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It was not a place where difference was welcomed. But, to answer you directly, I was a little @#%^.Wow Bollo, you must have been a particularly unpleasant child to cause such a reaction!
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Fresh blood you see...
inkd
Senior Member
- Location
- New Forest
Born and raised in Somerset and was proud of my accent, then moved to Hampshire 8 years ago and its almost gone apart from some words although I still roll my R`s apparently.
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
As a Coventry kid born and bred (with Brummie parents) I always find it funny, now that I live in beautiful West Zummerzet, that the locals all remark on my funny Northern accent. Everything's relative I suppose.
With regards to centre of the country, I was always led to believe Meriden just north of where I was born, is the true centre, in being furthest from the coast than anywhere else in Great Britain. No off with you Yorks and Lancs centre of the Country mythsayers. :-)
With regards to centre of the country, I was always led to believe Meriden just north of where I was born, is the true centre, in being furthest from the coast than anywhere else in Great Britain. No off with you Yorks and Lancs centre of the Country mythsayers. :-)
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
I've heard that... but you have to be very careful where you do it.
Funny that you say that, my junior football team played in Altofts yesterday, I picked up on it straightaway, only 20+ miles away but like another world. Coming from the cosmopolitan (
) north Bradford/Leeds border, my players found the Altofts kids accents hysterically funny, the Altofts kids were not happy.My father was Irish and spoke with a very strong southern accent till he died, after 40+ years in the UK. My mother was born in Bradford but had elocution lessons as a child, I don't really have one, but can go all flat capped after drinking.
Leaway2
Lycrist
- Location
- Manchester (Sale)
A Scottish colleague of mine use to talk really fast especially when he was excited. It was very difficult to understand him. I used to say "Ross your talking too fast" to which he would reply "no yurrrrrrrrrr listenin' too slowly"
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Irrefutable proof that it is Haltwhislte:
Ireland may be part of the British isles, but it's not part of Britain.... plus, that shoddy diagram doesn't take in to account the landmass of Britain... now remove that purple helmet and put your thinking cap on
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
At least the UK/GB is still the centre of the world whichever way you go .
Leaway2
Lycrist
- Location
- Manchester (Sale)
Slightly OT but I thought this was Manc news was funny.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klqbypui6tc
I forgot, the Altofts (accent/football) experience made me smile yesterday, it reminded of my favourite film scene. "Ya fat twat, he wants bleedin milkin", so many classic lines in such a short clip.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3cayRMnVb8
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3cayRMnVb8
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My family are all Londoners, but I grew up in Lancashire (Ramsbottom too @smokeysmoo). The result was my relatives thinking I'm a flat-capped ferret botherer, and my school friends thinking I was an eel-chasing pearly king. It was very odd.
