Elliot has it nailed. As for the Essex accent of joey Essex etc, they have London accents. Real Essex accents a bit different lol
Real Essex accents a bit different lol
I used to work for a company that had a factory near the Essex/Suffolk border. Oo arr bootiful it were
Anyone who sounds like they're off Eastenders, especially women. I make perfectly rational informed judgements of you instantly, if you have "that" accent.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by their accent, but by the content of their character.
Otherwise, wherever in Siberia Nicola Sturgeon hails from.
English ones
Any fake regional accent, i.e. as affected by radio presenters in an effort to make themselves sound cool. Following closely behind is the habit of dropping Ts and pronouncing words ending -er as -ah, as in "Manchestah". It makes the speaker sound like a complete fake.
Amusingly, in some words you can't drop the T, as in Manchestah, which would sound really bogus as "Manchesah"
Amusingly, in some words you can't drop the T, as in Manchestah, which would sound really bogus as "Manchesah"
Bit tangential but in some varieties of north-east accents Ts do get dropped from surprising places.
Shame when people feel the need to hide their heritage eg Bliar going estuary or that ballet lady on Stictly
I was more heading in that direction than dragging against recieved pronunciation. Proper RP is fine if that's your heritage, fake RP when you're from somerset or barnsley is the the type that grates
As a young teen living in North West Durham ..we were frequently amused by the landlords mother answering the phone behind the bar in our local ..when her strong geordie accent took a turn for the "better" ..
On one lunchtime session being unable to find her son( the call was for him) and having quite a full bar as an audience she took it upon herself to answer the callers query regarding an unpaid invoice ..leaving the caller to hang for a minute or two while she pretended to be looking for it she then picked up the handset and in her best Mrs.Bucket ( booQ ) pronounced " I'm really terribly sorry ..but he seems to have [b]hoyed[/b] it in the bin "..ended the call and then wondered why we were all doubled up on the floor with laughter ..
Hoyed= (Geordie for thrown)
I guess you had to be there though 🙂
That whole South London/Croyden/Grime/Mandem/RoadMan type thing is the absolute worst
Brummie is the most unfortunate.
that ballet lady on Stictly
Darcey Bussell? What heritage is she covering up?
Darcey Bussell? What heritage is she covering up?
A swipe at Darcey's parents I should think:
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For me, it's the "fake posh" accent that's creeping in especially with young women. First noticed it at my old workplace, they became more and more like it over time, and in the 9 years I've been in Bristol, it's become incredibly obvious.
Living close enough to Brissle to be familiar with the accent, I’m hardly surprised.
I do like some regional accents, of those that spring to mind are the pleasing mix of Irish tones in County Fermanagh, geordie I like and the rising inflection of Norfolk too.
However, the central south coast Southampton/Portsmouth accent is plain wrong on every level and I'm so very glad I no longer endure them on a daily basis.
Rough Scottish accents.
Particularly from the central belt.
Yuck!
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...... and pronouncing words ending -er as -ah, as in "Manchestah". It makes the speaker sound like a complete fake.
Not fake if you're actually from central/north Manchester.
Adopted and exaggerated by ****ers in bands and DJ's from Cheshire to try and sound more 'street'.
