General Chat

Yes Merlin the pig on the wall I remember it well up by the Square in the Lower Gornal end x

"And anover fink ...."

If youngsters hear incorrectly spoken words by their seniors, I suppose they could fall into the same slovenly trap.

In Wales, they ‘talk tidy’!

I have lived in the Northeast all my life and as David pointed out there is many variations of the Geordie Accent. I have been told that I sound a bit like Roger Moore with a little Geordie mixed in.

GP

After nearly fifty years living in London, I am proud to day I still have my Irish accent. I didn't consciously hang on to it, it is just part of me :-)

Hey Footie, Gornal, that the place where they put the pig on the wall to watch the band go by. :-D :-D

I have an accent and very proud of it. I'm from Dudley and haven't lost any of it. The West Bromwich accent is totally different from the Dudley accent we also have dialects in those areas although they not too far apart x

We had a discussion on this subject last night.
Whilst we all love local dialects, I have to admit that I sometimes cringe..
The number of fellow Scots who use incorrect... tenses!
How many times do you hear a Scot on TV saying something like " We have came this far" "We had went to the football" .
Not only is it spoken, my friends and family also use it in written form.
Am I wrong to say that many will be unaware that this is grammatically incorrect?

My brother has lived in the USA for 30 years, he now sounds American to us, but he is still teased out there for his English accent. :-D

The funny thing is, when I heard myself on tape I hought it was my sister speaking.

David - aa wish aa nu wot yi wor takkin aboot man

Listening to your own recorded voice can come as a shock. I did not think I had an accent till I listened to it played back to me.

Whether it be broad with a strong dialect or that of the Queen, it is still an accent of some kind.

I don't have an accent either-my late Mother didnt like the "local" one or that of Relatives on both sides of the family. I do miss being called "Duck" by my Aunt, she had no accent as such but you can hear the sayings echo through the family.
West Bromwich being the loudest contender :-)

This may sound odd, but I have been told I do not have an "accent", I do love some of our old local sayings. My fathers family all came from Birmingham/Sutton Coldfield, sadly not many of the oldies left but I still get called "Bab" and I love it. <3 <3

Paula+ I think I made that point in the second of my posts that have been reported.

But you will now have to wait to see what I wrote :-( :-( I thought at first it was because I had written "Owd Cock" in my first post and then translated it as "my dear old chap" :-D :-D

I heard the tail end of the news yesterday saying, King Richard 111 would probably have spoken in a Black Country accent.......... :-D

Living in one of the Home Counties in close proximity to London, I can’t think of any word that is unique to my area, unless you count the pronunciation of place/road names.

One road written Broaditch is Braditch and St Johns is pronounced Sin Gins’. The latter caused an argument with the ‘Boss’ when working full time; Luckily someone I grew up with agreed with me!

OH's first visit to Scotland was in time for New Year's EVe :-D

He was having trouble with the the "eeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuch" at midnight, so he joined in with his own Aussie version.....

"WeeeeeeeeNoooooookiiiiiiiiiiee"

:-D

Hi Andy I kno that area really well me n my sisters talk loud when we get together x

That is a very localized word.

I thought everybody used it until I was in my thirties and talking to somebody at a meeting and telling her I had always lived in the village.

I was quite taken aback when she said "You say somewhen don't you?"

Doesn't everybady?!

Yes Sharron, sumwen ;-)