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Tone down the accent!
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lollybasher | Report | 28 Apr 2014 20:06 |
Me too GinN... :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) |
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GinN | Report | 27 Apr 2014 14:49 |
I've lost a lot of my Geordie accent since moving to Norfolk 30 years ago, and it saddens me. People outside the North East recognise it, but Geordies don't. I do lapse back when I visit Tyneside, though. :-) :-) :-) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 27 Apr 2014 14:43 |
I too love different dialects - they should be lauded, not smothered :-| |
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Mauatthecoast | Report | 27 Apr 2014 12:25 |
Couldn't agree more with my Geordie neighbour :-D |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 27 Apr 2014 00:24 |
Am happy with my Geordie accent and despite enforced elocution lessons at school haven't lost it. |
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Kay???? | Report | 26 Apr 2014 23:13 |
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Nolls from Harrogate | Report | 26 Apr 2014 21:34 |
I love to hear different accents now being Scottish people say my accent is quite strong even though we left 30 yrs ago but it was brought home to me recently when niece from Aus came with her 5 yr old daughter who whispered to her Mummy ...."What language is she talking in"?...opps! :-S |
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Dermot | Report | 26 Apr 2014 16:06 |
I do worry when I hear that sometimes we have difficulty in understanding a few of our own in conversation - even allowing for diverse regional accents. |
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Sharron | Report | 26 Apr 2014 10:47 |
I once heard of a drunken lorry driver being taken to the cells for the night. |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 26 Apr 2014 10:26 |
Have to agree with Gins and Foggy - i don't think accents should be toned down at all. It's just people being themselves and I would hate to think we all spoke with the same accent. It helps give an area it's character. |
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Foggy | Report | 24 Apr 2014 14:01 |
I quite like accents, its what makes this country interesting. |
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TaniaNZ | Report | 24 Apr 2014 12:51 |
I nursed in Bradford before I became a midwife and had to laugh at all the old boys commenting on MY accent |
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LadyScozz | Report | 24 Apr 2014 11:48 |
Rab, from the garden suburb of Govan? |
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Dermot | Report | 24 Apr 2014 09:49 |
Bring back Rab C Nesbitt. |
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ZZzzz | Report | 23 Apr 2014 16:27 |
I stay with my Aunt and Uncle in Perth WA and have no trouble with accent, however they will be coming here to stay with me in June and we will be taking them to where his family are from ( Yorkshire and Newcastle) so that will be interesting, 3 accents including Berkshire :-) |
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Gee | Report | 23 Apr 2014 16:14 |
When my husband first heard the expression 'pooark' he hadn't got a clue that it meant 'pork' |
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LadyScozz | Report | 23 Apr 2014 11:29 |
funny thing is.......... we (and our British friends) had to speak slowly when we were in the US...... what's wrong with an Aussie accent? :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 23 Apr 2014 10:21 |
I am already not allowed in Namibia again! |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 23 Apr 2014 10:20 |
When you're talking to people who have English as a second language, it does help them if you speak more slowly and use more standard English phrases! |
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LadyScozz | Report | 23 Apr 2014 10:12 |
ooooooooh Sharron, you'll never be allowed in Stockholm again |