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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I was on the phone at work today and was upset when the lady from up north I was speaking to said I have a Dorset accent.

Afterwards my colleagues and I all agreed we don't sound like farmers although all of us have at some point been told we have Dorset accents. I guess as we all do we can't hear it in each other!

Anyway this led on to a discussion that shocked me as apparently learnt and earnt are Dorset words that aren't real english is that true??

Is anyone else shocked when they are told they have an accent?

And what regional words do you know of?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nowt

Owt

Daan t'pit

Don't know really. I don't have an accent either.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

I know I have a slight accent and people often mistake it for a Scandinavian one. I am not surprised when people ask me where I come from but I like the fact that they cannot quite place me...

Also, I tend to adopt the local accent of wherever I work a little bit... not deliberately or consciously but it just happens

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

I've pretty much lost my narfuk (norfolk) accent, only really comes back when I've spent afew days with family, but here's a few the I still splut out from time to time.

Yisty - yesterday

Blar - cry

Smart - hurt

Higgle - argue

Claggy - sticky

Raw - angry/pissed off

And when talking about ourselves we tend to end the sentence 'I did'

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I was really surprised when some said that I had a London accent I just thought I talked normally lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was on the phone at work today and was upset when the lady from up north I was speaking to said I have a Dorset accent.

Afterwards my colleagues and I all agreed we don't sound like farmers although all of us have at some point been told we have Dorset accents. I guess as we all do we can't hear it in each other!

Anyway this led on to a discussion that shocked me as apparently learnt and earnt are Dorset words that aren't real english is that true??

Is anyone else shocked when they are told they have an accent?

And what regional words do you know of?"

I don't have an accent - although I tend to pick them up from others if i'm in one place for too long!

Re your situation - just out of interest - do they know where you work? If so - they're probably just assuming your voice has a 'Dorset accent' based on where you are!

It happens!

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

"I was really surprised when some said that I had a London accent I just thought I talked normally lol

Me too. I was called cockney

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

You sure they weren't just calling you a cock???? Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was really surprised when some said that I had a London accent I just thought I talked normally lol

Me too. I was called cockney

I was called a cockney for ages by a foreign girl I knew!

She was confused - the poor thing - by the fact they're in such close proximity to eachother!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive had people ask if im a scouser or welsh more than if im from Devon..

must be hiding my west country tones well

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

Reminds of the Fast Show's Simon Williams "Jessies Fashion Tips" - Today I will mostly be wearing denim!

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By *eakcoupleCouple
over a year ago

peak district

A Dorset one - 'dumbeldore' = bumble bee.

A Devon one (G's from Devon) 'mazed' = loony, mad, as in "you'm be proper mazed!" = "you're mad!"

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

"A Dorset one - 'dumbeldore' = bumble bee.

A Devon one (G's from Devon) 'mazed' = loony, mad, as in "you'm be proper mazed!" = "you're mad!""

Bish barney bee - ladybird

Pollywiggle - tadpole

Both norfolk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a London accent. But I'm not a cockney

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being from the south. I'd never heard of

Jitty

Nesh

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Points for answers to the above.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Being from the south. I'd never heard of

Jitty

Nesh

Snap

Points for answers to the above. "

my ex was from nr Wakefield and said 'snap box' and 'barm cake' - confused me lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dos - means 3 different things depending on where your from in scotland.

dos cunt! - stupid cunt!

going for a dos - going for a walk

thats dos - thats good

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

"Being from the south. I'd never heard of

Jitty

Nesh

Snap

Points for answers to the above.

my ex was from nr Wakefield and said 'snap box' and 'barm cake' - confused me lol"

When I first moved to Manchester 'barm cake' have me left standing looking clueless! Lol as did 'muffin' had a abit of a 'higgle' (Norfolk for argue lol) in a shop that a muffin is certainly not a bread but a cake!! And I still say its a cake!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was on the phone at work today and was upset when the lady from up north I was speaking to said I have a Dorset accent.

Afterwards my colleagues and I all agreed we don't sound like farmers although all of us have at some point been told we have Dorset accents. I guess as we all do we can't hear it in each other!

Anyway this led on to a discussion that shocked me as apparently learnt and earnt are Dorset words that aren't real english is that true??

Is anyone else shocked when they are told they have an accent?

And what regional words do you know of?

I don't have an accent - although I tend to pick them up from others if i'm in one place for too long!

Re your situation - just out of interest - do they know where you work? If so - they're probably just assuming your voice has a 'Dorset accent' based on where you are!

It happens!

We all have accents and accent is a socio-economic class thing as well as a region thing. The middle class person from Devon and the lower class person from Devon will both have a Devon accent but in the case of the latter it is likely to be much more pronounced.

Accent is about pronunciation of words. Dialect is about words-bairn for example meaning baby in Yorkshire is an example of the Yorkshire dialect whereas pronouncing the word'up' 'oop' is an example of the Yorkshire accent.

The only regional dialect which is not dying out is the East Midland dialect which is the basis for what is known as 'Standard English" an example of which is the word 'baby' to describe a very young child. This is the dialect most of us speak irrespective of the socio-regional accent in which it is spoken.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Fair play x So are you from Bristol originally? Do you have an accent? Can you hear others from Bristol speaking with an accent?

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

"Dos - means 3 different things depending on where your from in scotland.

dos cunt! - stupid cunt!

going for a dos - going for a walk

thats dos - thats good"

Dos, or doss round here means to hang out or sleep, eg "Can I doss at your's tonight?", "Going to doss round the shops today" and is also used to describe a down-and-out "dosser"

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

whey aye man !

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

"Dos - means 3 different things depending on where your from in scotland.

dos cunt! - stupid cunt!

going for a dos - going for a walk

thats dos - thats good

Dos, or doss round here means to hang out or sleep, eg "Can I doss at your's tonight?", "Going to doss round the shops today" and is also used to describe a down-and-out "dosser""

Oh, and a sleeping bag is a doss-bag

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