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[Chairman M]

I haven't got an accent, everyone else sounds odd.

Dun't yer sound like a wurzel?

[goldcard]

I haven't got an accent, everyone else sounds odd.

I know that feeling.
Guy at work is Filipino, I can't understand him, nor him me. I can spot when he says "tea-break" but that's it.
He copes with the southerners, Welsh and Polish ok, but my Warrington based dialect, no chance.
The others at work since I moved, bith jobs, have tried to impersonate Peter Kaye trying to talk to me, but with a heavy Yorkshire side to it too, which I find feckin irritating.
Anyways, its satday neet, beer time.
Pint o t'usual an a bag o cheesenunion....

[Trojan]

The Little Piecer (piecener in some parts of Yorkshire)

T'buzzer's goan Willy lad
T'lights're blazin' down below
Come on, tha'd best get ready lad
It's almost time to go.

Na sither, owd Wilson's shut 'is gate
Henry Cartwright's crossin' t'fowd,
Come on lad, tha'd best not be late
Though t'mornin's black and cowd

T'kettles boiled,
Yer cocoa's brewed,
Yer'll find a bun on t'cellar 'ed
T'dayleet's brekkin's ower t'ill
Come on lad, it's time for t'mill

T'buzzer's goan Willy lad
T'lights're blazin' down below
Come on, tha'd best get ready lad
It's almost time to go

http://homepage.ntlw.../industrial.htm

Edited by Trojan, 28 November 2010 - 10:14 AM.

[quadzilla]

i cant do link things but youtube
tha got beef wi me
proper accents

[yanto]

Hast thou ivver sin a cuddy lowp a pimp bar yat ?

Any Dutch man tells me he can speak English and I always ask him "Hast thou ivver sin a cuddy lowp a pimp bar yat"
Response is my reply :so you speak LONDON English"

Edited by yanto, 28 November 2010 - 10:14 PM.

[Severus]

Any Dutch man tells me he can speak English and I always ask him "Hast thou ivver sin a cuddy lowp a pimp bar yat"
Response is my reply :so you speak LONDON English"

As a native English speaker: what does that mean?

[Northern Sol]

As a native English speaker: what does that mean?

I think "pimp" is five.

Yann, tann, tethera, methera, pimp.

As for the rest, I think he is asking whether you have seen a cow jump a five bar gate.

But I'm a Yorkie not a Cumbrian.

Edited by Northern Sol, 29 November 2010 - 12:19 PM.

[Ullman]

I think "pimp" is five.

Yann, tann, tethera, methera, pimp.

As for the rest, I think he is asking whether you have seen a cow jump a five bar gate.

But I'm a Yorkie not a Cumbrian.

As in 'yan o yon yows'.

[Tommy The C5t]

To może być wkrótce mój regionalnym akcentem! Tylko żartuję, nie jestem rasistą to jest tylko żartem!

do mein tumhara phone ya bimaar knife tum

[Northern Sol]

As in 'yan o yon yows'.

One of those ewes. That's right.

[Wolford6]

Wellerruarthen, to be spoken in a lilt.

[fieldofclothofgold]

in leeds city centre these day's its quite cosmopolitan ,posh stdents and people from other parts of the country plus foregn immigrant's ,but certain pubs Like the Templar thats where you find the old townie's Leeds Loiner's.
Recently i was in there and something like this " saw yer owld pal t other day ,wotyercallit ?dint talk ee wer in cumpnee , why oo warriwi?

[Chairman M]

why oo warriwi?

Strange, Leeds and Leicester folk have completely different dialects but that is exactly how you would say that in a broad Leicester accent.

[Derwent]

A luvvly crack fow yez....

While thu wur oot, a laal lass cawd Gowlgilocks wur 'evvun a walk throo t'wuds ut t'siamm time, und wen she com ucross t'cottige, she fund ut t'dooer wuz oppun, so she walket reet in, und wat a gud smell thur waaz inside! It wut t'poddish ut wuz smellun, and she wuz gau 'ungry, so thowt she'd tiaast it. She tried t'biggust basun fust, but it wuz ower 'ot tu swaller. Then she tried t'middlin-sizet basun, but fund it wuz ower lumpy, so she dippt 'ur spiuun intut laalust basun, und it tiasted just reet, so she varra siuun eat it aw, leavun t'basun wid nowt in.

[fieldofclothofgold]

Strange, Leeds and Leicester folk have completely different dialects but that is exactly how you would say that in a broad Leicester accent.

"wi oo warriwi2=why , who was he with?".
Well i once read an article in the y e p [yorks evening post] that one of the reasons the leeds accent differs from the archetypal yorkshire accent is that it was influenced by the midlands.
Apparently when the city's population was growing rapidly in the early -mid 19century there was a big migration from the midlands .I think it was for one particular industry cant remember which one ,its a long while since i read the article

[Chairman M]

"wi oo warriwi2=why , who was he with?".
Well i once read an article in the y e p [yorks evening post] that one of the reasons the leeds accent differs from the archetypal yorkshire accent is that it was influenced by the midlands.
Apparently when the city's population was growing rapidly in the early -mid 19century there was a big migration from the midlands .I think it was for one particular industry cant remember which one ,its a long while since i read the article

The big industries in Leicester used to be hosiery and shoes.

[fieldofclothofgold]

The big industries in Leicester used to be hosiery and shoes.

leeds, tailoring ,engineering ,tanning ,printing,weaving textiles etc,but like i said it was going back early- mid 19th century

[Trojan]

"wi oo warriwi2=why , who was he with?".
Well i once read an article in the y e p [yorks evening post] that one of the reasons the leeds accent differs from the archetypal yorkshire accent is that it was influenced by the midlands.
Apparently when the city's population was growing rapidly in the early -mid 19century there was a big migration from the midlands .I think it was for one particular industry cant remember which one ,its a long while since i read the article

I always thought that the large Jewish population of Leeds (especially in the past)had an effect upon the way people from Leeds spoke. And they do sound different from the rest of us in West Yorkshire - I was born and live only 4 1/2 miles from Leeds Town Hall, but I speak differently to Leeds people, and I can spot a "Loiner" fairly easily. The best examples of the Leeds "twang" known nationally that I can think of are Liz Dawn (Vera Duckworth) and Jimmy Saville.

[fieldofclothofgold]

I always thought that the large Jewish population of Leeds (especially in the past)had an effect upon the way people from Leeds spoke. And they do sound different from the rest of us in West Yorkshire - I was born and live only 4 1/2 miles from Leeds Town Hall, but I speak differently to Leeds people, and I can spot a "Loiner" fairly easily. The best examples of the Leeds "twang" known nationally that I can think of are Liz Dawn (Vera Duckworth) and Jimmy Saville.

At one time i could tell what part of the city people came from York roader's had a mix of Irish and Italian and they alway,s seemed to pronounce "THE" unlike the rest of us missing out "THE" other area's just saying" T " i.e "going to t shop"they always sounded like wide boys.
west leeds places like Bramley was like a slower way of speaking ,JJB and JP speak with bramley accents.
Liz Dawn and Jimmy Saville do speak with archetypal leeds accent ,but even they speak ever so slightly different.
Saville came from burley road area ,Dawn from Burmontofts about 2 miles apart.
The leeds jewish accent ,best example who I can think of is the old Leeds utd chairman Gerald Krasner.
South leeds ,Hunslet they used to speak slightly broader i.e booits =boots.
Ithink its true with leeds ezpanding so rapidly in the 19th century with lots of migration we did develope a different twang

Edited by fieldofclothofgold, 03 December 2010 - 09:39 AM.

[Northern Sol]

"wi oo warriwi2=why , who was he with?".
Well i once read an article in the y e p [yorks evening post] that one of the reasons the leeds accent differs from the archetypal yorkshire accent is that it was influenced by the midlands.
Apparently when the city's population was growing rapidly in the early -mid 19century there was a big migration from the midlands .I think it was for one particular industry cant remember which one ,its a long while since i read the article

It is also the case that dialectologists tended to divide Middle English dialects into "Midlands" and "Northern" with the dividing line passing just to the north of Leeds and south of Harrogate (this is centuries before Arrergut became a posh town).

Of course all such dividing lines have a degree of arbitrariness but there were significant differences between Leeds and Dales dialect for a very long time.

http://www.yorkshire...t.com/megen.htm

Edited by Northern Sol, 03 December 2010 - 09:52 AM.