Sort Your Life Out on BBC1

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Absolutely loved it!

My list of big house jobs includes 'declutter' in every room so I was hoping to put off doing it be inspired. Loved Stacey Solomon though would have liked more from Ivan on the cleaning.

I spotted military plane pics and they’d lived abroad so I’d guess dad was air force and the older one or two went to boarding school.

I thought they came across as lovely boys but didn't notice much difference in the older one's accent - they all sounded Southern English to me!
My cousin (NE Scotland) came home for Christmas hols after working in London for 6 months sounding like Patsy from Ab Fab. We were pissing ourselves laughing at how pretentious she sounded. She was brought down to earth byt our old Grandad who told her to speak properly so he could understand her!

He was very well spoken which was fine

My dc are but I have more of a local accent

Some people are much more prone to picking up accents than others. There's nothing false or pretentious about it.

You do see that in old films where the person with the regional accent has their original accent emerge in a passion of anger or upset. It happens somewhat in real life I think.

I can't imagine my 'neutral' accent being influenced and changing, and it hasn't except in an age-related way. Similarly, my Irish grandparents lived in England for decades and never lost their accents.

It is fascinating stuff. I like trying to place people by words they use, too. It's often possible to tell.

I lived in the south of England for 11 years and my accent didn't change at all. My daughter was 4 when we moved back to Scotland and within 6 weeks of going to nursery she spoke like a local.
The only thing I did was sometimes change my pronunciation over the phone eg For the number four, I would say it like foh-err but would say foh over the phone as some people couldn't understand me.

I don't sound like my family. I went to grammar school from very working class background and changed to fit in.

Also I read a lot and so didn't feel comfortable using the local dialect rather than standard English even as a small child. I refused to say tarrah instead of goodbye at primary school and the other kids made fun of me.

Maybe it depends on your accent, my parents have a very strong Black Country accent which people from other areas can struggle to understand.

I definitely sound as if I'm from the midlands but no one tends to think I'm from the Black Country specifically.

I don't sound like my family. I went to grammar school from very working class background and changed to fit in

So your decision was a conscious one to change your accent from the way you'd been speaking your whole life?

I do sometimes think it's a pity as a regional accent is nice and nothing to be ashamed of. My neutral 'accent' is often misconstrued as cold, or I'm perceived to be wealthy, and I can't do much about that.

I’m sure a lot of people change things to fit in/ be accepted. Accents, clothes, etc.
Especially when young I think.

A relative of mine sounded posh from being a toddler. Family would laugh and say where's that come from? I knew he had autism. He's been diagnosed now. There were other markers but the 'posh ' voice was definitely one. I didn't let on I knew as it wasn't my business. Plus they'd probably have had trouble believing me.

I think just mess my house up a lot and throw clothes everywhere on the hope of having Dilly come and organise me and Rob 🥰 put up some shelves. Stacey and the cleaning bloke can come too 🤣

I can spend half an hour with someone with a strong accent and I’m picking bits of that accent up, totally unintentionally. Among my ADHD online groups, it’s quite a common phenomenon. Makes sense as a survival thing, fitting in.

I also went from London to a bit RP-sounding when I went to Oxbridge. Again, not intentional.

I think I saw a college scarf whose colours I recognised on a teddy so suspect he either had the accent from his schooling or picked it up at university. It happens!

@assietplat I don't know how conscious it was as I was 11 but I definitely knew I didn't fit in and it was an issue with the teachers and parents more than the other girls.

I have since got jobs locally when I was younger because I had a nice speaking voice. "Ow am ya cocka?" doesn't sound particularly professional, which is what some of my relatives would say.

Maybe it's an accent vs dialect thing, or maybe whether you accent is seen as attractive!

I'm sure if I had an Irish or Scottish accent I would feel differently!

That's interesting

I've noticed this as well

He’s been to Cambridge Uni so not surprised his accent has changed!

I really enjoy Stacey and like seeing her talk about how everyone in the family needs to join in/play their part but I wish she wouldn’t say “help” because that implies the housework is a woman’s job and it’s nice if other people “help out” rather than do their share.

He’s been to Cambridge Uni so not surprised his accent has changed!

You never seem to hear the other way where people with a neutral accent gain a regional accent, even slight. At least I never have

Who’s watching?

It’s the last one of the series 😢

Oh I forgot

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there didn’t seem to be many this series

I've pressed the green button 🟢

Michelle looks like a woman over the edge

It's rather extreme tonight what with all the animal related stuff 😯

That poor bairn 😞

Poor Harry! His gf was ruthless!