How do you feel about accents and dialects?

I heartily dislike almost all common words used by commoners. Eggheads at the OED decided to call this 'slang' so as to not alienate the poor peasants :D
 
If a girl speaks in a scouse accent it puts me right off, I can't stand the accent. Makes the person sound a bit thick in my stereotyping opinion! :o
 
Dave said:
If a girl speaks in a scouse accent it puts me right off, I can't stand the accent. Makes the person sound a bit thick in my stereotyping opinion! :o
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Or as my old friend from Cheshire once put it, "There are some truly stunning girls in Liverpool. Shame they have to go and spoil it by opening their mouths". I'm presuming he was referring to them talking :D
 
Yeah, what is it with the whole 'aye' thing? Not like Scotland is a battleship is it now?
/agree with Blackstar

but still find 'wee' oh so funny :p
 
My accent is a weird one, very broad Northern Irish. Some people absolutely adore it and some people despise it.

I think it is the most unsexy and crude accent of them all but I'm still proud to sport it. I only attempt to make it posher when people cannot understand me which is quite often. It also apparently has the ability to make anything I say sarcastically, funny.



Voltar said:
Northen= slow and dim witted, possibly inbred.
Proper country accent eg Norfolk/ Somerset= inbred and simple.
Manc= northern= stupid and untrustworthy.
Scouse= northern= untrustworthy.
Proper London= Used car salesman and a skinflint
Home counties= win. BBC accent is the best.
Moron southern chav accent eg staines egham kent= untrustworthy, common and moronic.

Anything which is not a BBC accent= foreign, northern, inbred, dim witted or all of those :D

people who are quick to denounce me as a posh snob can f off as they are ignorant and moronic as well as commoners so not worth associating with tbh!


hope that was enlightening.
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Typical Winchester resident ;)
 
'a wee dram' is the term i heard most in Dundee :D

closely followed by me throwing up when i realised what it tasted like...

i say 'aye' and i'm not sailor, nor am i scottish. :p
 
Scuzi said:
It also apparently has the ability to make anything I say sarcastically, funny.
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i used to work with a northern irish guy and it's true.... to most people people he was an arse as it always sounded like he was taking the michael but it was just the way he come across.

not that i'm saying you always sound like an arse....

ah fugit... where's my shovel?
 
helpimcrap said:
i used to work with a northern irish guy and it's true.... to most people people he was an arse as it always sounded like he was taking the michael but it was just the way he come across.

not that i'm saying you always sound like an arse....

ah fugit... where's my shovel?
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I do always sound like an arse. I'm past trying, it just happens ;)
 
Scuzi said:
Typical Winchester resident ;)
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Scuzi:
I dont really live there tbh. Have never lived in Winchester. Only went to school there. Should really have updated my location status a few years ago lol...

Northern Irish actually aint too bad from the ones I've been exposed to. But I'm sure that I could find something to add about the other UK countries and Ireland in terms of accent.

Will have a think about it then post my findings in due course for the OP
 
The only accent that annoys me is actually Home Counties/ South of England "received pronounciation".

It just makes me think of vacuous over-privileged public schoolboys who think they're superior to everyone else. The "Nice but dim" Tim's of this world :)

I've got a soft-spot for soft Liverpool accents, Eastern-European and Scandinavian accents funnily enough (eclectic mix I know!)
 
helpimcrap said:
'a wee dram' is the term i heard most in Dundee :D

closely followed by me throwing up when i realised what it tasted like...

i say 'aye' and i'm not sailor, nor am i scottish. :p
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but you're still northern according to your location sir.

'wee dram' thats equally hilarious as any other nonsensical saying in the UK that I've heard.

if this is a double post then sorry, but my internetz is so slow the page doesn't load in time to read the new posts :(
 
Can you tell me the way to the M5?

Black country accent: Arr, yaw goo dawan the rowud till yaw cum to the goostops (traffic lights)
That right ayit?
Friend: Yaw med me laff , it am strayit on, yaw dow no nowt :p
 
I'll sum it up for you:

Northern Irish -
IRA terrorist. Popular catchpharses include "I know where you live" and "Ah suggest ye look under yer car before ye start it".

Southern Irish -
***** tinker travellers. Common catchphrases include "Oi'll tarmac yer droiveway fer foive yaro" and "Hi de ho de hee, pat ah gold at the end of me rainbow".
 
Whiskas said:
The only accent that annoys me is actually Home Counties/ South of England "received pronounciation".

It just makes me think of vacuous over-privileged public schoolboys who think they're superior to everyone else. The "Nice but dim" Tim's of this world :)
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Either very misguided inasmuchas you've only met said morons or there's a chunk missing from your shoulder....
 
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