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To hate southerners accents?

181 replies

mrshess · 11/12/2010 19:35

Alright i know i am a teeny bit but i cant bear the accent from down south.
I hate all that cockney geezer talk and yet they mock northern accents

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GeruptaSingh · 11/12/2010 19:37

Thats southerners for you

Maisiethemorningsidecat · 11/12/2010 19:38

Any particular bit of 'down south' or is it the cockney accent which offends you most?

geraldinetheluckygoat · 11/12/2010 19:39

each to their own, innit? Grin
fwiw, my dh is simmilarly irrational about northern accents.

LetThereBeRock · 11/12/2010 19:39

The Southern accent? Which of the many Southern accents are you referring to?

ifancyashandy · 11/12/2010 19:39

My first ever Biscuit

BoysAreLikeDogs · 11/12/2010 19:40

Innit, though

AlpinePony · 11/12/2010 19:41

shandy - I think we need to bring out a chip - to adorn the shoulder, rather than a biscuit but in keeping with the food line of emoticons.

Go · 11/12/2010 19:41

You should all learn to talk properly. A Northern accent just sounds, well, wrong.

But then if you only have to talk to pigeons and whippets then I don't suppose it matters much. Grin

notnowbernard · 11/12/2010 19:41

Well I think mine is really rather marvellous

Arse'oles to ya

SerendipitousHarlot · 11/12/2010 19:42

What a facking liberty Hmm

Go Grin

ifancyashandy · 11/12/2010 19:42

Indeed! With attitudes such as this, no wonder it's grim oooop north! Grin

ChickensHaveNoMercyForTurkeys · 11/12/2010 19:43

Whatevs

nellieisstilltired · 11/12/2010 19:44

yanbu, and why do people think a southern accent is intelligible. Bil is from Essex, I cannot for the life of me, understand a word he says.
Although that is something of a bonus Grin.

KangarooCaught · 11/12/2010 19:44

I'm not keen on the sarf London accent, being a northerner myself...that's north London (am vay posh).

Dh has a gorgeous northern accent and he loves my RP.

sharbie · 11/12/2010 19:45

what go said

PonceyMcPonce · 11/12/2010 19:45

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GeruptaSingh · 11/12/2010 19:46

ifancyashandy
If its that grim up North why are so many Southerners moving up ere?

In my NCT coffee group out of 11 regulars only 3 are from the north. The rest are southerners

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notnowbernard · 11/12/2010 19:47

'Cos it's cheap as chips up there

PressureDrop · 11/12/2010 19:48

How can you hate an accent? How awfully snotty.

Desiderata · 11/12/2010 19:48

It's cheap as chips for a reason.

OneTwoBaubleMySanta · 11/12/2010 19:48

Ha! Cockney, how very dare you, I am southern and have RP thank you very much!

SerendipitousHarlot · 11/12/2010 19:48

And it makes us feel superior.

ifancyashandy · 11/12/2010 19:53

To get away from all the Northerners who've moved darn sarf innit.

spler · 11/12/2010 19:55

But WE don't have an accent surely Grin Ours is 'normal' and yours is 'regional'

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