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ARE LOCAL DIALECTS DISAPPEARING?

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Skipper

Skipper Report 27 Oct 2008 17:46

Indeed are local dialects important?

Last time I visited the place where I spent most of my childhood,
so many of the current residents have moved from elsewhere, there doesnt seem to be a local dialect like there was in days gone by,

People move around much more these days.

David

David Report 27 Oct 2008 17:49

A broad Geordie accent sounds German, some strains of it sound Norwegian

Researching:
Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.

Jane

Jane Report 27 Oct 2008 17:53

All right my luvvers ow be doin?

Skipper

Skipper Report 27 Oct 2008 17:54

Really?..........I didnt know that. I was raised by a geordie too!!

Jenxx

Jenxx Report 27 Oct 2008 17:56

Hiya boyo how are you then

strong in wales


Jenxx

Skipper

Skipper Report 27 Oct 2008 17:58

Heather.........Devon?

Jane

Jane Report 27 Oct 2008 18:02

Mine was devon

Skipper

Skipper Report 27 Oct 2008 18:04

OI wasnt far out !

:-)

I once came across a lovely little cottage in Cornwall called YIR TIZ

& thought thats just how they say it

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 27 Oct 2008 18:04

You mean dreckly?

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 27 Oct 2008 18:14

Lol Heather I lived in Cornwall for a number of years and got into the dreckly way of doing things....took me 7 years to put a plug on a tablelamp

Lady Cutie

Lady Cutie Report 27 Oct 2008 18:17

well blow me down...... another norf Londoner well
~~~~gives a wave ~~~

Jane

Jane Report 27 Oct 2008 18:18

I don't have an accent,and grew up in Plymouth.But when my sister and I get together OH says we get a bit Devonshire!!!
Not easy to explain on here,cos you can't bledy ere me lol

David

David Report 27 Oct 2008 18:25

We are unaware of our accent. Others sound regional or posh.

Researching:
Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.

Cyprus

Cyprus Report 27 Oct 2008 18:32

ar thee eckerslike dis'peerin!

ValerieM

ValerieM Report 27 Oct 2008 18:38

I'm also a north londoner, didn't think we had a regional accent.

Researching:
Dorman, Fenwick, Sparks, Munson, Clements, Mitchell, Messingham

Jane

Jane Report 27 Oct 2008 18:43

Who knows what chuggypigs are?

Jane

Jane Report 27 Oct 2008 18:56

Julia I lived in Wembury where did you live .I went to Plymstock Comp.

ValerieM

ValerieM Report 27 Oct 2008 19:12

Hi Winterwitch, I grew up in Finchley then moved to Wood Green with my OH. We now live in a small village in Hertfordshire and some of the local people here do have an accent.

Researching:
Dorman, Fenwick, Sparks, Munson, Clements, Mitchell, Messingham

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 27 Oct 2008 19:13

My accent as been described as "posh Irish" yet I am neither posh or Irish where Im from

yo ham spose spake loike dis or clar ov wum

but not me strangely ~ ask Col I think I shocked him!!!

ValerieM

ValerieM Report 27 Oct 2008 20:00

I know Bernard Miles had an accent, but don't know where he came from.

Researching:
Dorman, Fenwick, Sparks, Munson, Clements, Mitchell, Messingham

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