Regional Dialects

[G|mp]

There was also a scary little attention seeking girl on here from Holsworthy.

 

[zovirax]

cool cant be many people from such a small town on this forum!!!

 

[G|mp]

That's what I was thinking ¬.¬

 

[tom_e]

North Devon folk are weird, they call Women Maids ffs.

Alright Maid?

Alright Bey?


**** off.

I never thought I'd see someone from wolves abusing the way other people speak, you lot have some weird phrases as well

 

[PermaBanned]

Guess.

 

[bigsharn]

Just to throw a curveball in here, up north there are so many different dialects around there's no way you can understand them all in a lifetime

East riding, West riding, District of Selby, District of Harrogate, South Yorks, Leeds-Bradford area, Sheffield/Rotherham/Doncaster area, North Yorks, Moors, Dales, Extreme North Yorks. (verging on Middlesborough there), Humberside, East coast,
All I can think of at the moment, I'm sure there's more I can't think of

 

[john_s]

Just to throw a curveball in here, up north there are so many different dialects around there's no way you can understand them all in a lifetime

East riding, West riding, District of Selby, District of Harrogate, South Yorks, Leeds-Bradford area, Sheffield/Rotherham/Doncaster area, North Yorks, Moors, Dales, Extreme North Yorks. (verging on Middlesborough there), Humberside, East coast,
All I can think of at the moment, I'm sure there's more I can't think of

It's no better over this side of the Pennines either.

 

[rypt]

Why can all you people just speak the Queen's, Standard English

 

[Mr C]

I knew someone in holsworthy once, stayed there for a while too. Hated it. Especially the lack of roads big enough for 2 cars and pathways along said roads.

The dialect was also quite difficult to understand for me being from the south east. The pronounciation of some words was just confusing sometimes.

 

[Angilion]

I live in the South West and die a little inside every time somebody says 'Wheres are you to'. I mean how dim must you be to not manage to work out that you can drop the 'to' and it's grammatically correct

No, it isn't. You'd need to drop the 's' as well to make it grammatically correct.

After 20 years in this area, one aspect of the local dialect that still throws me a little is the fact that the word 'rude' doesn't exist and 'ignorant' means 'rude'.

 

[BigglesPiP]

pearoast, no wait, that's not regional.

 

[Cosimo]

does anyone else say any weird things in general conversation?

I sometimes say, "I drove my tractor through your haystack last night, ooh aah ooh aah."

 

[The IPB]

No, because I am from the South East of England, and down here we speak properly.

Only people in the country who do. I find it funny when I go anywhere else and they say "you have a funny accent". People from the SE don't have an accent they speak how everyone else wishes they could speak.

 

[kylew]

Potteries dialect here. The funny thing is watching as the look of sheer confusion slowly spreads across someone from outside the areas face as they realise they can't understand what the hell you're on about.

You don't say "I aren't" do you?

 

[Jez]

I live in the South West and die a little inside every time somebody says 'Wheres are you to'. I mean how dim must you be to not manage to work out that you can drop the 'to' and it's grammatically correct

I cant remember if you do it IRL but you sometimes say "Aye" to mean yes - like a sailor!

*mumbles about bloody hillbillies from devon

 

[Fire Wizard]

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