I've lost my northern accent. Leicester is to blame.

twist3d0n3 · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:27

Skidder said:
The whole of Essex = chavs.

go to thaxted and tell me that

Castiel · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:28

InKursion said:
I'm disappointed that you hold yourself in such regard that you think I'm going to be affected by this change in any way.

That would be an assumption on your part, in reality I have no such expectation, quite the contrary in fact. Which you have just validated.

krooton · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:36

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Von Smallhausen · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:38

InKursion, I've no idea why you've suddenly gone off on one but you're warned. Cool off.

p1RATE · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:39

in my experience people don't take you seriously with any kind of regional accent. It probably a blessing.

HeX · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:43

p1RATE said:
in my experience people don't take you seriously with any kind of regional accent. It probably a blessing.

But... everyone has an accent...

InKursion · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:44

Von Smallhausen said:
InKursion, I've no idea why you've suddenly gone off on one but you're warned. Cool off.

Menk just isn't an insulting term, sorry.

I hope the guy who equally light-heartedly used 'gay' in this thread got warned, too. Because 'gay' is still used as a negative term and offends a lot more people on a daily basis all over the world than 'menk'. Menk is a playground word used exclusively within 25 miles of Liverpool. Not to mention it hasn't been popular since about 1970. Yet that's "an insult no matter what" in your estimation, but 'gay' isn't. Nice one.

krooton · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:46

p1RATE said:
in my experience people don't take you seriously with any kind of regional accent. It probably a blessing.

Just imagine some of these classic lines spoken with a Somerset accent:

I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.

dirtychinchilla · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:47

InKursion said:
Menk just isn't an insulting term, sorry.

I hope the guy who equally light-heartedly used 'gay' in this thread got warned, too. Because 'gay' is still used as a negative term and offends a lot more people on a daily basis all over the world than 'menk'. Menk is a playground word used exclusively within 25 miles of Liverpool. Not to mention it hasn't been popular since about 1970. Yet that's "an insult no matter what" in your estimation, but 'gay' isn't. Nice one.

You're just incredibly annoying.

Castiel · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:50

InKursion said:
Menk just isn't an insulting term, sorry.

I hope the guy who equally light-heartedly used 'gay' in this thread got warned, too. Because 'gay' is still used as a negative term and offends a lot more people on a daily basis all over the world than 'menk'. Menk is a playground word used exclusively within 25 miles of Liverpool. Not to mention it hasn't been popular since about 1970. Yet that's "an insult no matter what" in your estimation, but 'gay' isn't. Nice one.

I think it is attitude rather than specific terminology. I know you don't want to accept any criticism, but can you not just calm down anyway?

Sho · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:51

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Squark · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:53

Anything is better than mancunian

Tican · 17 Jul 2012 at 12:54

I have lived in Leicester for 12 years, and I don't have the Leicester accent. I still have my original "well spoken" Rutland accent

estebanrey · 17 Jul 2012 at 13:08

InKursion said:
Menk just isn't an insulting term, sorry.

I hope the guy who equally light-heartedly used 'gay' in this thread got warned, too. Because 'gay' is still used as a negative term and offends a lot more people on a daily basis all over the world than 'menk'. Menk is a playground word used exclusively within 25 miles of Liverpool. Not to mention it hasn't been popular since about 1970. Yet that's "an insult no matter what" in your estimation, but 'gay' isn't. Nice one.

LOL, after all your protesting that I was playing "semantics" for pulling you up for calling copyright infringement 'theft' in the other thread

InKursion · 17 Jul 2012 at 13:16

How is that "LOL"? Words and their meanings in social contexts do change in time.

Your arguments about using the word 'theft' or 'taking' in music piracy doesn't change the fact it's illegal.

Use your head.

Efour · 17 Jul 2012 at 13:23

Your loose.

p1RATE · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:01

HeX said:
But... everyone has an accent...

fortunately I did say regional accents.

Accents are not what hold people back, its usually mis-pronunciation of words that affect peoples judgment of you. along with the regional words that people dont understand. If you are well spoken with an attractive accent you can get away with it.

spoffle · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:13

RationalGaze said:
Are you as annoyed by British accents as I am? I can't stand most of the **** on TV here, they just cannot speak properly. Most of them don't pronounce "t" unless it's the first letter in a sentence, so they say "wa'a" instead of "water" and "be'a" instead of "better". It's not just chavs either, the whole of Essex speaks like that, so there are loads of guys in suits in London talking like used car salesmen.

The Liverpool accent is comical, my mate's girlfriend is Liverpudlian and sometimes she goes into full on Northern-mode and talks really high pitched. And people here always start of a greeting with "You alright?". At first I thought it was a legitimate question, like they thought I looked distressed or something, but then I realised it's like "Howzit!". And many people here no longer say "to" for going to a destination, they just say "I'm going Tescos", or "I'm going Spain.".

Have some pride people!

It's not the accents that's the problem, it's the people. To the people who are saying they've "lost" their accent, what's really happened is that you've learnt to speak properly.

I'm from Liverpool, and there are actually a few different "Scouse" accents. The one you describe tends to be from the cave dwellers here. I make an effort to try to pronounce things properly, so a lot of the time people don't even realise I'm from Liverpool.

Omitting the "to" seems to be a Midlands thing to me, well from experience anyway. It's also a crime to say "Tescos" there is no "s".

spoffle · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:17

InKursion said:
How is that "LOL"? Words and their meanings in social contexts do change in time.

Your arguments about using the word 'theft' or 'taking' in music piracy doesn't change the fact it's illegal.

Use your head.

Basically "I know, based on your response that I wasn't trying to insult you". It's pretty obvious what you meant to anyone who read it.

Also, people arguing about the use of "theft" aren't saying it's not illegal, they're saying it's not theft. Maybe you should be calling yourself a "menk" if you can't mentally process that?

UncleRuckus · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:50

Northern charm? :confused: