True accents getting revealed when drunk

[taximike]

Last night I was DD so was in a position to observe those around me. It's pretty bizarre how different people sound when drunk. Public school boys who have tried to soften the accent to fit in revert right back to that toffish tone whilst those who have fought hard to hide to hide their working class roots suddenly go an octave higher and sound like Eliza Doolittle!

I think it's the same with regional accents too. I can never understand Scots when they're hammered (althought that's probably more down to the fact that most people are pretty hard to understand after a bottle of whisky!)

 

[Marky]

Last month every weekend I went out I got asked about my "accent" - I don't think I've got an accent but for some reason people think I do

Now I don't know if this is because I'm drunk at the time or if the other person is drunk enough to just come out and say "I love your accent"

I've asked my friends if I sound different when I'm drunk but they say that I sound normal - so I guess I just sound wierd to everyone

 

[nydryl]

I tend to swing back towards east coast Scottish accent/dialect when I'm drunk. The only people that seem to notice are people I've only known since moving to Glasgow.

 

[Doggie2k]

Not being british I find it amazing how many different regional accents there are just in england alone.

 

[doofer]

When I used to drink, if I drank Whisky I'd get a Scottish accent, if I drank Whiskey I'd get an Irish accent, Vodka would get me a Russian accent, and so on. It was always just the drink talking. The only thing that would stop it was a Pint of Yorkshire Bitter, no accent, I'd just start talking out of my arse instead.

 

[Efour]

haha i know a Geordie guy and after a few drinks i seriously give up trying to understand what he is saying its brilliant

I have been asked what part of Australia i come from when i worked off shore, How the hell did they get London confused with Sydney i will never now.

 

[shauncr91]

I've been known to sway into a mild Irish accent when drunk

 

[Doggie2k]

haha i know a Geordie guy and after a few drinks i seriously give up trying to understand what he is saying its brilliant

I have been asked what part of Australia i come from when i worked off shore, How the hell did they get London confused with Sydney i will never now.

Well I am Australian and usually I get "what part of Ireland" you come from

mostly its the yanks who get it wrong

 

[Andr3w]

I get loud and very Yorkshire apparently

 

[Stewy]

The more drunk you get; the less likely you are to pay attention to your accent so I'd imagine you revert to your 'standard' accent without trying to converge / diverge to fit in / segregate yourself respectively... probably.

 

[Thesaff]

I sound very lesta.

 

[Steveh_monkey]

I find almost the opposite with some of my friends. Most of my friends are 'Posh' Geordies with only slight Geordie accents. I'll quite often see them ham up their accents to cartoon levels while drunk or in the pub to try and fit in and disguise the fact that we're all pansy boys.

My accent is a hybrid mix of afrikaans, scottish, southern english and geordie due to my wierd upbringing and has never been identified correctly .

 

[xJcBx]

I sound like a 50 year old farmer when I've drank whiskey or proper cider/ale.
I love it, nobody can understand a word I say though.

 

[Gackt]

My usual "Queen's English" becomes even more pronounced. In other words, I tend to sound even more pompous.

 

[Tican]

I sound very lesta.

OMG! I hate the Lestaaaaaa accent, even though I live here. I have tried not the pick it up, but it comes out a little when drinking

"Can I have a cob", "it's a roll! " (I don't work in a sandwich shop )

Do you live up The Saff, judging by your name?

 

[Cosimo]

I’ve been told that I sound like a Transylvanian or just dead posh. Mind you nobody knows what I'm saying.

 

[J.B]

My girlfriend (Northern Irish) doesnt have much of an accent left but when shes drunk/angry/meets another N.Irish person the accent is back and in full swing!

When I was in Vegas with some mates this woman turned round and said 'are you from Australia or New Zeeland?' and I was just like 'ehhhh.....England'. I've never lived anywhere but the south of the UK so have a fairly posh sound accent!

The other odd thing is I was with a scouser out there and we asked a couple of people and they couldnt tell the difference between a northern and southern accent.

 

[Spektor]

I do try and bury my accent as a scouser, but I end up sounding like a I've had a stroke.

 

[-westy-]

My Dorset accent comes out in full force when I've had a few

 

[JCBeastie]

I don't really have a noticible accent most of the time, get me sloshed though the Cornish comes out... :|