To find her accent annoying?

[violentendsdelight]

Friend comes from Scotland. Doesn’t sound in the slightest bit Scottish, says when she goes home her accent comes out in full force. Talks non stop about Scotland and put out little snippets of her Scottish accent.

Then today found out she’s lived in England since she was 4 months old.

I was born, and have lived most of my life, in Ireland, but my parents have English accents. My accent is kind of mixed and most people assume I'm posh Irish but one of my brothers has a very English accent at home, and very Irish accent when he's with his friends! He doesn't even notice it! I also have a Scottish friend who lives here and only has a mild accent, until she's on the phone to relatives! It's very normal.
She's not doing this on purpose, she learnt to talk from her parents. I think YABU.

Thinking about it, it's actually kind of like people who speak their mother language when they call home 😂 quite interesting to think about really

I suppose we stop trying to monitor how we speak so much after a lot of a few bevvies.

Exactly ;) I think it's normal. (And maybe slightly cute as well? Idk )

Why on earth is it annoying? I love accents, I love that people slip between accents, it shows depth and heritage to their character. I recently had the most delightful conversation with two students. One was French the other German and they were both studying at Cork University. The French one had also lived in Spain and the States for a time. Their accents were a delight.

My late mum had a friend (who has also passed away) who was married to an Irish man. Every time we went over, the lady (who I'll call Tina) would develop more and more of an Irish brogue as the evening wore on. She was born & brought up in London. When we used to bump into her whilst out and about, she spoke with a London/Estuary accent.

My grandmother does this. Claims she has an "Irish lilt", despite being born in Australia and living here her entire life. Her father came over from NI a decade before she was born, mother was Australian.

Absolute rubbish.

I haven't lived in Scotland for 30 years but I have a friend staying with me the now fae Aberdeen and I'm talking pure Scottish now I'm all aye and ken and yi dinnae want to that hen

As soon as she leaves I'll be talking proper again

I had a Scottish friend who usually had an English accent in work but was incomprehensibly Scottish when she spoke to her parents (all the time, during work hours, every day - sigh).

I am Irish but my kids are English and apparently they have a bit of a twang, possibly from holidays every year with lots of Irish relatives.

When I was once on holiday in Spain, quite a lot of other holidaymakers, both Brits and Germans, thought I was from New Zealand.
I've never been anywhere near that side of the planet in my life.

I was brought up in England, have never lived in Scotland apart from being born there, but have a Scottish accent. My parents and grandparents are all Scottish apart from my paternal grandmother who is Polish but has a Scottish accent because she's lived there for so long. Apparently relations in Poland can hear the Scottish accent when she speaks Polish! Until I went to school I only really heard Scottish accents all the time. My mum was a SAHM and I didn't go to nursery. I've kept the same accent my whole life.

Fork I spent alot of time in the past around Glaswegians & picked up so many phrases.. the now.. two seeeeconds.. gottae go tae asda.. dutty instead of dirty.
And.. the immortal GIT TAE FOOK !
I think, if not say, some of these phrases on near enough a daily basis, and they just dont feel right said in my usual NW english regional accent!!
I miss glasgow need a little trip up there!!!

There’s a wee girl in my DD’s class who has a very pronounced Home Counties accent.

She was born in Scotland and has lived her whole life in Scotland.

Both her parents are Southern English though and she has their very strong accent.

They also regularly visit their grandparents and other relatives in England during the holidays.

Last summer she and her sister had caps with st George’s Crosses on them.

it’s not any different from your friend.

If her family culture is strongly Scottish and she was born there it’s not at all odd that she would feel the connection. I can’t imagine why it would annoy you.

Would you be thinking this if your friend was Indian and using a more pronounced Indian accent when talking to her family?

If it bothers you then see her less. Otherwise accept her how she is & stop criticising / judging.

I’m a child of immigrants and had a bit of a nomadic upbringing.
DH (and the older DCs) know I’ve taken to someone because I apparently start to sound like them.
Not just a lilt of their accent but key phrases too.
They claim I went all Nanny Plum after I had the twins

This reminds me of my housemate in uni, we went to a welsh uni and when i first met her there were only welsh people around. she is welsh, but had spent a few years in england in a music school. so she spoke to us, normal welsh accent....until she came home when one of our english housemates was in and slipped into this english accent. i thought it was because she was drunk or taking the piss or something. but no, it turns out that her accent would flip instantaneously from welsh to english whenever speaking to english people. it was most bizarre, but she wasn't doing it on purpose.

It is called biadialectism & it is perfectly common & normal, even if annoyingly baffling to some people. It occurs for lots of different reasons.

I live in Australia and I am English. I am fine with everyone's accent but one girl I know has this terrible, whining, nasal voice...I literally can't listen to her for more than 5 minutes before I have to leave.

Martin Compston (Line of Duty's Steve Arnott) affects a Scottish accent at times. What a plonker.

I have an Irish friend who's around 40. Born and brought up in Ireland but moved to the UK when she was about 20, so she's lived half her life in either place and has a very hybrid accent. It's neither and both Irish or English.

Why does it annoy you that she has an accent from a place she has lots of ties to but didn't grow up in? I can't see any good reason for it to bother you so it sounds pretty unreasonable of you, but maybe you've just failed to articulate why?

I am half English, half Scottish and grew up in South England. I can do a passable Scottish accent to anyone who is not Scottish.
I now live in Australia (8years)and have mostly taken on Aussie accent but am trying to keep my English accent...failing miserably.
My DD8 was born in England but moved here at 6 months, she has a half/half accent. Some words are pronounced the English way (yoghurt) and some are very Australian. My others DDs were born here and the 3 year old is very Australian. 5 month old just whinges a lot which is probably her Scottish heritage coming out.

Blends of accents, cultures and influences, all lovely in my opinion, no need to be judgemental.

Gonnae no dae that?

Just, GONNAE, NO!!!!!

My Dsis really annoys me. Her DH has Italian heritage. (his father, who incidentially was born in OZ).

Over the years I have watched her take on an Italian personna. Pronouncing her name with an Italian accent, making sure people know her surname is Italian. It drives me bonkers.

Yanbu. I have a close relative who emigrated years ago. Her English accent is stronger and posher than it was when she lived here, it's like, where she lives, she's trying to be Uber English.

She lived here into her 40s and had a strong regional accent. It's quite funny reading this back, but really irritating in real life. I feel your pain op.