Professional Northerners

[DonaldStott]

Disclaimer - I am a Northerner, but I cannot fucking stand these people. Jason Manford, peter kay, shelley lindsay, paddy mcguinness, 'ooh I'm so northern I go the chippy for me breakfast', ooh only northerners get me cos I'm so northern',

Fuck off.

Only because I have just heard jason manford on the radio making up his northern stories that never happened and it really annoyed me

I once spoke to a lad in Topshop in Manchester who was from Salford and he had the most exaggerated accent I've ever heard.

It was like a foreign language!

I'm from the NE: not bothered by the comedians mentioned - don't like Manford, but it's nothing to do with his accent. BUT!!! I cannot bear the voiceover bloke from Big Brother: started out as a regular Geordie accent ... got a bit of recognition due to his voice ... then became the most convoluted, distorted representation of a Geordie accent. Now not even actual Geordies can understand him.

old that's literally just how some people from Salford speak

So we had our pies confiscated. And if that doesn't make me a professional northerner, then I don't know what does

You win the trophy. That's bloody hilarious. I'm sure when Peter Kay decides to write some new material, instead of using the same stand up jokes from 15 years ago, he will use this story.

Oh but then again, I don't professional northerners holiday outside of the UK

I'm from Preston. I like to think I'm accent-less but when I hear recordings of myself I am so northern it's unreal

I dated a guy from Salford for a while. He had the broadest Salford accent ever that as time wore on I started speaking like him. Made my sister chuckle.

Laughing at someone saying Salford isn't in the northwest. It's classed as in greater Manchester.

Also Robbie Williams is from stoke. That's the midlands surely?

Where do the English stand on Kevin Bridges?

I'm from Glasgow and I'm the same age as him, so his references are all extremely familiar to me (I have an empty tonight, hoose rice etc). I think he's hilarious, easily my favourite stand up comedian just now, by a mile.

I can't imagine that people outside of Scotland would find him that funny, but perhaps I'm wrong?

Kevin Bridges is funny!

Kevin Bridges has been a guest on the Graham Norton show so it's safe to say his career has flourished beyond Clydebank.

I find Kevin Bridges very funny, endearing too and I can't explain why mum crush

I'm not Scottish but have had lots of Scottish colleagues and friends over the years (working on the Isle of Man it was more Scots than English so I was surrounded and picked up lots of cultural refs...the Manx weren't too interested in us "Come Overs" I think was the term )

Robbie Williams is definitely not a northerner. He is from Stoke and was born there. Stoke-on-Trent is in the Midlands.
Admittedly, it is only about 40 miles south of Manchester as the crow flies, but it is definitely in the midlands.

Born in England raised in Scotland and if I watch a Scottish t.v presenter (particularly Scottish heritage shows)on t.v I always feel like poking them in the eye.
They totally over egg the accent and it just sounds horrible and unnecessary.

I have a Scottish accent but I speak as clear English as possible with little effort if speaking with non Scots, Just no need.

I'm ambivalent on professional northerners. But then I quite like hearing and seeing people who aren't the same old southern comedy types.

Variety is the spice of life.

Totally get this! My DP is a scouser but hates it when people overhype their scouseness. He turns the volume down when the likes of John Bishop or Jamie Carragher come on the telly :D

John Bishop's voice sounds like a Scouser who's slowly being deflated.

I'm going to be playing 'spot the MNetter' next time I'm in Bolton now! (Was always Barristers/Brass Cat girl myself!)

I watched a Micky Flanagan thing the other day, it was an hour of him flogging the whole professional cockney geezer schtick. Overegging your roots/accent can't just be confined to us poor Northerners!

Did you also go in Swannies Sweet?

And jumping Jack?

Jax even.

I love northerners me!

What I can't stand is Danny fucking Dyer and his ridiculous OTT obviously exaggerated cockney accent. Pisses me off!

Also cannot stand Mockneys! People who are from privelged backgrounds pretending to be working class geezers (and geezettes!)

Fuck off.

Yeah Mickey Flanagan is annoying too! And i can't stand John Bishop with his OTT Scouse accent, and his 'I am middle class now i have money' attitude.

Fuck off!

x2boys back in the day we'd start at Wetherspoons or Harveys (can't beat a tequila sunrise for £2!) and work our way up. Used to quite like Varsity but it's pretty pants now. Old Man & Sythe if there was music, Reflex if feeling silly! Ikon and J2 were never on my radar.

Have we had Carole Malone yet?

To be clear, I dislike all professional anywheres.

I think.i did it the other way round although did start in Wetherspoons than Yates,s than the one next to it always changing it's name then Swannies for last orders and onto ikon/jumpinjax I probably danced next to you sweet

Flying flute or whatever it's called now !