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Show me your accent!

209 replies

catmate · 06/03/2022 22:19

I am really sorry if this has been done to death but I thought it might be fun to guess where we are from based on our pronunciation? I would have loved to have studied linguistics and I love this kind of thing. BtW the way the last thing I want is arguments or piss taking, it's just a bit of fun. To begin with (me) 'fack' for 'fuck'

OP posts:
BabbleBee · 06/03/2022 22:39

His gawn dahn the shops t’get sum flahr n ahl then t’tha hosses.

catmate · 06/03/2022 22:42

@LoisWilkersonslastnerve

This isnay a gid idea oh peeee.
Would be fun if we could hear each other, I guess I didn't think it through lovely person from Scotland 😀
OP posts:
weebarra · 06/03/2022 22:43

Ah'm not jokin, that denners boufin eh?

BuddhaForMary · 06/03/2022 22:48

Tha's nowt wrong wi it

JustAnotherCrack · 06/03/2022 22:48

The problim wi Scottish is we aw sound kinda the same, it’s no easy tae place us, we coud be fae anyware.

Christienne · 06/03/2022 22:50

Well done @RedRec! Norwich it is.

Bumpsadaisie · 06/03/2022 22:51

La'al lad's jus cum in, 'e says thuz a get wagon wedged in middul o rord!

Overtheroadroundthecorner · 06/03/2022 22:51

@Christienne

It’s a roight foine city h’int it?
Definitely Norwich!
Overtheroadroundthecorner · 06/03/2022 22:52

Crosspost!

Raaarrrrrrrr · 06/03/2022 22:53

@BlackboardMonitorVimes

Ure bean unreason'able
Bristol/West Country
Raaarrrrrrrr · 06/03/2022 22:54

@MrPoppysParka

I’m gewing deyn teyn, want anyfink?
Ireland- Southern?
mamamarshmallow · 06/03/2022 22:54

I dinna Ken fit yer gan on aboot but I'll pit in ma twa pince inaw 😁

JaninaDuszejko · 06/03/2022 22:55

Aye aye beuy, whit lik the day?

LaMarschallin · 06/03/2022 22:55

I'm over by year and everything's tidy like, mun.

DorothyZbornakIsAQueen · 06/03/2022 22:56

Worra y goin on about?
Errrm like
Chickken

Createabitofuntruenews · 06/03/2022 23:00

Ah wud ya.

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 06/03/2022 23:02

LaMarschallin

South Wales Valleys?

MrsMoastyToasty · 06/03/2022 23:03

Alright me babbers? I got a gurt load of fings down Asdal.where you bin, me luvver?

tkwal · 06/03/2022 23:03

Ah wiped the mirr in the bathroom with a towl the orr night then went for a wee swally down the pub with ma muckers. Tuck me ages tae dander hame

Posorneg1 · 06/03/2022 23:06

Y’all right our kid

LikeALeadBalloon · 06/03/2022 23:06

Wots everyone skerd of, ders no'in wrong wid dee ops thread. Ow cud it be called offensive

Bluelillies · 06/03/2022 23:07

Enrys ouse ad an oover

I don’t live anywhere near where I grew up but I’ve not lost my accent at all-I do get some very odd looks sometimes

LikeALeadBalloon · 06/03/2022 23:08

@Bumpsadaisie

La'al lad's jus cum in, 'e says thuz a get wagon wedged in middul o rord!
Cumbrian/yorkshire
RedRec · 06/03/2022 23:11

@Christienne

Well done *@RedRec*! Norwich it is.
Yayy! The lovely, unmistakable accent of the city I grew up in.
ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 06/03/2022 23:12

tkwal
Glasgow?