to hate beyond shelves my local accent?

[CauldronsTrulyReign]

I had the pleasure of sitting behind 2 locallers at TheJoyThatIsSwimmingLessons today.

I normally let the yamyam flow over me, but oh my very shirt fuse today just could not stand it.

It took about 76megapixels of resolution not to stand up and shout "Use proper words you massacrists".

Does your local accent drive you full of angst?

AIBU to dislike it so terribly much?

WELL I'M FROM LEEEEEEEEDS AND IM PROUD OF MI ACCENT TA VERY MUCH!

Especially now that I live in Birmingham, not a day goes by when someone doesnt say to me "thats not a local accent is it?" and Im proud to tell them "no I'm from Leeds".

I love the place and love the people and I miss the place dearly.

At the end of the day your accent is just part of who you are and where you're from and I for one am proud to be a Yorkshire lass and I do not, neither do any of my family "sound thick" such a snobby thing to say.

"Also, if one more person asks me to say, 'there's been a murrrrderrrrr' so they can all guffaw in a west country kind of way - there will be one!"

Hahaaa! Oh god Begonya that was probably me

And I've been to Merry Hill, and the accent there is intriguing and it did make me chuckle, but in a nice way. I dont hate it (dont understand it but hey ho)

I find different accents fascinating and variety is the spice of life. I hate when americans people from other countries all think British people sound like the Queen. I love the diversity of the UK and that you can literally go only a few miles and the people and cultures change so much.

I love Yorkshire accents. All of them. They're great. I've got a mate who talks like Little Princess and I think it's really endearing and sweet.

Wow there's an awful lot of scouse haters on here. And prejudiced people.##

Anyway, I like accents. I think they make people more interesting, and I like local slang too. My absolute favourite accent is Welsh a la Huw from BBC News.

Oh I like the scouse accent, just not when it is high pitched

bigfatcath scousers say kecks and lolly ices... and I find the loudness is nothing compared to many others I won't mention

I love the old soft but distinct scouse accent... but I agree that ANY strong accent can be used to degrade.

The "new" scouse seems all blended into one horrible goosey honking drawl. The scouse of old has/d many a twist and turn, and as my dad says, you could tell almost to the street they lived on where a scouser was from the variety was that vast.

Cauldron YANBU, there's several accents grate on me, and several I could listen to all day long. Variety, spicy lives, blah blah...

(Squidgy - the little princess is more Lancs)

Love Scousers. Love accents in general, I think accents and dialects are absolutely fascinating.

Although I did rofl at this: "The accent here sounds like raptor chicks demanding to be fed."

I love regional accents...really love he Dudley accent...
I hate that fake semi Jamaican/Cockney accent that teenagers speak with though

I did laugh about 3rd generation west indian kids talking about going back to da Vinnie

There was an American actress (sadly can't remember who it was, maybe Diane Kruger?) on Graham Norton with professional Scouser John Bishop - she asked him if he could speak "in an English accent" or not. He was clearly torn between and

I love most accents not really having one myself.

Do you realise that Northern Ireland also has different accents? Someone from Limavady sounds very different to someone from Antrim who sounds different to Belfast who sounds different to Enniskillen.

I love playing spot where the Norn Iron person is from when someone comes on tele!

Ahemmm... Diane Kruger is Gerrman, not that it probably matters.

Can somebody give me an example of what an East Yorks accent is please?! I've lived here since I was nine months old and I don't really think we have an accent, compared to the rest of the nation - I suppose I'm just in denial!

Although, I do admit I lapse into a bit of 'err ner, 'erlderness rerd' if I'm speaking to a native of Hull. . . . .

DP is a scouser. His accent is very mild now after 20 years darn sarf (unless he's really angry) but his Irish scouse mum has a lovely accent. Not the parodic scouse you get on stupid sketch shows, it's soft and sort of lilting - I think it's a shame that people think all scousers sound like those two from the Fast Show.

Also with a Welsh dad DP is the only non-Welsh person I've ever met who can imitate a Welsh accent without sounding Indian

Mrs Distinctly - I do! I can't really tell them apart that much, expect for a Derry accent (which sounds like you're chewing a brick) and that the Belfast accent is much sharper. IIRC, people from Ballymena get a lot of stick for their accents. My favourite Norn Iron accent is a super camp one, like Julian off UTV.

We live in the West Mids and overnight Dd has developed a BC accent. It's all "moine" and "noice".

OTheHugeRaveningWolef - parodic scouse is what a lot of people thing a Liverpudlian accent is. I can tell the difference between an accent from across the city and further afield. I have lived in the West Midlands for over a decade and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Brierly Hill all sound the same to me.

Things have moved on from the 50s BBC English and if we are all are exposed to different accents, attitudes will become less parochial. It is not acceptable to openly judge people based on their ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, etc. It seems that some narrow minded individuals will always find something to discriminate. Eventually it will be just as unacceptable to make some of the comments made in this thread.

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I shouldn't let random bigots upset me so.

I think accents are great but better still are regional expressions. I moved from Lincolnshire ('we went uvver there yisdi') to Newcastle ('I'll dance at yer weddin' and 'Whayaye woman, man'), to Bristol where vandals sprayed 'Oi woz yerr' on the walls and my colleague told me I was 'Thin as a rasher o' wind'.

The Geordies thought my Lincolnshire accent was either a) Cockney, b) Australian or c) posh (!!!). The Bristolians thought my by-then Geordie expressions were 'common'. Now I live in the South West where they have a great accent and say things like 'backalong', meaning some time ago.

Anyone got any more quirky local expressions please?

I love regional accents, especially the northern ones (being from up north mesel'). What I don't like are shrieky women with strong accents - I think its the shriekiness that gets me.

Unfortunately there are certain parts of our language that are not endearing and I am ashamed to say makes me think less of people. Punctuating sentences with "innit", "like" and "eh."

I don't think anyone has correctly guessed my accent - I'm now in the East Midlands but started off with the marras in Cumbria (now there's a local word for you). The usual guess is Geordie or Scouse . I admit that when in the company of those in the north east, I do tend to slip quite easily into the twang.

DH is more of an accent/regional snob. Has banned my mum from using the word "gob" and is usually to first to correct DD on her speech - she's currently dropping "t"s everywhere.

I love my local accent - Geordie. The Sunderland accent is lovely too. But I find Ashington hard to understand.

I love my Welsh accent and would never change it! I just don`t like people who 'change' their accent to sound posher....really? Be proud of where you are from!

YANBU.

I recently moved here from India, where we have 25+ major languages - and millions of local accents. Making fun of another's accent is a national pastime.

I still haven't lost my Indian accent. And don't plan to! I can understand why so many of my fellow imports attempt to fake an English accent though - Indian-accent English can sound truly comical. Even to us.