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Post by thehartshillbadger on Nov 19, 2024 20:42:11 GMT
Upon hearing a Ginsters advert on the radio it suddenly occurred to me that I find the Cornish accent the most grating one going. A 1 to 5 for me
1. Cornish
2. Welsh (general)
3. London
4. Yorkshire
5. Manchester
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Nov 19, 2024 20:45:42 GMT
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 19, 2024 20:45:42 GMT
1) Scouse
2) Irish
3) Scottish(not a clue what some of them say😊)
4)Brummie/Yam Yam’s
5)Somerset/West country
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Post by mrnovember on Nov 19, 2024 20:50:28 GMT
I'd comment but my own Stoke accent is thick and filthy and people in glass houses and all that.
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Post by yeokel on Nov 19, 2024 20:52:50 GMT
1. Smallthorne
2. Scouse
3. Brummy
4. Cockney
5. Manc
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Nov 19, 2024 21:07:56 GMT
Depends whether it's a male or female.
Summat like a Welsh or Irish accent sounds fine on a wench but shit on a bloke. On the flip side summat like a Scouse or Geordie accent is fine on a bloke but sounds horrid on a wench. Brummie/Yam Yam type shit sounds awful no matter who is speaking it!
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Post by wrighter on Nov 19, 2024 21:10:51 GMT
1. scouse
2 geordie
3 yorkshire
4 scottish
5 brummie
i have a very broad Hampshire accent and im v proud of it
Love hearing females who speak Welsh & Irish
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Post by cdf on Nov 19, 2024 21:13:15 GMT
East Midlands accent
Can not stand it.
It sounds like they are still living in the 1920's
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Nov 19, 2024 21:14:41 GMT
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 19, 2024 21:14:41 GMT
East Midlands accent Can not stand it. It sounds like they are still living in the 1920's Really😊I don’t even think I have an accent🤷♂️🤣 |
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Post by sticky on Nov 19, 2024 21:55:51 GMT
1/ the fake Scouse one like John bishop
2/ northern Irish
3/ brummy
4/ cockney
5/ Scouse
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Post by Tom_stokiepmre89 on Nov 19, 2024 23:04:26 GMT
East Midlands accent Can not stand it. It sounds like they are still living in the 1920's The sort of accents you hear in a lot of Shane Meadow’s films. Great films but atrocious accent for sure. |
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Post by str8outtahampton on Nov 19, 2024 23:42:56 GMT
Upon hearing a Ginsters advert on the radio it suddenly occurred to me that I find the Cornish accent the most grating one going. A 1 to 5 for me 1. Cornish 2. Welsh (general) 3. London 4. Yorkshire 5. Manchester Finally, a thread I can get behind. I think all of your top 5 (although ideally you could break down at least 4 of them to be a wee bit more geographically specific) routinely feature on TV adverts. That would suggest that in general they are not grating. To this day I have NEVER heard an advert (other than on local radio) voiced by a Stokie. It's the last taboo. Equal recognition - now! |
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Post by Scouse on Nov 20, 2024 0:09:04 GMT
Upon hearing a Ginsters advert on the radio it suddenly occurred to me that I find the Cornish accent the most grating one going. A 1 to 5 for me 1. Cornish 2. Welsh (general) 3. London 4. Yorkshire 5. Manchester Finally, a thread I can get behind. I think all of your top 5 (although ideally you could break down at least 4 of them to be a wee bit more geographically specific) routinely feature on TV adverts. That would suggest that in general they are not grating. To this day I have NEVER heard an advert (other than on local radio) voiced by a Stokie. It's the last taboo. Equal recognition - now! The actor Roger Martin ..Sunlife Assurance adverts .been in loads of things beside , he’s a Stokie ( and a Stoke fan ) |
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Post by wannabee on Nov 20, 2024 0:10:30 GMT
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Post by lawrieleslie on Nov 20, 2024 7:51:57 GMT
Finally, a thread I can get behind. I think all of your top 5 (although ideally you could break down at least 4 of them to be a wee bit more geographically specific) routinely feature on TV adverts. That would suggest that in general they are not grating. To this day I have NEVER heard an advert (other than on local radio) voiced by a Stokie. It's the last taboo. Equal recognition - now! The actor Roger Martin ..Sunlife Assurance adverts .been in loads of things beside , he’s a Stokie ( and a Stoke fan ) Roger went to Wolstanton Grammar School same time as me. His love of drama and music was obvious back then often having leading roles in school theatrical productions. Think he was member of a local pop group in early 70s. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Nov 20, 2024 8:02:55 GMT
Upon hearing a Ginsters advert on the radio it suddenly occurred to me that I find the Cornish accent the most grating one going. A 1 to 5 for me 1. Cornish 2. Welsh (general) 3. London 4. Yorkshire 5. Manchester 1. worst accent for me is our local Janner (Plymouth accent) 2. Yammy accent. Remember "We’re considerably reecher than yow" Harry Enfield sketch. 3. Manchester 4. London 5. Hampshire |
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Post by innocentbystander on Nov 20, 2024 9:06:29 GMT
As a true cockney, born within the sound of the Bow Bells, a distinction must be made between:
a) London (especially that fake gangsta nonsense)
b) Estuary (working class suburban)
c) endangered proper cockney.
So there's three categories there for you northern monkeys to hate!
To Londoners all northern accents are equally daft and generally indistinguishable, much like the North itself.
(NB take this with the pinch of salt suggested by the OP - I've lived in Staffordshire nearly 40 years, I love it and I'd never go back to Bethnal Green)
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Post by wrighter on Nov 20, 2024 9:28:23 GMT
Upon hearing a Ginsters advert on the radio it suddenly occurred to me that I find the Cornish accent the most grating one going. A 1 to 5 for me 1. Cornish 2. Welsh (general) 3. London 4. Yorkshire 5. Manchester 1. worst accent for me is our local Janner (Plymouth accent) 2. Yammy accent. Remember "We’re considerably reecher than yow" Harry Enfield sketch. 3. Manchester 4. London 5. Hampshire Hampshire ?  :[  ] |
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Post by dutchstokie on Nov 20, 2024 9:34:22 GMT
Upon hearing a Ginsters advert on the radio it suddenly occurred to me that I find the Cornish accent the most grating one going. A 1 to 5 for me 1. Cornish 2. Welsh (general) 3. London 4. Yorkshire 5. Manchester Ginster you say....? I used to love trying to pick up the old and battered 'whiskered Ginster' in Queens Basford back in the day. "Show us yer 'whiskered Ginster' love !" (Never worked though) |
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Post by mrcoke on Nov 20, 2024 10:27:53 GMT
Interesting topic. I was once chatting to a neighbour up here in North Yorkshire a few years ago who I had only just met. I was brought up in 'Castle, mother born in Basford, moved around a lot of the decades and thought I had little accent. He asked me where I was from originally, and when I told him he said "I thought you were from somewhere near there from the way you talk. I was brought up in Campbell Road in Stoke".
I find that slight accents can be quite attractive, but heavy accents that grate like Schuey's. The worst one I remember experiencing was a guy from Dudley, who had a "black country" drawl that really hurt to listen to. So heavy you would think he was putting it on, but it was his natural way of speaking. It's said that the Black Country/Brummie accent is the nearest to middle ages old English.
When I was at Wolstanton Grammar in the 50s and 60s there was an eisteddfod held every 2 years where students competed in compositions, etc. One of the categories was speaking and writing (verse and prose) in North Staffordshire dialect.
My wife was once driving her mother somewhere in Co Durham once and stopped and asked a policeman for directions. He proceeded to explain in broad and rapid Geordie accent. My wife said thankyou and turned to her mother and said she hadn't understood a word, and asked had she. Her mother, who was from Binchester originally, said "Oh yes, take the next right turn."
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Post by marylandstoke on Nov 20, 2024 10:36:40 GMT
As a true cockney, born within the sound of the Bow Bells, a distinction must be made between: a) London (especially that fake gangsta nonsense) b) Estuary (working class suburban) c) endangered proper cockney. So there's three categories there for you northern monkeys to hate! To Londoners all northern accents are equally daft and generally indistinguishable, much like the North itself. (NB take this with the pinch of salt suggested by the OP - I've lived in Staffordshire nearly 40 years, I love it and I'd never go back to Bethnal Green) YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK TO BETHNAL GREEN. The new film from Guy Ritchie. Starring Jason Statham as ‘The Innocent Bystander’ Available in cinemas soon… |
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Nov 20, 2024 10:54:10 GMT
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Post by str8outtahampton on Nov 20, 2024 10:54:10 GMT
Finally, a thread I can get behind. I think all of your top 5 (although ideally you could break down at least 4 of them to be a wee bit more geographically specific) routinely feature on TV adverts. That would suggest that in general they are not grating. To this day I have NEVER heard an advert (other than on local radio) voiced by a Stokie. It's the last taboo. Equal recognition - now! The actor Roger Martin ..Sunlife Assurance adverts .been in loads of things beside , he’s a Stokie ( and a Stoke fan ) Very interesting. Not familiar with the adverts but I seriously doubt he does it in a N Staffs accent. In other words he was hired for his voice/diction/projection, not for his accent. I could be wrong, generally the case. |
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Nov 20, 2024 16:15:33 GMT
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Post by milton58 on Nov 20, 2024 16:15:33 GMT
When abroad why do the locals ask if you are from Liverpool ffs
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Post by lordb on Nov 20, 2024 17:02:27 GMT
The actor Roger Martin ..Sunlife Assurance adverts .been in loads of things beside , he’s a Stokie ( and a Stoke fan ) Very interesting. Not familiar with the adverts but I seriously doubt he does it in a N Staffs accent. In other words he was hired for his voice/diction/projection, not for his accent. I could be wrong, generally the case. Not an actor, doesn't do adverts but Tom Gayle does his football commentary with his distinct Potteries accent Maybe Owd Grandodd Piggott should be the advertising industry voice of choice? Conner say eet marnd |
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Nov 20, 2024 21:51:57 GMT
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Post by Mendicant on Nov 20, 2024 21:51:57 GMT
1. Leicester
2. North Wales
3. Sheffield
4. Edinburgh posh
5. Munich
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Nov 20, 2024 21:54:58 GMT
1. Leicester 2. North Wales 3. Sheffield 4. Edinburgh posh 5. Munich I’d forgotten about Leicester and their hybrid accent nonsense |
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Nov 21, 2024 17:00:43 GMT
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Post by danceswithclams on Nov 21, 2024 17:00:43 GMT
When abroad why do the locals ask if you are from Liverpool ffs Because you keep nicking their car stereos* *Other tired, outmoded stereotypes are available |
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Post by lordb on Nov 21, 2024 17:55:03 GMT
I like accents to tbh
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Nov 21, 2024 19:01:14 GMT
Some accents annoy me but I'm quite glad we have different accents around different parts of the country. It's sort of tribal in its own way.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Nov 21, 2024 19:09:14 GMT
Some accents annoy me but I'm quite glad we have different accents around different parts of the country. It's sort of tribal in its own way. It’s funny I don’t mind different accents when talking to people, it’s hearing it on the radio or telly. Suppose it’s because it’s constant repetition or something |
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Nov 21, 2024 21:58:36 GMT
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Post by RF10 on Nov 21, 2024 21:58:36 GMT
I get plenty people from either further up North or South think I sound Scouse. Drives me mad.
I would say my wife and her family have rubbed off on me but I've had comments way before time.
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