,, rite,no where I comin from ,

well ron
you can visit yer anytime you likes init luv

we give you nice warm cwtch wen we see you

buttie

Over by yere, I love that Welsh accent especially when spoken by a lady. Carol's half Welsh by birth but she hasn't got any accent, shame. It does things for me.

It looks like the majority are in favour of speaking the English language as they see fit and not the same way as the queen speaks it.

Ron
www.genealogyprinters.com

Perhaps if you dislike these adverts so much you should use the off or mute button?

please please Julie Ann, it's "over by yer" or "down by there"

im welsh
and always say 'its over yer' instead of its over here

and lots of other stuff thats not quiet what it orta

it dont bovver me as long as someone speaks to me and is funny or friendly,
i aint bovvered in slightest

and our grandaughter who we speak proper to has started saying
uh
instead of wot,
but then shes just learning, and is only 11 months

TW

They sound like they are from another planet! That and the sound being muffled by the hoods...lol I give up trying to understand...it's my age!

Sue

Sue I was trying to think of what to call it...a cross between Jamaican and cockney, but it doesn't work. That gets my goat.

It's only a blasted advertisement! Shown nationwide, hence all the different accents/dialects included.

At least they are all speaking English! I do object to this strange Anglo/American gang language which a lot of today's youth adopt.

Sue

don't get me started or arksed instead of asked!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I have to say I think Jamie Olivers style of speech is accent not mispronounciation. I like the way Bob Hoskins speaks......he reminds me of my uncle who speaks in the same way lol.

I can't bear the recent habit of some teenagers (I've seen them on Eastenders and heard them on the tube the odd time I visit London) who say arksed instead of asked...... that grates on me...... as someone that lived Middlesex and visited London often in my younger days this seems to be a relatively new thing and I think it's an affectation. However.....maybe it's just me getting old lol xx

I personally think its sad how we are LOSING our local accents and dialect...so anyone who speaks with one, and does it with pride is fine by me

(Essex Gal)

It is the rich variety of local dialects which makes our language so interesting.

I remember going on a week's course in London in the 1970's with the B Bank I worked for.

I was from Liverpool, but only had a slight accent as I was a 'posh' scouser. They they couldn't understand why I didn't sound like the Liver Birds.

There was a girl from Yarmouth in Norfolk who sounded like Pam Ayers - she was seriously fanciable, I'll tell you...!

We had another girl from North Wales who had such a thick welsh accent we could hardly understand her. She was embarassed by this at first.

Another was broad Yorkshire and there was a lad from London who spoke Queens English.

After that week no one ever thought to judge anyone by their accent. It was the person behind it that mattered.

I think they did this sort of mix deliberately, but it did prove a point.

The experience was absolutely magic and ever since I have had a fascination with local dialects.

Aye, tis only me she can't bear to agree with! lol

Pmsl Jeanette...what I really should have said before any Yorkshire lasses get the wrong idea is agreeing with Jeanette lol