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Can you guess the accent?

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NavyKitchen · 27/07/2020 01:22

If I write in my accent, can guess what it is? Let me 'hear' your accent...

"I af t' look wen a cross oarva the street"

That was harder than I thought! Where am I from?
Write any sentence in your accent...

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YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 02:02

Oh, I'm winning here

avamiah · 27/07/2020 02:03

Really ??
Lol

MrsTerryPratchett · 27/07/2020 02:06

@YouSofunny

Oh, I'm winning here
You are winning. I mean winnin' excuse me.
RightOnTheEdge · 27/07/2020 02:06

YouSofunny

Yorkshire? Sheffield?

YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 02:06

I is cool

YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 02:08

RightOnTheEdge You're a country or two away.

JaneJeffer · 27/07/2020 02:16

@YouSofunny Mullingar

YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 02:24

@JaneJeffer I went to school in Mullingar!

RightOnTheEdge · 27/07/2020 02:25

YouSofunny
I'm not even in the right country? 🤦‍♀️
Oh! I've read it again. Ireland? I'm not guessing where about. I'm no good at this 🤣

SleepingStandingUp · 27/07/2020 02:25

@YouSofunny

SleepingStandingUp Glasgow
😂😂😂 No
SleepingStandingUp · 27/07/2020 02:27

@ElizabethMainwaring yes although I'd like to add that I don't speak that way! 😂

JaneJeffer · 27/07/2020 02:28

Ah ha!

YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 02:28

Don't worry, I'm applauding myself for getting somewhere in the region of Liverpool as a victory. Don't worry.

YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 02:29

Ye Bressie and his Where's your Mind and of course Joe and them taking down statues.

MyDarlingWhatIfYouFly · 27/07/2020 03:08

"I donno where she is now, mun. I avun seen er all day"

Do me, do me!! 🤣

YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 03:13

MyDarlingWhatIfYouFly

Isle of Man

mccavitythethird · 27/07/2020 03:28

Grab the chilly bin and it'll be sweet as.

MrsTerryPratchett · 27/07/2020 05:25

NZ

YouSofunny · 27/07/2020 05:29

NZ?????????
She's either Liverpool or Isle of Man. Fact.

Justawaterformeplease · 27/07/2020 05:35

Yeah chilly bin is definitely NZ!

MyDarlingWhatIfYouFly · 27/07/2020 10:00

@YouSofunny

MyDarlingWhatIfYouFly

Isle of Man

Ooh, I don't know that an IoM accent sounds like Grin I'm definitely mainland uk though.
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NavyKitchen · 27/07/2020 10:49

@YouSofunny no scouse accent here though haha

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NavyKitchen · 27/07/2020 10:49

@FlorenceFlounce Wigan.
I say look not luk

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NavyKitchen · 27/07/2020 10:50

@SwedishEdith Bolton isn't a bad guess. Subtle differences but pretty close!

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NavyKitchen · 27/07/2020 10:53

I think my oarva would have been better as ova

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