Type in your accent

[meow1989]

Inspired by another thread, just for fun/curiosity.

For example if I were to type the phrase "I'm asking mumsnetters how they sound when they speak" like I say it, it would be

"Eye-hm arsking muhms-net-ters how thay sownd when thay spee-k"

Bonus points for geographical guess though I did say in the other thread!

Oim arsking mumsne'ers 'ow they sownd wen they speek.

Am askin mUmsneers ow thi speek

This would only be if I wasn’t doing my “work voice” though

Oim arskin mumsnetterrs ow they do speak (moi luvvers)

Easy!

Am askin mumsnetters ow thi sound when thi speak.

@RonniePickering

Am askin mumsnetters ow thi sound when thi speak.

Si thi

Proper talk 👏🏼

@whywouldntyou

Bristolian?

Um... I’ve got a pretty strong accent, but that sentence comes out exactly like you’d expect from reading it tbh.

Nobody guessed mine, which is a broad Belfast accent. I think a lot of you would struggle to understand me irl, if I didn't do the posh version of my accent.

I'm sitting here reading these outlook veeeeery slowly and not sounding much like any of you probably do 🙈

Frlrlrubert

London. North London specifically.

Arm arse-king mums ne-urrs ow thay sand when thay speeek

Eye-m arse kin' mumsne'as aaaaa (long a like apple) they speak.

@MrsDThomas same place as me although I can't speak much of the native language

"I'm asking mumsnetters how they sound when they speak"

Would be

Eye-m ass-kin muhms-netters how (I have no clue, how to describe/convey the difference in the [əʉ] dipthong in ow words in a working class Belfast accent, other than making the sound) a (as in the name of the letter) sound (again the difference in the ou sound is hard to describe), wen a (again as in abc) speek (rhymes with peek).

Am askin mumznettuhz ow thuh sownnd wen thuh rite downn ow thuh speek

@ofwarren

Eye-m ass kin mums net urghs how they sow nd wen they speek

My axe ent is gnaw the rn

Geordie?

@MeridasMum

A'm askin' Mumsne-urs tae rite how thay speek

That's actually not how I speak but it is the best I can do for an accent that's often quite strong.

I wonder if anyone recognises it?

Glasgow?

@ofwarren Cumbrian ?

@Wilburisagirl

Yeah nah, I dunno if eye-ll be able te do that.

I thought you were Geordie but then it’d be ‘ah dunno’ -!; ‘ah’ll’…Is it Durham or Sunderland?

-!; should be AND 😂

Eye-m askin mumsnettuhz tuh riyte how they speek.

To be fair, mine is diluted now. It should be:

Am askin mumsnettahz… and some of the sounds in the following words would sound a bit different (but I can express the difference in writing).

I have family that would say "Eye-m ass-kin muhms-netters hie a (as in the name of the letter) soun, wen a (again as in abc) speek (rhymes with peek)."

I'm not so broad as to use hi/hie for how, or to drop my d's, but can and do occasionally when bantering.

I find it really hard to place English regional accents. I can hear the accent in my head, but couldn't tell you which is which. I have no idea what someone from say, the Midlands, should sound like.

Am askin Mumsnettuz ow thi sound when thi talk.

Hold yew hard boi. I'm now after axing mawthers howsumeh-vah durst them sound. Hint they blatherin' squit? (And I'm now goin up the city).