Regional accents

[TinTrump]

There are many variations on "geordie" up here...it's just that you soft southern shi tes don't notice the subtle differences.

I said Geordie because it was in Newcastle where I did my best man bit. I had a mate from Sunderland and there was a noticeable difference with his macam(sp?) accent.

When people talk about the Brummie accent its often really the Black Country accent they imitate; the later is stronger.

[alreadypacked]

Strange that I have never had any problems with any N. Irish accents. Perhaps the most diificult Irish accent to decipher for me is a proper rural Kerry accent.

I think in NI it's not just the accent, it is all the slang and local references, which they tend to drop once the leave NI.

[bekarovka]

I don't know quite why, but when I hear that girl speak it makes me think of Alan Carr.

Whichone is Alan Carr? The camp one or the one with black hair?

[Amiga500]

Whichone is Alan Carr? The camp one or the one with black hair?

The black one with the camp hair?

[bekarovka]

Oh, I got it now, he wrote a book on how to give up smoking

[Amiga500]

Oh, I got it now, he wrote a book on how to give up smoking

You have a Polish accent, don't you?

[bekarovka]

You have a Polish accent, don't you?

No, but my grandparents had Ukrainian accents! I pretty much speak Home Counties BBC.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

No, but my grandparents had Ukrainian accents! I pretty much speak Home Counties BBC.

hmm BBC - Moyles, Nicky Cambell, Jim Naughty those two off the One Show...